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The Little Engine That Could

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As some of you may remember, 2 distros signed pacts with Microsoft in a short time. Those were Linspire and Xandros. Since 2004 I have been a Linspire Insider. I was as upset about this deal as many others were. I even had a phone call with Kevin Carmony regarding the matter. Well, at one point on the forums, Kevin Carmony told some upset members that if they did not like the way things were, they can start their own distro and see how it goes. So, former Freespire Leadership Board member Chris Medico assembled a team, of which I was honored to be asked to be a part of, which he lovingly calls Freedom Force. Within weeks, this new project, based on Kubuntu, had an Alpha. The project is called KlikIt Linux.

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tuxchick ·
Perhaps even more meaningful than a code fork:

Quoting: We decided community is as important, if not more important, than technology...KlikIt Linux is not a fork of Linspire, Freespire, or CNR. To be fair, there is a fork aspect. That is the community. At this time, the majority of people in the KlikIt community consist of former Freespire and Linspire board members, insiders, and community members. Following that is Xandros refugees. So, in that regard...we are a fork. We have taken the best element of Linspire and Xandros...the users.
ColonelPanik ·
To quote a great technocrat and former world leader; "If you come to a fork in the road, take it".

Being the most NON-geek Linux user in the galaxy, people always want to know why the Colonel tries to do Linux at all. tuxchick just highlighted the answer, COMMUNITY.

Yeah, one guy started it and a hand full or maybe two hands full of folks have been the torch bearers for the most part, it's still a community thing. It is not a "me" world, it is a WE world, at least for us Linux users.

KlikIt Linux. I will try it in the spirit in which it was conceived.

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