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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."
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There are way too many niggers in my city for a story like this to really matter to me.
Linux isn't an operating system. GNU/Linux isn't even an operating system. Linspire is an operating system, and it seems to do a pretty good job of it. Someone who runs Linspire shouldn't say "I run Linux" any more than someone who runs Mac OS should say "I run FreeBSD".
We need to get away from thinking that Red Hat and SuSE are "basically the same". People shouldn't expect things to work the same on these different systems. I can't necessarily download a program for "Linux" and install it on all of these systems, at least not how modern users mean "install" (creates desktop interface links, can be easily uninstalled, etc).
Evaluate them on their own merits as an OS, and (mostly) forget the fact that many of them happen to share the same low-level implementations. It's great that it's easy to port software between these various GNU/Linux-based operating systems, but that's what it is--porting. If we lump them all together under a single umbrella, then each of them loses the ability to differentiate in positive ways (like Linspire is trying to do).
linux sucks, next topic please
Establish a watermelon farm in the next town over.
Alternatively, open up a gun store that accepts food stamps and let the problem take care of itself.
Slackin off!
Thank you, Thank you
I'll be here all week two shows on sunday
don't forget to tip the bartender...
Linsux STILL sucks my hairy ass. Use Windows or FreeBSD. They're the only professionaly coded OSs on the market. Linsux is written and maintained (if you can call it that) by faggot zealot monkeys with a sweaty grip on reality and a sweaty grip on Whorevald's cock. How can you all constantly babble about linsux so much with Whorevald's teeny cock in your mouths?
Mmm interesting. So what you are saying is that linux developers should see into the future and make drivers for the hundreds of devices that will be made in the coming years and make sure those drivers are included in your distribution.
I don't know, that seems like a tall order and I don't think the part about seeing into the future is even possible.
I propose a compromise. What if they published a list of products known to work for sure. That way you can avoid buying devices you know are not supported.
What do you think?
evil is as evil does