Linspire's CNR Goes Multi-Distro 171
S3Indiana writes with news that Linspire is opening its Click 'N Run installation software to other Linux distributions. After 5 years of development on CNR, the new site cnr.com will be a single source repository for Linux users. Distributions to be supported initially during 2007 are (alphabetically): Debian, Fedora, Freespire, Linspire, OpenSUSE, and Ubuntu; other distributions will follow. See the FAQ and the screenshots for more details.
Enough CNR like things... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Enough CNR like things... (Score:4, Interesting)
For gamers also... (Score:1, Interesting)
Now I can ba fat slob and just download and install quake3 or X2 or whatever off the internet using this service. Totally kicks-ass.
Also I noticed the 'tip jar' thing.
If that is what I think it is, were I can just send a buck or two as thanks to a favorite program or whatever that is open source and it gets to the developer (and not linspire) then that will be a GREAT way to show my appreciation.
Like when I setup Linux and I realise that I need a cd burning program, I go on CNR download K3b and send them a 2 bucks as thanks right then and there. No messing around with paypall or whatever. That sounds nice.
Re:Repositories? (Score:2, Interesting)
Joe Sixpack opens synaptic and wants, say, a word processor. So he searches for "word processor" and several options pop up. Which ones are good? Which ones are going to fit his needs? He picks one, doesn't like it. Picks another, doesn't like it. This takes a couple hours, but he eventually settles on latex (this is a fictional situation, so we'll assume he's writing his doctoral thesis). Or...
He opens CNR.com and does a search for "word processor" and is given a nice little list, with screenshots, reviews, and product information. He is able to make a choice far more quickly and with less hassle, giving him more time to actually get work done.
As I see it, CNR (in combination with easier-to-install distributions) is trying to combat the idea that "Linux is only free if your time is worthless."
Re:Enough CNR like things... (Score:4, Interesting)
Can you not accept that for others, the ability to browse a list of apps, view screen shots, click one and have it installed without knowing anything beyond the GUI is a good thing?
I don't think you'll find what you want for Linux, and I think that what you are asking for is a little inflexible, I think you'll find that if you start to use apt-get it will solve 95% of your problems, and for the remaining 5% you'll still have to download, uncompress and probably compile to get it to work.
You'll find your Linux experience much more pleasant if you just accept this rather than expecting Linux to act like a system that has one GUI, runs on only one CPU and only supports a couple version of a single OS at a time (rather than a few versions of 30+++ flavors of OS)
Or you can do like I do and only use apps that are in the CNR repository--limited but absolutely useful. After a while it hardly even hurts any more.