Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on November 21, 2004 07:45 AM
Lindows/Linspire isn't as crippled as your remark would lead readers to believe. Non-CNR software usually installs without a problem, in evaluations that I've done on their latest iteration of the 4.5.xxx release.
There *is* a place in the market for Linspire, and that's for the entry-level Linux user--kind of a way to wean themselves off of M$.
I *would* rather see Linspire force a root password, rather than suggest it, as well as force the creation of a user account for daily use; but this is the way it happens to be right now.
The state of computing--even with Linspire--is *far * better than it is in the Windoze world.
Rather than denigrate a reasonably good distro, a far better response would be to take pen in hand and write Michael Robertson to encourage him to "tighten-up" the approach to security that they implement in their install driver.
Giving him a pat on the back couldn't hurt either. After all, from what I've seen there are some very good advances in novice usability in their offering.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on November 21, 2004 07:45 AMThere *is* a place in the market for Linspire, and that's for the entry-level Linux user--kind of a way to wean themselves off of M$.
I *would* rather see Linspire force a root password, rather than suggest it, as well as force the creation of a user account for daily use; but this is the way it happens to be right now.
The state of computing--even with Linspire--is *far * better than it is in the Windoze world.
Rather than denigrate a reasonably good distro, a far better response would be to take pen in hand and write Michael Robertson to encourage him to "tighten-up" the approach to security that they implement in their install driver.
Giving him a pat on the back couldn't hurt either. After all, from what I've seen there are some very good advances in novice usability in their offering.
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