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<DIV><SPAN class=437161119-26092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Barry,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=437161119-26092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I'm
sorry you didn't read the whole of my labored message at:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=437161119-26092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit/Lindows/AnbspCasenbspfornbspLindows.htm">http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit/Lindows/AnbspCasenbspfornbspLindows.htm</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=437161119-26092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>In
particular...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=437161119-26092003><STRONG><EM>Lindows –Try it, you’ll like
it<BR><BR></EM></STRONG>So, I’m interested, but don’t really have the time to
install Lindows (you know, create a partition, install it, debug it and figure
out 10 hours later you really can’t use it). But, it turns out I don’t need to
do all this. In fact, I can run Lindows from a bootable CD-ROM totally in RAM,
called “LindowsCD.” I don’t even need a hard drive. I can check out quickly if
Lindows will run on my computer, without the headaches associated with Linux
installs.<BR><BR>I order a copy of the LindowsCD, put it in a bunch of my
computers (three at home and three at work) and WOW! It runs on ALL of them. It
recognizes the wireless card on two of the laptops (even XP didn’t do that!).
Connected my USB drive and it showed up on the desktop immediately. Lindows also
found my WinXP shares on my LAN. And the amazing part is I can navigate around
the desktop interface, just like Jerry said, because it’s so Windows
like.<BR><BR>Next, I get a copy of the Lindows4.0 CD, use Partition Magic to
create a single new unformatted partition after my XP partition, and install
Lindows on my hard drive. (More on the install later.)<BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=437161119-26092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
LindowsCD runs in RAM. It is not a LindowsOS installer. That is what Lindows4.0
CD does. But, with the LindowsCD you can test out Lindows to see if it will run
on your machine w/out going through the headaches of partitioning and
installing.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=437161119-26092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Regarding application installation:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=437161119-26092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=437161119-26092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If you
decide and purchase the Click-N-Run option, then application installs are as
simple as a single click of the button. No labored compiles or console
commands.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=437161119-26092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>best,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=437161119-26092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Chipp</FONT></DIV></SPAN>
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size=2><BR></FONT> </DIV>Okay, the boot CD does boot but how does one
actually install it? Whatever resources are on the CD simply lock up the "My
Computer" window as well as the "File Manager" app. At this point, Lindows an
amusing party trick but if I can't install it and see how it runs from a HD,
it's not a very effective sales tool.<BR><BR>BTW, the .iso image is an older
build (4.0.471); 4.0.58...something is the latest. Not meaning to be too harsh
but were we given the equivalent of an AOL CD?<BR><BR>Chipp, please feel free
to pass along my comments to the Lindows folks. I'd love to try it and even
try building an app for it but I'm dead in the water right now.<BR><BR>One
other question: I saw a comment here on the list about how a *nix distribution
requires some sort of additional "build, etc." once it's sitting on a user's
HD. Does this mean that it would require a user to possess *nix knowledge to
install an app I build in Rev beyond "double-click this installer" or "drag
this to your hard drive"?<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>