Re: Recommedations

From: Paul M. Bucalo (pmbuc_at_pmbenterprises.com)
Date: 02/18/04

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    Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 17:25:28 -0500
    
    

    On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 22:45:16 +0100, T. Ribbrock graced me with:
    > On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 08:43:01AM -0800, George Farris wrote:
    >
    >> Lindows is brain dead, run everything as root. It's the best way
    >> to teach you how NOT to run Linux. I recommend staying away from
    >> it. Fedora with a couple of god yum archives such as freshrpms
    >> and Dag Weeirs repository will give you more than enough to study.
    >>
    >
    > Besides, it's called Lin---s now, at least in Benelux - see
    > http://www.lin---s.com/
    >
    > (no, this is not a joke)
    >
    >
    > Cheerio,
    >
    >
    > Thomas

    Simply amazing. I never gave Lindows that much credit in the fight
    against M$'s monopoly. Thanks for sharing this. I wouldn't use
    Lindows, but I do have a bit more respect now for the company and what
    they have accomplished.

    Paul

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