Text 3822, 68 rader
Skriven 2005-10-14 16:58:00 av CHARLES ANGELICH (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av TOM WALKER
Ärende: software for linspire
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Hello Tom - 

TW>>>> Regardless of whose dollars the $149.00 are of, is
TW>>>> $149.00 a lot of money to USAian (to spend for a
TW>>>> computer)? 

TW>>> IF it dson't wrok like it is represented it IS. And that
TW>>> Linspire Special apparently is NOT ALL THAT GREAT. 

CA>> (Yes, playing the devil's advocate here) Who said Linspire
CA>> is "not all that great?". Considering that CS wiped it off
CA>> of his hard drive after 3 days of installing one too many
CA>> Debian binaries I don't see how anyone here could attest
CA>> to Linspire's 'greatness' or lack thereof? 

TW> At least One here mentiones having problems with it. And in
TW> particaurl;y it was the Gutted(very fewq Apps) Preinstalled
TW> version that goes on those "Cheep at Any Cost" Computersa
TW> like FRY's and Wal-Mart Sells. 

Was the "one here" that had problems with Linspire a person who
normally has no problems with other OS? Were the problems that
the desktop and icons weren't familiar or were there
applications that did not work properly? 

TW> I though was looking at it form a "Friendly Linux" version
TW> and was unimp[ressed. As was several of my Friends were
TW> unimpressed that I shared the CD with. 

Yes, but to be honest, you had mentioned you were unhappy with
the wallpaper image file. That's a bit _too_ critical
considering that the wallpaper can be changed in a matter of
minutes. 

TW> BUT it is a quantum step in the right direction compaired
TW> to some Distributions. It just "Appears" to need a little
TW> more fine tuning. 

Are you saying "Appears" because it is the wallpaper you don't
like or are there non-functioning applications installed with
Linspire? 

TW> One thing being more Modem Compatable. Aside from "Win
TW> Modems" that shuoldn't be much of a problem should it? 

I agree that linux (in general) needs to take dialup users more
seriously. Why those who maintain these distributions are so
set on catering mainly to broadband users is very annoying.
Statistics don't back up their insistence that "Everyone has
broadband by now". Just isn't the truth especially not in the
USA. 

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