DesktopLinux: Linspire May Offer Ubuntu CNR Service | Linux Today

DesktopLinux: Linspire May Offer Ubuntu CNR Service

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 3, 2006

“Linspire Inc. and one of its biggest desktop Linux rivals,
Ubuntu, are talking about collaborating to offer Linspire’s CNR
(Click-N-Run) application download service to Ubuntu users. CNR is
a subscription service ($20 annually) through which users can
install thousands of software programs with ‘literally’ one click,
CEO Kevin Carmony said.

“Ubuntu, according to DistroWatch.com the No. 1 most popular
Linux distribution (as ascertained by number of downloads), has
nothing like CNR available for its users. Both Linspire and Ubuntu
are based on the Debian kernel…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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