Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 9th Sep 2006 16:26 UTC, submitted by Mark
"Linspire/Freespire is real Linux, and if you are hoping to convert someone loaning them a Linspire PC might be the way to do it. If you are a regular Linux user, you don't need it, but it makes a great set of training wheels."
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Then if you look critically at the average distro's site it isn't even trying to appeal to Joe Public. The big corporate distros sites like SuSE and Red Hat are designed to appeal to corporate suits and CIOs. Debian is pure and ascetic as befits its philosophy. If you know you want Debian, it's a very simple site to navigate with clear links to downloads, documentation, support pages and news items. If you've never heard of Debian and have no idea what it is and why you might want it, then Debian is content to leave it at that.
When you go to Debian's website and you want to know what Debian is, all you need to do is to click "About Debian" (it's on the top left corner of the page, you can't miss it). Clicking that link takes you to this page: http://www.debian.org/intro/about This page has lots of information about what Debian is. And if you read that page onward, you'll see a link that says "pros and cons of Debian". Clicking that link takes you to this page: http://www.debian.org/intro/why_debian that will tell you why you might want Debian (and also why you might not want Debian).