Linked by Adam S on Mon 24th Apr 2006 18:39 UTC, submitted by John Mills
Is the world ready for another community Linux distro? That's the question being asked and answered today at the 4th Annual Desktop Linux Summit. Once known as a community-supported alternative to the Linspire distribution, the Freespire name is about to rise again from the ashes of obscurity -- only this time as a distro completely sponsored and endorsed by Linspire itself. Editor's Note: The Freespire website is online now as well.
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RE[2]: What's in it for Linspire inc.?
by Knuckles on Mon 24th Apr 2006 20:17
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RE[3]: What's in it for Linspire inc.?
by Lettherebemorelight on Tue 25th Apr 2006 18:50
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Even better, if you can get debian packages for free without CNR subscription, where does CNR fit? Why pay for something that you can get for free.
Granted, CNR is very simple to use and I applaud linspire for integrating it so well. However, gnome-app-install (Add Applications on the system menu) on Ubuntu is easier than CNR and it is free!
As great as it is that linspire is doing this, there isn't much of a niche for it that hasn't already been conquered by Ubuntu, Fedora, or SUSE.
Linspire should stick to their proprietary distro and continue to fund great open source projects such as:
-Lsongs http://lsongs.com
-Lphoto http://lphoto.com/
-AolDialer http://tinyurl.com/g55ea
-libipod http://libipod.sourceforge.net/
-nvu http://www.nvu.com
I don't think you are going to see a lot of linux newbies convert over to freespire with other distros leading the way.