OSNews: Linspire Five-0 First Look | Linux Today

OSNews: Linspire Five-0 First Look

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 14, 2005

“I’ve had the chance to use each version of Linspire (which,
until recently, was known as LindowsOS) since version 2. My reviews
of each version have been published here on osnews.com, and with
each one, I pointed out the strengths and weaknesses I saw. Before
I go into detail, I like to point out that the version we were
provided for review was Beta IV, and therefore may contain some
bugs that will be ironed out before general release.

“Linspire Five-0 boots to a simple prompt that asks if you want
to install to the hard drive or run ‘Linspire Live!’ from
CD…”

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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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