For people who are new to Linux and want everything to work "out of the box". Freespire comes equipped with full support for proprietory audio and video codecs, as well as nVidia and ATi drivers. Not only that, but it also includes many drivers for wireless cards and boasts great Laptop support. If you've tried Linux before and have been put off, you should try Freespire
I would dare say better, but it is more like an equal. Linspire has been around for a few years and has been the most successful linux distro in copying the windows experience but maybe second to Xandros (both are debian based). If you like windows, Linspire and freespire would be the best choice. Keeping mind that the software "repos" (click and run) are not free unless you use standard debian, which is not recommended. If you don't mind putting down $20 USD a year for software then it is a good choice.
I knew they would be a catch no point in using that then as i aint paying out that much a year, especially since i dont have a job and cant get into college, total rip off paying money for linux, i see you mentioned windows experience in there, is it slow and crap like windows? funny somthing thats closest of all linux to windows experience you gotta pay for it.
You don't have to pay Linspire anything if you are happy with the programs that come as standard with Freespire. It's got mostly everything you'd want anyway right out of the box. If you did want more software you could just set up some Debian repositories and install from them
It's the same with xandros ($40-80 US) but at least its not a subscription. You pay for the conveneince. You can still use freespire with the debian repositories and its all completely free, you just don't get the ease of one-click installation of software. Since xandros and linspire are debian based they are faster than windows. Anything is faster than windows.
ah i see, well thats good, why do people have to pay for the freespire repo's? I aint bothered really if its just faster than windows, if it was like 5% faster than windows or somthing, then i would rather stick with windows, its about how much faster.
Check out linspire's CNR warehouse It makes software installation easier, I suppose. For something just as easy and free check out PC-BSD's PBI system. Similar installation concept but free. And for speed.... try PC-BSD or desktopBSD. BSD is generally faster than linux, especially the bloated distros like ubuntu, mandiva, fedora etc. Both use KDE as the main desktop environment. EDIT: look at the PBI info here there is a good flash demo of the system.
