OSNews: Lindows: A Real Linux Desktop Alternative to Windows

“As a system administrator, I have used Windows on the desktop
since 2.0 and used to run Windows XP at home for my family. I use
Linux and Windows servers at work and prefer (Red Hat) Linux for
its security, stability and usefulness in a company with a
diminishing IT budget. More than a year ago I started experimenting
with Linux as a desktop solution and after installing and using
more than 7 different distros along with many various versions of
those distros, I found a distro that is doing everything its
suppose to do, right out of the box. I’m talking about the
pleasantly suprising Lindows 4.0.

“Let me tell you about the other distros I tried first. In my
latest round of beating myself up with new linux desktops, I
installed the new beta from Red Hat and was pretty impressed with
the install process, the automatic detection and setup of hardware
on my Dell laptop, and the new X-based startup screen. Without
getting into detail, it did a great job of doing all the above and
worked flawlessly. Where it disappointed me was how it functioned
after the install. My first task was to get access to the Internet
through my built-in wireless card, success! It automatically
detected and set it up. Next was to install browser plugins , Xine
and Mplayer. Installing browser plugins in Linux has always
required someone who knows Linux and is not for the novice user.
One has to deal with using su commands to get proper permissions
and some basic knowledge of running programs from command line.
Then there is installing the Java VM which is even a bigger
hassle…”

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