__/ [ NoNamer ] on Monday 17 July 2006 06:51 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Freespire Linux OS Beta 1 Released
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>> | The first BETA of Freespire Linux was released on Friday. Freespire is
>> | a no-cost version of the Linspire operating system based on Linux and
>> | Open Source.
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>> http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20060716180829528
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> Nice.
>
> Yet another distro to support for 3rd parties.
>
> But more choice is great!
The following paragraph made me feel a bit queazy though:
"Freespire is about choice," Carmony said. "The user should be free to decide
what software they want to install on their systems, be that proprietary or
open source. Linspire fully embraces and supports the open source model, but
if Linux is to gain mainstream acceptance, it needs to work with iPods and
DVD players, and fully support hardware, such as 3D graphic cards, Wi-Fi,
sound, and printers. Until there are viable open source replacements,
freespire sets out to at least provide the option of legally and easily
using certain proprietary codecs, drivers and software."
I don't like commercialisation as such, even though others do it as well
(Xandros, maybe even SLED, among others).
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