- Site menu:
- Latest Discussions
- Latest Newswire
- Archives
- Submit Story
- Story HOWTO
- Syndicate
- E-mail Alerts
Why Linux don’t support mp3 and selected wifi cards out of the box?
|
|
|
Comments (10)
I thought only CNR basic is free. The expanded CNR that holds DVD, 3D video drivers, etcetera was still a paid subscription.
>I thought only CNR basic is free. The expanded CNR that holds DVD, 3D video drivers, etcetera was still a paid subscription.
Hmmm. That might not be a bad business model...Free stuff is free and non-free stuff isn't.
Hmmm. That might not be a bad business model...Free stuff is free and non-free stuff isn't.
Linspire is NOT free. The "community" version, Freespire is the putatively free as in beer version. It most assuredly is NOT free as in freedom by ANY stretch of the imagination.
Ah yes, my mistake.
Was getting Freespire and Linspire mixed up.
Apologies.
Apologies.
> Linspire is NOT free.
I know. We all know. I was talking about free as in beer. I thought that was obvious and didn't need pointing out in *every* thread.
I know. We all know. I was talking about free as in beer. I thought that was obvious and didn't need pointing out in *every* thread.
> I was talking about free as in beer.
Linspire is NOT free as in beer. USD 50 for the iso download, USD 60 for box.
Linspire is NOT free as in beer. USD 50 for the iso download, USD 60 for box.
There are either two versions of Freespire, or a basic version that is completely libre, to which one must add the non-libre stuff. Based on my e-mails with Carmony (and subsequent visits to the website), I thought there was one version that was totally libre, and one that included the non-libre drivers, etc. And the CNR client has been made libre, but you still need to pay for the subscription service. Linspire did this to appeal to those who prefer to run only libre software.
Linspire was trying to appeal to the Free Software 'veggans', as Carmony likes to refer to the purists.
Linspire was trying to appeal to the Free Software 'veggans', as Carmony likes to refer to the purists.
Rev -
The guy should get some credit for trying to advance Linux without leaving the community behind. He won't though. Seems free software types like to see people using Windows.
The guy should get some credit for trying to advance Linux without leaving the community behind. He won't though. Seems free software types like to see people using Windows.
> Linspire is NOT free as in beer. USD 50 for the iso download, USD 60 for box.
I was referring to the CRN basic service. Which is free as in beer. Reread the second post in this thread :-)
Sorry for all the confusion.
I was referring to the CRN basic service. Which is free as in beer. Reread the second post in this thread :-)
Sorry for all the confusion.
Post a comment
A free account is needed to post. Write your comment here first: your text is kept in this browser while you sign up or log in, and is waiting for you when you come back.
Your message:Markdown: **bold**, *italic*, [text](https://link), - lists, > quotes, $x^2$ for math. Formatting help
Sign up and post (it is free) or Log in and post
Linspire is free, CNR is now free and just about everything works straight out of the box. (Wireless, NVIDIA, mp3 and so on).
On the other hand - it's stuffed with proprietary codecs, binary blobs and so on and so forth.