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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1. Linspire lacks LSB certification which Novell and Red Hat both have.
2. Linspire is not a member of the Free Standards Group but Novell and Red Hat are members.
3. Linspire does not follow simple standards such as not charging consumers to access software that is freely available with other Linux distributions.
4. Linspire lacks a flexible EULA and seems more Microsoft like in their license offerings. Unlike the license agreements that Novell and Red Hat offer consumers, both of which work to follow the GNU/GPL.
5. Linspire lacks support for current hardware such as Intel P4/Xeon w/EMT64, AMD Opteron/64-FX, current graphics cards, etc. Both Novell and Red Hat offer a wider support base for hardware than Linspire and as such better suited not only for home consumers but also enterprise.
6. Linspire lacks good distributor support. Unlike Novell and Red Hat that have support from companies IBM, HP, etc.
7. Linspire support offerings are a poor comparison to what Novell and Red Hat currently offer consumers.
8. TCO is higher with Linspire when compared to Novell and Red Hat.
9. Linspire and Debian based distributions in general lack support from the entertainment industry and their software suppliers. Where as Novell and Red Hat are the leading companies used by studios and their highend software developers.