[plug] LindowsOS

[Kai Jones]

Cheers for that, I'm considering checking it out but unless I'm blind
there's no trial version available

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> From: Richard Meyer [mailto:meyerri at au1.ibm.com]
> Sent: Friday, 30 May 2003 11:54 AM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
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> >Anyone got any comments about it ?
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> FWIR (From What I've Read) it appears to be veneer over Debian. A new,
> nicer installer, along with new themes for KDE, and not much default
> software. It's not free and you have to pay to connect to
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> repository to download more software.
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> Having said that, because it's Debian underneath, install all the
> apt-get/dpackage tools and all the Debian software in the world is
> available to you.
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> It also appears that the CEO is one of those "characters"
> that people tell
> other people about having worked for, but never want to work
> for again - if
> that makes any difference - it shouldn't necessarily.
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> Having said all that, I'm probably not entitled to an
> opinion, because I
> have no eyes-on or hands-on experience with it.
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