With some technical leadership and executive leadership missing, Linspire continues to lose its way. GPLv3-licensed software is out of the question and the latest release, which Shane mentioned last week, shows signs of weakness. It has just received a bad review from Linux.com.

Linspire is one of the few non-free distros available. As a single-CD distro, Linspire has a huge uphill battle against commercial DVD distros. Linspire 6.0 won't win many converts, except perhaps for companies frightened by the recent patent infringnment claims against Linux vendors whose priority is a distro that offers Microsoft's patent promises.

Do not forget that Linspire used to spread Linux FUD along with Microsoft. Having probably received payoffs from the sellout and even criticised Ubuntu's stance, Kevin Carmony dares to ask not only for forgiveness, but also for a place in Ubuntu. Canonical would be foolish (or misinformed, or forgetful) to accept him after he not only fed on their codebase, but also slammed them implicitly (and immorally).

Update: it is a pleasure to find that progress is being by Linspire defectors (mainly people from the forums, who were put off by the deal with Microsoft). They build their own distribution. A milestone has just been reached.

KlikIt Linux is based on Kubuntu 7.04, taking advantages of many of its best features, and then adds its own touches such as many multimedia options that are either built in or available with a couple of clicks from the desktop, making it fun to interact with just like the KlikIt community.