Ubuntu an Alternative to Linspire?

[Rui Tiago Matos]

Sincerely, I don't know much about Linspire to give you a comparison,
so I won't comment on things like zero conf, nor "perfect" hardware
detection. Now, about being able to access you windows partition (ntfs
read-only I think) and be able to use windows fonts, that's a given on
virtually every dektop linux distro out there.


On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 00:13:08 -0500, Ed Sutherland <digital at twcny.rr.com> wrote:
> I'm a Linspire 5.0 user but am looking for a bit more flexibility. I'm
> looking at Ubuntu because it is debian-based, includes more recent
> versions of my favorite applications, and does have wide support both
> from the user community and a commercial entity.
> 
> But (and you know one of those just had to appear) I don't want to give
> up the positive aspects of Linspire: zero configuration, perfect
> hardware detection and Windows support (I'm able to access my XP
> partition and use my Windows truetype fonts.)
> 
> Am I asking for too much, or can Ubuntu provide me more freedom but not
> at the expense of desktop user friendliness? (I hope the answer is yes.
> After weeks in Linux, going back to XP is a jarring experience.)
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Ed
> 
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