[wplug] HP to offer Linux desktops....
Teodorski, Chris
cteodorski at ppg.com
Thu Jul 24 08:58:33 EDT 2003
Two things:
First, Knoppix rocks. I love my Knoppix CD; it has saved my ass on more than one occasion.
Second, did Lindows ever do anything about the user always running as root? I know they caught some flak about that and I was wondering if they ever changed it.
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanco, Donald [mailto:VANCOD at pios.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 8:52 AM
To: 'wplug at wplug.org'
Subject: RE: [wplug] HP to offer Linux desktops....
Russ Schneider wrote:
> Vanco, Donald wrote:
>> ....on "Business Desktops"
>> http://www.open-mag.com/8522483279.shtml
>>
>> Bleeech. Too bad it's Mandrake....
>
> ehem...
>
> I'm running Mandrake 9.1 here, thank you very much.
>
> I think if HP was offering laptops with Mandrake on them and that made
> them considerably cheaper than another because of the Windows OS that
> they HAVE to sell it with, then HP just moved to the front of my
> considerations as to whom I'd buy a laptop from.
>
> And think about it. Mandrake is considered by many the easiest
> desktop flavor of Linux available (arguable, but that argument
> prompted me to begin using it) and these HP systems are for desktops,
> not for servers (of which I would assume RH would be their choice).
>
> The hardest part about Linux for most people is the installation. You
> get machine preloaded with Mandrake, KDE, Mozilla, etc., and there's a
> little icon on the desktop for Internet, and Mail, etc., then people
> are going to be able to use it so easily it'll make MS's head spin. :)
Yeah. The Lindows desktop is quite something these days too,
although it's a bit TOO GUI locked for my taste. Apparently MS thinks it
enough of a threat to allow Tiger Direct to match it's price - $49 for
Windoze XP.
Lindows has a bootable "Desktop CD" now as well, but Knoppix still
kicks it's tail in functionality.
I don't _really_ have anything against Mandrake, as in all honesty I
have not tried it since it's 7.x days, when it was extremely broken
(especially tools like DrakX or DuckDrak or whatevertheflip they call it)
and /extremely/ laptop hostile. I tried to participate in the betas through
the 6 series, but they never seemed to fix anything contributors reported as
broken.... so we signed on with RH.
Don
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