Any thoughts on Freespire? (Ubuntu based)

[cj]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> The next time I distro hop, I will probably look into Freesprire, a
> distro that I've yet to try. I like their philosophy regarding
> proprietary software. As I do use proprietary software, such as mp3
> and encrypted DVD support, this might be a good, legal way to obtain
> what I need.
>
> What is the Ubuntu community's view of Freespire?
>
> Dotan Cohen
>
> http://lyricslist.com/
> http://what-is-what.com/
>
>   
i used it, but it wasnt compatible with my video card, so i gave up. 
even the live cd wouldnt work (and back then i didnt have a thumbdrive 
and my video card vendor didnt release drivers for linux..they do now i 
think)

--cj