The first development build of Freespire 2.0 has been released: "Freespire version 2.0 Alpha (1.1.57) is now available for download. New features: KDM login manager; KDE 3.5.5 with user switching and SuperKaramba; kernel 2.6.18; desktop directory names (no spaces); Lbrowser with Flash Player 9 beta; Lmail including FreeLinuxEmail; Gaim 2.0.0 beta4; OpenOffice.org 2.0.4."
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Member since:2006-01-28
If you want Gnome, why don't you use Ubuntu?
I see posts such as yours all the time and frankly they add very little. Why? Because you fail to see that most distributors have made a choice about which desktop they are using and they have done so because they believe that desktop is better suited to their development model, brand identity and long-term goals.
When someone makes a remark such as yours, it comes off as little else than a shallow attempt to propagandize your desktop of choice at the expense of a coherent argument about what this article is actually about, which is the release of a new version of Freespire.
Member since:2006-01-10
Whine whine, I DO use Ubuntu, but Freespire appeals to me for OTHER people. I don't want to support KDE (since I don't use it enough myself) and Freespire also (due to some lawsuits between Microsoft and Lindows) has the right to distribute the Microsoft codecs, which makes for a nice out of the box install.
And yes this is pertinent to the article, since in their forums (remember that Freespire is a "Community project") that there are a lot of requests for gnome packages for Freespire.
It is not a shallow attempt at propaganda, I was having a coherent argument. Simple fact of the matter is, it's easier to support one type of DE than two (or three or four, etc). Why else do you think that every distribution has chosen ONE DE as default.
When I install Linux on someone's PC, I know I can expect questions, and it's much easier to answer if they are using Gnome. I would just like to see Freespire be all it can be.
Then again, maybe I'm crazy, but I personally prefer Debian out of all of them, unfortunately I also like the latest Gnome, so I use Ubuntu. But I'm always looking for another distribution to help out with or become a part of, but I do prefer Gnome for it's simplicity.
Member since:2005-11-20
GNOME packages were available from their repos, but had problems in dependencies, so a complete set was not available. This Alpha release was made right after a synch with the SID repos, so GNOME is now what SID has and should function on apt-get install gnome (insofar as the Alpha functions, given reports from the forums over at FOS).
Member since:
2006-01-10
I would consider using Freespire if it had a decent way to install Gnome, though it may have changed since I last tried it (when the 1.0 came out).