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Lindows offers OS for free over p2p
Lindows has announced it plans to distribute its LindowsLive operating system for free via peer-to-peer networks. LindowsLive allows people to run a Linux-based operating system from a CD, without installing it on their computer, and previously retailed for US$29.
Lindows has announced it plans to distribute its LindowsLive operating system for free via peer-to-peer networks.
Lindows has a running legal battle with Microsoft over the name of the company, which the litigation-happy behemoth claimed infringes a Microsoft trademark. There was also bad blood over MSFreePC.com, a Web site set up by Lindows to allow consumers due a refund from the US$1.1 billion settlement Microsoft made last year
to lodge their forms online. Earlier this month a judge ruled against the Web site, forcing it to be removed.The move by Lindows will also help the fledgling peer-to-peer industry, which is trying to legitimise the software as an effective and profitable way of distributing legal content to consumers.