--- In [email protected], Roy Charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> For all Ubuntu users, Linspire Click'N'Run (CNR) is now available as
a beta.
I advise all and sundry to stay as far away from Linspire as possible.
My stepfather bought a PC online with Linspire pre-installed, and
found Linspire to operate on a "taxi-meter" style (his phrase, not
mine) similar to M$ products, requiring payment of fees at every turn
to activate features, acquire software and download updates! Not the
"linux way" at all! Charging for premium customer support is one
thing, but this was appalling!
Disappointed, stepdad's unplugged it and put it in the attic; this was
his first venture into Linux, and it's soured him on it altogether.
I've shown him other distros, told him that's not how it should be. I
hope I can convince him to try something else...
Of course, had he *asked* me beforehand, I would have advised against
Linspire on "ideological" grounds, given that Linspire is one of the
developers that caved to fears of M$ patent-infringement lawsuits and
cut a deal with the Beast From Redmond.
So, now Linspire is attaching itself to Ubuntu's coattails? Charming.
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