![]() ![]() In reality, it’s more of a comfort blanket to convince you that Linspire will do everything Windows can, and only total beginners will learn anything they didn’t know or couldn’t have worked out themselves in a few minutes. Instead, the system launches a full-screen audio introduction, complete with exceptionally cheesy voice-overs taking you step-by-step through the OS. Once the OS is installed, you’re not immediately greeted with the Desktop. The process is far more hands-off than Windows XP’s installation, with only a computer name and password to enter, plus the time zone. We were amazed at the speed and ease of the process from popping the installation CD in the drive to the first complete boot into the Linspire Desktop took just 19 minutes, and that included repartitioning and reformatting the hard disk. So to give it a good acid test, we installed it on a Sony VAIO notebook: the esoteric and non-standard hardware of notebooks is often enough to trip up an operating system. The Linspire Corporation claims Linspire 5 is ‘The World’s Easiest Desktop Linux!’, with simple installation, a good-looking interface and plenty of integrated assistance. ![]()
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