Re: [TCLUG:8548] WinLinux 2000?

["Brian Ackermann" <brianj@subrad.com>]

I'd be happy to(assuming I will still be able to attend...) if I could just get
the download....I just have not been successful....

B

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>From: Mandar Vaze <mandar_v@yahoo.com>
>To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
>Subject: Re: [TCLUG:8548] WinLinux 2000?
>Date: Mon, Sep 27, 1999, 2:30 PM
>

> Anyone planning to bring winlinux to installfest ?
>
> --- Brian Ackermann <brianj@subrad.com> wrote:
>> Anybody got this downloaded yet?
>>
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>> >From: Robert Sinland <rsinland@means.net>
>> >To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
>> >Subject: Re: [TCLUG:8548] WinLinux 2000?
>> >Date: Fri, Sep 24, 1999, 8:55 AM
>> >
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > Mike Nielsen wrote:
>> >
>> >> www.winlinux.net
>> >>
>> >> I was looking into seeing what this was all about
>> but don't seem
>> >> to be able to get into the servers?  Anyone else
>> played with this?
>> >> Or be this a cruel joke like I hope it is?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >
>> >   Not a joke at all...
>> > Was even mentioned on Lockergnome
>> > For those who never heard of that, what can I
>> say...
>> > It's a Windows oriented news sheet for lack of a
>> better
>> > explanation..
>> >
>> > This is what he has to say about it....
>> >
>> > I have some interesting tidbits of info
>> (infobits?) for you today. The
>> > first of which may excite you ever-so-slightly;
>> the news comes
>> >                      from Lockergnomie Allen
>> Harkleroad. Have you been
>> > nervous about installing Linux on your machine?
>> There's a program that
>> > reached
>> >                      its final beta stage today;
>> it'll allow you to
>> > install and run a Linux derivative within Windows!
>> WinLinux 2000 is happy
>> > to meet your
>> >                      acquaintance; the site may be
>> busy, but you can
>> > download it here. So what awaits you?
>> >
>> >                           Windows integration:
>> WinLinux 2000 uses the
>> > latest technology available in the industry to
>> install as easily as any
>> > Windows
>> >                           application.
>> >                           Smart configuration:
>> Thanks to the exclusive
>> > detection software which combines Windows and
>> Linux expertise, most of
>> > the
>> >                           hardware devices are
>> detected and automatically
>> > configured to reflect current settings and
>> preferences.
>> >                           Safe installation:
>> WinLinux 2000 performs a
>> > safe installation because a risky operation (HD
>> repartitioning) common to
>> > most
>> >                           Linux systems is not
>> needed to install it
>> >                           Easy troubleshooting: a
>> Troubleshooting Utility
>> > is included to simplify the request of Online
>> Support
>> >                           Optimal Disk Usage:
>> WinLinux 2000 shares free
>> > disk space with Windows, i.e., you do not have to
>> set two independent
>> > hard
>> >                           disk partitions that do
>> not share free disk
>> > space.
>> >                           Familiar look and feel:
>> K Desktop Environment
>> > plus WinLinux additions turn it into a familiar
>> place to work with easy
>> > access to
>> >                           Windows network drives
>> and the Internet.
>> >                           The release version is
>> expected to be available
>> > by the beginning of November.
>> >
>> >
>> > I was thinking of trying it, but would be a whole
>> day to d/l at 28.8k
>> >
>> > Another drawback is that it takes anything from
>> 500 megs to a gig to
>> > install
>> > depending on if you have FAT32 or FAT16 setup.
>> >
>> > My thoughts are since I havn't actually seen it
>> work, it sounds like a
>> > great intro to
>> > the real deal.  Much like that version of SlakWare
>> that would let you
>> > install over DOS just to get a taste.
>> > What was that anyway UMSDOS or something?
>> > RS
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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