Quote Originally Posted by rickenbacherus
Ever tried to talk a 60 year old first time pc user through anything over the phone? I'd rather have brain surgery.
LOL!
Quote Originally Posted by rickenbacherus
As I understand it Lindows runs winapps but on Linux.
When Lindows was first announcing that they were going to produce a new Linux distro, they claimed that it would be able to run all (or nearly all) windows apps. Since that time the lindows people have really distanced themselves from that claim. they basically use wine (with perhaps some modifications) to run their windows apps. anyone familiar with wine, knows that it certainly won't run all windows apps, but will run some of them fine.

Quote Originally Posted by rickenbacherus
What about a winmodem? Do they work w/ Lindows or do I still need to get a serial modem? Thanks.
Check out this page: http://www.lfriendly.com/

It is maintained by the Lindows people and has some helpful info. I notice that they list only one modem compatible with linux! Doesn't look like they have done much to help out in this area.

Just make sure that you realize that in order to use Lindows click and run method of installing new programs, you have to fork over $99.

Of cource since Lindows is debian based, I understand that you can also modify your /etc/apt/sourses.list file and just use apt.