Unix and Linux → Re: Need help in compiling source code.

I've already looked and there's just one small problem... I'm not a Lindows Insider so I don't have the luxury of being able to 'Click-n-Run' what I need. I'm borrowing the CD from a friend to take a peek at it. With what I've seen so far, I'm leaning towards purchasing Lindows in the very near future.

Hmmmmm....The old 'Rock-and-a-Hard Spot' gambit. I can't get the tools I need unless I buy it, and I'm not sure I want to buy it unless it does what I want. Maybe your friend can get you the stuff you need?
Good Luck!
drjim

He probably can but that brings me to another dilemna of sorts. Since it's 'Click-n-Run', how would he be able to give me the software that I would need since it's installed after it's downloaded? Would he be able to just copy what I would need onto a CD and give that to me to install?

said by jplove71:

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I'm not a Lindows Insider so I don't have the luxury of being able to 'Click-n-Run' what I need.

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Your inability to use Click-n-Run because your not a "Lindows Insider" caught my interest. I looked around the Lindows website and saw what you were talking about. With Mandrake, RedHat and SuSE (the only three distro's I have experience with) you have access to updates and software without having to pay a $99 per year subscription. Unless you have some compelling reason to use Lindows, you may wish to try one of the "mainstream" distro's before buying Lindows.

Well, never having given Lindows more than a passing look, I guess I don't know. Can he come over and login on your PC?
drjim

said by drjim:

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Well, never having given Lindows more than a passing look, I guess I don't know. Can he come over and login on your PC?
drjim

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Sure, if he were to fly here from Chicago.

Uhhhh....gee....It never occurred to me he was out-of-state!
Oh well....
drjim

said by drjim:

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Uhhhh....gee....It never occurred to me he was out-of-state!
Oh well....
drjim

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LOL

said by hotshotDJ:

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without having to pay a $99 per year subscription.

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Hmmm... I was under the impression that it was a one-time fee. I'll have to double-check that.

said by jplove71:

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Hmmm... I was under the impression that it was a one-time fee. I'll have to double-check that.

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Here is what it says at »www.lindows.com/lindows_ ··· gnup.php

said by Lindows:

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What do we ask of you?

* A $99 fee for a one year membership
* Your feedback about our plans, our products and our future direction

Join now and help us shape the development of a cutting edge product with your valuable feedback. Together, we can bring choice to the desktop computer!

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Perhaps I'm mistaken, but it looks to me like they want you to pay $99 per year to beta test for them.

That's certainly the way it reads to me... the whole Lindows thing makes me think that they're the Microsoft wanna-be of the linux world.

Lindows is just that- a gap bridge for windows users.