tennesseeme Posted November 18, 2005 CID Share Posted November 18, 2005 Ok, I just purchased a copy of Linspire 5.0. I'm curious if anyone here uses this OS or has any knowledge of it and the CNR factory. Here in a bit after the install, I'll post some screenshots. I've always been a fan of putting linux os's on antiquated machines. It seems to work best that way. I've used old beta versions of Lindows OS, the previous name of Linspire.. very funny story about that, in short: Bill sues mp3.com owner for starting LindowsOS coz the name is CLOSE to Windows, and it would confuse granny faye that's lookin for windows on the shelf. Michael takes it to court, WINS, Bill don't own LINDOWS, and the judge saw NO likeness, THEN Bill goes to pay Michael HANDSOMELY NOT to use the name, and , you know what? THEY ALREADY decided to use the name Linspire, before Bill even took them to court, basically, it was a big scheme so they could get the capital to start up CNR on super phat pipes, and make the new OS version. It's a debian based heavilly KDE Linux'ish OS. more Linux then anything, basically a Walmart Flavor of Debian KDE. considering, Lindows machines and Lindows is sold in walmart. OOPS i mean LinsPire os It was cheap, don't ask why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennesseeme Posted November 19, 2005 Author CID Share Posted November 19, 2005 LOL I can't figure out how to take screenshots with Linspire, I hit prnt scrn, and it takes u to the top of any given menu that's in the foreground. I use Ksnapshot, and it only allows you to take one of the IMMEDIATE screen, I can't show menu's, i can pop up apps, and take a screen, but that's now really what I wanna show. k, so im reading up on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted November 19, 2005 CID Share Posted November 19, 2005 ive tried linspire before....got it for free...worked flawlessely on my old celeron 600mhz computer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennesseeme Posted November 19, 2005 Author CID Share Posted November 19, 2005 yeah def good for antiquated machines, im STILL having issues with Ksnapshot im gonna get a diff snapshot utility from CNR in a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark06 Posted November 19, 2005 CID Share Posted November 19, 2005 i never got how to install anything other cnr stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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