input needed on Debian

[Net Llama!]

On 12/20/03 05:43, Joel Hammer wrote:
> If you want a mindless debian experience, with a computer that just works,
> consider lindows. Since going with lindows I have forgotten a lot of
> stuff. I just use my computer without having to worry about configuring
> things. Lindows is trying hard to do to linux users what MS did to users
> of DOS.

Screw them over with substandard crap?  Sorry, I have little respect for 
Lindows.  Their release is poor quality, and is an unsult to Linux, and 
Debian for that matter.

> And, by paying modest amounts of money to Lindows, you really are taking
> whacks at the Evil Empire. Lindows is involved with multiple lawsuits
> with MS. 

If that were true, there's a long line of companies suing M$ right now. 
  All Lindows is doing is trying to protect their own ass, and at the 
moment, they're not even winning that battle.

> About the only software I haven't gotten from the Warehouse is xv.
> It really is click and run. However, it seems to be a true debian system,
> and apt-get and all the rest work fine, too. But, I rarely have to resort
> to just basic commands these days.
> 
> Although lindows is designed for the clueless, and runs as root by
> default, it can be easily configured for serious work (sendmail, print
> server.) and multiple users. Running as root as a single user desktop
> machine has few drawbacks and lots of advantages. 

I hear it works wonders for M$ too.


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