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Buy Lindows, Get Fedora and Mandrake Too?

tacarat writes "Lindows has an interesting deal going on right now. If you go to Linuxshootout.com, you can get Linspire/Lindows 4.5, Mandrake 10 and Fedora Core 2 or a mere $29.95 download or $39.95 for the 8 CD set. Yahoo! News covers this story. Quoting Michael Robertson,'Our emphasis on Linspire is ease of use -- making Linux quick and easy to install and use,' he said. 'Other products may have a different focus. That doesn't mean they aren't great products, just that their focus may be different. Every new Linux computer helps the Linux desktop industry, regardless of what company's product you choose'. Also, 'We want to encourage side-by-side comparisons of the latest Linux products.' Interesting strategy. Will their sales go up because people are buying Lindows plus the other two distros, or will it be the other way around?"

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  1. Yep by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Who Cares

  2. If you have one distro... by James+A.+S.+Joyce · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...and it works for you, why do you need still more?

    --
    GNAA

  3. Re:Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You're a great example of how even the most retarded faggots try to help the gay movement as a whole

  4. quick! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    somebody make a gentoo joke!

  5. Your peoplesprimary fails it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Additionally, I shitflooded your sister's livejournal. ROR!

  6. you FIAIL it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
  7. Slackware and Debian run as root by default too. by anonymous+coword · · Score: -1, Troll

    Stop picking on Linspire!

  8. Re:If you check my ebay auction... by cos(0) · · Score: 0, Troll
  9. Re:Nice, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    ain't the GPL great?

    no