Linspire
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Linspire (formerly Lindows) is a commercial operating system based on Debian and Ubuntu and currently owned by PC/OpenSystems LLC. It had been owned by Linspire. Inc. from 2001 to 2008, and then by Xandros from 2008 to 2017.
Developer | PC/OpenSystems LLC |
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OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
Working state | Active |
Source model | Mixed (open and closed source) |
Initial release | August 2001; 22 years ago (2001-08) |
Latest release | 14 [1] / December 18, 2023; 5 months ago (2023-12-18) |
Update method | CNR |
Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
Default user interface | GNOME, Xfce |
License | Mainly GNU GPL and other free software licences; as well as some proprietary software licenses. |
Official website | linspirelinux.com |
On July 1, 2008, Linspire stockholders elected to change the company's name to Digital Cornerstone,[2] and all assets were acquired by Xandros.[3]
On August 8, 2008, Andreas Typaldos, CEO of Xandros, announced that Linspire would be discontinued in favor of Xandros; Freespire would change its base code from Ubuntu to Debian; and the Linspire brand would cease to exist.[4]
On January 1, 2018, it was announced that PC/OpenSystems LLC had purchased Linspire and Freespire from Xandros, and that Linspire 7 was available for $79.99, while Freespire 3 was available for free.[5]