madmunky Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 (edited) Just install Linspire 5 Beta on VMware and have to say im VERY impressed, it looks and works grate! Linspire Boot Screen Click N Run Playing DvD's First Boot Desktop File Manager (With Grate Icons!) X Windows Starting Login Screen Gaim Messenger Mp3 Player Network Share Manager Logout Screen File System Files Thumbnails Tutorials Video Player (Supports most formats) Web Browser (www.dungeon-maker.com) Looks and works great Linspire have really got a good thing going here they have nice but not over the top eye candy and a good stable linux background. I really hope this help linux become more successful and i know if i new anyone getting a cheap computer for the first time Linspire is where i would point them (Just need the game industry to start working harder on Linux ports!) Keep up the good work all the linspire team I give the latest version 9/10 ! Regards MadMunky Edited February 17, 2005 by madmunky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcdShdw Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 not bad for them at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laz45 Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Too much shiny stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makeshift Hammer Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Looks good. Do you have to be an ubergeek to do simple things like.......get your modem to work? I've tried two linux distros and neither of them were clever enough to do it on their own (and i don't have the ability nor time to arse about with commands i don't understand.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Natan Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Hm, is that somehow related to Lindows? Looks much like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaded Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Linspire is Lindows. They had to change their name because of litigation from Microsoft. This does look alot better from previous versions of Linspire I have tried, not only graphically but in usebility. Although there can be only so much that can be taken from screenshots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJC Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Eww.. not too pretty. I guess it is good for Linux newbies who want a Windows-like OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Hm, is that somehow related to Lindows? Looks much like it! 585435786[/snapback] Lindows changed its name to Linspire to do obvious reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypoxiaicon Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Looks ok. To me... its XP Cleaned up. Untill I use it... that is :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gflores Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 That looks pretty good. Is it simpler to use than Mandrake? Also, is it free? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaded Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Yes it is much simpler to use then Mandrake, also there is a free version, but it doesnt include the point&click, I may be wrong on that point though. But I know for sure it doesnt include everything that the full paid version does. There is also a similar distro called Xandros that is a bit more robust but just as easy to eas. But that is out of the scope of this review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vip Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 looks much more polished than previous versions :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted February 8, 2005 Veteran Share Posted February 8, 2005 Loooks Well Good :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmunky Posted February 8, 2005 Author Share Posted February 8, 2005 As its only beta still only insiders get it but i would expect a new release within the next couple of months, as for easy to use i would says its easyer than windows, if you subscribe to Click N Run then installing / removing software is only a click aways, it comes with loads of codecs install so dvds/divx/mpg/mp3 run out of the box. I anyone wants a starting point for Linux i would defently recommend this distro by far the best ive tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Looks good.. hmm, I prefer Fedora Core. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PureLogic Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 I still can't believe they ripped iTunes (Lsongs) and iPhoto (Lphoto) off like that (not as good of course). Does it still support Windows files or did they dropped that? The icons everaldo made look cool, but all the white makes the system look so cold. But where did I see that folder icon style before? :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msg43 Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 I have respect for this company espically because of there stupid ads against microsoft and then they try to sell $35-50 bundle of openoffice and firefox all free software you can download don't even bother with linspire do suse or fedora for beginers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blik Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Looks very good... My biggest gripe is KDE :x But that can be sorted out - Although if you know that much should you be using Linspire in the first place.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marku$ Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 does the new version come with a Jean Claud Van Damme movie built in ? cuz if so I'm all voer that shiznit ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayamaniac Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 quite a long way since the day they started on lindows. It's getting there in terms of making a desktop OS out of linux. I think this is the only company really striving to make linux easy to use for consumers. I don't like the fact that they mislead naive people thinking that it can run windows applications natively, but I've used version 4.5 and it works pretty well out of the box. Installation was painless and so is setting up things like network. There's always room for improvement before it can be user friendly like windows and macs, but by the looks of 5.0 beta, they are on the right track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaded Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 quite a long way since the day they started on lindows. It's getting there in terms of making a desktop OS out of linux. I think this is the only company really striving to make linux easy to use for consumers. Like I said above, Lindows isnt the only one doing this, there is also Xandros. Except the big difference is that Lindows is aimed more at the desktop/home user while Xandros is aimed at the workstation/business user which is shown most prominently with the built-in VPN support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 looks VERY nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rix Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 Looks good. Do you have to be an ubergeek to do simple things like.......get your modem to work? I've tried two linux distros and neither of them were clever enough to do it on their own (and i don't have the ability nor time to arse about with commands i don't understand.) 585435785[/snapback] ^ What he said :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E t h a n Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 Wow! Nice looking OS! Makes my XP look rubbish. :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 looks great for noobs, myself i would go with something like gentoo or fedora Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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