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» A Linux OS to Challenge MS?
   Former MP3.com CEO has a new challenge: wresting control of OS market from Microsoft. His new firm, Lindows.com, has something no OS has done well yet. For a fee, users download LindowsOS, which runs Microsoft or Linux programs on PCs. [Wired News]
   http://www.wired.com/software/coolapps/news/2001/10/47856

» Lindows - Linux for the Desktop
   LindowsOS is a Linux Operating System aimed at the Desktop
   http://www.codework-systems.com/lindows/index.htm

» Lindows CEO Attacks Intel's Centrino Linux Lockout
   Intel is having major internal struggle over desktop Linux, and pro-Microsoft marketing droids are winning, according to Lindows.com CEO Michael Robertson. Lists several types of evidence. [The Register]
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/03/20/lindows_ceo_attacks_intels_centrino/

» Lindows CEO Funds Xbox Hacking Contest
   Michael Robertson, Lindows CEO, reveals himself as formerly anonymous donor of $200,000 prize money in contest to translate Linux OS to Microsoft's Xbox video game console. [CNET News.com]
   http://news.cnet.com/2100-1040-978957.html

» Lindows Heads for Store Shelves
   San Diego start-up dedicated to making Linux easy to use for average PC users releases first retail version of its software Lindows 3.0, and has enlisted retail partners to sell it. [CNET News.com]
   http://news.cnet.com/2100-1040-978065.html

» Lindows Unleashes Upgraded OS
   LindowsOS 3.0 aims to offer affordable alternative to Windows, with full compatibility with Microsoft programs and Windows file formats. [PCWorld]
   http://www.pcworld.com/article/107015/lindows_unleashes_upgraded_os.html

» Lindows.com Nabs New Customer in Japan
   The desktop Linux advocate boasts a new partnership in Japan with Japanese ISP EDGE to sell LindowsOS in Japan for home, work, education uses; and assures customers Lindows has nothing to fear from SCO. [InternetNews]
   http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/2213911

» Lindows: Linux Meets Windows
   The founder of MP3.com, Michael Robertson, has a solution for the lack of desktop applications for the Linux OS: Make Windows software run on Linux, by using parts of Wine, software letting Windows programs run on Unix. [Wired News]
   http://www.wired.com/software/coolapps/news/2001/10/47888

» Linux Finds Fans at Wal-Mart
   Firm expands experiment selling low-cost PCs running Linux OS. Web site now has lines of Microtel PCs with installed Lindows, Mandrake. May be milestone for Linux public acceptance. Sales are above expectations. [CNET News.com]
   http://news.cnet.com/2100-1040-943955.html

» Low-cost Lindows PCs Hit Wal-Mart
   Price-conscious retailer is rolling back prices on Linux PCs. On its Web site, it has widened its range of Microtel desktop PCs, with and without LindowsOS installed, with GUI and ability to run Windows programs. [ZDNet]
   http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-123509.html

» Lraiser
   A network to get people to try Linspire.
   http://www.lraiser.com/

» Maker of Lindows Laughs at Face of Danger (and Microsoft)
   Robertson started a firm competing against Microsoft Windows in the PC OS market, named his cheap OS and firm Lindows (one letter different), and to ensure Microsoft hates him, has a $200,000 reward for anyone hacking Xbox. [USA Today]
   http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/maney/2003-02-25-maney_x.htm

» Review: Lindows 2.0 Dissected
   Change of heart: From our in-depth testing, it turns out that Lindows 2.0 isn't a disappointment after all. In fact, we kind of liked it. It is a very slick, highly usable OS. [ZDNet ExtremeTech]
   http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,589704,00.asp

» Seagate Pops Lindows onto Hard Drives at No Charge
   Will lend open source hand to Whitebox PC makers by distributing LindowsOS on one drive model at no cost. Any US computer maker can buy 40GB Barracuda 7200.7 pre-loaded with LindowsHD or without at same cost, should save about $100 per box. [The Register]
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/09/24/seagate_pops_lindows_onto_hard/

» Start-up Creating Linux-Windows Combo
   Lindows.com, a 20-person San Diego company led by former MP3.com Chief Executive Michael Robertson, plans to sell preview version of Linux to run popular Windows programs. Version 1.0 is due early 2002. [CNET News.com]
   http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-274834.html

» Sub300.com
   A company selling PCs preinstalled with the Linspire OS starting at under $300.
   http://www.sub500.com/choice.htm

» The Lindows Conundrum
   Lindows is a cheap OS that runs Linux and Windows code, with a name that mixes both, and which looks like Windows. Why isn't anyone taking it seriously? [ZDNet PC Magazine]
   http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,754,00.asp