/comp/ - Linspire?

Name: Anonymous 2005-03-01 5:15

is it worth getting?

Name: Anonymous 2005-03-02 5:08

just like suse, no.

Name: Anonymous 2005-03-02 10:03

Suse is pretty good. I've tried Red Hat and Debian besides it and I like Suse best. Everything worked more smoothly.

Name: Anonymous 2005-03-02 10:23

I'd say no to Linspire. If you're not confident enough with your Linux skills, try Knoppix before, you don't need to remove Windows and can play with it whenever you want.

With Linspire, you'll be stuck with an OS you may not be intersted in. With Knoppix, remove the CD and reboot.

As a serious Linux distribution, I use Slackware and I like it's package system and the fact that I can use it without reading a thousand books before (but I'm not an expert, I just say that Slack is my friend)

Name: Anonymous 2005-03-02 10:25

>>4
gsub(/it\'s/, 'its') and puts "Sorry..."

Name: h4cl 2005-03-05 23:01

In my opinion, it is not worth it.

If you are new to Linux, I reccomend SuSE (Do an FTP install, or grab the CDs/DVD from a BitTorrent site).

My personal distro of choice is Ubuntu. My second favorite is Gentoo.

Name: Anonymous 2005-03-06 8:52

>>6
Yes, SuSE is an awesome distribution and everything works smoothly and almost always automatically.

Name: Christy McJesus !DcbLlAZi7U 2005-03-09 15:04

>>6
My personal distro of choice is Ubuntu. My second favorite is Gentoo.

We have the same favourites, but in a different order :)

Name: h4cl 2005-03-09 22:31

How about a 3rd choice then, Christy? My third choice OS overall would be FreeBSD, but 3rd as far as Linux would be Slackware.

Name: Anonymous 2005-03-10 3:06 (sage)

fedora selinux... as much as i hate redhat incoporated

slackware, debian also good for old paradigm distros

Name: Anonymous 2005-03-10 5:24

>>6
Agreed, SuSE is a decent choice which was very simple to get set up.

Name: Anonymous 2005-03-11 1:36

>>11
Because Suse is for wanna-be's.

Name: Christy McJesus !DcbLlAZi7U 2005-03-11 15:23

>>9
I don't think I have enough experience to have a third choice. I've only used Gentoo and Ubuntu at home. I've used FreeBSD at my university, but the admins are lazy and it's poorly set up. I'm not even allowed to mount the floppy drive. The print server isn't set up to allow printing from Unix. One of these days I'll install FreeBSD as a server somewhere so I can get to know it properly.

Name: Anonymous 2005-03-11 18:48

>>12

SuSE has been successfully deployed in a number of solutions by my company, and I have to say my experience with it is pretty good.

Name: h4cl 2005-03-11 19:54

SuSE is great for noobs, but can be very, very nice when deploying in a large environment (assuming you know what you are doing).

Name: Anonymous 2008-03-28 23:33

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Name: Anonymous 2008-03-29 2:00

>>13
FreeBSD is just Linux with half the features missing and far less software.

Linspire?

1 Name: Anonymous 2005-03-01 5:15

2 Name: Anonymous 2005-03-02 5:08

3 Name: Anonymous 2005-03-02 10:03

4 Name: Anonymous 2005-03-02 10:23

5 Name: Anonymous 2005-03-02 10:25

6 Name: h4cl 2005-03-05 23:01

7 Name: Anonymous 2005-03-06 8:52

8 Name: Christy McJesus !DcbLlAZi7U 2005-03-09 15:04

9 Name: h4cl 2005-03-09 22:31

10 Name: Anonymous 2005-03-10 3:06 (sage)

11 Name: Anonymous 2005-03-10 5:24

12 Name: Anonymous 2005-03-11 1:36

13 Name: Christy McJesus !DcbLlAZi7U 2005-03-11 15:23

14 Name: Anonymous 2005-03-11 18:48

15 Name: h4cl 2005-03-11 19:54

16 Name: Anonymous 2008-03-28 23:33

17 Name: Anonymous 2008-03-29 2:00