Linspire add-ons

[Michael Hipp]

Mike McKinlay wrote:

> Rick:
> You can use any of the debian programs to up date this distro but it does
> have some customized versions of some stuff also you should create a
> non-root user for everyday use, as it unwisely uses root as a normal user.
>                                                    Mike

I've looked into this a bit. The only distro that even attempts to 
"guarantee" compatibility with the massive Debian repository is 
Libranet. And possibly UserLinux (but that remains to be seen).

All the other Debian-based distros are pretty upfront that installing 
things from Debian unstable may very well break things. This includes 
MEPIS, Ubuntu, Xandros, and Linspire. I think the same is true of 
Knoppix, but I don't remember for sure.

Frankly I'd look at Xandros, Ubuntu or MEPIS long before Linspire, but I 
admit something about Lindows/Linspire has just always rubbed me the 
wrong way.

Michael