First impressions of a $200 lindows box: Good

[Joel Hammer]

Yes, I had gotten libranet in large part because I wanted to see how
koffice was with an uptodate distro. After I installed libranet, the
answer was I needed to get an updated version of koffice, which needed
an updated version of kde, which needed an updated version of qt, which
I couldn't find in a debian package. End of story for libranet.  I have
never gotten koffice to work well for me. I use vi and enscript for my
word processing needs.

Yes, the rm stuff is important. I'll have to make sure I alias the rm
command to something less damaging.

Joel

On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 04:55:33PM -0800, Ken Moffat wrote:
> 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.
> 
> -- 
> Ken Moffat
> kmoffat <at> drizzle.com
> 
> 
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