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Skriven 2005-09-19 22:48:00 av MARTIN ATKINS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av CHARLES ANGELICH
Ärende: software for linspire
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-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to MARTIN ATKINS <=-


 CA> Hello Martin -


MA> I haven't got Linspire but i do have an inquiring mind.
MA> This of course is a bonus if you enjoy using Linux. Could i
MA> prevail upon you to also send me the information please.

CA> I'm guessing that you already know this but it might be worth
CA> pointing out to non-programmers that want to _use_ the Linspire
CA> install longer than the time it takes to locate another
CA> 'distro' to install that using apt-get might trash the OS?

I have never used Debian, my systems are Redhat or Mandrake(Mandriva).
I could subscribe to Mandrake and upgrade via something called CVS.
I prefer to just find anything i want on the net, RPM if possible
but the source code is ok for me. Others may not share my confidence
and prefer the security of subscribing. The point is i am doing nothing
wrong. I get my upgrades via magazines and have my own collection of
RPMs and sources on one of my remote servers. It suits me to do it this 
way. Does this stop Mandriva from earning a crust? Does this make me a 
free loader?

CA> A quote from one source:

CA> "You are NOT required to subscribe to CNR. You can use apt-get
CA> with Debian repositories if you desire, but you can't use both
CA> CNR and apt-get, as using apt-get will eventually break CNR and
CA> could hose your system. Using apt-get will also eventually turn
CA> your Linspire system more into a pure Debian system than
CA> Linspire OS."

Hosing the system is a risk some may be willing to take. If a subscriber 
feels comfortable enough to go cut the Linspire umbilical cord and go pure 
Debian, does that make them free loaders, are they wrongly depriving the
Linspire team of their income? Their original distro came via Linspire
but they have decided to do things their own way. Does it matter where
they get their updates from?

CA> It was also pointed out that CNR automatically points the user
CA> to the proper binaries for their _version_ of the Linspire OS
CA> so that if Linspire goes to v6 at some point those with the
CA> FREE v5 could continue to add software by using CNR rather than
CA> apt-get from Debian's repositories.

We are both slightly in the dark but surely the Linspire team could
give subscribers password authentication. If they don't re-subscribe
then their account expires.

L8r.
 
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