[ale] Xandros Open Circulation

[mhirsch at nubridges.com (Michael D. Hirsch)]

On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 15:38, Eric Anderson wrote:
> Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
> > After last night's Lindows install, I'm intrigued.  For those who
> > weren't there, at last night's ALE Central meeting we ran through an
> > install of Lindows.  I think we all agreed it was very slick.  I think
> > the install was the easiest and smoothest I've ever seen (with the
> > possible exception of Caldera which presented you with tetris during the
> > install so you wouldn't get bored).
> 
> I thought it looked easy (it's goal), but I didn't like the fact that it 
> felt like they were trying to sell you something everytime you clicked 
> on something. I guess if you subscribe to their "software warehouse" 
> service you don't have to pay for each item but then you are paying a 
> monthly cost for an operating system which would suck.

Oh, yeah. No doubt the ads were annoying.

Given that I've joined the Mandrake Club for about the same price, I
don't see the monthly fee as that bad.  Not that I'm planning to switch,
mind you.

Michael