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Re: [PLUG] Freespire Beta Out
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Lee Marzke wrote:
Trent Milliron wrote:
Lee Marzke wrote:
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.
freespire after some testing is defiantly the easiest distro for
desktops yet. It's just like the paid one but free. I feel the first
real linux desktop that may bring windows users to the other side has
just arrived. Free and just as easy, but without viruses. Really
can't beat that deal.
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Can Freespire play mp3, rip mp3, and have adobe and flash
pre-installed ?
How about laptop support for wifi cards, and ACPI sleep, suspend ?
Lee
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Works on everything I have tried it on. Wifi works flawlessly on 3
laptops so far and can play all media files thrown at it except DVD play
right out of box.
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