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Canonical and Linspire Make a Deal

Posted by kdawson on from the consolidating dept.

Nate writes "Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, has teamed up with Linspire to share technologies between the two distros. When Freespire 2.0 arrives in April, it will use Ubuntu as its base, moving off of the current Debian. Ubuntu users will get access to proprietary software (DVD players, media codecs) via Linspire's newly opened Click 'N Run. Check out the press release and the obligatory FAQ."

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  1. Too little open source? by h4rm0ny · · Score: 0, Troll


    I'm starting to think that it's time to quit Ubuntu and move on. I was drawn to Linux originally because I liked the Open Source idea (and because I was a C programmer it seemed required somehow). But Ubuntu is turning into quite a haven for proprietary and binary only software and I wonder if I'm undermining the open source movement by not sticking with something a bit more free.

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    Aide-toi, le Ciel t'aidera - Jeanne D'Arc.
  2. Ideology or Pragmatism? by earbenT · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm sure this headline will send RMS into a tizzy, but it also resurfaces the question of where open-source is headed if it is to survive and flourish against staunchly proprietary competitors.

  3. Entirely offtopic by diamondsw · · Score: -1, Troll

    We don't have enough troops in Iraq," Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, 2005. Yes, because two years ago more troops may have made a difference. Three years ago would have been even better. Had we been able to maintain security in the first place (especially of critical infrastructure such as the power grid), things likely wouldn't be the way they are now. Or heck, perhaps there could have been some planning for the "post-war" - because it's damn obvious the plan was "they'll adore us and all problems will go away".

    Now it's too late to "win", in any meaningful way.
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    I don't know what kind of crack I was on, but I suspect it was decaf.
  4. Don't forget by Nimey · · Score: 0, Troll

    Don't forget to pay your $699 license fee to SCO^WIBM, you cock-smoking teabaggers.

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    E pluribus sanguinem
  5. Re:Windows 95... almost? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yeah... I'll try to remember that when I'm playing games on XP or Vista, or buying software which will run on it, or having new hardware auto-detect and auto-configure, or the billion other things XP/Vista does which fails with the "Windows Wannabe Distro" of Linschitz or Lindows or Linspire or whatever the hell they're calling themselves this week.

  6. Yo Microsoftie by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    STFU.

  7. Re:Windows 95... almost? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    LINSUX will never be ready for anything except for the trash heap just as it always has been as it was created by the faggot from a communist country who should have been shot for commiting high treason against America long ago.

    GO AHEAD, FUCKING FLAME AWAY OR WASTE YOUR GODDAMED MOD POINTS FUCKTARDED SHITDOT SHEEPLE!