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DistroWatch.com: Linspire
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Linspire

Last Update: Sunday 28 September 2008 02:29 GMT

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Linspire Summary
Distribution Linspire Desktop and Laptop Linux
Home Page http://www.linspire.com/
Origin USA
Mailing Lists --
User Forums http://forum.linspire.com/
LinuxQuestions.org
Alternative User Forums LinuxQuestions.org
Documentation http://help.linspire.com/cgi-bin/linspire.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php
Screenshots http://www.linspire.com/products_linspire_whatis.php TCS
Download Mirrors LinspireLive! via BitTorrent
Alternative Download Sites LinuxQuestions.orgMadTux.org
Bug Tracker --
Related Web Sites  
Reviews 6.0: Linux.com
5.0: Free-BeesLockergnomeForever For NowInformationWeekTuxmachinesXYZ ComputingLinuxElectronsRampageExtreme TechMSNBCLinux JournalOSNewsPCWorldOSNewsPhoronixLWNMad Penguin
4.5: TectonicSmall Business ComputingLinux JournalOSNewsOSNewsOSNewsOSNewsLinux.comOSNews
4.0: ExtremeTechUnixReviewOSNewsGameSpy.comLinux.com (Japanese) • The InquirerMSNBCExtremeTech
3.0: Open for BusinessExtremeTechOSNews
2.0: ExtremeTechMSNBCOSNews
Status This distribution has been discontinued.
Where To Buy LinuxCD.org

About Linspire
Linspire is a full-featured operating system (based on Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu) like Microsoft Windows XP or Apple Mac OS X. Linspire offers the power, stability and cost-savings of Linux with the ease of a Windows environment. In addition, Linspire features exclusive Click-N-Run (CNR) technology that makes installing software on Linspire fast and easy. Note: Linspire was acquired by Xandros Inc. in July 2008 and discontinued as a Linux distribution shortly afterwards.

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 • 2005-04-21: Linux Made Easy: Linspire 5.0
 • 2005-04-15: Hacking Linspire 5.0
 • 2005-03-29: Linspire 5.0 Live CD Available for Free Download

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  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the 'libgnome' and 'nautilus' packages. As per the Apache project's recommendations, apache 1.3.x is referred to as "apache", while apache 2.x is referred to as "httpd".
  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.

Feature 6.0 5.1 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.0
Release Date 2007/10/10 2006/04/21 2005/03/16 2003/12/16 2003/06/24 2002/11/18
Price (US$) 50 50 50 50 50 129
CDs 1 2 2 2 2 2
Free Download -- -- -- -- -- --
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE
Package Management DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB
Office Suite GNOME Office, KOffice, OpenOffice GNOME Office, KOffice, OpenOffice GNOME Office, KOffice, OpenOffice KOffice, OpenOffice, StarOffice KOffice, OpenOffice, StarOffice KOffice, OpenOffice, StarOffice
Processor Architecture i386 i386 i386 i386 i386 i386
Journaled File Systems   ReiserFS ReiserFS ReiserFS ReiserFS ReiserFS
Multilingual   Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Asian Language Support -- -- -- jp jp --
Package 6.0 5.1 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.0
abiword (2.6.4) 2.4.6 2.2.1 2.2.1 1.0.6 1.0.4 1.0.2
alsa-lib (1.0.17a) 1.0.13 1.0.9b 1.0.6 0.9.8 0.9.2 0.9.0beta12
amarok (1.4.10) 1.4.5 1.3.8 1.3.8 -- -- --
ati-driver (8.9) 8.34.8 -- -- -- -- --
bind (9.5.0-P2) 9.2.4 9.2.4 9.2.4 8.3.4 8.3.4 8.3.3
compiz (0.7.8) 0.3.6 -- -- -- -- --
cups (1.3.9) 1.2.8 1.1.23 1.1.20 1.1.19 1.1.19 1.1.14
db (4.7.25) 4.4.20 4.3.21 4.2.52 4.1.25 4.1.25  
dhcp (4.0.0) 3.0.4 3.0.1 3.0.1 2.0pl5 2.0pl5 2.0pl5
emacs (22.3) 22.1 21.3 21.3 21.2 21.2 21.2
evolution (2.24.0) 2.10.1 2.0.2 2.0.2 1.2.4 1.2.4 1.0.8
firefox (3.0.3) 2.0.0.4 1.5.0.1 1.0      
freetype (2.3.7) 2.2.1 2.1.7 2.1.7 2.1.4 2.1.4  
gcc (4.3.2) 4.1.2 3.4.3 3.3.5 2.95.4 2.95.4 2.95.4
gimp (2.6.1) 2.2.13 2.2.10 2.0.6 1.3.14 1.3.14 1.2.3
glibc (2.7) 2.5 2.3.2 2.3.2 2.3.2 2.3.1 2.2.5
gnucash (2.2.7) 2.0.2 1.8.12 1.8.9 1.8.3 1.8.3 1.6.6
gnumeric (1.8.3) 1.7.8 1.6.2 1.4.0 1.0.9 1.0.9 1.0.8
gtk+ (2.14.3) 2.10.11 2.6.10 2.4.13 2.2.1 2.2.1 2.0.2
httpd (2.2.9) 2.2.3 2.0.52 2.0.52 2.0.44 2.0.44  
inkscape (0.46) 0.45 0.43 0.41 -- -- --
jre (6u7) 6          
k3b (1.0.5) 1.0 0.12.7 0.11.17 0.8 0.8  
kaffeine (0.8.7) 0.8.3 0.6 0.6 -- -- --
kdebase (4.1.2) 3.5.6 3.3.2 3.3.2 3.0.1 3.0.1 3.0.1
koffice (1.6.3) 1.6.2 1.4.2 1.3.4 1.1.1 1.1.1 1.1.1
Package 6.0 5.1 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.0
libgnome (2.24.1) 2.18.0 2.8.0 2.8.0 2.2.3 2.2.1 --
linux (2.6.27) 2.6.20 2.6.14 2.6.10 2.4.23 2.4.20 2.4.19
module-init-tools (3.4.1) 3.3-pre3 3.2-pre9 3.1      
mono (2.0) 1.2.3.1 1.1.10 1.1.10 -- -- --
MPlayer (1.0rc2) 1.0rc1 1.0pre7try2 1.0pre6 0.92 0.90 --
mysql (5.0.67) 5.0.38 4.0.22 4.0.22 3.23.52 3.23.52 3.23.49
nautilus (2.24.0) 2.18.1 2.11.2 2.8.2 1.0.6 1.0.6 1.0.6
NVIDIA (177.80) 1.0-9631          
OpenOffice.org (3.0.0) 2.2.0 2.0.1 1.1.3 1.0.3 1.0.3 1.0.1
openssh (5.1p1) 4.3p2 3.8.1p1 3.8.1p1 3.6.1p2 3.4p1 3.4p1
openssl (0.9.8i) 0.9.8c 0.9.8a 0.9.7e 0.9.7a 0.9.7 0.9.6c
perl (5.10.0) 5.8.8 5.8.4 5.8.4 5.8.1 5.6.1 5.6.1
php (5.2.6) 5.2.1 4.3.9 4.3.9 4.2.2 4.2.2 4.1.2
pidgin (2.5.1) 2.0.1 1.5.0 1.1.0 0.72 0.63 0.58
postfix (2.5.5) 2.3.8 2.1.5 2.1.5 1.1.11 1.1.11 1.1.11
postgresql (8.3.4) -- 7.4.6 7.4.6 7.2.1 7.2.1 7.2.1
Python (2.6) 2.5.1 2.3.4 2.3.4 2.2.2 2.2.2 2.1.3
qt-x11 (4.4.3) 3.3.8 3.3.3 3.3.3 3.2.1 3.0.5 3.0.3
samba (3.2.4) 3.0.24 3.0.9 3.0.9 3.0.0 2.2.3a 2.2.3a
sendmail (8.14.3) 8.13.8 8.13.1 8.13.1 8.12.6 8.12.6 8.12.3
thunderbird (2.0.0.17) 2.0.0.4 1.5 0.9 -- -- --
udev (130) 108 070        
vim (7.2) 7.0.164 6.3 6.3 6.1.048 6.1.048 6.1
xfce (4.4.2) 4.3.99.1 4.0.6 4.0.6 3.8.16 3.8.16 3.8.16
xine-lib (1.1.15) 1.1.4 1.1.1 1-rc 1-beta12 1-beta12 0.9.8
xorg-server (1.5.2) 1.2.0 6.9.0 6.8.2 -- -- --

Note: The above table includes packages available separately from CNR.com.


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