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Lead Head · March 29th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by gvblake22

I can't wait to get my secondary system finalized so I can get Ubuntu loaded up!

Have you heard anything about PCLinuxOS or Freespire/Linspire?

Would you honestly pay $50 for Linspire, when you could get Ubuntu and many others for free?

screwballl · March 29th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by gvblake22

I can't wait to get my secondary system finalized so I can get Ubuntu loaded up!

Have you heard anything about PCLinuxOS or Freespire/Linspire?

from what I have heard, those are VERY BUGGY as is ReactOS

**gvblake22** · March 29th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lead Head

Would you honestly pay $50 for Linspire, when you could get Ubuntu and many others for free?

No, I most definitely would not. I was mostly referring to the free version

Lead Head · March 29th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by gvblake22

No, I most definitely would not. I was mostly referring to the free version

Theres a free version of Linspire?

screwballl · March 29th, 2007

Linspire free = freespire

yurimxpxman · March 30th, 2007

Lin/freespire is a joke. Not only is it one of the worst distributions out there (and for a fee??), but it runs everything as a superuser, so the system is just as vulnerable as Windows XP.

polobunny · March 30th, 2007

Very good read, short and to the point.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Panda Man

This article is BLASPHEMY!!! ITS MADNESS!!!!

Its well written. Nice write-up Josh

I can also remember why I tried linux in the first place!

MADNESS? THIS IS SPARTA!

**Hitman** · April 2nd, 2007

Great Job Josh. I have to agree with your choice of Distros to cover. These are the 3 I recommend to people all the time. I prefer Suse over all of these, but thats the great thing about Linux, you have a choice.

As far as games go I was able to get CS:S running using Wine. It actually plays quite well. Quake 4 has a linux install available so I am able to play that as well. Skype also has a Linux version. So you're good there as well.

screwballl · April 2nd, 2007

After a weekend of playing with a few distros, Ubuntu 7.04beta is still buggy, 6.10 is still buggy for me but 6.06.1 works fantastic....
also found that Kubuntu tends to handle video related tasks much better then the Gnome based Ubuntu plus has a much cleaner look to it.

I am a KDE convert

March 29th, 2007	#15
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,279 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Browsing Distributions Linspire free = freespire Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

March 30th, 2007	#16
yurimxpxman Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: /home/yurimxpxman Posts: 1,695	Re: Browsing Distributions Lin/freespire is a joke. Not only is it one of the worst distributions out there (and for a fee??), but it runs everything as a superuser, so the system is just as vulnerable as Windows XP.

April 2nd, 2007	#18
Hitman Functional Alcoholic Join Date: May 2006 Location: 14S E:561116 N:3830189 Posts: 4,404 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Browsing Distributions Great Job Josh. I have to agree with your choice of Distros to cover. These are the 3 I recommend to people all the time. I prefer Suse over all of these, but thats the great thing about Linux, you have a choice. As far as games go I was able to get CS:S running using Wine. It actually plays quite well. Quake 4 has a linux install available so I am able to play that as well. Skype also has a Linux version. So you're good there as well.

April 2nd, 2007	#19
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,279 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Browsing Distributions After a weekend of playing with a few distros, Ubuntu 7.04beta is still buggy, 6.10 is still buggy for me but 6.06.1 works fantastic.... also found that Kubuntu tends to handle video related tasks much better then the Gnome based Ubuntu plus has a much cleaner look to it. I am a KDE convert Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

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