Interstesting article about Linux - no longer for techies...
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/5546/1/
Also, recently NRP.org featured the ABCs of Linux mentioning Linspire on 8-27-04, Talk of the Nation .
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3875409
Linspire, was originally named Lindows (Linux + Windows) and had Microsoft chasing them which eventually resulted in a name change.