Written by Master Gadgets on 5 October 2007
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Earlier known as Lindows, this easy to use Linux distribution resembles the looks and feel of Windows, making it a good choice for those wanting to make a switch Linspire, earlier Known as Lindows, is a distribution of Linux Primarily focused towards home users. Its look and feel is similar to windows, with eye catching icons and windows like desktop themes.These make it easier for users to switch from a windows environment to this distro. other than that, you will see familiarly sounding components on the desktop like My Documents, My computer, Control center, etc The file manager resembles Windows Explorer but has an additional tabbed option, which shows network, My Computer, My Documents, etc making it easy to navigate through.

It has an Instant Messenger through which you can login to Yahoo.MSN, etc. The Hardware requirements for Linspire aren’t very high. Any ordinary P4 or even a Celeron with 128 MB RAM and 4GB of free hard drive sapce for the OS are sufficient, though 512 MB RAM is recommended.

Linspire comes with good support options, but they have to be bought separately.It also has something called CNR (click and Run) service, which facilitates one to manage, locate and install almost 20,000 different Linux products and applications, Since last month, this CNR service has been extended beyond Freespire and Linspire and now available for fedora, Debian, open suSE, and many other distros.

The Linspire CD comes with open Office and many other software. It supports mp3, flash player, DivX, real player,etc out of the box, which fairly reduces the burden of finding these software elsewhere. The hardware detection of the system is very effective and detects devices that are plugged into it and installs the respective drivers without any user intervention. We even tried plugging some MP3 players and TV tuner cards to the machine running Linspire, and it was detected all without any hassle.

Linspire is simple, easy and quick to install, You will find all the required software that a normal user would need for regular productivity work.It can also be installed on laptops and comes with support for Synaptics touch pad and a power management feature. Lastly, if you want to get a look and feel of this distro, then you can try out the free version of it called FreeSprie.

Price:$49.95 (standard); 89.95 with Gold Service
Key Specs: CNR services, multimedia support, good hardware support
Organizations that want to switch from windows to an alternative OS couldtry out Linspire, especially due to its Windows like look and feel

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