Anyone tried Linspire (Formerly Lindows)?

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[Brainhose]

Hello. I was thinking about trying the Linspire OS.
It looks pretty neat but I'm not willing to shell out the dough if fellow Freepers think it sucks.
Let me know what you think.
TIA

[Echo Talon]

is it a dvd-rw? :D that would even be cooler.. :)

[Echo Talon]

well, talk to you all later I have to go to the DMV and get my drivers license renewed... :\ oh boy...

[ShadowAce]

is it a dvd-rw? :D that would even be cooler.. :)

It can be. Right now it's just an ISO image that I boot to using a VM. The VM is pointing to the ISO image as a CD drive, so I don't need to keep burning it to disc while I'm developing it. I'll add a distro to it, and boot up the ISO image for testing. Once I get an ISO about the size of a DVD, then I'll burn it to a DVD-RW. That will allow me to update individual distros as they release new versions, and re-burn my image file.

[Vinnie]

I'm running a Dell, 2. gig , 512 Ram.

Thanks for the info. I'll try it next week, too busy this one.

I still have the Puppy file on the comp.

I think I tried an ISO opener.

I do remember the Puppy program is close to the max size for a CD and the first CD I tried wouldn't hold the entire program.
I got a 800 meg CD and burned it.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Now that is the way to go.

[Echo Talon]

if you're going to wait a week or so, wait until Mepis 6 final is released then download that... :) from mepis.org

"final release has been rescheduled for July 10."

Wait until that comes out, then download it, check the MD5SUM then burn it to disk.... its a live cd so you boot from the cd then install to your hard drive, it has an easy installer on the desktop.

[Echo Talon]

pretty slick system you got there. :)

[ShadowAce]

Yeah--it works real well. I'm thinking I'll DL MEPIS when it comes out next week and add that to the mix as well.

[Echo Talon]

yea, DO NOT download Mepis RC2 and try to use the live cd... a package was forgotten when they mastered the cd... "hwdata"... its OK IF you are going to install Mepis 6 RC2 to your hard drive because you can then add the "hwdata" later via synaptic update manager."hwdata" lets you pick your monitor make/model# and resolutions and such...

[zeugma]

I'm currently in the process of building a DVD iso that contains multiple LiveCD images. It boots up to a GRUB menu, and I can choose which Live CD to boot up from there.

Sounds really cool. Are you going to submit it to sourceforge, or another place that can host it? :-) 

[ShadowAce]

Are you going to submit it to sourceforge, or another place that can host it? :-)

Nah--the hard work has already been done by someone else. I'm just trying to learn the concept and theory behind it so I can add new one that he hasn't done the work for yet.

[Vinnie]

Will do, thanks

[Echo Talon]

You do have WinXP right now right?

[Vinnie]

yes

[Echo Talon]

ok good, that cd burning app i listed will work with XP. :)

[No Truce With Kings]

My wife uses it and loves it. I mignt go that way with my next computer, but only if I have to go to a new MS OS that is incompatible with my existing software.

[Echo Talon]

Give Mepis 6 a shot when its released July 10th... :) you can
easily setup dualboot windows and linux.

[postaldave]

you must try www.pclinuxos.com

best of all it's a liveCD so you can try it without instlaling it.

it has everything that linspire has and it's still free.

[rzeznikj at stout]

Haven't used Linspire--so I couldn't tell ya.

Whatever you do, avoid Suse 10.1...8^)

(10.0 and below are still excellent...)

[LTCJ]

> Whatever you do, avoid Suse 10.1

Just curious, what's your complaint about 10.1? I've run SuSE for years and I'm currently operating with 9.2. I've considered upgrading to 10.1 with a fresh install.

I'd be interested in your thoughts.