Freespire to Ditch Ubuntu for a Return to Debian
August 7th, 2008 by Justin Ryan
After last month's super-secret acquisition of Linspire by Xandros, there was much speculation about what might become of Freespire, Linspire's Open Source side. The curtain has now been pulled back, as Xandros announced yesterday just what users can expect from the next version of Freespire.
According to Xandros, the next version of Freespire will eschew Ubuntu — the Linux distribution relied on for the 2.0 release series — instead returning to Debian, used for the 1.0 release series. Xandros CEO Andreas Typaldos characterized the move as a return to Freespire's roots, as well as an alignment with Xandtros' Desktop Pro release. He also indicated that the Freespire community will now be the driving force behind both Freespire and Xandros. Freespire community organizer Tom House described the announcement as "the most exciting news since the announcement of Freespire 1.0."
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Reversion?
On August 7th, 2008 theillien says:
They're going from the 2.0 series back to 1.0?
re:
On August 7th, 2008 Justin Ryan says:
Not quite; they used Debian as the base for the 1.0 release series in 2006, then switched to Ubuntu for the 2.0 release series in 2007. The next release — presumably 3.0 — will return to using Debian as it's base, but won't be going back to the 1.0 codebase.
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aaahhhh
On August 8th, 2008 theillien says:
I misread it. I got the impression that you were saying they were going from 2.0 to 1.0. After reading it again all is now straight in my brain. At least, about this, anyway.
:)
On August 8th, 2008 Justin Ryan says:
Glad to hear it; I certainly know the feeling. :)
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