First impressions of a $200 lindows box: Good

[Ken Moffat]

Joel Hammer wrote:
> Yes. It works with usb mass-storage. It is very surprising they don't
> just list the nikon 2500 by name, too. Not really very user friendly in
> that regard.
> 
> This is REALLY a novel experience for me. Graphical programs actually
> installing and running without a hitch, and then  working in the real
> world.  Usually when I try this sort of thing, I am missing a library,
> which then needs another library, which then needs an updated version
> of kde, which need an updated version of qt. Don't laugh. That was why
> I gave up using libranet. And, this explains why  I do almost everything
> from the command line.
> 
> So far, I am very pleased. An excellent $200 investment. Purists won't
> like it, but people who just want an easy to use workstation might like
> it a lot.
> 
> Joel

Wow, you gave up libranet? most folks give up the rpm based distros. You 
must have gone with unstable debian.

just don't forget you are root. that rm command might bite you. and 
don't get cracked.

There was quite a discussion on lindows root default on the compuserve 
linux forum; got quite heated.

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Ken Moffat
kmoffat <at> drizzle.com