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One is a reimplementation of the Windows operating system, the other is a Linux distribution that looks and is named kind of like Windows. Actually the page yo

One is a reimplementation of the Windows operating system, the other is a Linux distribution that looks and is named kind of like Windows. Actually the page you linked states what happened to LindowsOS, they won a settlement, got $20 million and changed names.

tux 6y ago
Your right :) Thanks for pointing this out.
hnlmorg 6y ago
Interestingly Linspire are still releasing. In fact their latest was just a few days ago! However you could be forgiven for thinking their homepage was a scam given it's dated look: https://www.linspirelinux.com/ https://www.linspirelinux.com/
- techrat 6y ago
  Still looks better than some distro pages, to be honest....
- devenblake 6y ago
  The only premade installation media available are flash memory? I want a big box CD case! They lost a potential customer with this one!
- weare138 6y ago
  Their site is a blogger.com page. And they're charging $29.99 for a tweaked version of Ubuntu. I wonder who's actually paying for that?
  - grawprog 6y ago
    >Linspire is certified in many states to run government intranet and web based applications. Linspire is the ONLY Debian and Ubuntu based system that is certified by Oracle and IBM to host and deploy their respective cloud technologies. Linspire is deployed by 4 out of 5 US military branches and is in use by the NOAA and the National Weather Service.
    - weare138 6y ago
      Interesting, you'd think they would have a more professional website.
      - grawprog 6y ago
        Nah look at their customers, government, military, NASA, the weather service, that's exactly the kind of website I'd expect for a product with them as their primary customers.