If it's a non-english speaking country, there is nothing generic about the words "Windows", "Word" and so on. Lindows is pretty clearly infringing in those cases. Choosing a name that will get you on the losing side of a trademark disupte, guaranteed, strikes me as a pretty shortsighted thing to do.

I don't know about that. I can see why Microsoft would be upset by the name, but from both the consumer and Lindows' points of view, it seems like a brilliant strategy. I mean the consumer knows what "Windows" is and when you're making a product that has the sole purpose of looking as much like Windows as possible, calling it by a similar name makes a lot sense to Joe Average. They'll expect something almost-but-not-quite Windows when they buy Lindows. And that's what they're getting.. As for a law suit? Everybody knows that a sure-fire way to generate publicity is to have Microsoft sue you ;o)