187112 - Add LindowsOS to the list of OSes

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(bugzilla.mozilla.org :: Administration, task)

Description

[Brian 'netdragon' Bober]

I plan on gettting LindowsOS to test Mozilla on it. People who buy LindowsOS
might want to use Mozilla. Please add LindowsOS to the list of oses (since it is
basically a windows clone) so that issues that only apply to LindowsOS (But not
windows) can be ironed out.

Comment 1

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

Lindows=Linux

Comment 2

[Brian 'netdragon' Bober]

No it doesn't.

Windows 2000 != Windows NT.
Mac OSX != BSD.

LindowsOS = Linux kernel + (WINE + Proprietary code) + more proprietary code

It isn't Linux, and it isn't made by the Linux community, and it is made to 
properly run Windows programs and it should run Mozilla.

Comment 3

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

So we are talking about running the _windows_ mozilla builds on Lindows?

Comment 4

[Brian 'netdragon' Bober]

yes

Comment 5

[Brian 'netdragon' Bober]

LindowsOS poses a problem because it can run both Linux Mozilla and Windows 
Mozilla. Issues facing the running of Mozilla on LindowsOS might not affect 
either Linux or Windows.

Comment 6

[Christopher Aillon (sabbatical, not receiving bugmail)]

But there might not be.  I say, find a Lindows-specific problem and we'll talk.

Comment 7

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

How is Lindows different from any other linux distribution?

It is _not_ made to run windows programs, show me a place at
http://www.lindows.com that says this and we can talk.
From http://www.lindows.com/lindows_sales_intro.php:
 LindowsOS is a new, fun and exciting operating system that delivers the power,
stability and cost-savings of Linux with the ease of a windows environment.

-> this is just another linux distribution.

Other linux distributions include Wine as well.

Why would you run the windows mozilla on lindows rather than the linux one?

Comment 8

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

oh yeah, and on the topic of "Windows 2000 != Windows NT", RedHat != SuSE !=
Mandrake, but still we only have "Linux" in the OS List.

Comment 9

[Brian 'netdragon' Bober]

> Why would you run the windows mozilla on lindows rather than the linux one?

Someone might. Maybe we should add WINE to the list of oses then :-/

Comment 10

[Hixie (not reading bugmail)]

Find enough bugs for this to matter, and we'll talk.

Comment 11

[Brian 'netdragon' Bober]

A question is whether LindowsOS could be considered a Linux distro or is
significantly different. I will see when I buy it.