Lindows makes Windows look good
Source: Mercury News
Lindows, an attempt to create a new computer operating system melding the power of Linux with the popularity of Windows, fails to offer consumers what we so desperately need: more credible alternatives to escape the iron grip of Microsoft.
Created by a start-up company in San Diego called Lindows
.com (www.lindows.com), the operating system doesn't do enough to hide the complexity of its Linux underpinnings or to match Window's ease of use.
The resulting mess will make no one happy. Experienced Linux users, a savvy bunch, won't need the hand-holding provided by what the company calls LindowsOS. Ordinary non-technical consumers are likely to fall into one of the many holes in the LindowsOS structure, canceling out any benefit from the slightly lower cost of buying a personal computer without Microsoft's current Windows XP Home Edition.
