Linux distributor Lindows is changing the name to Linspire. linux distributor lindows is changing the name to linspire. Linux distributor Lindows is changing the name of its operating system to Linspire. Linux distributor Lindows is changing the name of its operating system to Linspire....

Lindows: Linspire, Mandrake and Fedora in one package. lindows linspire. Lindows rolled out a new package of its Linux distribution dubbed Linspire. San Diego (CA) - Lindows rolled out a new package of its Linux distribution dubbed Linspire. Lindows customers who buy the download version of Linspire operating system, currently only pay $30 and will get Mandrake’s free 10.0 Community Edition and the Fedora Core 2, which Red Hat recently transferred to a community-supported open source project....

Linspire today released the latest version of its Linux-based desktop operating system, Linspire 5.0. Linspire today released the latest version of its Linux-based desktop operating system, Linspire 5.0....

Linspire to give away desktop OS for free. linspire to give away desktop os for free. Linspire said yesterday that it would give away free copies of its Linux desktop operating system until Sept. Linspire said yesterday that it would give away free copies of its Linux desktop operating system until Sept. 6. Linspire Five-O was launched in March and retails for $49.95. Freespire is comprised of various open-source components taken from the freely available source repository of Linspire....

Microsoft partners with Linux company Linspire. ms partners with linspire. Redmond (WA) - Microsoft is expanding its presence in the Linux arena and has announced a collaboration with Linspire, a company that is offering a consumer-focused Linux-based operating system : For a fee, Linspire customers will be able to access acquire a "patent covenant" for Microsoft technologies. Microsoft will be offering Linspire customers with a fee-based option of "acquiring a patent covenant", guaranteeing Linspire customers that the "Linspire technologies they use come with rights to relevant Microsoft patents." Additionally, Linspire agreed to use Microsoft’s Live Search as the default web search engine in its Linspire 5.0 distribution. Linspire was founded by MP3.com founder Michael Robertson in January 2002 as "Lindows.com"....

San Diego (CA) - Open-source operating system developer Linspire today announced the availability of Freespire 2.0, a Linux OS based on Ubuntu distribution. San Diego (CA) - Open-source operating system developer Linspire today announced the availability of Freespire 2.0, a Linux OS based on Ubuntu distribution. It also has a built-in plugin for Linspire’s own CNR Service, a destination for users to access thousands of open source applications, from video games to DVD playback to CodeWeaver’s Crossover, which lets users run Windows-based applications on a Linux system. Freespire 2.0 picks up where Ubuntu leaves off by adding proprietary software, drivers and codecs, to make for a more complete turn-key solution for mainstream desktop computing," said Linspire CEO Larry Kettler....

Linspire desktop operating system pushed to version 6.0. San Diego (CA) - Open source OS specialist Linspire announced today that it has upgraded its desktop Linux platform. San Diego (CA) - Open source OS specialist Linspire announced today that it has upgraded its desktop Linux platform. Based on Ubuntu distribution, it is the first version of the software to incorporate the newly minted patent covenant coverage agreement that Linspire signed with Microsoft earlier this year. It is being pushed as the first real consumer-targeted Linux OS. "Linspire 6.0 further bridges the gap between open source and commercial software, combining the best from each into a single easy-to-use, familiar and productive operating system," said Linspire CEO Larry Kettler....