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Friday, April 30, 2004

A Week with Linspire 4.5

Linux Beginner: "Linspire is shiny and nice to look at, and super simple to install, but I didn't really find it much more than that. Other than Linspire rebranded software, I'm not sure what anyone would be paying for if they bought this Distro. There wasn't much support available, other than the user forums, without fees - by no means a complaint, but it makes it difficult to assess the value of something when you're not shown the whole picture. I would have been better able to analize Click N Run if Linspire had offered some sort of "trial" for it - even for 24 hours or 3 installations or whatever. I suppose I shouldn't complain, because I got the distro for free, but's it tough to make a call when you can't even try one of it's most touted features without giving out financial info, and I'm not one to plunk down my credit card for something site unseen. I'm fortunate in that I'm familiar enough with Debian that I could get access to what I needed on my own. For an "average" computer user or "new" Linux user, I'm sure it would be just fine, but as an "average" Linux user (who likes to tinker a bit), I found Linspire be a bit disappointing and awkward."

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