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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You can get Xandros for free through BitTorrent and you get access to their full archive which contains almost all the same packages that you have to pay to use from Linspire. You only have to pay for commercial apps or for some of the latest cutting edge released apps. $60 per year doesn't seem like good value for stuff that is available free on Xandros or Debian.
I'd stick with Xandros who spends a lot more effort making things work whereas Linspire spends all their effort trying to sell you stuff that is already mostly free. Besides, Linspire was initially based on Xandros so why buy the imitation when you can get the original.