Freespire RC1

Rob Williams · 07-31-2006, 08:01 PM

Linspire recently announced a free version of their popular distribution, appropriately called Freespire. Though early in testing, we take a hard look to see if this will be a distro you should be considering.

After reading the article, feel free to discuss it here.

08-02-2006, 12:03 PM

It was planned since the start of the project that Freespire would be based on Linspire 5.0 (aka old software, like KDE 3.3) and then, after having a good starting point (Freespire 1.0) to start develop a new version (Freespire 1.1) with all the new software (KDE 3.5.3, kernel 2.6.17 and so on). You can read about that point on http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20060501 (interview to CEO of Linspire) and in the Freespire wiki:
http://wiki.freespire.org/index.php/Freespire_Roadmap

New Freespire 1.1 will be the base for future releases of Linspire.

Bye,
Diego

Rob Williams · 08-02-2006, 12:25 PM

Thanks for the info... I even read that interview and it went out one ear apparently. Glad to hear that future versions will use newer applications. I look forward to checking out 1.1.

07-31-2006, 08:01 PM	#1
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,242	Freespire RC1 Linspire recently announced a free version of their popular distribution, appropriately called Freespire. Though early in testing, we take a hard look to see if this will be a distro you should be considering. After reading the article, feel free to discuss it here. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

08-02-2006, 12:03 PM	#2
Diego Guest Poster Posts: n/a	About Freespire old packages It was planned since the start of the project that Freespire would be based on Linspire 5.0 (aka old software, like KDE 3.3) and then, after having a good starting point (Freespire 1.0) to start develop a new version (Freespire 1.1) with all the new software (KDE 3.5.3, kernel 2.6.17 and so on). You can read about that point on http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20060501 (interview to CEO of Linspire) and in the Freespire wiki: http://wiki.freespire.org/index.php/Freespire_Roadmap New Freespire 1.1 will be the base for future releases of Linspire. Bye, Diego

08-02-2006, 12:25 PM	#3
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,242	Thanks for the info... I even read that interview and it went out one ear apparently. Glad to hear that future versions will use newer applications. I look forward to checking out 1.1. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.