Linspire add-ons

[Ken Moffat]

Michael Hipp wrote:

> 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
>

Well, why not just grab the new debian installer and use debian 3.0? It 
certainly is debian compatible! ;-)



-- 
ken