NationStates Jolt Archive

I'm (possibly) looking into Linspire as a #2 computer option in the house (one is not enough for the entire family, at least at times), but I have a few reservations.

First, how easy to use is Linspire? It doesn't seem to have too much on the customization side - everything seems to be prepackaged, and it bills itself as the easiest Linux distro out there. Does that mean it's still much less intuitive than windows or Mac? It's going to be used by not completely computer savvy people.

Second, internet connection. I'm almost positive that Juno/NetZero don't have a program for Linux. How would this work out, or would it not? What would be a solution?

-Thanks.

I'm (possibly) looking into Linspire as a #2 computer option in the house (one is not enough for the entire family, at least at times), but I have a few reservations.

First, how easy to use is Linspire? It doesn't seem to have too much on the customization side - everything seems to be prepackaged, and it bills itself as the easiest Linux distro out there. Does that mean it's still much less intuitive than windows or Mac? It's going to be used by not completely computer savvy people.

Second, internet connection. I'm almost positive that Juno/NetZero don't have a program for Linux. How would this work out, or would it not? What would be a solution?

-Thanks.
I've only played around with it a little bit (under VMware on an XP machine). It seems pretty easy to use for a linux desktop and setting up a dialup connection wasn't that hard to do manually, although I wouldn't recommend it for a n00b.