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Linspire launches Five-0 giveaway

Linspire is giving away free copies of its Linux desktop operating system, called... Read more

2 September, 2005 by Tom Espiner

Xandros to swallow Linspire

Linspire is ready to fully assume its place as a footnote in operating... Read more

2 July, 2008 by Ina Fried

Linspire gives Freespire 2.0 a proprietary twist

Linspire on Wednesday released Freespire 2.0, its latest free version of the... Read more

9 August, 2007 by Dawn Kawamoto

Linspire Linux deal 'worse than Novell

The terms of Linux distributor Linspire's agreement with Microsoft betrays a deal "worse" than that between Microsoft... Read more

23 July, 2007 by David Meyer

Linspire: Piracy can be a positive thing

Desktop Linux vendor Linspire said on Monday that the illegal copying of software can be useful... Read more

18 April, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Linspire launches 'mass-market' desktop

Linux provider Linspire on Wednesday launched version five of its Linux desktop system, which it... Read more

17 March, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Linspire boss urges Dutch government to go open source

Linspire chief executive Michael Robertson yesterday urged the Dutch government to consider open... Read more

15 December, 2004 by Lars Pasveer

Xandros to return Freespire to Debian roots

Xandros, which acquired Linspire and its Freespire Linux distribution in July, has said it will return... Read more

8 August, 2008 by Matthew Broersma

Microsoft signs technology pact with Linspire

...Microsoft said late on Wednesday that it has inked a deal with Linspire, a company it once sued for trademark infringement. The two companies made... Read more

14 June, 2007 by Ina Fried

Linspire scraps fees on download service

Linux seller Linspire has removed the $20 to $50 annual fees it charged for access... Read more

31 August, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

Linspire launches free Linux distribution

Linux vendor Linspire has launched a free distribution of its Linux desktop OS called Freespire... Read more

10 August, 2006 by Colin Barker

Linspire nears million-user mark

...Linspire claims to have significantly increased its user base since the launch of... Read more

6 October, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Linspire hooks up with Wal-Mart on $498 laptop

Walmart.com and Linspire on Monday unveiled a Linux-based laptop priced at $498. The computer... Read more

21 December, 2004 by Dinesh C Sharma

Linux vendor lowers IPO price

Lindows, the Linux desktop software company that is changing its name to Linspire, lowered on Friday the expected value of its initial public offering. The... Read more

9 August, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

Sun exec accuses Microsoft of 'patent terrorism'

...times, Microsoft has struck legal agreements with Linux distributors Novell, Xandros and Linspire, pledging not to sue users of these distributions over alleged patent violations... Read more

24 July, 2007 by Brett Winterford and Munir Kotadia

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