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About Freespire

Freespire is a community-involved, Linux-based operating system that combines the best that free, open source software has to offer (community involved, freely distributed, open source code, etc.), but also provides users the choice of including proprietary codecs, drivers and applications as they see fit.

Freespire is sponsored by Linspire, a commercial, desktop-oriented distribution based on Debian and Ubuntu.

Freespire 2.0.6 Key Facts

Developer:	Community project
Price:	Free to download
Released:	12 October 2007
Installation Media:	CD (1)
Architectures supported:	i386
Package Management:	Aptitude
Official Website:	www.freespire.org

Kernel	2.6.20
GNOME	2.18	KDE	3.5.6
XOrg	1.2.0	Xfce	-
OpenOffice	2.2.0	Evolution	-
Firefox	2.0.0.4	Gimp	-
Python	2.5.1	Perl	5.8.8
Apache	-	PHP	-
MySQL	-	PostgreSQL	-
Samba	3.0.24	GNU Compiler Collection	4.1.2

Proprietary software included in Freespire

1 - Microsoft Windows Media Technology
2 - Quicktime 7 Software
3 - mp3 Software Decoder
4 - RealPlayer Software
5 - Sun Java 2 Platform Standard Edition Runtime Environment 5.0
6 - Macromedia Flash Plug-In
7 - Bitstream Fonts
8 - Gizmo Project
9 - Agere Systems Modem Drivers
10 - ATI Technologies Linux Driver
11 - Conexant/Linuxant HCF PCI Modem Driver
12 - Conexant HSF Modem Driver
13 - Intel Modem Drivers
14 - QEMU Accelerator Module (aka kqemu)
15 - Lucent linmodem driver
16 - MADWIFI Wireless Drivers
17 - NVIDIA Accelerated Video Drivers
18 - PCTEL Modem Driver
19 - Ralink Wireless Driver
20 - SmartLink Modem Driver

Reviews

2.x (current release)	blogspot, Linux.com
1.x	The Jem Report, OS News, KnoLinux, PC World, CapnKirby, Techgage, Linux Format, free-bees, DesktopLinux

Selected Websites

Other Official Websites
News	Freespire Blog
Support/Forums	Freespire Forums, Freespire wiki, LinuxForo

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