[coLinux-users] Paragraph: "What is coLinux" on http://colinux.org/ is a bit misleading ... (with suggestions to improve)

[Ulf L. <ulf...@we...>]

Hi List!

Being new to coLinux, first of all:

Thank you for this software, it seems to be really promissing.


While looking at your homepage at http://colinux.org/ the first 
paragraph is really misleading and should be improved:

A.) "In its current condition, it allows us to run the KNOPPIX Japanese 
Edition <http://unit.aist.go.jp/it/knoppix/> on Windows (see Screenshots 
<http://colinux.org/?section=screenshots>)."

The most important is, that it suggest that coLinus is *only* being able 
to run a KNOPPIX Japanese Edition <http://unit.aist.go.jp/it/knoppix/> 
in it's current state. This was keeping me to try it out for "months" (I 
thought: "well, they will fix this some day"). But after some time I've 
looked deeper into the webpage's information and realized that it's 
running several other linux flavours already. This really should be 
improved, maybe to something like:

"In its current condition, it allows us to run different linux 
distributions, like Fedora Core, Debain and the KNOPPIX Japanese Edition 
<http://unit.aist.go.jp/it/knoppix/> on Windows (see Screenshots 
<http://colinux.org/?section=screenshots>)."


B.) "For instance, it allows one to *freely* run Linux on Windows 
2000/XP, ..."

You might consider giving the actual information which Windows versions 
are "supported" and which are not. To my knowledge, this could be 
something like:

"For instance, it allows one to *freely* run Linux on Windows 
2000/XP/2003 (but not 9x,ME,NT),  ..."


C.) "... , *without* using a commercial PC virtualization software such 
as VMware <http://www.vmware.com>, in a way which is much more optimal 
than using any general purpose PC virtualization software."

This is duplicated, better might be:

"... , in a way which is much more optimal than using any general 
purpose PC virtualization software (such as Bochs or commercial VMware 
<http://www.vmware.com>)."



I don't trying to sound nitpicking here, but at least A.) is really 
important to give possible user accurate information (or is the 
deterring intended to keep unexperienced users away ;-).

Regards, ULFL