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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. Re:Which fanboy are you? by arodland · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Fairly funny, but you might want to try spelling "Mandela" right from here on out. :)

  2. Needs help by Augie+De+Blieck+Jr. · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Am I the only one who had to read the excerpt from the review a few times to understand it? The use of commas and "however" is confusing, to say the least.

    I went to the original article and searched on the word "However." On the second page, it's used three times inside of one paragraph.

    When I found the original quoted sentence, I didn't understand it any better. There's a different between writing and speaking. With the proper voice inflection, that sentence is perfectly understandable. In cold writing, though, it's confusing.

    Quick fix: Remove the "however" from the sentence, and replace it with a period. Make it two sentences and the whole thing makes perfect sense again.