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NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: PHIL HOCHMUTH
on LINUX 10/29/01 - Today's focus: Putting Linux on Windows Dear Wincenty Kaminski, In this issue: * Will LindowsOS deliver? * Links related to Linux * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter sponsored by VeriSign - The Internet Trust Company Pinpoint the right security solution for your company - FREE Guide from industry leader VeriSign gives you all the facts. Learn how to: * Add the most powerful online encryption - 128-bit * Quickly authenticate your site Get your FREE Guide now at: http://nww1.com/go/3500725a.html _______________________________________________________________ FORMER FEDERAL AGENT CALLS XP A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY Not yet fully deployed but causing controversy - A computer forensics expert and retired federal agent is trying to convince the U.S. government that Windows XP is a threat to national security and its distribution should be postponed. Get the full story: http://nww1.com/go/ad171.html _______________________________________________________________ Today's focus: Putting Linux on Windows By Phil Hochmuth Last week, a new Linux distribution was announced - no big deal, right? A new one seems to be launched every other week. LindowsOS, however, hopes to differentiate itself by being the only Linux flavor that can run popular Microsoft Windows applications, such as Word and Excel, natively from a Linux desktop. Lindows.com, the purveyor of the LindowsOS, claim that its Linux application can not only run Windows applications straight from Linux, but also run them as fast as they world perform under Windows using the same hardware. In the past, users have had to use programs like WINE to run Windows applications from Linux, and the result was often a little slower than desired. People also have run dual-boot Linux/Windows PCs for years, and some Linux distributions, such as Mandrake, allow users to run Linux in a separate windows from the Windows partition of a dual-boot machine (through the Linux4Windows tool). The key to Lindows is a layer of translation code, which will run on an Intel-based PC along with a Linux distribution and a graphical user interface designed by Lindows. This software will do the actual conversion of Microsoft binaries and run them on Linux as a native application, the company claims, as opposed to running the programs through a Windows emulation program on Linux. LindowsOS will be available before year end for $99. Incidentally, Lindows was established three months ago by Michael Robertson, who also set up MP3.com. No stranger to using disruptive technology to rile big, powerful companies, Robertson, hopes to ruffle feathers at Microsoft, just like he did with major record labels with his MP3.com site. Whether LindowsOS is up to delivering on its lofty technical claims remains to be seen. _______________________________________________________________ To contact Phil Hochmuth: Phil Hochmuth is a staff writer for Network World, and a former systems integrator. You can reach him at mailto:phochmut@nww.com. _______________________________________________________________ RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS LindowsOS http://www.lindows.com Start-up helps Linux run Windows apps IDG News Service, 10/24/01 http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/1024linwin.html Find out more about other Windows/Linux integration apps http://www.winehq.com/about.shtml LindowsOS: A little bit Linux, a little bit Windows Network World, 10/29/01 http://www.nwfusion.com/archive/2001/126777_10-29-2001.html Breaking Linux news from Network World and around the 'Net, updated daily: http://www.nwfusion.com/topics/linux.html Archive of the Linux newsletter: http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/linux/index.html _______________________________________________________________ FEATURED READER RESOURCE Network World Fusion's The Edge site Network World Fusion's The Edge is a resource devoted to the advances in service-provider networks that are shaking up the old telecom order. 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