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This thread is in response to whoever posted the "Lindows is not Linux" thread.
Look I don't know what the problem with Lindows is... It's easy to use, and install. I've been using linux for about a year. I've tried Redhat, Mandrake and now Lindows/Linspire. Lindows is clearly the best. I like Linspire and I hope that they can continue to make a buck, while making a great product. In my opinion Linspire is the only Linux distro that is set up to compete with the big two -- apple and microsoft. Linspire is LINUX -- it's the best kind of Linux. I'd reccomend it above any other distro to anyone new to Linux! CNR is easy to use and inexpensive. $90 dollars gets you the Linspire and a year of CNR. That price is equal to almost all the other distros who bundle software with their system (Xandros, Mandrake, Redhat, Lycoris...etc). Anything you download with CNR is yours to keep forever even if you have to reinstall your system. So if you want Linux to stay a closet system with a handful of users -- go ahead criticize companies like Linspire that put out quality linux distros. As for me I like Linspire...
Originally posted by Geneius Lindows is clearly the best.
That is a subjective comment. You believe that Lindows/Linspire is the best. Others may not. And everyone has their own opinions, and their rights to that opinion.
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I like Linspire and I hope that they can continue to make a buck, while making a great product.
Personally, I am not a fan, but I too hope they continue to make money from their product.
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In my opinion Linspire is the only Linux distro that is set up to compete with the big two -- Apple and Microsoft.
On what front though? I take it you mean on the desktop?
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Anything you download with CNR is yours to keep forever even if you have to reinstall your system.
Since a lot of it seems to be free/open software anyway, I fail to see how it could be anything other than that. Grantedly, for the software available under CNR that is not free/open software, this is a bonus. But would it be any different if you downloaded it and registered it with the vendors themselves?
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So if you want Linux to stay a closet system with a handful of users -- go ahead criticize companies like Linspire that put out quality linux distros. As for me I like Linspire...
With more and more companies/organisations/governments getting involved with the Linux/FLOSS thing, I very much doubt that some level of criticism of one Linux company is going to totally harm the situation. But it's good to hear your concerns.
Geneius Thanks for your well written and totally correct, IMHO, assessment of the LinSpireOS. I to am also a LOS user and have tried other distro, only to return again and again to LOS. Its just so easy, and my wife who has to be able to just turn on the computer and use it has been able to us LOS and get the programs that she wants with out a problem.
I have always wonder about those who say that the LinSpire is not Linux what is their definition of Linux??
Since the advent of MP3, computers have become popular for use as music machines. You can rip your favorite songs from your CD collection, then put them on your MP3 player and have music on-the-go. Computers are great for organizing your entire music collection, and you can even make mix CDs from your computer for use in your car. With Linux you've traditionally needed one program for digitizing CDs, another for playing them, and yet another for burning playlists to CD. Lsongs combines the best Linux components into a powerful music manager that will play your CDs, MP3s, organize your music collection and even stream Internet radio, all with an elegant drag and drop interface. It also brings cross media format support to Linux by playing MP3, Ogg, Windows Media, QuickTime and Real media, ensuring that Linux users can play the most popular formats they might encounter on the Internet.
The best thing is that the Linspire player/burner/organizer will be open source.
One of the advantages that LSong has over the MPlayer is the great commercial look. When I Fist saw a screen shot of it I found it to very appealing ,Lsong Screen Shot, in fact it look rather familiar. It looks a lot like iTunes. Here is a screen shot of iTunes on my Mac, at work, with the LSong side by side LSong vs iTunes. I hope that this might mean that there might be some cooperation between the two and that with LSong we might be able to get access to the Music Store.
hi I'm a Lindows user(originally redhat and mandrake, started on redhat 7.2), I search these forums for answers to questions sometimes but I didn't realise it had a Lindows forum I have a suggestion here about lindows support.
About L|songs , I didn't realise it was as similar as that but on the whole I'm quite impressed by it moreso as they've also chosen to use python which is very nice. I like the way Michael is doing a service to linux users as he did a service to mp3.com users, he's making music more widely available and I expect he wont' be making much of a profit out of it. As it's linux it will enable you to have an itunes equivelant on any distro, which i'm sure many of you will be happy of regardless of whether you like LindowsOS.
I would never ever support Lindows/LinspireOS. Why you might ask? Paying for downloading software through CNR is just wrong in my point of view. Basically, they build a Linux modified version, charge for it, then charge it again to get software.
I've supported a few distributions as Mandrake 9.2 discovery and Libranet 2.8.1 and I've bought the Official Slackware too.
Unfortunately, I don't have much money, or otherwise, I'd apply my money as contributions to the developers of the software I use the most. Say, I use gaim, so then I would donate to gaim developers. Those are the ones who truly deserve the money, or the ones as Mandrake and Redhat who offers a nice support.
Supporting a company who did nothing but get a lot of applications, packed nicely, painted the box blue (or any other color you think is cute) and charged for it AND for the software you download is very far away from Freedom.
I would actually buy another WinXP ratter then Lindows/Linspire. Another Linux distribution taking a nearly approach is Sun's Java Desktop System, which uses a modified version of Suse Linux. Yet, they at least charge for a software that belongs to them, StarOffice....
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