Subj : Linspire 4.5
To   : CHRONOS
From : MIKE POWELL
Date : Sat Apr 23 2005 05:04 pm

>> They also complain about the cost of a subscription to the Linspire software
>> update repositories.

> Since it is a Linux environment, wouldn't all other software developed for
> linux work also? So you wouldn't have to utilize their repositories?

Technically, yes.  It is based on Debian, so all you have to do is figure
out apt-get.  However, they do have some programs that are only available
for Linspire (if I understand correctly), but those could probably be
replaced by other linux software.

One thing I'd worry about is what branch of Debian they are based off of.
If you don't point to the right branch of the tree, you might break some
of the dependencies, I would think.

Mike
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