Why the hell didnt you carry on with the thread then old bean??? If you saw the time on the posts, you should of noticed that I had finished arguing with him, jesus what a tool.

yes i am quite a tool

*goes back to PotD Paradiso*

You know what, I really can't be bothered to argue with you. At this point, the author said some things.

ElliotK,

Please follow the rules of this site you agreed to or don't use this site at all. Review the rules here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/rules.php

Basically I'm telling you to drop the attitude and foul unecessary language now or you will lose privileges to this site. If you got a problem, email me or the site admin. If you even think about replying here in this thread or any other member for that matter, you will be banned from this site.

I'm sickened by the responses here. If any member see's members act like this to others just by the distro they use to start a controversy cause they can't keep their big mouth shut, report it, ignore and move on. Let a moderator handle the member and situation from there.

I am so serious right now its not even funny.

liquidtenmilion,

I kindly ask you to just stop it. You are not helping the situation at this point by making matters worse with every reply you make.

It's EliotK

It's called a typo! Looking at one of your own threads you spelled format with two t's..and you also spelled recently as recentley.... so I think I'm allowed to make a mistake in spelling your name!

And I really feel your response came as a smart aleck type response. Like I said, email me or the site admin if you have a problem with your own attitude and language, if not, move on before you get banned. Responding how you just did is not giving you any good of an impression and I don't find it funny at all as its only going to get you in more trouble.

Agreed.

But you started this nonsense off in the first place my very best friend. If you hadnt of steped with your pseudo nature, none of this shit would have started. So you can shut the hell up.

@trickykid

nice work there, very good, but does this have anything to do with being polite?
Wait wait wait, now your gonna say it was me in the first place, well as a moderator why don't you just carry on with the thread instead of the intellectual cow kaka all you wonderful wonderful people spew.

EliotK. Stop it right now. LQ, believe it or not, is used by many people in the workplace. It also has a reputation as a friendly, professional site and you are not upholding that. Disagree with the other members all you wish, but do it in a non-offensive manner without swearing.

OK?

What, Yeah I'll click your thanks button for the big help you are.

Guess you didn't believe me or you can't read my first warning very well. See you around after you have to contact the admin to get reinstated, that's if you choose to do so!

Like a lot of distros, Linspire has its problems but it has one big advantage- it works. Pop it in your computer and you are ready to go. The install is simple, loading programs is simple- you see it, you click it, you have it. Absolutely anyone can use it and enjoy it.

This accomplishes two things. 1) it introduces people to linux who otherwise would never try it and if they did try it, wouldn't like it. 2) Click in run also gets people use to the variety and quality of free software- with out sorting through dependency h*ll. All and all it is a great place to start into linux.

Once people start into linux they are either going to get into it and want a more pure distro or 2) they are going to like having a computer without the blue screen of death and stick with linspire. Either way- linux has another user- and a company that is supporting linux and funding projects makes some money so that they can keep doing it. Everyone wins.

I look at Linspire as a distro I can use for someone who doesn't care how the computer works- as long as it does. If you want or enjoy something harder great- I like using mepis or ubunto just so I can get the latest version of programs- but I gave up on Fedora, Mandrake and Suse because it was to much of a pain to install software using RPMs. You'll notice I didn't say I couldn't do it or it was to hard- I just didn't feel like spending my time messing with it.

Then again, for anyone who enjoys searching for lib12.764 all over the internet- linux works for you to. The best part about linux is that it isn't one size fits all. Use the distro you like or that lets you get your job done and let other people do the same.

I've never used Linux until now. I am not good at memorizing codes and commands. We've purchased a computer with LInspire installed on it (no charge for the operating system, actually), mostly because we're sick of Windows and wanted something with free/open source software we could dl. I am now concerned, after reading some forums, that I will be unable to dl directly from the source with Linspire, that I will have to go through the CNR Warehouse. I don't mind doing a free 15 day subscription to get the programs I know I want now (like OpenOffice), but it bugs me that I cannot continue to get updates or new programs without paying the subscription fee. I don't want to return to Windows, and I don't want a program I have to pay for every year and I don't want something where I have to open a command window to do simple tasks (I'm nowhere near a computer expert, but I used unix as a kid and it was crazy complicated and clunky). If anyone has a solution as to how I can dl programs with Linspire without having to subscribe to the CNR, it would be appreciated. Try to make it as un-techniical as possible (that's why we went with Linspire, we didn't want technical, we wanted ease of use).

I know how you feel about having to pay a yearly fee for the downloading rights. No linux distro I have tried is as easy as Linspire. I'd try it for a few days- you might find out you like it enough to pay the fee. Also, you can download everything you want in the free trial period and then not worry about it.

However, if you want to be able to download programs when you want to (believe me, I understand) you should try Mepis or Ubuntu. Both are Debian based distributions (like Linspire). The importance of this is that they use DEB package management instead of RPMs.

The DEB format allows you to you a package manager (Kpackage or Synaptic come preloaded on the disk) to download and remove packages. It doesn't have the decorative graphic of click in run, but it gets the job done and there is a ton of software out there. You do have to sort some of the libs and other internal program packages that Linspire weeds out for you.

The other big advantage to these programs is that they can be downloaded for free from the respective websites.

Mepis: http://www.mepis.org- Mepis also has a book written about it called point and click linux. It's similar to a dummies book in that it makes everything pretty simple and easy to follow. It also comes with a DVD instructional video- I don't know what's on it I have never watched it. One nice feature of Mepis is that it installs from a live CD meaning you pop it in the cd player and the computer will boot into mepis. If you like what you click on install me and the install the software.

Ubuntu -www.ubuntulinux.org- this is another good choice for people you just want there computer to work- without having to think to much about it . It is a GNOME desktop as compared to KDE (LInspire (Sorta) and Mepis). To me the GNOME desktop is a little harder to follow then KDE. In about 20 seconds tons of GNOME users are going to tell you I'm wrong. They may be right. Ubuntu can be downloaded as alive cd to try out. They will also send you a set of pressed cd's for free. However they pressed CD's take a long time to receive and they aren't shipping any more until April.

Xandros linux is also an excellent choice- but you run into having to buy the CD's fro there best version.

Which ever way you go- keep trying