This past week, Linspire showed the first public demo of Linspire Five-0. I was lucky enough to play with it for the last week, and within, you'll find a detailed walkthrough of what's new with Linspire.
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I agree, it's silly that any modern, user-friendly OS wouldn't come with a DVD player. The fact that Windows XP doesn't either doesn't make it acceptable, and average users can much more easily install a free player on Windows than on Linux.
Linspire should at least include a free player like VLC, or a function to install such a player if there's some reason they can't put it on the disc.
Also, it looks like Linspire is making laudable progress with their "L" suite. But to be honest, the screenshot for Lphoto looks awful. They really need to polish the interface, it looks nowhere near as nice and usable as iPhoto or Picasa, even if the functionality is buried there somewhere.
I agree, it's silly that any modern, user-friendly OS wouldn't come with a DVD player. The fact that Windows XP doesn't either doesn't make it acceptable, and average users can much more easily install a free player on Windows than on Linux.
Linspire should at least include a free player like VLC, or a function to install such a player if there's some reason they can't put it on the disc.
Also, it looks like Linspire is making laudable progress with their "L" suite. But to be honest, the screenshot for Lphoto looks awful. They really need to polish the interface, it looks nowhere near as nice and usable as iPhoto or Picasa, even if the functionality is buried there somewhere.