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Linspire 5.0 first look..

Linux client OS in detail

http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=9707

February 14, 2005 11:59 PM from

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Our friends at OSNews.com have put together a thorough first look at the Linux client OS, Linspire.

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Reply #1 February 15, 2005 5:00 PM from

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Had tried an earlier version under a free offer at DevArt- Installation went well on a (then) new laptop. Unfortunately they require you to buy all your software through the Linspire organization, unlike other distributions of Linux that will install software for free from source through a simple-command line operation. It's all a balance of cost, however, and for a non-technical user Linspire really was easy to adapt to, especially for cross-over users.

Reply #2 February 16, 2005 5:27 AM from

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Linspire's main disadvantage is lots of hardware incompatibilities.

Reply #3 February 19, 2005 5:48 PM from

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There are lots of better Linux distributions. Microsoft has now done a good thing - pushed away from the scene an OS that is only marketing and not much functionality. Let's hope they'll improve their Windows.

Reply #4 February 20, 2005 5:00 PM from

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Fedora is still better.

Reply #5 February 21, 2005 8:43 PM from

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This aarticle is about this Beta. If it is anything like the previous version - PASS, PASS!

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