Thank you, I have been curious to try Linspire for a while now, and will give it a shot.
Thanks again! ~Mike On 8/31/05, Dave Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As a relatively new entry into the World of Linux I haven't had the > chance to look at all the available Distros. Recently, I've been looking > at Linspire and have come to the conclusion that anyone who believes > that Linux isn't ready for the desktop hasn't taken the time to look > closely at Linspire. Admittedly, Linspire is not as full featured as > some Distros but then again it's not pretending to be. With only the > apps necessary to satisfy the general desktop user a complete > installation on a Pentium 4, 2.4 GHz system with a5112 MB RAM and a 160 > GB HDD took 16 minutes and 22 seconds to have a complete working system!! > > I've had a few friends look at Linspire and the comments have been > nothing but positive. In one case I shipped a Linspire box, sight > unseen, to a customer in Port Hardy BC. I followed up two days later > only to find that any concerns I had were totally unwarranted. The > transition time for a now Ex-Windows user was minimal. I've had a few > people with varying experience levels try out Linspire and all have > spoken positively about it. If you've been tempted to try Linspire but > have not wanted to shell out the $$$ for it here's your chance to do so > for free! > > The link at the bottom of this post will take you to a site that details > what's been happening recently. Linspire, in order to give users a true > "Linspire" experience has decided to, for a limited time, give anyone a > 100% discount coupon for the digital download of Linspire 5.0. This is a > full non-expiring version of their currently shipping OS. If you like > what you see you can sign up for their "Click and Run" service for the > easiest downloads or use the standard Debian download methods to add > applications to your system. A word to the wise however, updates using > other than Linspire's CNR Warehouse are not supported by their tech > support staff. > > To pick up your free coupon just skip over to http://freespire.jasp.com/ > and follow the directions. > > Don't hesitate to post your thoughts and comments either here or on my > blog.. > > Enjoy! > > Dave Watkins > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mikeandrose.blogspot.com Linux User 394239 _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
