Posted by: Administrator
on September 14, 2006 09:41 AM
I noticed your conclusion at the end was that the Mini, in terms of hardware, made a reasonably attractive and compelling choice from a hardware standpoint, but the closing argument left some doubt about the distribution itself.
Based on what I've seen when I've used Linspire software, I've found it to be quite easy to set up and plenty capable for my admittedly simple needs (I have an aging commodity desktop system, a Dell Dimension 4100, and I use it for Web browsing, reading Email, and moderate text editing and word processing. For that, Linspire, whether old software or current software, works just fine.
I do tend to like the newer stuff. For that, Freespire is right up there with the good stuff. It is reasonably current, under active development, and it gives you the choice of being free in both price and content, or you can get non free codecs and non free software, kind of the Burger King of distros - have it your way, as a REALLY old commercial used to say... oops, I'm giving away my age with that comment!
Anyway, with the recent direction that Linspire, the company, is taking with their distributions, I'd have no hesitation in going with this setup, assuming you like the hardware. I think the software, either out of the box or what you can get by "upgrading" to Freespire, is plenty current and full of useful extras, plus a solid base.
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Why ditch Linspire, maybe to get Freespire?
Posted by: Administrator on September 14, 2006 09:41 AMBased on what I've seen when I've used Linspire software, I've found it to be quite easy to set up and plenty capable for my admittedly simple needs (I have an aging commodity desktop system, a Dell Dimension 4100, and I use it for Web browsing, reading Email, and moderate text editing and word processing. For that, Linspire, whether old software or current software, works just fine.
I do tend to like the newer stuff. For that, Freespire is right up there with the good stuff. It is reasonably current, under active development, and it gives you the choice of being free in both price and content, or you can get non free codecs and non free software, kind of the Burger King of distros - have it your way, as a REALLY old commercial used to say... oops, I'm giving away my age with that comment!
Anyway, with the recent direction that Linspire, the company, is taking with their distributions, I'd have no hesitation in going with this setup, assuming you like the hardware. I think the software, either out of the box or what you can get by "upgrading" to Freespire, is plenty current and full of useful extras, plus a solid base.
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