Click N' Run

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In the latest news about Click N' Run (http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6212745494.html), the project will be wikized so users and developers can post applications, descriptions and howto's. Looks promising.
Carmony explained, "We want Linux to succeed on the desktop. We want Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, and all other Linux distributions to get as many users as possible. The real challenge for Linspire isn't from the other Linux distributions, but from the legacy hold Microsoft has on the desktop."

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And in further Linspire/Ubuntu news...
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7103672739.html
Canonical Ltd., the sponsor of Ubuntu, and Linspire Inc., the developer of Linspire and Freespire, on February 8 announced a technology partnership to integrate with each other's Linux distributions. Linspire/Freespire will be based on Ubuntu, rather than Debian, and Ubuntu will integrate with Linspire's CNR package installer/updater.

[krp]

I suppose this new development could be good for GNU/Linux. However I simply do not trust Linspire (the company) or Canonical for that matter.

Additionally the more complex an OS becomes the more likely a vexing security problem will crop up.

[bhobjj]

The Linspire Letter is worth reading:

http://www.linspire.com/linspire_letter.php


Will the CNR plugin ever be shipped by default in Ubuntu?
Canonical plans to integrate aspects of the open source CNR technology into Ubuntu's software management system starting with Ubuntu's Feisty +1 release expected in October 2007.

I wonder when Xandros will switch to Ubuntu.

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I have mixed emotions about the Linspire announcement. But on balance I think it will be, at worst, no impact on Linux and at best a slight positive. I got serious about Linux when I started using Libranet 2.8, ultimately moving to 3.0 when it finally shipped. That was a commercial distribution laced with proprietary apps, including my favorite Adminmenu. I tend to take a pragmatic view of Linux. I like the freedom of choice Linux gives me. But in the end, I need to get my work done, and if a proprietary codec/application does the job when an open source solution is not available, then I willl use it. So if downloading a "legal" DVD player, or multimedia codec makes someone more comfortable using Linux, then that can't be a bad thing. The Linspire/Ubuntu deal is more a testimony about the success of Ubuntu and its business model rather than the threat that Linspire poses to the Linux community. Now if Linspire would include all of the proprietary drivers for things like video card drivers, wireless card drivers, (Broadcom comes to mind,) that would be a very good thing. Unfortunately, I never liked the artistic choices the Linspire developers made. It reminded me to much of the Windows XP PUS (Playschool User Interface.) :-) Ok to quote my son....mybad!!!
Joe

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