Re: [PLUG] Freespire Beta Out

[Lee Marzke <lee@marzke.net>]

> Why would anyone want to use this over Ubuntu? 


Maybe because you can play mp3's and other windows file formats out
of the box without endless hours of frustration - or changing files to 
Ogg/Vorbis ?

Maybe because you can install new apps with 1 click ( using Click-N-Run ) ?

Maybe because PDF's open correctly with Acrobat ?

Maybe because Flash is pre-installed and works on web sites ?



I'm actually quite impressed with Ubuntu LTS, but the average non-technical
Windows user that is trying out Linux just sees too many failures related
to all the encumbered file formats,  and missing non-free applications.


Lee



Alex Valentine wrote:
> Why would anyone want to use this over Ubuntu? 
>
> Lindows, Linspire, Freespire, whatever you want to call it, has
> basically been snake oil from the start in 2001. 
>
> Remember when Lindows was suppose to run Linux apps and eventually all
> Windows applications? 
>
> http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,47888,00.html
>
>
> ""Michael Robertson's solution is Lindows, a new Linux distribution that
> will, eventually, run all Windows applications as they would run on
> Windows 98, NT and XP.""
>
> ""Robertson said he expects full Windows compatibility in 18 to 24
> months. And he expects it to be done without infringing Microsoft code
> or copyrights.""
>
>
> On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 15:21 -0400, Trent M. Milliron wrote:
>   
> > If anyone cares to check it out 
> > http://tracker.linspire.com/torrents/freespire_0.0.69.iso.torrent
> >
> > Personally I have been looking forward to this.
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