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Linspire


Last Update: 2025-02-23 08:53 UTC

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. Linspire was later purchased by PC/OpenSystems in 2017 and sold as an Ubuntu-based commercial distribution.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 228 (31), 6 months: 219 (34), 3 months: 206 (39), 4 weeks: 202 (38), 1 week: 189 (38)

Average visitor rating: 10/10 from 1 review(s).

Linspire Summary
Distribution Linspire OS
Home Page http://www.linspirelinux.com/
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2007-10-10: Distribution Release: Linspire 6.0
 • 2006-04-23: Distribution Release: Linspire 5.1
 • 2005-05-30: Reviews: Linspire 5.0, the Linux Desktop for the Masses
 • 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
 • 2005-03-24: Reviews: Linspire 5.0
 • 2005-03-20: Reviews: First Look at Linspire 5.0
 • 2005-03-16: Distribution Release: Linspire 5.0
 • 2005-02-14: First Look at Linspire 5
 • 2005-01-05: Two Interviews with Linspire's Michael Robertson
 • 2004-04-29: Reviews: Linspire 4.5
 • More Linspire releases...

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 • 2018-01-02 Linspire returns
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Feature 14-SP2 11.5 10-SP2 9.5 8 7.0-SP1 6.0 5.1 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.0 Feature
Release Date 2025-02-22 2022-03-14 2021-09-02 2020-11-30 2019-01-02 2018-04-08 2007-10-10 2006-04-21 2005-03-16 2003-12-16 2003-06-24 2002-11-18 Release Date
End Of Life                         End Of Life
Price (US$) 30-2500 30-2500 30-2500 40-4000 30-50 79 50 50 50 50 50 129 Price (US$)
Image Size (MB)           2100-2200             Image Size (MB)
Free Download -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop GNOME KDE Plasma GNOME, Xfce Xfce MATE KDE Plasma, Xfce KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE Default Desktop
Package Management DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite OnlyOffice OnlyOffice     LibreOffice LibreOffice GNOME Office, KOffice, OO.o GNOME Office, KOffice, OO.o GNOME Office, KOffice, OO.o KOffice, OO.o, StarOffice KOffice, OO.o, StarOffice KOffice, OO.o, StarOffice Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 i386 i386 i386 i386 i386 i386 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems               ReiserFS ReiserFS ReiserFS ReiserFS ReiserFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual               Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multilingual
Asian Language Support             -- -- -- jp jp -- Asian Language Support
Full Package List         8 7.0-sp1   5.1         Full Package List
Package 14-SP2 11.5 10-SP2 9.5 8 7.0-SP1 6.0 5.1 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.0 Package
abiword (3.0.6)         -- -- 2.4.6 2.2.1 2.2.1 1.0.6 1.0.4 1.0.2 abiword (3.0.6)
alsa-lib (1.2.13)         1.1.3 1.1.0 1.0.13 1.0.9b 1.0.6 0.9.8 0.9.2 0.9.0beta12 alsa-lib (1.2.13)
amdgpu (23.0.0)         -- -- 8.34.8 -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.37)         4.4.18 4.3 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.05b 2.05a 2.05a bash (5.2.37)
bind (9.20.6)         -- -- 9.2.4 9.2.4 9.2.4 8.3.4 8.3.4 8.3.3 bind (9.20.6)
chromium (134.0.6998.35)         71.0.3578.98 65.0.3325.181             chromium (134.0.6998.35)
cups (2.4.11)         2.2.7 2.1.3 1.2.8 1.1.23 1.1.20 1.1.19 1.1.19 1.1.14 cups (2.4.11)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1)         4.3.5 4.3.3 3.0.4 3.0.1 3.0.1 2.0pl5 2.0pl5 2.0pl5 dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.2)         1.44.1 1.42.13 1.39 1.38 1.35 1.32 1.32 1.27 e2fsprogs (1.47.2)
firefox (136.0)         -- 57.0.3 2.0.0.4 1.5.0.1 1.0       firefox (136.0)
freetype (2.13.3)         2.8.1 2.6.1 2.2.1 2.1.7 2.1.7 2.1.4 2.1.4   freetype (2.13.3)
gcc (14.2.0)         7.3.0 5.3.1 4.1.2 3.4.3 3.3.5 2.95.4 2.95.4 2.95.4 gcc (14.2.0)
gimp (2.10.38)         2.8.22 -- 2.2.13 2.2.10 2.0.6 1.3.14 1.3.14 1.2.3 gimp (2.10.38)
glibc (2.41)         2.27 2.23 2.5 2.3.2 2.3.2 2.3.2 2.3.1 2.2.5 glibc (2.41)
gnome-shell (47.5)         -- --             gnome-shell (47.5)
gnucash (5.10)         -- -- 2.0.2 1.8.12 1.8.9 1.8.3 1.8.3 1.6.6 gnucash (5.10)
gnumeric (1.12.59)         -- -- 1.7.8 1.6.2 1.4.0 1.0.9 1.0.9 1.0.8 gnumeric (1.12.59)
grub (2.12)         2.02 2.02beta2 0.97 0.97 0.95 0.93 0.93 0.91 grub (2.12)
gtk (4.16.12)         3.22.30 3.18.9 2.10.11 2.6.10 2.4.13 2.2.1 2.2.1 2.0.2 gtk (4.16.12)
httpd (2.4.63)         -- -- 2.2.3 2.0.52 2.0.52 2.0.44 2.0.44   httpd (2.4.63)
inkscape (1.4)         -- -- 0.45 0.43 0.41 -- -- -- inkscape (1.4)
k3b (24.12.3)         -- 2.0.3 1.0 0.12.7 0.11.17 0.8 0.8   k3b (24.12.3)
kmod (34.1)         24 22             kmod (34.1)
krita (5.2.9)         -- 3.3.2.1             krita (5.2.9)
LibreOffice (25.2.1)         6.1.3rc2 6.0.2 2.2.0 2.0.1 1.1.3 1.0.3 1.0.3 1.0.1 LibreOffice (25.2.1)
linux (6.13.6)         4.15 4.10 2.6.20 2.6.14 2.6.10 2.4.23 2.4.20 2.4.19 linux (6.13.6)
Package 14-SP2 11.5 10-SP2 9.5 8 7.0-SP1 6.0 5.1 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.0 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1)         -- --             lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.6.2)         -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.6.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2)         1.20.1 --             mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (25.0.1)         18.0.5 17.2.8             mesa (25.0.1)
mysql (9.2.0)         -- -- 5.0.38 4.0.22 4.0.22 3.23.52 3.23.52 3.23.49 mysql (9.2.0)
nautilus (47.2)         -- -- 2.18.1 2.11.2 2.8.2 1.0.6 1.0.6 1.0.6 nautilus (47.2)
NVIDIA (570.124.04)         -- -- 1.0-9631           NVIDIA (570.124.04)
openbox (3.6.1)         -- --             openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (23.0.2)         -- 8u151             openjdk (23.0.2)
openssh (9.9p2)         7.6p1 7.2p2 4.3p2 3.8.1p1 3.8.1p1 3.6.1p2 3.4p1 3.4p1 openssh (9.9p2)
openssl (3.4.1)         1.1.0g 1.0.2g 0.9.8c 0.9.8a 0.9.7e 0.9.7a 0.9.7 0.9.6c openssl (3.4.1)
perl (5.40.1)         5.26.1 5.22.1 5.8.8 5.8.4 5.8.4 5.8.1 5.6.1 5.6.1 perl (5.40.1)
php (8.4.4)         -- -- 5.2.1 4.3.9 4.3.9 4.2.2 4.2.2 4.1.2 php (8.4.4)
plasma-desktop (6.3.2)         -- 5.8.9             plasma-desktop (6.3.2)
postfix (3.10.1)         -- -- 2.3.8 2.1.5 2.1.5 1.1.11 1.1.11 1.1.11 postfix (3.10.1)
postgresql (17.4)         -- -- -- 7.4.6 7.4.6 7.2.1 7.2.1 7.2.1 postgresql (17.4)
Python (3.13.2)         2.7.15rc1 2.7.12 2.5.1 2.3.4 2.3.4 2.2.2 2.2.2 2.1.3 Python (3.13.2)
qt (6.8.2)         5.9.5 5.6.1 3.3.8 3.3.3 3.3.3 3.2.1 3.0.5 3.0.3 qt (6.8.2)
samba (4.22.0)         4.7.6 4.3.11 3.0.24 3.0.9 3.0.9 3.0.0 2.2.3a 2.2.3a samba (4.22.0)
systemd (257.4)         237 229 -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (257.4)
thunderbird (136.0)         60.2.1 52.7.0 2.0.0.4 1.5 0.9 -- -- -- thunderbird (136.0)
vim (9.1)         8.0 7.4 7.0.164 6.3 6.3 6.1.048 6.1.048 6.1 vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.21)         3.0.4 2.2.8 0.8.6 0.8.1 0.8.1       vlc (3.0.21)
wayland (1.23.1)         -- --             wayland (1.23.1)
xfdesktop (4.20.1)         -- 4.12.3 4.3.99.1 4.0.6 4.0.6 3.8.16 3.8.16 3.8.16 xfdesktop (4.20.1)
xorg-server (21.1.16)         1.19.6 1.18.4 1.2.0 6.9.0 6.8.2 -- -- -- xorg-server (21.1.16)

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Version: 12-beta1
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-02-17
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 I tried the 12 Alpha version and found it very good, however the Edge browser was not opening. I installed Chrome but it didn't open either. So I downloaded the Beta 12 version and this issue was resolved well and everything worked perfectly. I installed the distro in multiboot with Windows and Linux Mint and it is running fine on my old comp. Compaq 6000 PRO Intel 3Ghz. The installations of the programs that I use the most, through the software store and via the terminal, were performed without any problems. The distro is very stable, lightweight and fast. Congratulations to the developers for the excellent work. I recommend people try Linspire 12 Public Beta 1.


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