Linspire
Also known as Lindows
Linspire (formerly Lindows) is a commercial operating system based on Debian and Ubuntu and currently owned by PC/OpenSystems LLC. It had been owned by Linspire. Inc. from 2001 to 2008, and then by Xandros from 2008 to 2017.
Key facts
- OS.logo
- 135px
- OS.screenshot
- linspire.png
- OS.caption
- Screenshot of Linspire
- OS.developer
- PC/OpenSystems LLC
- OS.family
- Linux (Unix-like)
- OS.source_model
- Mixed (open and closed source)
- OS.latest_release_version
- 14
- OS.kernel_type
- Monolithic (Linux)
- OS.ui
- GNOME, Xfce
- OS.updatemodel
- CNR
- OS.license
- Mainly GNU GPL and other free software licences, as well as some proprietary software licenses
- OS.working_state
- Active
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- Contributions
- Criticism
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Linspire (formerly Lindows) is a commercial operating system based on Debian and Ubuntu and currently owned by PC/OpenSystems LLC. It had been owned by Linspire. Inc. from 2001 to 2008, and then by Xandros from 2008 to 2017.
On July 1, 2008, Linspire stockholders elected to change the company's name to Digital Cornerstone, and all assets were acquired by Xandros.