Linspire CEO dispels Linspire Linux Myths

An anonymous reader writes "Chances are that you think Linspire lets you run Windows applications, that you have to run it as root, and that it's really not quite a proper Linux. Wrong, wrong, and wrong. At LinuxWorld in Boston this week, CEO Kevin Carmony explained what Linspire Linux is, and isn't all about. Carmony said that people are still getting these things wrong. Yes, in the beginning, Linspire had the goal of letting Linux users run Windows applications with WINE, but it dropped that theme years ago. As for requiring you to run as root, that was, Carmony said, only the case with an early alpha release that was never put in the public's hands. As for not being a real Linux, that's nonsense, too."

Comments

Isn't it obvious ?

[Anonymous Coward]

It isn't about Linux but it is about making money, simple. However, unlike other companies this one only takes and doesn't give anything in return.

Linspire == Ubuntu

[Linegod]

I really don't see the difference between Linspire and Ubuntu.

They both drop everything that is good about Debian, and add a heaping pile of the things that suck about 'user friendly' Linux.

Linspire, like so many before it, is a blip on the radar of Linux distros and in a year or so will be relegated to /dev/null. Ubuntu will follow the same path, burning out when people realize that if you want something as dumbed down as Windows, you should probably be using Windows.