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Review of Consumer-Friendly Linux Distro
miketronics writes "Linspire Five-O is a full-featured Linux operating system which is intended for desktop use, mainly as an alternative to Windows XP. XYZComputing has a review of the latest version. The company, which was formerly known as Lindows, has gotten a lot of press for including their OS with pre-bundled computers." From the article: "Once the installation is over with Five-O is ready to go. The first time the OS is used Linspire's tutorial program will activate. This is one of most accessible tutorials on any Linux distro and it should be a great help to new users. Though it does not go into extreme depth, it does give the user enough understanding of the OS to get started. Even if you are a Linux pro it will probably be helpful to check out the CNR section, as this system is unique to Linspire. The fact that the developers have the tutorial voice-narrated shows Linspire's commitment to user support -- this feature makes the otherwise boring tutorial watchable."
Here's what I expect to be the top 5 trolls for this thread
- It's so bloated! My pentium 200mhz runs so much faster with just blackbox, shells, lynx and vi.
- It looks so much like Windows XP! Why can't it have pie menus and non-rectangular windows so it looks different!
- This company is going to be the next Microsoft. They've already partnered with Microsoft's evil twin, Walmart.
- This computer comes bundled with Walmart machines, Walmart is evil and must have employed chinese slave labor to write their operating system.
- Everyone should give up on Linux on the desktop and switch to MacOS because Macs are like better and stuff, and I like my Ipod and Steve Jobs is god.