Linspires New CNR Solves Major Linux Desktop Problems

Published: Jan 23, 2007
Updated: Feb 2, 2021
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One thing desktop Linux users, and prospective users, complain about most is the lack of hardware drivers and software. Often theres an answer to a users particular problem, but the driver isnt included in the users distribution, or the software is hard to find and harder to install.

Desktop Linux distributor Linspire says it has the answer: standardize software installation across Linux distributions by expanding its popular CNR (“Click N Run”) digital download and software management service to support several popular desktop Linux distributions.

CNR has long been used in Linspires own distributions, the commercial Linspire and the community-based Freespire. Finding, installing and updating software has been confusing for many desktop Linux users, since each distribution requires its own installation process. The CNR Service makes installing any application, however, into a one-mouse-click operation.

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

I'm editor-at-large for Ziff Davis Enterprise. That's a fancy title that means I write about whatever topic strikes my fancy or needs written about across the Ziff Davis Enterprise family of publications. You'll find most of my stories in Linux-Watch, DesktopLinux and eWEEK. Prior to becoming a technology journalist, I worked at NASA and the Department of Defense on numerous major technological projects.

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