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Freespire to Ditch Ubuntu for a Return to Debian

Aug 07, 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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Justin Ryan is a Contributing Editor for Linux Journal.

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Reversion?

theillien's picture
Submitted by theillien on Thu, 08/07/2008 - 19:55.

They're going from the 2.0 series back to 1.0?

re:

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Submitted by Justin Ryan on Thu, 08/07/2008 - 22:49.

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.

Justin Ryan is a Contributing Editor for Linux Journal.

aaahhhh

theillien's picture
Submitted by theillien on Fri, 08/08/2008 - 14:28.

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.

:)

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Submitted by Justin Ryan on Fri, 08/08/2008 - 15:08.

Glad to hear it; I certainly know the feeling. :)

Justin Ryan is a Contributing Editor for Linux Journal.