Subject: LindowsOS
From: Shane Kingry (kingrys@gci.net)
Date: Mon Oct 29 2001 - 13:40:00 AKST
This will be entertaining to watch if nothing else=2E URL at the end=2E=2E=
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-- Today=92s focus=3A Putting Linux on Windows By Phil Hochmuth =Last week=2C a new Linux distribution was announced - no big deal=2C righ= t=3F =
A new one seems to be launched every other week=2E LindowsOS=2C however=2C= =
hopes to differentiate itself by being the only Linux flavor that can =
run popular Microsoft Windows applications=2C such as Word and Excel=2C =
natively from a Linux desktop=2E =
Lindows=2Ecom=2C the purveyor of the LindowsOS=2C claim that its Linux =
application can not only run Windows applications straight from Linux=2C =
but also run them as fast as they world perform under Windows using the =
same hardware=2E =
In the past=2C users have had to use programs like WINE to run Windows =
applications from Linux=2C and the result was often a little slower than =
desired=2E People also have run dual-boot Linux/Windows PCs for years=2C =
and some Linux distributions=2C such as Mandrake=2C allow users to run =
Linux in a separate windows from the Windows partition of a dual-boot =
machine (through the Linux4Windows tool)=2E The key to Lindows is a layer of translation code=2C which will run on an= =
Intel-based PC along with a Linux distribution and a graphical user =
interface designed by Lindows=2E This software will do the actual =
conversion of Microsoft binaries and run them on Linux as a native =
application=2C the company claims=2C as opposed to running the programs =
through a Windows emulation program on Linux=2E LindowsOS will be =
available before year end for =2499=2E Incidentally=2C Lindows was established three months ago by Michael =
Robertson=2C who also set up MP3=2Ecom=2E No stranger to using disruptive= =
technology to rile big=2C powerful companies=2C Robertson=2C hopes to ruf= fle =
feathers at Microsoft=2C just like he did with major record labels with =
his MP3=2Ecom site=2E Whether LindowsOS is up to delivering on its lofty =
technical claims remains to be seen=2E =
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http=3A//lindows=2Ecom/
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