Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 23rd Aug 2005 10:51 UTC
It seems that a free Linspire clone has hit the ftp mirrors. DistroWatch reports: "Freespire is a new Linux distribution, a free edition of Linspire with all proprietary components and trademarks removed. The distribution comes with a free repository of over 1,500 packages available via apt-get and Synaptic. This initial release functions as a live CD only and serves as a proof of concept. It certainly looks like an interesting idea: combining the benefits of Linspire's excellent usability and hardware auto-configuration with a free repository of Debian packages." Review.
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2005-07-06
Linspire's bigest asset and advantage is 'Click and Run Warehouse'. Sure you could probably install it on Freespire but then you would need a subscription fron Linspire.
So what we end up with here is just another Linux distro with a preconfigured KDE that looks somewhat like another Linux distro, but without that distro's added benefits. I fail to se the point.