I'm not saying it's not good. But here's my story.

I literally "bought" into the Lindows birth and eagerly waited for the release. At that time all the hype was about a windows-like GUI to make it easier for those who know NOTHING about linux, etc. I don't think it was three months later after the release and the newest upgrade that they decided to focus more on those people who understood linux etc.

Apt-get, I think it was. WTF is apt-get???? It seemed like that was the only answer I got from the forum support (there was technically no other kind of support at that time).

They'd all say, "It's easy! Just do "apt-get this" to install or open a program that wouldn't open using the shortcut. I spent three days just trying to get my volume to stop screaming the opening Lindows chime at 115 decibels, it seemed! I think I also lost the shortcut to it, but it wasn't screaming anymore.

I'm a little older and a little wiser now, and thanks to the Firefox browser, I'm understanding a little more about how to change/install things in user files....not the same as apt-get but the premise is similar. Maybe someday I'll try it again. I have several versions and am technically entitled to download those for life...although if they still have the paid subscription to get other updated programs from the Warehouse, I'd have to scour the web for those to get them free. I'm not paying for them anymore to automatically download and install them.

Again, I'm not saying Lindows/Linspire is bad. But if you have absolutely no experience in open source/linux, etc it might not be an easy road for you for some time. lol!

Good luck!