Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 8th Feb 2007 20:52 UTC
Canonical Ltd., the sponsor of Ubuntu, and Linspire Inc. the developer of Linspire and Freespire, on February 8 announced a technology partnership to integrate with each other's Linux distributions. Linspire/Freespire will be based on Ubuntu, rather than Debian, and Ubuntu will integrate with Linspire's CNR package installer/updater.
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2005-07-08
basing a distro on a distro that is based on another distro seems absurd to me. On the other hand, does this mean that *buntu will get legal codecs ootb now? The chance to purchase legal DVD playback? I couldn't quite tell form the article. If so, this could be a serious boon to the already thriving *buntu community, as well as a means to bring a lot more people into the fold.
I guess it also remains to be seen how this "integration" takes place. Will it be an ugly hack with "GIVE US YOUR MONEY" written all over it, or will it be done tastefully?
Edited 2007-02-08 21:23