XYZ Computing: Why Ubuntu Needs CNR | Linux Today

XYZ Computing: Why Ubuntu Needs CNR

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 8, 2006

“It was recently annouced that desktop Linux’s golden child,
Ubuntu, may begin to offer Linspire’s Click-N-Run service. This
story which hit the internet just a few days ago is big news for
the desktop Linux community. Ubuntu, which is the most popular
Linux distribution (according to DistroWatch) has had a profound
impact on the desktop operating system industry and any move it
makes is going to be a critical one.

“Kevin Carmony and Mark Shuttleworth, the respective heads of
Linspire and Canonical Ltd., have reportedly been talking about
porting Linspire’s Click-N-Run (CNR) to Ubuntu…”


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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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