[wplug] Linspire or Xandros

Vanco, Don don.vanco at agilysys.com
Sun May 29 17:03:29 EDT 2005


Linspire is actually pretty impressive these days.  The base install is not bloated, and every menu has the option to "install more" via the Click-n-Run interface.

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	From: wplug-bounces+don.vanco=agilysys.com at wplug.org on behalf of Kevin Squire 
	Sent: Sat 5/28/2005 11:46 AM 
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	Subject: [wplug] Linspire or Xandros
	
	

	Dear WPLUG,
	
	My father-in-law is very disillusioned with his new XP machine, and has
	shown great interest in Linux.  Over the years, I have fully explained
	that there are a number of different versions of Linux out there, and if
	he does not like one and can try another. Right now he is trying out
	Ubuntu.  If that works, great. If not, I want to be ready with another
	one.  What I wanted to know is any ones experience with Linspire and
	Xandros. 
	
	My requirements for a distro for him (or any other family member) is I
	would prefer a Debian based distro so that I can easily go "under the
	hood" if necessary.  His requirement is (1) works out of the box and (2)
	"human usable" tech support.  He would prefer to read a
	book/magazine or call tech support instead of googling/user groups/man
	pages/etc.
	
	Although my question is about Linspire/Xandros -- I would welcome any
	input.  I will say though that he has tried Knoppix and Mepis and both
	were a no-go.  I think mainly cause it was too "busy". Just too much
	stuff on the desktop/menu system.
	
	
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