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06-30-2008, 09:55 PM #1
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Xandros buys Linspire
Anyone interested in Linux news may be interested in this.
Xandros, the distro formerly owned by Corel, has reportedly purchased Linspire, a Linux distro aimed specifically at new Linux users.
http://practical-tech.com/operating-...buys-linspire/
I never tried Xandros (although once long ago I almost purchased Corel Linux to try on my home system).
I haven't tried Linspire, either, but I poked around on a LiveCD version of Freespire, the free, community-supported version of Linspire. I wasn't too impressed with it, since it seemed to use a lot of older software.
However, Linspire (and Freespire) has made a lot of Linux news over the last couple of years with their "CNR" (Click N Run) technology, which is supposed to make it really easy to install software on Linux.
I don't know what this purchase will mean to the Linux community, if anything. But I find it interesting.
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