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**aysiu** · Dec 17, 2005, 02:56 PM

Re: kubuntu vs linspire

Both are actually based on Debian.

Linspire doesn't use apt-get to install software, though (you can enable apt-get and repositories, but you may break Linspire).

Linspire also includes a lot of non-free (i.e., proprietary and/or costly) codecs for multimedia, etc. In Ubuntu, you have to install these on your own.

Kubuntu is a very basic system that believes in making something secure and usable with only one application per task and only open source software.

Linspire intends to make migration from Windows easy by setting up a Windows-clone environment. It's primary goal is to be user-friendly to novice Windows users.

Linspire also defaults to making only one user who operates as administrator always. Kubuntu defaults to making only one user who operates as administrator with a password prompt.

Linspire costs money. Kubuntu is free.

Ubuntu is a complete Linux-based operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. It is developed by a large community and we invite you to participate too!

The Ubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu Manifesto: that software should be available free of charge, that software tools should be usable by people in their local language and despite any disabilities, and that people should have the freedom to customise and alter their software in whatever way they see fit.

These freedoms make Ubuntu fundamentally different from traditional proprietary software: not only are the tools you need available free of charge, you have the right to modify your software until it works the way you want it to.

The team behind Ubuntu makes the following public commitment to its users:

* Ubuntu will always be free of charge, and there is no extra fee for the "enterprise edition", we make our very best work available to everyone on the same Free terms.
* Ubuntu comes with full commercial support from hundreds of companies around the world. Ubuntu is released regularly and predictably; a new release is made every six months. Each release is supported with free security updates and fixes for at least 18 months.
* Ubuntu will include the very best in translations and accessibility infrastructure that the Free Software community has to offer, to make Ubuntu usable by as many people as possible. We collaborate as widely as possible on bug fixing and code sharing.
* Ubuntu is entirely committed to the principles of free software development; we encourage people to use free and open source software, improve it and pass it on.

Ubuntu is suitable for both desktop and server use. The current Ubuntu release supports PC (Intel x86), 64-bit PC (AMD64) and PowerPC (Apple iBook and Powerbook, G4 and G5) architectures.

Ubuntu includes more than 16,000 pieces of software, but the core desktop installation fits on a single CD. Ubuntu covers every standard desktop application from word processing and spreadsheet applications to internet access applications, web server software, email software, programming languages and tools and of course several games.

LinspireTM is a full-featured operating system like Microsoft Windows XP or Apple Mac OSX. Linspire offers you the power, stability and cost-savings of Linux with the ease of a windows environment. In addition, Linspire features exclusive CNR technology that makes installing software on Linspire fast and easy -- simply find the software you want in the CNR Warehouse, then click and run it!

**i0skk1956** · Dec 17, 2005, 05:43 PM

Re: kubuntu vs linspire

Many thanks Aysiu,
and thanks for fast reply too:
now all is clear !
Hope to meet again.

Ciao.

Alex

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