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NOTE: Most of the below information applies to the legacy CNR Client used on Freespire 1 and Linspire 5; for the most current information, be sure to visit www.cnr.com



As of Aug. 30, 2006 Linspire Does Away with Annual Fee for CNR Service. To subscribe to the free CNR service you must create a new account using your e-mail address. Then Sign In and install your favorite Linux products.

CNR is a package manager that will soon be Open-Sourced with the next client. It is the easiest way to install Linux software. There are thousands of free Linux software titles in the warehouse and they're all a click away.


With CNR you can download and install products simultaniously with just one click. CNR also provides an aisle to manage your entire software library. This Aisle(s) can let you group bunches of software and install them all at once. This is perfect for setting up a new computer!


What is CNR Gold?

With CNR, there is the free and Gold services. The free subscription is of no charge while Gold membership is an annual fee. You get even more with the CNR Gold Service, like steep discounts on commercial Linux software such as StarOffice, Win4Lin, Cedega and MyBooksPro. One discount practically pays for the CNR Gold Service itself.


The CNR Gold Service is an annual subscription service. By subscribing you get:


BENEFITS FREE CNR SERVICE CNR GOLD SERVICE
One-Click Software Installs Yes Yes
One-Click Software Uninstalls Yes Yes
One-Click Software Updates Yes Yes
"My Products" Software Locker Yes Yes
Personal CNR Warehouse Aisles 1 Unlimited
Friendly Licensing Yes Yes
Security Updates * Yes Yes
Software Update Notifications No Yes
Huge Discounts on Commercial

Linux Software

No Yes
Priority Support No Yes
Free Operating System Updates * No Yes
Free Lassist Personal Productivity

Suite

No Yes
Free deviantART Desktop Wallpaper No Yes
Discounts on Linspire Merchandise No Yes

*Security updates are available to all CNR subscribers at no charge, regardless if they subscribe to the CNR Gold service or not.


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