Wow. That download sucked. lol I finally got through the list and it screwed up on the password. Finally just used BitTorrent instead. I haven't really played around with it yet (just wanna see what the big deal is about it) though wouldn't ever use it in a production environment, but I figure the more version of *nix I'm familiar with, the easier I can make decisions for my clients). All I've done so far is boot the Live CD to move around the environment a bit.

Pshannon, as for your post, I admit that Linspire definitely isn't a worthwhile *nix environment, but it's not designed for that. It's designed for newbies that can't afford Windows. Wal*Marts here sell Linspire-based desktops for $250. I know one person who has it and they're not too dissatisified with it. It does what they need (browse the Internet and type documents). He doesn't know anything about computers so it's a cheap and easy way for him to do what he needs.

Once people play around with it, let post your feedback. I'm actually pretty curious what everyone thinks. I've used a number of different distros like many of you and I'm curious to see how it stacks up against some of the other "user friendly" ones in different test situations.

A.J.