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Price: $14.85
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Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days



Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Pearson Software
EAN: 0712692953884
Label: Pearson Software
Manufacturer: Pearson Software
Model: 1575953889
Publisher: Pearson Software
Sales Rank: 17976
Studio: Pearson Software

Features:
  • Safely and easily run Linux operating system on Windows machine
  • Simply click icon on Windows desktop to run Linux
  • Rebooting computer returns users back to Windows
  • No disk partitioning or reformatting needed
  • Full copy of Linux-Mandrake 6.1 included





Editorial Review:

Amazon.com Review:
Linux for Windows is based on one of those ideas that's either brilliant or moronic, depending on your point of view. Aiming to simplify the installation and use of the increasingly popular open-source operating system, Macmillan devised a version of Linux-Mandrake that operates as a Windows shell.

This concept makes installation much less dangerous: instead of repartitioning your hard drive, you create a giant (500 to 1500 MB) image file as a kind of fake partition, then run Linux as if it were a Windows program. In theory, this should make installation easier; unfortunately, the user has to learn just as much to get this version of Linux going as any other, and support is practically nonexistent in comparison with others like Red Hat. What do you do when installation stops dead in a fit of kernel panic? Good luck figuring it out, either from the skimpy docs or the Web.

This product may fill a niche for advanced users who either don't want to partition or need to train Windows users on Linux, but the rest of us should either stick with Windows or get one of the better-supported versions of Linux. --Rob Lightner



Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Linux for Windows - Don't Bother
Don't even think about buying this software! I had previously purchased Linux Mandrake 7.0 and was going to repartition my hard drive to use both Linux and Windows. Big mistake!

Not only did the installation fail initially and the documentation was scant to say the least, after I did finally manage to get it installed (somewhat as my winmodem and HP deskjet printer USB both were not supported), then the Boot Magic program could not find root and so I had to use LILO instead to access ... Read More



Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - dont waste your time in aliens
use a real linux distribution, in your main pc, whit ext2 partition, and whit all your documents secure, and use your old computer to play with windows. don't play with linux



Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Lunix-less
I just loved the Linux For Windows packaging! Three easy steps! Well it is not 3 easy steps. Had a problem right from the get go, as the install.bat is coded for CD-ROM drives no higher than H. My drive is M, but the error message I recieved gave no indication of such. And furnished email tech support was no more helpful. Support could have suggested Windows person (me) change drive letter. Thought of that, but for some novice user? There is not enough documentation in the 2 supplied manuals, espically ... Read More



Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - dont waste your $
I have two versions of this program, and boy did it mess up my computer. After the install began, and was finished, there was no rebooting my computer. I had to format my drive and reinstall all of my applications and it just made me hate linux even more. If I do build a linux computer, I'll do it as the only OS on the drive and I'll only use my left over parts from my upgrades of previous systems. In simpleer words if you want to try linux use a spare computer, NOT your main computer.



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