sorry...here is the full story! seems to be a good thing, but then again that's based off of what i just read. <a href="http://desktoplinux.com/news/NS7103672739.html">http://desktoplinux.com/news/NS7103672739.html </a> <div>On 2/8/07, Lokeey <<a href="mailto:lokeey@gmail.com">lokeey@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hey all, I just read about Ubuntu and Linspire teaming up. Based on anyone expertise or experience, would someone be able to comment on this and say if this is a good/bad thing??? ================ Canonical Ltd., the sponsor of Ubuntu, and Linspire Inc. the developer of Linspire and Freespire, on February 8 announced a <a href="http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2092672,00.asp#" style="border-bottom: 0.075em solid darkgreen; font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-decoration: underline; color: darkgreen; background-color: transparent; padding-bottom: 1px;" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> technology</a> 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.Starting with Ubuntu's 7.04 release in April, Ubuntu users will gain access to Linspire's newly opened CNR (Click and Run) e-commerce and software delivery system. For Linspire, that will mean moving from Debian to Ubuntu as the base for its Linspire and Freespire desktop <a href="http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2092672,00.asp#" style="border-bottom: 0.075em solid darkgreen; font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-decoration: underline; color: darkgreen; background-color: transparent; padding-bottom: 1px;" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> operating systems</a>. -- "I am what I am because of who we all are" </blockquote></div> -- "I am what I am because of who we all are"