-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 WC> Not AMD or Intel and I doubt they even have a riser card
 WC> but they do have a 60 Gig drive. I'll be checking their web
 WC> site for more info. Checked, one PCI slot - occupied, one
 WC> base 10/100 ethernet card, one 56K modem, 1 parallel and 1
 WC> serial port, 4 USB 2 on the front and 2 on the back 40 Meg
 WC> Ultra ata hard drive, VIA 800 MHz processor, Linux based
 WC> Lindows loaded. Whole micro-tower is the size of two loaves
 WC> of bread stood on end one in front of the other. 100 more
 WC> gets you 1.53 GHz and I didn't linger to see what all else
 WC> might go with that.

 CA> I've checked and double checked on Lindows over the past months.

I would purge Lindows anyway. 
Looking again I see that's not necessary a as you can snag
a version with AMD 1.3 GHz Athlon, 2 PCI slots, 128 RAM and what 
it calls external bays one of which can be a floppy.
This is just what I culled from their ads nothing more.

 CA> The concept sounds good until you give it some thought. Lindows
 CA> is not the univeral version(s) of Linux others are
 CA> experimenting with and access to new software is a $99 US fee
 CA> each year (now but that could change each year). 
 
As I say looking further you can snag one without software.
I recently ran into a web site citing a hacked down
version of Redhat 7.3 that ran X-Windows and a freeware
word processor from a German author that saves in 
Microsoft Office format while only occupying a 47 meg 
footprint on the drive!
 
 CG> The machine
 CA> has no floppy and no CD-RW. In other words without an intranet
 CA> you're locked into that one system and whatever it can maintain.

They've 5 or 6 versions and one does come with a rw CD-ROM.
Not saying I'd buy one but I'm checking them out
at 300.

 CA> For something like $380 you can purchase HP systems or ComPaq
 CA> systems (refurbished) with more hardware and WinXP (home) which
 CA> is more mainstream IMO.

For me forget Compaq.

 CA> Lindows seems more of a scam the more I check into it.

Somewhat I must agree.

 CA> KNOPPIX will do what Lindows promises and for $5.49 US plus
 CA> shipping I would go with KNOPPIX myself.

 CA> http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/dos/knoppix.asp

Yes I looked that over however my Pentium is about 64 meg short
of running X-Windows on it.
BTW on you .mp3 web site "Dust in the Wind" 
downloads as a 64 or thereabouts file with a .mpu
file name extention.
I really wanted to snag that one.
 
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