Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> __/ [ Darth Chaos ] on Monday 11 September 2006 04:32 \__
>
> > Jeanette wrote:
> >> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> >> > __/ [ Rex Ballard ] on Sunday 10 September 2006 10:54 \__
> >> >
> >> >> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> >> >>> Is Linspire Real Linux
> >>
> >>
> >> Jeanette wrote":
> >>
> >> I don't know about Linspire but I did download Freespire and I have been
> >> playing around with it.
> >>
> >> Freespire is very windows like also but underneath it all is pure Linux
> >> and with a little bit of knowledge and customization it will work pretty
> >> much the same as any debian based distro.
> >>
> >> Some of the issues I have found is that the CNR service is not updated
> >> quickly enough.
> >>
> >> The repository is limited and full of old versions of software.
> >>
> >> When CNR software does not install or work there seems to be no way to
> >> find out what went wrong or see any error message.
> >>
> >> I mostly use apt or synaptic to install software anyway but this seems
> >> strange to me in CNR.
> >>
> >> Also for some reason Freespire seems dog slow compared to Ubuntu or
> >> Xandros its nearest competition.
> >>
> >> However its strong points are easy setup. A windows like enviroment for
> >> users switching to Linux so I can recommend it for new users who want a
> >> Windows like environment.
> >>
> >> Jeanette
> >
> > I agree. I'm a little miffed that they still have version 1.3.8 of
> > Amarok in the CNR Warehouse, when the latest version is 1.4.3.
>
> It could be worse. They could be hung on version 1.2.1 like myself (SUSE
> 9.3). That version should be considered a testing build. It's powerful,
> albeit a bit -- shall we say -- experimental. But it just plays music rather
> than handle sensitive data.
I installed Amarok 1.4.2 on Ubuntu primarily because of the improved
podcast support. On the version available for Xandros 3 (using the
Archlug repositories at http://www.archlug.org/apt), I couldn't
download any of the Alex Jones (the conspiracy theorist) podcasts, but
with 1.4.2, I can. I read that 1.4.3 was mainly a bugfix. But podcast
support is much better in 1.4.2 than 1.3.8/1.3.9.
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