Si Veteran Posted April 19, 2004 Veteran Share Posted April 19, 2004 (edited) From the Linspire/Lindows newsletter: Edit: screenshots (small) here: http://www.linspire.com/lindows_michaelsminutes.php This Thursday and Friday (April 22-23) Lindows, Inc. will be busy hosting the Desktop Linux Summit here in San Diego -- the premier event dedicated to using Linux on the desktop. I've mentioned the top notch speakers that will be at the event, but many attendees will probably be interested in new Linux programs debuting at the show. I know that many of you won't be able to make it to the show but are still interested in the latest news, so I'm sending you this special Michael's Minute with a sneak preview of a couple products that will be announced and shown at the Summit.One of the few remaining criticisms of desktop Linux is that there aren't enough polished applications out there. We agree that there is room for improvement, and on Friday I'll be demonstrating some new products which we have been working on in our labs, and some of our Insiders have been testing for us. Since the advent of MP3, computers have become popular for use as music machines. You can rip your favorite songs from your CD collection, then put them on your MP3 player and have music on-the-go. Computers are great for organizing your entire music collection, and you can even make mix CDs from your computer for use in your car. With Linux you've traditionally needed one program for digitizing CDs, another for playing them, and yet another for burning playlists to CD. Lsongs combines the best Linux components into a powerful music manager that will play your CDs, MP3s, organize your music collection and even stream Internet radio, all with an elegant drag and drop interface. It also brings cross media format support to Linux by playing MP3, Ogg, Windows Media, QuickTime and Real media, ensuring that Linux users can play the most popular formats they might encounter on the Internet. Much like we are filling the audio gap with Lsongs, we have been working on a superb photo manager program also debuting at the Summit. Lphoto is intuitive software that makes it easy to work with digital photos on Linux. First, it allows for easy connection and downloading of images from hundreds of digital cameras. Blazingly quick thumbnail browsing and resizing on-the-fly, make organizing albums a snap. Rating and sorting features will help to catalog your best photos.There's an array of advanced functionality to improve individual photos and publish them all with one-click ease. Enhancing color, cropping, and reducing red-eye, is as easy as hitting a button. Plus there's a brilliant zoom-in with the scroll wheel wherever the cursor arrow is pointing feature which is sure to become an industry standard. Once your pictures are perfected, Lphoto can help e-mail pictures to friends or create web pages. It will even compress images to make them email and web-publishing-friendly sizes. Lphoto will be available in the Warehouse sometime soon, and like Lsongs, it will be open source. Edited April 19, 2004 by ultimaweapon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishie Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 neat :slug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 It also brings cross media format support to Linux by playing MP3, Ogg, Windows Media, QuickTime and Real media You mean mplayer, xine, and vlc only have me fooled? They aren't actually playing those files? Gee, thanks for looking out for me Lindows Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meshuggah Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 wow, so now they are copying apple again, man....it looks so much like iTunes they need to stop ripping off companies and ****ing do their own **** i meant ****, just look at this **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTallack Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Wow. Not only did they rip off Microsoft's Windows name, now they're ripping off Apple's iTunes and iPhoto. Pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Veteran Posted April 19, 2004 Author Veteran Share Posted April 19, 2004 I think they like being sued :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rek Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 *sigh* Lindows gives linux a bad name :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dan C Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Hopefully Apple will go after them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero1 Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Look at the tabs and navbar on the top of there site! its almost identical to apples other than the colours! :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rek Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Look at the tabs and navbar on the top of there site! its almost identical to apples other than the colours! :blink: that has to be a rip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxicfume Veteran Posted April 19, 2004 Veteran Share Posted April 19, 2004 I don't know why, but this company reminds me of Infinium labs. Sometimes I'm even fooled to think it's the same guy behind both companies!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null_ Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 I smell a lawsuit. :woot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoz Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 this is getting waaay out of line.. :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JK1150 Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 they stole the name for their os, the tabs for their site, the name for their software (iPhoto = LPhoto), their interface, and damn, isn't that font on thier flash from Apple too (http://media.linspire.com/Lphoto/kiosk.swf)? I guess they found Apple is easiest to pick on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornett Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 What a bunch of goons! I don't understand why they want to make them so similar to Apple's programs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero1 Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 All we need now is the sign with "SUE ME" painted on it on the frontpage :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaFX Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 wow, so now they are copying apple again, man....it looks so much like iTunesthey need to stop ripping off companies and ****ing do their own **** i meant ****, just look at this **** i hope lindows get's taken off the market...what loosers...they need to be a little original Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxicfume Veteran Posted April 19, 2004 Veteran Share Posted April 19, 2004 They obviously don't care of any originality, they think they can make easy money by ripping of other companies' software, names, style, layout, font, etc. Not only the interface!!! I mean 'iTunes' -to- 'LSongs' what the heck? :rolleyes: The owner of this company is a buffoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Ewww... Their iTunes rip isn't even a good one :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trek Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Apple + Microsoft team up to sue, that would be a sight to see ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redestium Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 That's nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewy Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 They are making giving linux a bad name =( :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rek Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 They are making giving linux a bad name =(:angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: Yeah, Im with you dewy :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted April 19, 2004 Administrators Share Posted April 19, 2004 Thats why I think Michael Robertson is scum, while most companies innovate, he just rips what other people spent millions researching and creating a reputation for. so with the i being the trademark letter before apple products, Robertson intends to do the same with the L more than pathetic if you ask me and lacks creativity. Why doesn't he just go away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTUsEr Veteran Posted April 19, 2004 Veteran Share Posted April 19, 2004 I smell a lawsuit. :woot: i do too :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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