crossbonez Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Linspire is now giving away free digital copies (installable, not live cd) of its LINSPIRE 5.0 DIGITAL VERSION until Sept 6, 2005. http://info.linspire.com/freespire/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahhell Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 It's real nice that it's "free"...except for the fact that you have to yearly subscription to update it properly. That's not exactly free. Other than that....it's nice to look at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnmnky Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 might try this out on my laptop. Cheers for the heads up. It does have live cd funtionality, read step 2. part 4. Once you've got the install CD, you'll be able to run Linspire from that CD without installing to a hard drive (we call this running in "Live CD" mode), or you can install to a partition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted September 1, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 1, 2005 Nice find! Linspire isn't a distro I would recommend to many, but it does come with a LOT "out of the box", and makes every effort for users to never have to use the command line or edit text files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandon.mat Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Nice find!Linspire isn't a distro I would recommend to many, but it does come with a LOT "out of the box", and makes every effort for users to never have to use the command line or edit text files. 586464418[/snapback] what would you recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mieky242 Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 thanks for the heads up man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crossbonez Posted September 1, 2005 Author Share Posted September 1, 2005 Once you've got the install CD, you'll be able to run Linspire from that CD without installing to a hard drive (we call this running in "Live CD" mode), or you can install to a partition. 586464408[/snapback] ya, you can run the installabe version as live cd as well LinspireLive! (the live cd, non-installable version of Linspire) has been made "free" by Linspire for some time, via bittorrent anyway http://media.linspire.com/cnr_linspirelive/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshalus Veteran Posted September 1, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 1, 2005 I find it amusing that the company that tried to piggyback on the Windows name with "Lindows" is all flustered that someone tried to do the same with "Freespire". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flam1ngFir3ball Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 I would not download it if they paid me to, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperSnake Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Well, if you are adventureous enough..you can use apt-get, and install synaptic, and not use CnR to update your system, but they don't support it. Basically all Linspire is basically, is a powered up Debian. I'm so lucky this week! Free Opera, then Free Linspire in the same week!!! :jump: :jump: :jump: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crossbonez Posted September 1, 2005 Author Share Posted September 1, 2005 Well, if you are adventureous enough..you can use apt-get, and install synaptic, and not use CnR to update your system, but they don't support it. Basically all Linspire is basically, is a powered up Debian.I'm so lucky this week! Free Opera, then Free Linspire in the same week!!! :jump: :jump: :jump: 586464645[/snapback] yup, you can install deb packages instead of using their cnr service whatz next? i m guessin a free public beta of Vista or Tiger x86 :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Veteran Posted September 1, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 1, 2005 I tried Linspire a few months back and really didn't like it all. It felt very cluttered and sluggish and way too many "BUY ME!" elements all over it. But, to each his/her own, there is never harm in trying something new. It was just too busy for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richardo Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 They did this about 6 months ago too. I installed it and was really impressed with its ability to get my network working, sound, video etc all straight out of the box. I don't know why windows can't do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouldy Punk Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 This question remains though: I have Mandriva set up to my liking - is it worth me loosing that to try this just because something that would cost $50 is now free? Ok, so would actually do a drive image so I don't loose my sexy Mandriva set up...but is it worth the hassle? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crossbonez Posted September 1, 2005 Author Share Posted September 1, 2005 This question remains though:I have Mandriva set up to my liking - is it worth me loosing that to try this just because something that would cost $50 is now free? Ok, so would actually do a drive image so I don't loose my sexy Mandriva set up...but is it worth the hassle? :p 586464718[/snapback] you can test-drive it by running as live-cd :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan8it Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 May give it a try again...I think I will have problems with the newest drivers for my Vid card and Ethernet, but we'll see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted September 1, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 1, 2005 If you are happy with any other Linux distro, I would not recommend Linspire. It takes all the "Linux" out of Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sicburns Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Whats next? Free Windows :p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Behelit Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Mark, whould you kindly explain what you mean by It takes the "Linux" out of Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouldy Punk Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 you can test-drive it by running as live-cd That's a good point :D I think I'll give the live-cd a go, then if I feel like messing up mandriva I'll give linspire a go. One problem though, what was that about paying yearly subscriptions that someone posted? Linspire's site is useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kangxi Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 i don think downloading that "real free linspire" is a good thing to do . why they share the 50 dollar cost thing???? everthing happens for a reason, but, the problem here is what is the reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 How funny! At my 20 year reunion we all discovered that the resident geek of the high school back in 1985 had been, indeed, the founder of Linspire. Michael Robertson is now worth 330 million bucks, and still showed up. I couldn't stop laughing that he was responsible for this mess up of linux. I personally hate it. Free aint cheap enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted September 1, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 1, 2005 Mark, whould you kindly explain what you mean by It takes the "Linux" out of Linux. 586464775[/snapback] It does everything for you (at least the older 4.5 version I tried did). You didn't learn anything about doing things the *nix way. Part of what I liked about Linux is learning a new Operating System, and learning to administer it properly. If Linspire still uses the default account with root permissions, they have removed another great feature heavily indoctrined in learning Linux: separation of user and administrator accounts/permissions. For a mom & pop user who wants to get away from the slowdowns and malware of Windows, Linspire isn't a bad choice. They won't have to re-learn much at all. But for someone wanting "Linux", this isn't my first recommendation at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouldy Punk Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Ah screw it. Their site is being painfully slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crossbonez Posted September 1, 2005 Author Share Posted September 1, 2005 How funny! At my 20 year reunion we all discovered that the resident geek of the high school back in 1985 had been, indeed, the founder of Linspire. Michael Robertson is now worth 330 million bucks, and still showed up. I couldn't stop laughing that he was responsible for this mess up of linux. I personally hate it.Free aint cheap enough. 586464811[/snapback] i was wonderin whatz the marketshare of Linspire, Linux(+BSD) as a whole to the total # of desktop users?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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