Re: Linspire Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by kccomputerdr i have used linspire & it is pretty kewl looking & is pretty good … & free!! I have gotten many of the software that linspire wants you to pay for to work with Mandriva, ex… Re: Linspire Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by alex_extreme I tried Linspire a while back, and I thought it was appaling. They … freely downloadable system, but quite frankly, why pay to get Linspire when there are other perfectly good distros around, available for… Linspire Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by JAM_Siko Has anyone here used Linspire or Lindows? and if u did what did u think about it? JAM SIKO Re: Linspire Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by linux-tech Tried it, took it off my system within 24 hours Linspire tries, but it doesn't even come close to performing … Linspire and Microsoft get jiggy with it Programming Software Development by newsguy …what is happening as the developer of the Linspire commercial and Freespire community desktop Linux operating …OpenOffice.org currently support this standard. Kevin Carmony, Linspire CEO, told DaniWeb “for Linux to gain acceptance …Interoperability with Microsoft Office documents is critical, and Linspire is pleased to join this ongoing effort with … Linspire Free for a limited time Community Center by blud …see what it is all about. The people at Linspire are giving Linspire 5.0 away for free (digital download only)…"freespire" to receive a $49.95 discount. Linspire 'formally known as Lindows' has specifically designed a Linux distribution… to run actual windows applications. [url]http://info.linspire.com/freespire/index.html[/url] Re: Linspire Free for a limited time Community Center by mmiikkee12 …Looking for "Freespire" (a free copy of Linspire)? You've come to the right place... Currently all of…our servers are busy. Thanks for your interest in Linspire's Limited special offer. Our servers are trying …our incoming requests. We apologize for the inconvenience. The Linspire Team. [/quote] It also kept me logged in … Re: Linspire Free for a limited time Community Center by benna … customizable, and it has a great hippie appeal to it. Linspire fails on both counts. I like Debian, mostly for it… Linspire Review Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by alex_extreme As you may have seen on the DaniWeb homepage, Linspire is currently available for free. I took the opportunity to review it, so you can read my thoughts on it [url="http://www.tuxtalk.org"]here[/url] Re: Linspire Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by alc6379 I'd have to agree with Linux-tech on this one: I used to be anti-Lindows just on principle, but IMHO there are better, more free alternatives, like Mandriva, Suse, or Fedora. Xandros Picks Up Linspire and Freespire Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by khess … announced July 3 that they have acquired the Linspire and Freespire desktop operating systems. This will further …products through a deal it struck with Microsoft. Linspire, Inc began its desktop operating system crusade in… name to Microsoft and changed its name to Linspire. Linspire originally marketed its operating system as an inexpensive,… Dual Booting Windows and Linspire Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by StandardsDT …figured I'll use SystemRescueCD to create my partition for Linspire. But one thing I'm not slightly getting is …how it dual boots. Linspire Support gives instructions on how to dual boot but they… you need a boot loader or something like that? Linspire's documentation never mentioned anything of this except a partition… what about linspire? Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by migthyjohn does anyone here know much about linspire. io have thought installing it on my laptop. but at … how to program(vb.net, and java). how would running linspire work with those languages. if i went to that should… rest of the linux os's thnx, john [URL=www.linspire.com]linspire[/URL] Re: what about linspire? Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by migthyjohn forget linspire, im going for mandrake. its free...i think help with formatting a hard drive that had linspire os on it Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by ahusainat help with formatting a hard drive that had linspire os on it i tried all ways to format it but can't do it anyone with a bright idea? I THINK LINSPIRE INSTALLED SOMEKIND OF SOFWARE ON IT TO PROTECT FROM INSTALLING OTHER OPERATING SYSTEMS Format HD that had linspire Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by traconbob I had linspire on a hard drive. I partitioned it, formated it, and it boots with "grub loading stage1.5. grub loading, please wait. error 17". How do I repair this? Re: Format HD that had linspire Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by John A … now. If you really must do it, boot up the Linspire CD, obtain a root prompt, and enter the following: [code… Re: Linspire and Microsoft get jiggy with it Programming Software Development by azimuth0 "getting jiggy with it" means to dress up for the purpose of looking good when you go out. Re: Linspire and Microsoft get jiggy with it Programming Software Development by jbennet no it means to go to bed together Re: Linspire and Microsoft get jiggy with it Programming Software Development by happygeek I agree with jbennet, my understanding was to hop into bed with someone. Re: Linspire and Microsoft get jiggy with it Programming Software Development by azimuth0 [URL]http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jiggy[/URL] Incidentally, my source was an amusing interview with Ice T, whom I consider to be authoritative in this domain. :) Re: Linspire and Microsoft get jiggy with it Programming Software Development by happygeek Perhaps it has a different generally accepted meaning here in the UK, seeing as jbennet, myself and the author are all British? Re: Linspire and Microsoft get jiggy with it Programming Software Development by Infarction If the authoritative figure disagrees with a popular majority on the meaning of a phrase, then who is right? ;) (I agree with the Brits too) About the blog post, however: why is Microsoft making deals with all the distros? Why not just do one with the OpenOffice team (and similar projects)? Any distro worth it's salt will at least provide the … Re: Linspire Free for a limited time Community Center by Toulinwoek Two things I wonder: One: Is it still full of pushy, in-your-face attempts to get you to buy all kinds of stuff? and, Two: How does it compare to Xandros, which is also highly touted as the best Linux distro for Windows users? Re: Linspire Free for a limited time Community Center by blud I've never used Xandros, and it isn't pushy to get you to buy things as long as you maintain an active subscription to their update service, which is free for the first year with this promotion code. I'll check out Xandros and let you know which I find better. Re: Linspire Free for a limited time Community Center by blud Yes, the site is extremely busy. I also apologize for my previous update, the CRN *update service* is not included with this copy, so yes, it is $20/yr for the update service. Re: Dual Booting Windows and Linspire Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by StandardsDT alright i decided to scratch SystemRescueCD cause well I don't have anymore CD-R's available and secondly it looks like it requires you to not have any OS installed? So now I'm back to faze one and need something like Partition Magic that will allow me to Partition the HDD while XP is installed. Any help please? Re: what about linspire? Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by migthyjohn ok, so its not free Re: what about linspire? Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by frrossk [QUOTE=migthyjohn]ok, so its not free[/QUOTE] Mandrake it's not free? Check again... They offer for free a version that's only 3 CD's, vs. the commercial one, 6 CDs. Read [URL=http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ftp-premium.php3]here[/URL] Re: what about linspire? Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by migthyjohn yeah, i fugured that one out. i just hate to pay for it. :rolleyes: but it looks so freekin good. i may have to bite the bullet and dish out the dough. do you all think its worth buying?