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Review of Consumer-Friendly Linux Distro 267

Posted by Zonk
from the easy-on-the-eyes dept.
miketronics writes "Linspire Five-O is a full-featured Linux operating system which is intended for desktop use, mainly as an alternative to Windows XP. XYZComputing has a review of the latest version. The company, which was formerly known as Lindows, has gotten a lot of press for including their OS with pre-bundled computers." From the article: "Once the installation is over with Five-O is ready to go. The first time the OS is used Linspire's tutorial program will activate. This is one of most accessible tutorials on any Linux distro and it should be a great help to new users. Though it does not go into extreme depth, it does give the user enough understanding of the OS to get started. Even if you are a Linux pro it will probably be helpful to check out the CNR section, as this system is unique to Linspire. The fact that the developers have the tutorial voice-narrated shows Linspire's commitment to user support -- this feature makes the otherwise boring tutorial watchable."
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Review of Consumer-Friendly Linux Distro

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  • by sharkb8 (723587) on Friday July 29, 2005 @06:30PM (#13198914)
    How helpful will a voice over be when Linux doesn't install your soundcard drivers properly?
  • by ninjagin (631183) on Friday July 29, 2005 @06:40PM (#13198969)
    I started reading the review, but I was shaken free when I read this, on page 2:

    "The company, which was formerly known as Lindows, has gotted a lot of press for including their OS with pre-bundled computers."

    After "gotted", I think that as I continue to read the review, I'm going to be looking for these little goodies more than actually taking in the content.

    ... must ... resist ... powers ... of ... critique ...

  • Punch Card (Score:5, Funny)

    by locokamil (850008) on Friday July 29, 2005 @06:41PM (#13198973) Homepage
    When will people understand that Linux is for real men who honed their skillz by walking uphill both ways to the mainframe building in order to run their punch card programs? ::sigh::
  • by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 29, 2005 @06:42PM (#13198977)

    Though I doubt that that a review of Linspire is going to get slashdotted late on a Friday afternoon.

    The number of geeks who do not have a life...

  • by debilo (612116) on Friday July 29, 2005 @06:42PM (#13198980)
    Though I doubt that that a review of Linspire is going to get slashdotted late on a Friday afternoon.

    Because we geeks are busy getting ready for one of those zillion parties we alway get invited to?
  • Five - 0 (Score:4, Funny)

    by Quirk (36086) on Friday July 29, 2005 @07:01PM (#13199079) Homepage Journal
    Copyright infringement?

    Book him, Dano.

  • by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 29, 2005 @07:03PM (#13199088)

    The failings of Linspire should only be recognized by power users who will want things like WINE and GNOME desktop.

    I didn't know my desktop preference made me a power user. Kick ass, I just thought GNOME looked better! I'm sending a resume to Microsoft.
  • by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 29, 2005 @07:09PM (#13199125)
    I hate you.
    No wait, parties are boring, so whatever, go ahead and waste your time.
  • by jlapier (739283) on Friday July 29, 2005 @07:24PM (#13199196)
    "Awful review" was a great review of the Linspire review. The author plainly stated his opinion and then backed it up with a tightly prepared bullet-point synopsis of serveral points. I especially enjoyed the comments regarding the length of the article and the photographed screenshots. I couldn't agree more.

    The only bad thing I could say about this review (of the review) was that it was anti-climatic. After an intense, bullet-driven analysis, the author leaves us with no conclusion, instead leaving us to ponder over the difficulty of disk partitioning rather than tying together the point he was trying to make.

    4(/5)
  • by Mr. Underbridge (666784) on Friday July 29, 2005 @07:43PM (#13199303)
    No problem, just download the source and compile it. ;-)

    Sick bastard. Is this the answer to "How do you keep a Lindows user busy?"

  • by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 29, 2005 @08:07PM (#13199454)
    Hi

    I'm writing to ask for your advice since you seem to know about Linux. I was recently at a friends house, and he showed me his new Linux. It had a lot of interesting "features" like windows and firefox and tcpip. He even showed me dirty pictures with it.

    My friend told me that he downloaded his Linux for free! He even showed me the web site. I think it was linuxtorrent.com. I freaked out! He's stealing form Linux! He told me that it was OK and that Linux is free, but I didn't believe him.

    What should I do? My friend is stealing from Linux. A lot of people worked very hard to make Linux, and he's taking it without even saying thanks. I want him to stop, but I don't want him to go to jail! Please, help me, I don't know what to do?
  • by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 29, 2005 @08:24PM (#13199558)
    Well, one could argue that Slashdot is a blog masquerading as a serious news site.
  • by crivens (112213) on Friday July 29, 2005 @09:05PM (#13199756)
    "As it turns out Marble Blast Gold is an insanely boring freeware game"

    I stopped reading at this point as it was an insanely boring review.
  • by Stauf (85247) on Friday July 29, 2005 @09:17PM (#13199801)
    I'm sorry, you said "skillz". Clearly, a violation of section 4.

    You can turn in your punchcards on the way out.
  • by Stauf (85247) on Friday July 29, 2005 @09:29PM (#13199841)
    "Review of the review review" was a reasonable review of the Linspire review review. However, the reviewer of the review's review was more then a little brief, and skimmed right over a few of his most important points. He claims to have "especially enjoyed the comments" about length and screenshots, however he neglected to back them up with any quotes or specific points from the original review of the review; leaving the audience to wonder exactly what it was he was agreeing with (many of us prefer to read the review's review before reading the review of the review).

    However, the author, jlapier [slashdot.org], did raise some interesting points about the conclusion of the initial review's review. He claimed that it was "anti-climatic", and backed up his claims with a witty reference to the review's review's final point.

    A well written, snappy review. Even though it suffered a little without reference to his primary material.

    3.5 / 5

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