Freespire is a community-supported Linux distribution that consists, for the most part, of free and just free [ specify ] software and giving users the choice to include proprietary software, including multimedia codecs, device drivers, and application programs.
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 Screenshot of Freespire 2.0.8 operating system | |
| Developer | PC / Open Systems |
| OS family | GNU , Linux |
| Latest version | 3.0.8 [1] ( March 19, 2018 ) |
| Supported Languages | multilingual |
| Supported Platforms | x86 , x64 [2] |
| Kernel type | Monolithic ( Linux ) |
| Interface | Kde |
| License | GNU GPL |
| condition | relevant |
| Web site | pc-opensystems.com/p/freespireos.html |
Freespire comes from the Linspire distribution. Freespire 1.0 was based on the Debian distribution, and Freespire 2.0 was based on the Ubuntu distribution. Linspire was acquired by Xandros [3] , which decided to return to Debian as the basis for future versions of Freespire. [four]
On January 1, 2018, PC / Open Systems announced that it had acquired Linspire from Xandros and released Freespire 3.0. While Linspire 7 is available for $ 79.99, Freespire 3.0 is free [5] [6] .
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Features
- 3 Release History
- 4 See also
- 5 notes
- 6 References
History
In August 2005, a Live CD -based distribution based on Linspire source code called Freespire hit the network by accident [7] . This distribution was created by Andrew Betts and was not released by Linspire Inc. Then Linspire on the back of the created ad offered users “free Linspire” using the “Freespire” coupon code until September 9, 2005 . Squiggle OS was no longer under active development.
April 24, 2006 Linspire announced its project under the name "Freespire" [8] . The new Freespire distribution was then announced by Linspire President and former CEO Kevin Carmoni. Just like Fedora has been supported by Red Hat and the community since 2003. Novell also launched a similar community project called openSUSE for its SUSE Linux product line in the second half of 2005 .
Xandros acquired Linspire and Freespire in the summer of 2008 [9] . Xandros planned to keep Freespire as a community developed by a distribution similar to the openSUSE and Fedora distributions for their respective commercial distributions.
The final release of Freespire 2.0.8, was released on November 30, 2007 [10] . The version was based on Ubuntu 7.04, which was supported for 18 months and reached the end of support on October 19, 2008 . Status is now considered “active” in DistroWatch .
Features
A Debian- based distribution supported by the community and supported by a project related to the commercial Linspire distribution. Freespire includes previously proprietary elements from Linspire, such as the Click N 'Run client (CNR), while other elements that Linspire itself licenses but does not belong, such as the Windows Media Audio compatibility library, remain proprietary source code , therefore, there are two versions of Freespire: one with closed source libraries, and the other called Freespire OSS Edition, which mainly includes open source components . Freespire has a number of native programs written in Haskell and OCaml, such as an ISO image creator, hardware detection and auto-configuration, auto-object packages and the “Debian library”, as well as programs that run CGI .
Release History
| Version | date of release | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 Release Candidate (1.0.2) | 2006-07-28 [11] | Release Candidate |
| 1.0 (1.0.13) [12] [13] | 2006-08-04 [14] | A public release based on Debian , the Linux kernel 2.6.14 and KDE 3.3.2 [15] . |
| 2.0 RC (1.9.0) | 2007-07-10 [16] | Release Candidate. |
| 2.0 [17] | 2007-08-07 [18] | Based on Ubuntu 7.04, it includes the Linux kernel version 2.6.20 and KDE 3.5.6 [19] . |
| 2.0.8 | 2007-11-30 | Corrections and beta version of Click N 'Run [10] . |
| 3.0 [5] [6] [20] [21] [22] [23] | 2018-01-01 | It has the Linux kernel version 4.10.0-42, the Firefox Quantum web browser , and other software updates. |
| 3.0.1 [24] | 2018-01-14 | Vulnerability fixes for Meltdown and Specter . |
| 3.0.6.5 [25] | 2018-02-08 | The Linux kernel version was updated to version 4.13.0-32, graphic tweaks were added to review the distribution, GParted was removed, updates from February 7, 2018 and so on were applied. |
| 3.0.8 [1] | 2018-03-19 |
See also
- Linspire
- Kde
- Windows
- Zorin os
- Linux XP
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Linspire - The easiest Desktop Linux: Freespire 3.0.8 Released
- ↑ HCL Processors - Freespire Archived on October 3, 2009.
- ↑ Linspire no longer exists
- ↑ Back to Debian: Freespire returns to Debian Roots
- ↑ 1 2 Distribution Release: Linspire 7.0, Freespire 3 (DistroWatch.com News)
- ↑ 1 2 OpenNews: Revival of Freespire and Linspire Distributions
- ↑ FAQ Category: About Freespire and The Freespire Project - Freespire . Archived July 20, 2010.
- ↑ Linspire Announces Freespire Distribution - New Distro Comes in Free and Proprietary Flavors - News - LinuxPlanet
- ↑ {title} (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment July 5, 2009. Archived on April 18, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Freespire 2 - Freespire . Archived on September 20, 2007.
- ↑ Release Notes / 1.0.2 - Freespire . Wiki.freespire.org. Date of treatment May 22, 2018. Archived on August 11, 2009.
- ↑ Review: Freespire 1.0
- ↑ Free Agent: The Latest Free Linux | PCWorld
- ↑ Release Notes - Freespire . Wiki.freespire.org. Date of treatment May 22, 2018. Archived October 12, 2007.
- ↑ Freespire 1.0: first impressions :: Linux Format :: The website of the UK's best-selling Linux magazine (link not available) . Date of treatment May 22, 2018. Archived on October 1, 2006.
- ↑ Freespire 2.0 Schedule - Freespire . Wiki.freespire.org. Date of treatment May 22, 2018. Archived June 29, 2009.
- ↑ Freespire aspires, but falis to inspire | Linux.com | The source of Linux information
- ↑ Download Freespire - Freespire . Wiki.freespire.org. Date of treatment May 22, 2018. Archived on May 2, 2010.
- ↑ Freespire Roadmap - Freespire . Wiki.freespire.org. Date of treatment May 22, 2018. Archived July 1, 2009.
- ↑ Black Lab Software Releases Freespire 3.0 & Linspire 7.0 Linux Operating Systems
- ↑ Lindows Linux Distro Is Back From The Dead: Linspire 7.0 And Freespire 3.0 Released
- ↑ Lindows rises from the grave! Freespire 3.0 and Linspire 7.0 Linux distros now available
- ↑ DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 749, 5 February 2018
- ↑ PC / OpenSystems LLC: Linspire 7.0.1 and Freespire 3.0.1 Released - Meltdown and Specter fix
- ↑ PC / OpenSystems LLC: Freespire 3.0.6.5 released
Links
- pc-opensystems.com/p/freespireos.html - official Freespire website
- Freespire on DistroWatch