Talk:Linspire/Archive 1

message: hasnt Microsfot sued these guys recently?
Yes. They lost. Tannin
That's probably more interesting thatn the name off their CEO -- Tarquin 18:34 Jan 11, 2003 (UTC)
Indeed. I don't know enough about Lindows to do it myself though. BTW, I should clarify - when I said "they lost" I meant Microsoft lost. This was no doubt written up on The Register and/or The Inquirer at the time: maybe a couple of months ago, or a little longer. www.theregister.co.uk and www.theinquirer.net Tannin
I found that the latest Linspire disables the RPM and Apt-Get programs. Here is how to fix them to get Linspire working like other Debian distros:
Go to /etc/apt/sources.lst and take out the comments, those "#" signs and then apt-get works as it should.
apt-get install gcc
apt-get install man
apt-get install mozilla
Also they crippled RPM too. /var/lib/rpm/ was missing so I created it, ran apt-get install rpm and then rpm --initdb and rpm --rebuilddb and it fixed the problem of not being able to load RPMs with Linspire.  Added by:
Orion Blastar
OrionBlastar
Linspire helped me do stuff with GNU/Linux that I otherwise would not have been able to do.  I'm a simple end user,
so I really have had a bit of a hard time with SuSE Linux, which is my other distro of choice.  I like
SuSE well enough, and it takes lots of pounding in my law office, but there is more of a learning curve to SuSE than 
with Linspire.
Added Christian Einfeldt, einfeldt@gmail.com on 2004/12/15
So whats the shpiel? Are these guys GPL compliant? If so where is there source code? It sounds fishy to me! Kramer
Yes, Linspire is GPL compliant. The source code can be downloaded from http://www.linspire.com/lindows_products_license.php#sou David Orban on 2005/05/25
One question/comment about Linspire running as root by default: what Linux distro doesn't run as root by default? I've installed several distros on several computers, and the only account that's created is root. It's up to the user to create additional, non-root accounts. I haven't seen the Linspire documentation, but that information should be there.
: ubuntu doesn't even have root users (if you need root user privileges temporarily, you can run the command with sudo) --Limulus 23:06, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: A far more experienced Linux user informs me that indeed, ubuntu does have a root user, but there is no root user password set up, effectively making it useless (unless, of course, one knows how to set the password...) --Limulus 07:53, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  True, and it should be noted that Ubuntu does away with the same problems as Linspire by allowing to elevate privileges as necessary, and all users in the system may not even have this ability. The approach is very similar to that of Mac OS X, in which (even when logged in with an administrator-privileged account), the user has to log in again as some administrator when installing programs or updating the system. --80.221.11.149 05:26, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

message: My opinion: Do not remove the Ubuntu/CNR deal rumor from ubuntu's page.  It is pertinent to Ubuntu; if you are interested in Ubuntu and did not hear this rumor, you will not find out about it if it's only on the Linspire page.  It's ok to have the topic covered in both articles, or even have it mostly in Linspire with a note on the Ubuntu page briefly summarizing with a "more info" link.
--AlanH 22:47, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Seconded. - 81.179.222.74 01:38, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  CNR / Ubuntu