Posted by: Kevin Carmony With L
on January 08, 2004 12:33 AM
Joe,
Thanks for a very fair review. (By the way, are you "thee" mythical "Joe" Sixpack we've been longing to meet? =)
We really appreciate it when someone not only reviews LindowsOS, but actually reviews it in the context of our intended audience...the masses. To get the "average Joe" to try Linux, it needs to be ultra easy or they'll just run back to their comfort zone...MS Windows.
A few particular notes...
I want it to be known I did not start my review of LindowsOS 4.5 free of bias. In fact, I did not expect to like what I found.
And reviews like yours will help with the educating of those not familiar with LindowsOS.
About 15 or 20 minutes later the installer told me...
Everyone should keep in mind your testing was done on a $199 machine with only 128 MB RAM and an 800 Ghz processor. Even just by adding another 128 MB of RAM you'll find that your LindowsOS computer will race much more quickly.
On a typical machine someone might buy today for around $400, they'll find it takes under 10 minutes to install LindowsOS.
I had expected to find OpenOffice.org on the desktop...
Actually, you can even download the "full" version which comes with OpenOffice, MPlayer and Real Audio pre-installed. It's still only one CD, but a longer download. We make both options available since some people may choose to use StarOffice or some other office suite, so they'd just assume not download the bigger<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.iso with OpenOffice. I just wanted to clear up that the full one is available digitally as well, not just via the box set.
But, as you pointed out, the beauty with LindowsOS, is you can simply use CNR (click-n-run) to install whatever you want at any time.
As far as security issues go, the negative "buzz" is wrong.
Thanks again for helping with the education. This has been one heck of a monkey for us to try and shake. LindowsOS has supported users in every version since our release! It's been ultra easy to add users since our second BETA release. It's true we don't FORCE users to not run as root, but we don't believe "forcing" users to do anything is a very good idea. We like to offer more choices, not less.
As for pricing...
LindowsOS is free with many computers you can buy today. http://lindows.com/featured or $49.95 if purchased individually. (By the way, here's a way you can get LindowsOS for free when you buy StarOffice for only $49.95. http://staroffice.com )
The CNR service is either $4.95 a month, or $49.95 a year, or you can buy it with LOS for $89.95. Keep in mind that any software you install with CNR is yours for life and can be re-installed again at anytime, even if you let your CNR service expire. The idea of not wanting it to expire is to always have access to the new and updated programs that we add each week.
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Posted by: Kevin Carmony With L on January 08, 2004 12:33 AMThanks for a very fair review. (By the way, are you "thee" mythical "Joe" Sixpack we've been longing to meet? =)
We really appreciate it when someone not only reviews LindowsOS, but actually reviews it in the context of our intended audience...the masses. To get the "average Joe" to try Linux, it needs to be ultra easy or they'll just run back to their comfort zone...MS Windows.
A few particular notes...
I want it to be known I did not start my review of LindowsOS 4.5 free of bias. In fact, I did not expect to like what I found.
And reviews like yours will help with the educating of those not familiar with LindowsOS.
About 15 or 20 minutes later the installer told me...
Everyone should keep in mind your testing was done on a $199 machine with only 128 MB RAM and an 800 Ghz processor. Even just by adding another 128 MB of RAM you'll find that your LindowsOS computer will race much more quickly.
On a typical machine someone might buy today for around $400, they'll find it takes under 10 minutes to install LindowsOS.
I had expected to find OpenOffice.org on the desktop...
Actually, you can even download the "full" version which comes with OpenOffice, MPlayer and Real Audio pre-installed. It's still only one CD, but a longer download. We make both options available since some people may choose to use StarOffice or some other office suite, so they'd just assume not download the bigger<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.iso with OpenOffice. I just wanted to clear up that the full one is available digitally as well, not just via the box set.
But, as you pointed out, the beauty with LindowsOS, is you can simply use CNR (click-n-run) to install whatever you want at any time.
As far as security issues go, the negative "buzz" is wrong.
Thanks again for helping with the education. This has been one heck of a monkey for us to try and shake. LindowsOS has supported users in every version since our release! It's been ultra easy to add users since our second BETA release. It's true we don't FORCE users to not run as root, but we don't believe "forcing" users to do anything is a very good idea. We like to offer more choices, not less.
As for pricing...
LindowsOS is free with many computers you can buy today. http://lindows.com/featured or $49.95 if purchased individually. (By the way, here's a way you can get LindowsOS for free when you buy StarOffice for only $49.95. http://staroffice.com )
The CNR service is either $4.95 a month, or $49.95 a year, or you can buy it with LOS for $89.95. Keep in mind that any software you install with CNR is yours for life and can be re-installed again at anytime, even if you let your CNR service expire. The idea of not wanting it to expire is to always have access to the new and updated programs that we add each week.
Thanks again,
Kevin Carmony
President, Lindows.com
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