Lindows 4.5 Developer's Edition Free, act quick!

[zaph]

5 little words

"server fall down, go boom"

I'll try over the weekend after the feeding frenzy.

 

[robisc]

Wow you guys have hammered their servers, glad I got mine before I posted this.

 

[Rupster]

This is so awesome - I've wanted to try this for so long, but have been too cheap to pay for it - Thank you

 

[Skitzer]

I created an account and it shows up in my cart for $0.00 but I can't get past the Credit Card requirement to download it.
Do you have to give them a CC number? If so F*ck that!
Anybody else have this problem?

 

[Rilescat]

Originally posted by: TrentSteel

Originally posted by: MustangSVT
meh.. u have to give out your credit card info as well as address.. ill pass..

I didn't have to.

How did you do things so as to not put in CC info? It is requiring me to but in CC info to create an account.

Please inform us stupid people.

Thx.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: Skitzer
I created an account and it shows up in my cart for $0.00 but I can't get past the Credit Card requirement to download it.
Do you have to give them a CC number? If so F*ck that!
Anybody else have this problem?

so...that's where I stopped...

 

[1Cheap2Crazy]

Originally posted by: Rilescat

Originally posted by: TrentSteel

Originally posted by: MustangSVT
meh.. u have to give out your credit card info as well as address.. ill pass..

I didn't have to.

How did you do things so as to not put in CC info? It is requiring me to but in CC info to create an account.

Please inform us stupid people.

Thx.

I got mine without any problems. To bypass the CC stuff look at the left side of the screen and click on "My Products". As was mentioned in a previous post.

 

[ttown]

Originally posted by: Skitzer
I created an account and it shows up in my cart for $0.00 but I can't get past the Credit Card requirement to download it.
Do you have to give them a CC number? If so F*ck that!
Anybody else have this problem?

It's not very obvious: once you choose the "developer" edition, you're directed to a "click-n-go" thing which asks for a CC. Skip that noise.
Over on the left, click on "my products"... then "cd downloads"... now you can download just fine
(or I should say "now you can wait in line, like the rest of us")

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: ttown

Originally posted by: Skitzer
I created an account and it shows up in my cart for $0.00 but I can't get past the Credit Card requirement to download it.
Do you have to give them a CC number? If so F*ck that!
Anybody else have this problem?

It's not very obvious: once you choose the "developer" edition, you're directed to a "click-n-go" thing which asks for a CC. Skip that noise.
Over on the left, click on "my products"... then "cd downloads"... now you can download just fine
(or I should say "now you can wait in line, like the rest of us")

I reread entire article and then started in on the comments.. ..

 

[Tullphan]

Free is good...i'm in!!

Thanx, robisc!!

 

[Chevydriver]

Bah I don't like to wait in lines so I decided to just buy it. This will give me something new to mess with.

 

[Wildcats]

Didn't need to use the coupon code. Strange. Sent right to an ftp site. lindows-4.xsource. Heaven only knows what I am downloading though. Got lots of "technical difficulties" screens and had to re-login a lot.....

 

[forkd]

I ordered the shipped version. came out to $21 for me. Not too shabby for an OS.

I then went back in and signed up with a different email and will do the download tonight.

btw...On the page immediately after you creat a user and put the product in your card there is a link below it which asks if you have any coupons...this is before you "proceed to checkout"....by inserting the code here you will not be asked for cc information...good luck

 

[fumbduck]

wtf, i went through and purchased it, the total came out to 0$, and once i was done with the order, it didnt give me anything to download...

 

[Jeraden]

I gave up trying to download it. I could get in the queue (after logging back in about 10 times since it seems to get in a log-in loop). But the queue always bombs before I get to the top of it.

Anyways, what exactly is Lindows anyways? I didn't get a good feel of what I would ever use it for via the website. Is it just another linux distribution or is it a brand new windows-clone O/S that is supposed to be compatible?

 

[nordlaw]

Originally posted by: fumbduck - wtf, i went through and purchased it, the total came out to 0$, and once i was done with the order, it didnt give me anything to download...

Log in with your newly created account. From home page, click on My.Lindows, My Products, choose CD Downloads from the menu on the left, then download.

 

[weepul]

Originally posted by: Jeraden
Anyways, what exactly is Lindows anyways? I didn't get a good feel of what I would ever use it for via the website. Is it just another linux distribution or is it a brand new windows-clone O/S that is supposed to be compatible?

it's an os base off linux leeching off windows name.
here are some screenshots: http://www.lindows.com/lindows_news_gallery.php?image=screenshot

looking @ the screenshots, it basically looks like suse, which has always been free.

//krunk (^_^x)

 

[Nate-X]

73 in line.. can't wait to get it

 

[hansmuff]

Originally posted by: robisc
Wow you guys have hammered their servers, glad I got mine before I posted this.

Wonderful post. Thank you very much!

 

[Nate-X]

Bah getting errors.. as long as you have the order in your cart can you still download it if it won't let you tonight?

 

[frankqfrank]

I'm in line, lucky number 133 currently.

 

[chibchakan]

Direct Link for those like me who kept getting those error messages.

I used FlashGet to download and it only took me about 35 minutes on cable.

 

[Nate-X]

Sweet getting it now

 

[FunkierThanU]

Originally posted by: chibchacan

We're sorry, but an error has occurred while processing your download. Please try your download again. If you continue to receive this message, please contact our support team.

I keep getting this message, anybody else?

#5 in the line....

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Interesting, I got the error, went back in and it dropped my back at number 5,.. now 4....

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Woohoo.... chuggin' away at 66.8kb/sec. Only 2.25 hours to go

btw, I'm using Mozilla Firebird. Y'know how you get randomly dumped from Micro$oft's site if you're using any browser except IE? I wonder if it's reciprocal on Linux sites?!:evil:

 

[Bork]

There's alot of different flavors of Lindows and I've got 'em all except this version 4.5.189 (released 1/16/04) because you'all are hammerin the servers!

LindowsCD 4.5 v4.5.133 12/18/03 boot disc, Lindows runs entirely from CD, nothing installed.
LindowsOS 4.5 Developers Install v4.5.130 12/18/03
LindowsOS 4.5 v4.5.122 12/15/03 full version w/OpenOffice
LindowsOS Laptop Edition v4.5.72 12/3/03
etc.