Anyone who says PCLOS or Mint or any other distro using illegal codecs is better than freespire, really needs to think that through. You only say that because in your mind you are getting a more up to date distro with the same media codecs. But the biggest thing freespire should be touted for is its LEGAL use of codecs. It licenses all codecs. Take away the illegal use of codecs in PCLOS, Mint, and a host of others, and I bet the tune changes quickly. I personally will not even use a distro that includes illegal codecs, just like I don't download illegal music. It's stealing, plain and simple. I never see this talked about in the FOSS community. It's like all the geeks don't realize that when they watch their videos on PCLOS that is illegal if it is a MS codec, MP3 codec, and a host of others. The only company doing it right is freespire! Name a legit distro (one that charges money for one version, and has a free version) that includes licensed codecs on the free version?? None, except freespire. That is because codecs cost money, and cannot be given away for free, freespire can only do it because of CNR. Giving them away for free by the other companies that have income, opens them up to law suites, which is why they don't do it, that and they would lose money. Grow up FOSS community, one day MS and others are going to sue the pants off most of these distros, and they will have every right too. In life good things cost money, this is a fundamental law of the universe. Quite using free stuff that hasn't paid for the right to distribute the paid stuff.