#linspire — Public Fediverse posts
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So I thought I was tripping balls when someone pointed this out to me earlier, but for some reason you can still go on Walmart’s website in 2025 and find Lindows 4.0 listed for sale. Like… the old Linux distro from 2003 that got sued by Microsoft for the name.
I didn’t believe it at first, so I looked it up myself and sure enough, there it was: the full suite, add-ons like “SurfSafe” and “VirusSafe” and even the Office pack.
That shouldn’t even be possible though as they should’ve been rebranded because of legal reasons.
It’s surreal seeing something from the dot-com era just chilling alongside modern listings. Makes me wonder if it’s really in stock or just a relic frozen in their system for two decades
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So I thought I was tripping balls when someone pointed this out to me earlier, but for some reason you can still go on Walmart’s website in 2025 and find Lindows 4.0 listed for sale. Like… the old Linux distro from 2003 that got sued by Microsoft for the name.
I didn’t believe it at first, so I looked it up myself and sure enough, there it was: the full suite, add-ons like “SurfSafe” and “VirusSafe” and even the Office pack.
That shouldn’t even be possible though as they should’ve been rebranded because of legal reasons.
It’s surreal seeing something from the dot-com era just chilling alongside modern listings. Makes me wonder if it’s really in stock or just a relic frozen in their system for two decades
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So I thought I was tripping balls when someone pointed this out to me earlier, but for some reason you can still go on Walmart’s website in 2025 and find Lindows 4.0 listed for sale. Like… the old Linux distro from 2003 that got sued by Microsoft for the name.
I didn’t believe it at first, so I looked it up myself and sure enough, there it was: the full suite, add-ons like “SurfSafe” and “VirusSafe” and even the Office pack.
That shouldn’t even be possible though as they should’ve been rebranded because of legal reasons.
It’s surreal seeing something from the dot-com era just chilling alongside modern listings. Makes me wonder if it’s really in stock or just a relic frozen in their system for two decades
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So I thought I was tripping balls when someone pointed this out to me earlier, but for some reason you can still go on Walmart’s website in 2025 and find Lindows 4.0 listed for sale. Like… the old Linux distro from 2003 that got sued by Microsoft for the name.
I didn’t believe it at first, so I looked it up myself and sure enough, there it was: the full suite, add-ons like “SurfSafe” and “VirusSafe” and even the Office pack.
That shouldn’t even be possible though as they should’ve been rebranded because of legal reasons.
It’s surreal seeing something from the dot-com era just chilling alongside modern listings. Makes me wonder if it’s really in stock or just a relic frozen in their system for two decades
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So I thought I was tripping balls when someone pointed this out to me earlier, but for some reason you can still go on Walmart’s website in 2025 and find Lindows 4.0 listed for sale. Like… the old Linux distro from 2003 that got sued by Microsoft for the name.
I didn’t believe it at first, so I looked it up myself and sure enough, there it was: the full suite, add-ons like “SurfSafe” and “VirusSafe” and even the Office pack.
That shouldn’t even be possible though as they should’ve been rebranded because of legal reasons.
It’s surreal seeing something from the dot-com era just chilling alongside modern listings. Makes me wonder if it’s really in stock or just a relic frozen in their system for two decades
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Linspire - The Successor to Lindows (that’s still around)
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Linspire - The Successor to Lindows (that’s still around)
—Michael MJD -
Linspire - The Successor to Lindows (that’s still around)
—Michael MJD -
Linspire - The Successor to Lindows (that’s still around)
—Michael MJD -
Linspire - The Successor to Lindows (that’s still around)
—Michael MJD -
Q: why do people sit on the fence about trying #Linux someday when it is literally free?
I tried #Linspire in ~2005 after my HDD dropped its partitions (thanks, Western Digital) and thought it wasn't for me, went back to 🏴☠️ XP. In ~2008 I got a cheap second hand computer to offload backing up my movies so I tried #Ubuntu (Gnome 2), liked it so much it became my primary computer where I distro hopped until I landed on Arch. Those initial lumps led me to becoming a sys admin in 2013. Just try it?
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Q: why do people sit on the fence about trying #Linux someday when it is literally free?
I tried #Linspire in ~2005 after my HDD dropped its partitions (thanks, Western Digital) and thought it wasn't for me, went back to 🏴☠️ XP. In ~2008 I got a cheap second hand computer to offload backing up my movies so I tried #Ubuntu (Gnome 2), liked it so much it became my primary computer where I distro hopped until I landed on Arch. Those initial lumps led me to becoming a sys admin in 2013. Just try it?
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Freespire 10 : quoi de neuf dans la dernière distribution de bureau de PC/OS ?
Freespire 10 est l’édition gratuite et open source du système Linspire.
La nouvelle version passe au noyau Linux 6.2 et en profite pour améliorer les couches d’émulation permettant de faire tourner la plupart des applications venues du monde Windows.#Freespire 10 #Linspire https://lsdm.live/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4719
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Freespire 10 : quoi de neuf dans la dernière distribution de bureau de PC/OS ?
Freespire 10 est l’édition gratuite et open source du système Linspire.
La nouvelle version passe au noyau Linux 6.2 et en profite pour améliorer les couches d’émulation permettant de faire tourner la plupart des applications venues du monde Windows.#Freespire 10 #Linspire https://lsdm.live/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4719
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Freespire 10 : quoi de neuf dans la dernière distribution de bureau de PC/OS ?
Freespire 10 est l’édition gratuite et open source du système Linspire.
La nouvelle version passe au noyau Linux 6.2 et en profite pour améliorer les couches d’émulation permettant de faire tourner la plupart des applications venues du monde Windows.#Freespire 10 #Linspire https://lsdm.live/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4719
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Freespire 10 : quoi de neuf dans la dernière distribution de bureau de PC/OS ?
Freespire 10 est l’édition gratuite et open source du système Linspire.
La nouvelle version passe au noyau Linux 6.2 et en profite pour améliorer les couches d’émulation permettant de faire tourner la plupart des applications venues du monde Windows.#Freespire 10 #Linspire https://lsdm.live/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4719
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@ActionRetro I was working as a desktop support technician for a majorish university in the Lindows days and they spent a lot of time trying to create "PantherLinux" as a fork of #Lindows / #Linspire, thinking that Windows XP costs so much that maybe Linspire on 10% of the machines could save a bit of money.
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@ActionRetro I was working as a desktop support technician for a majorish university in the Lindows days and they spent a lot of time trying to create "PantherLinux" as a fork of #Lindows / #Linspire, thinking that Windows XP costs so much that maybe Linspire on 10% of the machines could save a bit of money.
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@ActionRetro I was working as a desktop support technician for a majorish university in the Lindows days and they spent a lot of time trying to create "PantherLinux" as a fork of #Lindows / #Linspire, thinking that Windows XP costs so much that maybe Linspire on 10% of the machines could save a bit of money.
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@ActionRetro I was working as a desktop support technician for a majorish university in the Lindows days and they spent a lot of time trying to create "PantherLinux" as a fork of #Lindows / #Linspire, thinking that Windows XP costs so much that maybe Linspire on 10% of the machines could save a bit of money.
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@ActionRetro I was working as a desktop support technician for a majorish university in the Lindows days and they spent a lot of time trying to create "PantherLinux" as a fork of #Lindows / #Linspire, thinking that Windows XP costs so much that maybe Linspire on 10% of the machines could save a bit of money.
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The #Linux OS Originally Known As #Lindows Is Out With #Linspire 12 Alpha
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linspire-12-Alpha-1
Original tweet : https://twitter.com/phoronix/status/1611307935749279744
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The #Linux OS Originally Known As #Lindows Is Out With #Linspire 12 Alpha
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linspire-12-Alpha-1
Original tweet : https://twitter.com/phoronix/status/1611307935749279744
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The #Linux OS Originally Known As #Lindows Is Out With #Linspire 12 Alpha
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linspire-12-Alpha-1
Original tweet : https://twitter.com/phoronix/status/1611307935749279744
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The #Linux OS Originally Known As #Lindows Is Out With #Linspire 12 Alpha
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linspire-12-Alpha-1
Original tweet : https://twitter.com/phoronix/status/1611307935749279744
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The #Linux OS Originally Known As #Lindows Is Out With #Linspire 12 Alpha
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linspire-12-Alpha-1
Original tweet : https://twitter.com/phoronix/status/1611307935749279744
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Fui a distrowatch.com y me dio como Linspire como distro al azar. Dato curioso, tenía costo hasta la versión 8 del 2019!
#Linux #distrowatch #Linspire #distro
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#ActuLibre En vrac de milieu de semaine… à lire sur https://blog.fredericbezies-ep.fr/?p=21239 #AlternativesEconomiques #Vrac'attitudes! #logiciellibre #Informatique #distribution #DragonFlyBSD #Trucsdegeek #Libreries #geekeries #Epsiloon #LinSpire #logiciel #Culture #CyberOS #FuguIta #DGLFI #libre #vrac
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Linspire 9.0 Officially Released, Based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Linux 5.4 LTS
https://9to5linux.com/linspire-9-0-officially-released-based-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts-and-linux-5-4-lts
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Linspire 9.0 Officially Released, Based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Linux 5.4 LTS
https://9to5linux.com/linspire-9-0-officially-released-based-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts-and-linux-5-4-lts
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Linspire 8.7 Is Trying to Persuade More Windows Users to Use Linux
https://9to5linux.com/linspire-8-7-is-trying-to-persuade-more-windows-users-to-use-linux
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Linspire 8.7 Is Trying to Persuade More Windows Users to Use Linux
https://9to5linux.com/linspire-8-7-is-trying-to-persuade-more-windows-users-to-use-linux
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Linspire (formerly Lindows) is back on the Linux map.
A labor of love or a pure business investment?
Linspire is a commercial, non-enterprise Linux distro filled with proprietary elements, so it sure isn't a right out embraced offering in Linux community.
PC/OpenSystems LLC bought the rights.
As a commercial product, a purchase of a yearly license to get updates / access to CNR ("Click 'n Run).
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#Linux #Linspire #Lindows #commercial #comeback
