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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Member since:2006-01-10
I dont really see how it could get any easier in Ubuntu.
1. Click the Applications menu.
2. Click the Add/Remove... menu item.
3. Click a category (Games, Internet, Sound/Video, etc)
4. Browse the list of applications in that category. You can read about what each application does.
5. Click the checkbox next to an application you wish to install.
6. Click OK and enter your password when prompted.
Based on the screenshots of CNR on Linspire website, it does look "better" (more information, some screenshots of the app, etc).
I'm not sure that makes it easier to use though - I'd actually be inclined to think its harder for the new user, since it appears to have far more functionality than the Ubuntu offering and following Gnome's lead*, we all know functionality is the first step towards confusion 
* I am a Gnome user and prefer it like that
Edited 2006-04-25 00:08
Member since:2005-11-20
Member since:2005-07-06
"Oh, we get it, all right. And PJ at Groklaw has it down fairly well, too."
*yawn* The great Linspire/Microsoft conspiracy. Microsoft has paid off Linspire to be a mole in the "linux community" to destroy from within. Neato.
F/OSS people get more crazy and less loveable by the day. I like the idea but some of the ideal is totally loathesome; equally so as the proprietary lockin that Microsoft espouses imo.
Member since:
2005-07-06
You anti LinSpire guys (and girls) just don't get it yet. And NO, Ubuntu is NOT easier to install software than CNR. Maybe for you but not for people that just came over from Windows.