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May 21, 2007
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Cost Effective Virtualization Offerings Continue Desktop Linux Expansion |
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May 20, 2007
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Linspire & Parallels to Expand Desktop Linux Virtualization |
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May 02, 2007
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Pre-installed Linux PCs Celebrate 3rd Year Anniversary At Koobox.com |
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Mar 20, 2007
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Linspire's CNR Technology To Deliver CrossOver Linux 6.0 |
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Feb 07, 2007
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Canonical and Linspire Announce Technology Partnership |
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Jan 22, 2007
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Linspire Standardizes Software Installation Across Linux Distributions |
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Jan 17, 2007
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Commercial DVR Software Comes to Desktop Linux |
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Dec 05, 2006
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Linspire Continues Global Expansion of Desktop Linux |
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Nov 26, 2006
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First French Version Of Linspire Released |
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Nov 21, 2006
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Former Microsoft Executive Leads Effort To Bring Desktop Linux To Middle East And African Markets |
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Nov 14, 2006
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Linspire Offers Free Services to Desktop Linux Users |
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Sep 27, 2006
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Open Source Guru Eric S. Raymond Joins Freespire Leadership Team |
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Sep 14, 2006
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Linspire Offers Cash Incentive For Pre-installing Linux on Desktop Computers |
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Aug 30, 2006
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Linspire Does Away with Annual Fee for CNR Service |
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Aug 09, 2006
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Linspire Releases Freespire 1.0 Desktop Linux OS |
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Aug 01, 2006
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Win4Lin Pro Now Available For Linspire |
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Jun 28, 2006
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Mirus, Linspire and AOpen Introduce $399 Mini Linux PC |
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Apr 25, 2006
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NComputing and Linspire Partner with Yellow Penguin to Provide Multi-User Computing Solutions to South African Customers |
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Apr 24, 2006
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Linspire Announces 'Freespire' Version of Their Popular Linux Operating System |
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Apr 24, 2006
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FarStone and Linspire Launch Personal Disaster Recovery Solutions at Desktop Linux Summit |
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Linspire Standardizes Software Installation Across Linux Distributions
Linspire's
CNR Service to support popular Linux distributions, including Debian,
Fedora, Freespire, Linspire, OpenSUSE, and Ubuntu
San Diego, California - January 23th, 2007 - Linspire, Inc.,
developer of the commercial desktop Linux operating system of the same
name, announced plans to standardize software installation across Linux
distributions by expanding its popular CNR CNR is a one-click digital
software delivery service to support several of the most popular
desktop Linux distributions in 2007. Previously available only for
Linspire and Freespire desktop Linux users, the CNR Service will begin
providing users of other desktop Linux distributions a free and easy
way to access over 20,000 desktop Linux products, packages and
libraries, all with a single mouse click.
Finding, installing and updating software has been confusing for many
desktop Linux users, with each distribution requiring their own
installation process. With over five years of development, CNR will now
normalize the process of finding, installing and updating Linux
software for the most popular Linux distributions, both Debian and RPM
based. Support for different Linux distributions will begin being
available in the 2nd Quarter of 2007 via a new website, http://cnr.com.
Distributions expected to be supported during 2007 are
(alphabetically): Debian, Fedora, Freespire, Linspire, OpenSUSE, and
Ubuntu, with other distributions planned to follow.
CNR will remain a free service for all the distributions supported.
Work on this project began a year ago, and Linspire has completely
redesigned, updated, and enhanced the CNR technology to support
multiple distributions, both Debian and RPM based. At http://cnr.com,
users may use their web browser to search for applications by title,
popularity, user rating, category, function, and so on. An open-sourced
plugin for each supported distribution is then used to add the
one-click installation functionality. The new multi-distribution CNR
system will support different distributions, as well as different
versions within these distributions.
"The CNR Service was designed to solve the complexity of finding and
installing desktop Linux applications, as well as educating the world
about all the quality Linux software available," said Kevin Carmony,
CEO of Linspire. "It only made sense to expand our successful CNR
Service to additional desktop Linux distributions and their users. CNR
will normalize the process of installing software across most of the
popular distributions, something Linux really needs to gain mainstream
adoption."
The new multi-distribution CNR technology standardizes the
installation process for the user without requiring a new or altered
packaging system. CNR uses standard .deb and .rpm files, while
shielding the user from the complexity of these packaging systems. This
allows developers to continue using their same packaging methods, and
the different distributions can continue with their normal release
management practices. By building CNR around existing packaging
systems, it also brings the silos of tens of thousands of quality Linux
applications immediately into the CNR system. CNR adds server and
client side intelligence to overcome any dependency challenges
presented by the current packaging systems, but without the need for
altering these ubiquitous systems.
CNR.com will also bring more choices for users to purchase
premium products and services, such as legally licensed DVD Players,
Sun's StarOffice, Win4Lin Pro, CodeWeavers' CrossoverOffice,
TransGaming's Cedega, as well as numerous other commercial software
applications from various categories including, media playback,
personal and business productivity, finances, virtualization,
development tools and games. CNR will also allow users quick access to
multimedia codecs and hardware drivers, bringing one-click support for
MP3, Windows Media, Quick Time, Java, Flash, ATI and nVidia graphics,
and so on.
The new CNR.com web site is now active with an informational
placeholder where users can learn more about the plans for the
multi-distribution CNR. There you will find an extensive FAQ (http://cnr.com/faq), screenshots of the soon-to-be released CNR Warehouse (http://cnr.com/screenshots), and a forum to discuss the future of CNR with other interested parties (http://cnr.com/forum.)
About CNR
CNR is a one-click digital software delivery service for desktop Linux
applications, libraries and packages developed by Linspire, Inc., which
allows desktop Linux users to find, install, uninstall, manage, and
keep updated thousands of software programs on their Linux computers,
all with just one click.
About Linspire, Inc.
Linspire, Inc. (www.linspire.com)
was founded in 2001 to bring choice into the operating system market.
The company's flagship product, the Linspire operating system, is an
affordable, easy-to-use Linux-based operating system for home, school,
and business users. Linspire pioneered CNR Technology, which allows
Linspire users access to thousands of software programs, each of which
can be downloaded and installed with just one mouse click. The
thousands of software titles available in the CNR Warehouse (www.linspire.com/cnr)
include full office and productivity suites, games, multimedia players,
photo management software, accounting tools, and more.
Linspire, Inc.
858-587-6700 ext 183
858-587-8095 Fax
pr@linspireinc.com
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