press: International Herald Tribune review

[Dan Kegel]

The review was of a Linux distro, but one of the big
failings the reviewer cited was the inability to run
"the Oxford English Dictionary on CD-ROM".

http://www.iht.com/articles/86157.html

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PARIS For several years now I have thought longingly about Linux, the power-to-the-people operating system that is said to be as stable as a rock, open and free and the embodiment of everything good in the world - in short, the exact 
opposite of Microsoft's Windows, both technically and politically.
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Early on, Lindows had claimed that it would be able to run all Windows programs, and it came with a utility called WINE that was supposed to make this miracle occur. In fact, it can run some Windows programs, Office 2000, for example, but 
can't run others, like Office XP. In general, the more sophisticated the Windows program, the less likely that WINE/Lindows is going to be able to run it.

Lindows has changed its position. They've realized that trying to piggyback on Windows programs is a recipe for frustration, and WINE is no longer part of Lindows. The current view, Schwartzman said, is that "if there's a Linux alternative, 
you're going to have a better experience."
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  I use GotoMyPC all of the time to access my home computer from other places. It doesn't work with Linux. I have the Oxford English Dictionary on CD-ROM, which I also use all of the time. It, too, does not work with Linux. There are too 
many programs for which there is no Linux alternative.
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Lindows is a bold and commendable effort to challenge the Microsoft hegemony and make computers cheaper. Unfortunately, it fails.
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Dan Kegel
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