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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

holy shit TIL Lindows is still a thing that exists.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just... renamed. There was a massive lawsuit, which Microsoft lost, but they settled on buying the Lindows branding for $20M.

But the project lives on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Didnt there used to be Lindows PCs in stores?

I could have sworn I saw them in Walmarts like..20ish years ago? +/- 5 years?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Maybe? I remember seeing Ubuntu and RedHat around then, but that's about it.