Free Linspire 5.0 Digital Download - $49.95 value

Linspire 5.0 for FREE
(formerly Lindows)



From Slickdeals:
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=0&t=494700

Use code 07APRRA to purchase the digital download version of Linspire 5.0 for free.

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Your Digital Download Includes:

* Digital version of the Linspire Live-0 operating system
* Digital version of Linspire Extras
* World class eSupport (Provided in English)
* My.Linspire account (forums and FAQs)


A Value of $49.95... for FREE.

Game On People,
-Gophn

 

Why are they doing that? How did you get the code?

 

Thanks for that. This is probably a good way for new guys to get into Linux. There are a lot of people in line for the download though.

 

I got it after 3 hours, LOL. But its free.

Just sign up and come back later if you dont want to wait in line...

or someone can upload the ISO to Rapidshare or Megaupload.

I wish I can upload it, but my DSL sucks.

 

Thanks Gophn, for the notice.

I just went and got mine but it is setting in the My Products section as I don't want to wait in line to download it and am not in a hurry. I'll just wait until the crowd is gone and get it then. I tried to contact support and here is the message they gave me.....

In order to better serve you, the Linspire Support website is down for planned upgrades and maintenance. We expect the new system to be operational by April 16th, 2007 so you can submit support tickets again. (In the meantime, you may benefit from our helpful community at http://forum.freespire.org)

This may explain why the line is so long.

I think this deal is a good thing for Linux as a lot of people will be trying Linspire due to this.

 

I also noticed that the web is very slow tonight so maybe that is why your DSL is not working up to par.

 

my DSL sucks because I share it with 2 other people, of whom are not gamers, they just hog all of the bandwidth by watching stuff on Youtube and other video streaming sites.

 

I don't understand your problem since unlike cable, DSL provides constant speed because you never have to share bandwidth with other subscribers. Unless you are talking about all three of you are using the same phone line as one subscriber. If that's the case it's not the DSL at fault it's your setup at home.

 

They tend to do this just before they release a new version. And sure enough, if you look at their release history on distrowatch they're due for a release.

 

QoS deprecating HTTP traffic FTW!

If you can decode that, you win

 

quality of service/traffic shaping slowing down your web access owns you?

do I get a cookie?

 

Why don't you take two and a half cookies, BigV.

After people download and install Linspire, post your experiences working with it. I am curious as always.

 

Are you saying the QoS can be bypassed?

 

Doubtful, unless you have an "in" with your ISP.

The originating website may be/probably is capping download speeds.

 

Usually the ISP isn't the one implementing the QoS. On your router on the other hand, you can put all traffic over port 80 at the lowest priority, so your games will always take precedence.

 

I don't think my d-link has traffic-shaping abilities... it would probably cause it to explode or something.

 

Ah, sorry I misunderstood. I thought you were talking about Linspire server throttling.

 

Hope you guys got your copy.

The line is down to 23 people. So go download it if you havent yet.

 

# The coupon code you entered is invalid

Crap! Looks like the coupon has expired. No joy today.

Thanks for letting everyone in the forum know, tho -- mebbe I'll be faster next time.

 

Don't care for this download since I have Ubuntu exactly how I want it.

But I'm very interested in a review of Linspire from you guys. What make this distro worth paying for VS what I can do for free on Ubuntu(or another free distro)? And how close to windows is this? Are the any Upgrade of any kind free? What do they mean by Digital version & .linspire account?

 

It was at 23 all day yesterday. Either someone was taking forever to download, or that number was just bull.

 

LOL. Could be both.

 

It should be very similar to freespire. I heard version 2.0 is coming out (past due).

 

I've been getting 23 people in line for the past couple days. I'm just going to wait a week or so before trying again. I'm happy setting up Feisty Fawn at the moment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_(numerology)