Subj : Linspire 5.0
To   : TOM WALKER
From : CHARLES ANGELICH
Date : Wed Sep 21 2005 01:52 pm

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Hello Tom - 

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CA>>>> This is directly out of the Linspire FAQs as well: 

CA>>>> WARNING! -- both apt-get and synaptic can break a
CA>>>> Linspire box since it might overwrite some Linspire
CA>>>> specific stuff with standard Debians which might break
CA>>>> some programs (apt-get works but it's not advised to be
CA>>>> used by Linspire, Inc. staff). 

TW>>> I fully understand that. So I have had my Question
TW>>> Answered and I am Happy. 

CA>> Yes and you have received the information to reconfigure
CA>> Linspire to avoid paying for additional software. You have
CA>> your "free lunch" to go with your free Linspire OS. 

TW> Once again. I ASKED a question and it was Answered. And yes
TW> I did ask for the Instructions to Underrstrand the answer.
TW> And now I know it is posable BUT NOT Advisable. 

The "NOT ADVISABLE" part of this came from ME during this
discussion. 

TW> Adn my Copy of Linspire was NOT Free. But that aside it was
TW> OFFERED but I choce to but the CD instead of Downloading
TW> the "FREE" version. 

There was such a feeding frenzy I failed to take notes as to
who grabbed the free version, who asked to have it mailed to
them, and who purchased their copy. 

TW> SO what is YOUR Problem in all this. 

My 'problem' now is that I wish I had not bothered to tell
anyone they were about to trash their Linspire install by being
overly greedy (looking for their "free lunch"). I would much
prefer they had all watched their install become a nightmarish
disaster and listened while the all-knowing linux users here
tried to sort out the mess they had created. 

I noticed last night that CS has removed Linspire from his
machine saying it was just "too slow".  I wonder if that
was the _only_ problem he was having with Linspire? ROTFLMAO

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