Linked by Andrew Davis on Mon 22nd Nov 2004 20:12 UTC
I admit that I'm a geek. I use Linux. I use Solaris. I use FreeBSD. At times, I use Windows. And without a doubt, I download and try almost every Linux distribution when they come out. Over the last few years, I've tried all of the RedHat/Fedora releases, 2 different Lindows/Linspire releases, Mandrake, Gentoo, Xandros, Suse, Ubuntu, and the list goes on.
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I used Linspire and Lindows (When it was called that) a couple of times. I really liked Linspire. The problem was that I like to tinker around and since everything just "worked" and I had no trouble I quickly re-installed other distros. It was frustrating having everything work well for some reason.
I think Linspire is the one true home user's Linux based desktop. It can do whatever you want without any effort. All you have to do is pay your money and you get a quality assured OS. I have in my library Red Hat 4.0 and thousands of dollars worth of Linux distro boxed sets. I have also downloaded every distro that ever had some kind of buzz going (Libranet, Xandros, Novell Desktop, JDS the list goes on and on) and none of them fit my needs for home use like Linspire had. The key here is all you really need is a net connection and an index finger to click and install applications. Ease of use and convenience is what sets Linspire apart from the other distros. I too await version 5.0 I am interested in checking it out.