[TriLUG] Well, now that I haven't paid attention to the to field....

ALFRED JOHNSON alfjon at mindspring.com
Thu Apr 29 10:13:36 EDT 2004


Jeremy, apparently Lindows is still Lindows in Britain since a copy of 
Lindows recently appeared in Linux Format magazine (a UK 
publication).--Al Johnson.
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On Apr 28, 2004, at 11:30 AM, Maria Winslow wrote:

> On Wednesday 28 April 2004 10:53 am, Jeremy Portzer wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Here's my list:
>>>      Red Hat desktop
>>
>> I would suggest that you revise that to be "Red Hat Enterprise Linux"
>> which is the current Red Hat product with Red Hat in the name.  Red 
>> Hat
>> Linux (such as version 9) is no longer being produced so it would make
>> your book look kinda outdated to include that.
>
> You are absolutely right, and I thought that you all would assume that.
>
>>
>>>      Lindows desktop
>>
>> This is now Linspire.
>
> Actually, its Linspire outside the US, but still Lindows in the US. The
> reasoning is that they have worked to create the brand, and want to 
> continue
> to use it as long as it appears safe to do so in the US. Good point, 
> though,
> and since this happened after I wrote that part, I need to explain it.
>
>>
>>>      SUSE desktop
>>>      Debian desktop
>>
>> Perhaps consider Knoppix or Gnoppix as Debian variants worth showing?
>
> Please do send a Knoppix image!
>
>>
>>>      Fedora Core desktop
>>
>> Why not Mandrake since you have such a big list otherwise?
>
> For the record, I have asked the commercial distros to provide images, 
> and
> Mandrake is the only one that responded. So don't worry, they are 
> included.
>
>>
>>>      Sun Java Desktop desktop
>>>      StarOffice, three or four views
>>>      Evolution, two or three views
>>>      Ximian Red Carpet, admin view
>>>      Webmin, user management module
>>
>> [etc]
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jeremy
>
> Thanks, Jeremy!
>
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