Linspire

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.

Linspire
Screenshot of Linspire
DeveloperPC/OpenSystems LLC
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateActive
Source modelMixed (open and closed source)
Initial releaseAugust 2001 (2001-08)
Latest release12 SP1 / May 29, 2023 (2023-05-29)
Update methodCNR
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux)
Default
user interface
GNOME, Xfce
LicenseMainly GNU GPL and other free software licences; as well as some proprietary software licenses.
Official websitelinspirelinux.com

On July 1, 2008, Linspire stockholders elected to change the company's name to Digital Cornerstone, and all assets were acquired by Xandros.

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.

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.

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