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Freespire Lives, Goes Back To Debian

Posted by timothy on from the olde-school dept.

nerdyH writes "Following Xandros's acquisition of Linspire, some feared for the future of Freespire, the free version of Linspire. However, Xandros today announced a new version of Freespire that will return the popular free Linux distro to its Debian-based roots."

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  1. Everyone in unison now.. by Anrego · · Score: 4, Funny

    WHO CARES!

    My first troll :) .. but seriously.. meh

    Evil distro 1 acquires lame distro 2 and proceeds to make it more like evil distro 3 (which it is based upon itself)

  2. Re:Xandros and Linspire by Drantin · · Score: 4, Funny

    A "standard base"... I think you may be on to something there.

    --
    Actio personalis moritur cum persona. (Dead men don't sue)
  3. Press Release by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We, Open Blue Enterprises Inc., the makers of Blue Cat Enterprise Linux (recently merged with "Advanced Carrier Grade Enterprise Linux Business Solutions") announce that our next release will be based on Debian Lenny.

    Debian will provide a robust base for our leading Linux enterprise distribution and allow us to concentrate on what we know best: wallpapers with cats providing a unique desktop experience.

  4. Underground distro by gmuslera · · Score: 5, Funny

    It was going to the grave, but changed direction. Now they are going to their roots.

  5. Re:Xandros and Linspire by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Some people like typing "sudo" before everything they do. What other distro could they use?

  6. Re:Hey Fucktard by The+End+Of+Days · · Score: 3, Funny

    Lighten up, Francis.