Freespire RC1

Rob Williams · 07-31-2006, 09:01 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, 01:03 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, 01:25 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, 09:01 PM	#1
Rob Williams Editor in Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 8,921	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 2 Quad Q9450 @ 3.20GHz, ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, OCZ 8GB PC2-6400, EVGA GTX 285 1024MB Seagate 500GB, 750GB & 1TB, Pioneer 22x ODD, Corsair 1000HX, Thermalright Ultra-120, CM Storm Sniper Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Ultrasone PRO 750, Gentoo Linux (KDE 4.3.2, 2.6.31 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter Profiles: Last.fm \| Xbox Live \| Steam

08-02-2006, 01:03 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, 01:25 PM	#3
Rob Williams Editor in Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 8,921	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 2 Quad Q9450 @ 3.20GHz, ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, OCZ 8GB PC2-6400, EVGA GTX 285 1024MB Seagate 500GB, 750GB & 1TB, Pioneer 22x ODD, Corsair 1000HX, Thermalright Ultra-120, CM Storm Sniper Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Ultrasone PRO 750, Gentoo Linux (KDE 4.3.2, 2.6.31 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter Profiles: Last.fm \| Xbox Live \| Steam