Network Computing Asia: Taking Lindows Seriously | Linux Today

Network Computing Asia: Taking Lindows Seriously

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 11, 2003

“For users requiring an alternative to the Microsoft Windows and
Office environments, there are several options: Mac OS X running
Microsoft Office v.X, or make the leap to Unix or Unix-like
operating systems such as Linux, running OpenOffice or
StarOffice.

“However, the steep learning curve of such alternative
environments does not inspire enterprise users to cross over,
except for the techies with time to explore and learn.

“LindowsOS from Lindows aims to be different, and similar at the
same time. It is different because it is really Linux under the
hood, but with a custom window manager that looks and feels pretty
much like Microsoft Windows…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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