Linspire (lindows)

gen.Rage1991hrv · December 10th, 2006, 05:08 PM

hi all
i have a question about lindows :
douse it worth to buy them?
can it really run all windows programs including games?

thanks for any help

**Regeneration** · December 10th, 2006, 05:14 PM

It sucks.

gen.Rage1991hrv · December 10th, 2006, 05:19 PM

any good reason??

Unixlord · December 10th, 2006, 05:39 PM

It's just terrible man!

gen.Rage1991hrv · December 10th, 2006, 05:50 PM

if you say so
but i am going to try that live version (its free)

xiaomhome · December 10th, 2006, 06:34 PM

Quote:

can it really run all windows programs including games?

If you want a distro that runs games and windows programs you should try mandriva 2007, it includes cedega 5.2.6 that lets you play a good amount of windows game (in this version they allow you to pick pixel and vertex shader 2.0 i dunno if it really works), mandriva comes with Flat Out installed on cedega. If you want to use windows programs you should try using wine, and for office programs CrossOffice (from the same creators of wine). But i still think that OpenSuse 10.2 is the best choice, its free and you can use wine to play some games or run some programs like Warcraft III or winamp (you can buy cedega to play on it too).

gen.Rage1991hrv · December 10th, 2006, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xiaomhome

If you want a distro that runs games and windows programs you should try mandriva 2007, it includes cedega 5.2.6 that lets you play a good amount of windows game (in this version they allow you to pick pixel and vertex shader 2.0 i dunno if it really works), mandriva comes with Flat Out installed on cedega. If you want to use windows programs you should try using wine, and for office programs CrossOffice (from the same creators of wine). But i still think that OpenSuse 10.2 is the best choice, its free and you can use wine to play some games or run some programs like Warcraft III or winamp (you can buy cedega to play on it too).

i have mandrake, red hat i suse(x64)
but i was trying to finde os that is easy to use (simple os for kids)

mots · January 10th, 2007, 09:46 PM

do NOT use linspire, never. Reason: it SUCKS!
If you want an easy-to-use Linux, get ubuntu, and if you want support for Windows-Apps, install wine/Cedega/Crossover. But NEVER use linspire.

Unixlord · January 10th, 2007, 10:54 PM

Don't buy cedega. Google for instructions and compile from CVS. You trivial things such as copy protection support (vs paying $) and those are easily fixed with a fixed exe.

May the spirit of ubuntu be with you friend!

mots · January 11th, 2007, 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unixlord

Don't buy cedega. Google for instructions and compile from CVS. You trivial things such as copy protection support (vs paying $) and those are easily fixed with a fixed exe.

May the spirit of ubuntu be with you friend!

If he wants to play games online, he'll have no choice but buying it, as they don't work with Cr*cks