Re: [TCLUG:8548] WinLinux 2000?

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

I've managed to download it several times now, from several different sites, and
its corrupt...looks like I have to keep trying to get it from the source...

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>From: "Brian Ackermann" <brianj@subrad.com>
>To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
>Subject: Re: [TCLUG:8548] WinLinux 2000?
>Date: Mon, Sep 27, 1999, 2:47 PM
>

> 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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