Realistically this will use the same repositories, but with more content about the package (users can add content to the package - a la Wikipedia). When have you searched for a package but the results don't tell the entire story. As posted, with the added benefit of providing access to commercial applications that aren't available via current repositories and providing developers an avenue to publish applications direct to the end-user (publishers decide the terms). What other system has a one-stop shopping for all applications???
Started testing the OS in late 2002, became my primary desktop in 2003, used exclusively at home and work since 2004. Everything I need works out-of-the-box; CNR is the easiest software install system I've seen. What makes this different is most file type extensions work without any further installation/configuration. Why wouldn't someone want to use it???
Pls. explain how Freespire (non-OSS edition) isn't the functional equivalent to Linspire (specify package differences). Obviously the OSS edition is significantly different.
The encrypted DVD playback doesn't work out-of-the-box, but is available (with a license fee) via the Freespire CNR repository (other than the other codecs, this is a per unit license fee that's passed along to the end user).
FYI Lindows is fully capable of running multiple user accounts. The answer to the question was why run as root out of the box - simplicity. It's equally simple to add user accounts to the machine if the user is concerned...
Financial software seems to be a weak link in the Linux native application chain. What is your plan for home financial management, individual income tax (i.e. http://www.linuxtax.com/ Practical Tax) and ultimately business accounting software?
Since Lindows is not in the pull-down list (at http://counter.li.org/) for "Distributions" it would be difficult to say what percentage of the 13% belongs to Lindows (possibly need to update the list for accurate data collection).
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Previously there haven't been such Ubuntu tracking measures attempted by Canonical.
Not exactly accurate; previously ubuntu set the ubuntu NTP server as the default to automatically set the time, so Canonical could track usage...
Realistically this will use the same repositories, but with more content about the package (users can add content to the package - a la Wikipedia). When have you searched for a package but the results don't tell the entire story. As posted, with the added benefit of providing access to commercial applications that aren't available via current repositories and providing developers an avenue to publish applications direct to the end-user (publishers decide the terms). What other system has a one-stop shopping for all applications???
Started testing the OS in late 2002, became my primary desktop in 2003, used exclusively at home and work since 2004. Everything I need works out-of-the-box; CNR is the easiest software install system I've seen. What makes this different is most file type extensions work without any further installation/configuration. Why wouldn't someone want to use it???
Crippled apt??? pls. explain...
Pls. explain how Freespire (non-OSS edition) isn't the functional equivalent to Linspire (specify package differences). Obviously the OSS edition is significantly different.
The encrypted DVD playback doesn't work out-of-the-box, but is available (with a license fee) via the Freespire CNR repository (other than the other codecs, this is a per unit license fee that's passed along to the end user).
FYI Lindows is fully capable of running multiple user accounts. The answer to the question was why run as root out of the box - simplicity. It's equally simple to add user accounts to the machine if the user is concerned...
Financial software seems to be a weak link in the Linux native application chain. What is your plan for home financial management, individual income tax (i.e. http://www.linuxtax.com/ Practical Tax) and ultimately business accounting software?
So, will you take up the offer???
Since Lindows is not in the pull-down list (at http://counter.li.org/) for "Distributions" it would be difficult to say what percentage of the 13% belongs to Lindows (possibly need to update the list for accurate data collection).