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Linspire Five-0 First Look

Posted by Hemos on from the making-it-eas(ier)-to-use dept.

Eugenia writes "OSNews posted an exclusive first look for the upcoming Linspire 5.0: 'Linspire Five-0 is definitely a good base from which to build. The lack of well rounded applications when compared to other OSes in its class leave me wanting more, however, a slick look, some powerful Linspire specific apps, and a non-crippled undercarriage remain appealing' says the author." The bigger question will be how it stacks up against other commericial offerings in the long run. (ITMJ is also owned by OSTG).

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  1. Just had to say it.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Linspire Five-0?

    Boot 'em, Danno.

  2. Should've named this OS somethiing better. by bigtallmofo · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't know, but the name Linspire just doesn't sound good to me. They should've called this operating system somethinig much more descriptive of what it does... The only thing that jumps out to me is Lindows. I wonder why they didn't think of that name?

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    1. Re:Should've named this OS somethiing better. by who+got+my+name · · Score: 1, Funny

      You might be right, how about: Wannabemswin.

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  3. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  4. DVD Playback by Smiffa2001 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "How can this be that a commercial OS doesn't include DVD playback?"

    Erm... I'd like to add another commercial OS that doesn't play DVD's right out of the box to this shocking list: Windows XP.

    At least with WMP9 I get a "Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because a compatible DVD decoder is not installed on your computer".

  5. Re:Click and Run by who+got+my+name · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think click-and-run fits very well with plug-and-pray ...

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  6. Re:dropshadowing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You don't know what IMHO stands for, do you?

  7. What is this about? by KlomDark · · Score: 2, Funny

    Linux for cops?

  8. Re:Needs help by Sophrosyne · · Score: 3, Funny

    I agree... here is a great sentence:
    Now, burning a DVD was fairly easy using K3b. While burning a DVD, however, the system was fairly slow.
    Edited:
    Burning a DVD was fairly easy using K3b, but the system was fairly slow.
    These fairly elementary mistakes-- Someone really should rewrite this article.