Ok. Yes it is. However, it runs as root by default. Yeah, it uses
wine. No, I haven't used it. I don't remember which distro it is,
but I'm pretty sure it's based on Red Hat. There's nothing different
about it except it's less secure and more newbie-friendly. Lindows
encourages a subscription to their service to install new/updated
programs. It's full-blown Linux underneath.
--Justin
On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 21:23, Ronald KA4INM Youvan wrote:
> > I've heard a number of people say they didn't like the Lindows.
> What I've read about it, before it was being delivered, was
>
> that it was a UNIX based OS that operated winblows programs.
> (I assumed it booted directly into a wine substitute.)
> Is it a real version of LINUX that contains C++ so real LINUX
> programs can be compiled etc.? (from someone that tried it please)
Justin Keyes
m9u35@yahoo.com
Democracy gives the aura of legitimacy to acts that would otherwise be
considered tyranny. --Walter Williams
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