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Is this the spiritual successor to Lindows?
by guestbest 1y ago
Is this the spiritual successor to Lindows?
- lproven 1y agoLindows became Linspire. Because Microsoft sued over the name: https://www.networkcomputing.com/data-center-networking/microsoft-settles-lawsuit-against-lindows https://www.networkcomputing.com/data-center-networking/micr... Linspire was paid-for, and later introduced Freespire as the free community version. https://practical-tech.com/2007/08/05/linspire-ceo-kevin-carmony-resigns/ https://practical-tech.com/2007/08/05/linspire-ceo-kevin-car... Remarkably enough, it is still available. I reviewed the then-latest version in 2023. https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/15/freespire-95-breezes-in/ https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/15/freespire-95-breezes-... It's a successor in name only; the company acquired the Freespire and Xandros brands. The product, sadly, is unrelated. (I say "sadly" because it had a pretty good desktop based on KDE 2.x.) But -- yes, you're right, it sort of is.