tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43816155390548866282024-03-03T16:27:50.400-08:00PC/OpenSystems LLCAt PC/OpenSystesms LLC our mission is to help people and businesses throughout the world realize their full potential.Roberto J. Dohnerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459308661755277851noreply@blogger.comBlogger249125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381615539054886628.post-76731234548105391332023-08-02T22:24:00.005-07:002023-08-02T22:24:30.692-07:00How we update our distributions<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia8XeZU8f-7WMVV1XZ-6MfFXImZtOI337RKly7Hn2I_W4qnTF-3WVWb1T72sBPkddE6dhaI2SOR01MVjc4Tj80pelKDxO2sr10n91bgn0aX3U-U1CXo7Fy9AvNxgsP0sCHx33FDdldrnlUocdDAIJ-i4Oo3UgC6NAdUgSsxSVl-z8Jm7KMO441EIXy/s275/images.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia8XeZU8f-7WMVV1XZ-6MfFXImZtOI337RKly7Hn2I_W4qnTF-3WVWb1T72sBPkddE6dhaI2SOR01MVjc4Tj80pelKDxO2sr10n91bgn0aX3U-U1CXo7Fy9AvNxgsP0sCHx33FDdldrnlUocdDAIJ-i4Oo3UgC6NAdUgSsxSVl-z8Jm7KMO441EIXy/s1600/images.jpeg" width="275" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Many people have asked us; How often are your distributions updated? Well we have two different ways we update our distributions. One set of those distributions is for home and consumer use and the other one is our enterprise Linux distribution meant for businesses, schools, researchers and developers.</p><p>We base our distributions on Ubuntu's LTS release. So we are just like Pop_OS, Linux Mint, ZorinOS and many more of your favorite community based distributions. We take Ubuntu and strip out many of their default apps and add our own apps and features to the distribution. We also strip out many of Canonicals own features that they add which includes; Ubuntu Advantage, SNAP's and much of Ubuntu's branding. </p><p>While Linux Mint, ZorinOS and Pop_OS create distribution releases based on Canonicals non-LTS releases we stick with only LTS releases.</p><p>Our consumer and home distributions, Linspire and Freespire, follow every new LTS release. So during 12 months after Canonical releases a new LTS release we go to work building the new releases and testing the new releases. We also work with beta testers and partners to make sure we work out as many bugs as we can. If we have to make any code changes they are submitted back to the proper channels. So during every LTS release you can expect two distinct releases of Linspire and two distinct releases of Freespire. Linspire is updated and released every 12 months with interim security releases "Service Packs" released every 4 to 6 months. Linspire 12 and Linspire 14 are based on Ubuntu 22.04 and Linspire 15 and Linspire 16 will be based on Ubuntu 22.04. We have been looking at basing our distributions on a different base such as Oracle Linux 9 or CentOS Stream 9 for right now we are sticking with Ubuntu. Freespire is a distribution for Linux enthusiasts who dont want or dont need support. It is totally free to use, deploy and redistribute on as many systems as you would like whereas Linspire you are paying us to support that distribution. A new version of Freespire is released every 6 months. Because those releases are so close together while we do monthly ISO refreshes those refreshes are not point releases or new versions. Freespire 9 and Freespire 10 are based on Ubuntu 22.04, Freespire 11 and Freespire 12 will be based on Ubuntu 24.04 (Maybe Fedora 38 or CentOS Stream 9 depending)</p><p>Our enterprise distributions: PC/OS, Xandros Enterprise Linux and Xandros Community Edition are much much different. We base these releases on every other LTS release as our business customers do not upgrade as often as our home and consumer releases. You will get 4 distinct releases from these with new releases every 12 to 14 months and security updates every 6 to 8 months. So while Xandros Enterprise Linux and Xandros Community Edition 2022.x, 2023.x, 2024.x and 2025.x are based on Ubuntu 22.04. Xandros Enterprise Linux and Xandros Community Edition 2026.x, 2027.x, 2028.x and 2029.x will be based on Ubuntu 26.04.</p><p>Linspire and Freespire are supported for the entire life of that LTS release. So Linspire and Freespire being based on Ubuntu 22.04 will be supported until 2027. Our Enterprise distributions are supported for 10 years. No more and no less. So our Enterprise Distributions based on Ubuntu 22.04 will be supported by us until 2032. We do this for all of our business class distributions. We are one of the ONLY companies left that support our distributions based on Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 18.04. So how do we do this? When an LTS release support ends from Canonical our distributions based on that LTS release enters maintenance mode. There are no new distributions released based on that LTS. We strip out all of Canonicals Ubuntu repositories and add our own which contains kernel bug fixes, recompiled kernels and updated browsers and other apps so in essence it becomes a franken-Ubuntu. After that 10 years, it enters Archive mode which we strip out all repositories, updates stop completely and we keep images of that system for customers who still use it for whatever obscure reason. We still have images for our Gentoo based distributions produced in 2006 and some of our Ubuntu distributions produced in 2008 and beyond and yes we still have some customers who request them. </p><p>So this is how we release and maintain our distributions. Our processes are unique and a lot of times people are surprised by how much work we actually do to maintain all of our distributions.</p>Roberto J. Dohnerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459308661755277851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381615539054886628.post-22516397639427377512023-07-27T00:31:00.002-07:002023-07-27T00:31:15.156-07:00Dedicated website for Xandros Enterprise Linux<p> We have deployed a new dedicated website for Xandros Enterprise Linux. You can find that here:</p><p><b><u><a href="https://www.xandrosenterpriselinux.com">https://www.xandrosenterpriselinux.com</a></u></b></p>Roberto J. Dohnerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459308661755277851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381615539054886628.post-55758620720656894622023-07-07T00:53:00.007-07:002023-07-07T15:21:17.120-07:00Revamping Xandros Enterprise Linux in a Red Hat world<p> With the situation with Red Hat Enterprise Linux many of our customers and partners have asked us what is our policy and commitment to our community as well as our business partners. But before we get into that we are revamping Xandros Enterprise Linux. From how the distribution is built, what is included and even some of our support tiers. We are going to start permitting customers and users of Xandros Community Edition to add those deployments to their support contracts. So by the fall we will have massive changes to the Xandros Enterprise Linux lineup.</p><p>But back to the Red Hat situation. Many of our customers and users have had questions and we are going to answer those questions and address some of their concerns.</p><p><b>1. What do you do with Red Hat Enterprise Linux</b></p><p>We resell RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) on servers and workstations for customers who work within the Red Hat ecosystem. We resell RHEL 99.9% of the time as a vanilla install. The only modifications we do make for a customer is installing drivers that they need but that is only done for 2 customers. We do offer support for RHEL and we have about 20 customers who run RHEL. We used to make a CentOS/Fedora based distro for some of those customers but when Red Hat started giving out free releases of RHEL we ceased production of that distribution.</p><p><b>2. Our commitment to open source software and the open source software community.</b></p><p>We firmly believe in the open source ethos and we support the open source community wholeheartedly. We will always contribute any of our work back to their respective projects. We do donate money to certain projects and we embrace the community as without the open source community we would NOT have a business. Open Source Software and the community has allowed us to work in an industry we are passionate about. When we first launched in 2006, I said then we will always have a free product for our users that is free to distribute, free to use and free to modify. We have lived by that for 17 years and we will continue to live by that for 17 more. </p><p><b>3. What are our products and how do we sell them</b></p><p>We have Freespire and Linspire which are our home user distributions. Freespire is free of charge and can be redistributed and used on as many systems as the user see's fit. Linspire is a paid product and contains proprietary software that we do license. Xandros Enterprise Linux which is for businesses does have a free release that is called Xandros Community Edition (XCE) that is free to use, redistribute, modify etc. Xandros Enterprise Desktop and Xandros Enterprise Server are paid releases. We take feedback from users and customers of the free releases and make those changes and add functionality to our paid releases. We also offer more business related functionality in our Enterprise Linux releases. We, like Red Hat, sell service and support to our customers. Currently we have about 280 customers of our Enterprise Linux products. </p><p><b>4. Do we make the source code available</b></p><p>All of the source code to our products with the exclusion of proprietary code that we dont have the source code to is made available 100% of the time. Even to non-paying customers. That will never change nor will the source code be put behind a paywall and we will never ask customers not to make source code publicly available.</p><p><b>5. Our thoughts on rebuilders</b></p><p>We support rebuilders 100%. There are thousands of workload implementations that we cant produce products for and we fully understand the value of customers making rebuilds of Xandros Enterprise Linux and we have NO issues with customers who do. We actually have a few of them that modify it to add their own code, deploy newer kernels and alternative desktops (currently we offer GNOME) and they also understand that they are self-supporting that custom build because we cant. We do even assist them by helping them build code, recompile newer kernels and helping to deploy that system.</p><p>So in closing we believe in Open Source. We believe that our customers, partners, users and the community are vital to a healthy and thriving ecosystem. We believe rebuilders are essential to this industry and others. People who modify code, build custom distributions, and deploy specialized code are essential to a thriving industry. Whether its community distributions to commercial distributions as long as they are not being unethical or breaking the law we support them 100%</p>Roberto J. Dohnerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459308661755277851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381615539054886628.post-26351336780678982772023-05-28T20:05:00.000-07:002023-05-28T20:05:23.917-07:00Introducing Xandros Enterprise Linux<p> Today the PC/OpenSystems Development team is pleased to announce Xandros Enterprise Linux 22.04.2. This line replaces our PC/OS line of products for our Enterprise customers. Xandros Enterprise products are based on the Ubuntu 22.04 base for LTS support. These releases are intended for our enterprise and business customers. Customers can rest assured that Xandros Enterprise has a longer support cycle and is supported even past the Ubuntu End Of Life. In these releases we utilize the Linux standard Flatpak application management vs the Ubuntu SNAP application management. Xandros Enterprise Linux products are 64 bit Intel and AMD compatible with ARM support coming within the next year. PC/OpenSystems LLC is a highly trusted distributor with clients in many educational facilities, law enforcement agencies, as well as small to medium sized businesses with some Fortune 500 customers among those ranks. PC/OpenSystems LLC continues our tradition of providing our customers with easy to use and high performance software. There are three releases for Xandros Enterprise Linux that we will break down right now.</p><p><b><a href="https://www.pc-opensystems.com/p/xandros-community-edition.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Xandros Community Edition</span></a></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9heDWO52TBsdqnVomtlYUu8m7X7aqmAazN0dyXRuOa8iB_4IUrl_Z4acoC1vxB8sWTZNwYKD4fsW3OhsQ0vVPbOkkWdygD1upHyYa-8W66mVjFwECElsFDkTbv4zoLs_QIv5i7y72OLg-olVKjo6sAkvV0D24t6aJcLak5wER-qP0e7pflqiXOg/s1309/Screenshot%20from%202023-05-26%2012-14-25.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="979" data-original-width="1309" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9heDWO52TBsdqnVomtlYUu8m7X7aqmAazN0dyXRuOa8iB_4IUrl_Z4acoC1vxB8sWTZNwYKD4fsW3OhsQ0vVPbOkkWdygD1upHyYa-8W66mVjFwECElsFDkTbv4zoLs_QIv5i7y72OLg-olVKjo6sAkvV0D24t6aJcLak5wER-qP0e7pflqiXOg/s320/Screenshot%20from%202023-05-26%2012-14-25.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>Xandros Community Edition is free to download, free to distribute and free to install on as many systems as you like. Xandros is a free community enterprise operating system. We already distribute a free OS in the form of Freespire, so what is the difference? Xandros Community Edition does contain binary only code and non-free drivers. Freespire does not. Xandros Community Edition follows the same release cycle as Xandros Enterprise Desktop meaning we release new versions every 12 to 18 months. New releases of Freespire come out every 4 to 6 months. </p><p>Xandros Community Edition contains the following features:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Kernel 5.19.0-42</li><li>Firefox ESR 102.11</li><li>Thunderbird 102.11</li><li>OnlyOffice 7.3</li><li>Additional UNIX shells, KSH, Fish, CSH</li><li>OpenJDK 19</li><li>DWM tiling window manager</li><li>Customized GNOME interface</li></ul><p></p><p>A full list of packages is available <a href="https://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/SystemPackages/xandros-community-edition.txt" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a></p><p>You can download Xandros Community Edition here</p><p><b><u><a href="https://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/CommunityEdition/xandros-community-22.04.2.iso">https://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/CommunityEdition/xandros-community-22.04.2.iso</a></u></b></p><p><b><u><a href="https://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/CommunityEdition/xandros-community-22.04.2.md5">https://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/CommunityEdition/xandros-community-22.04.2.md5</a></u></b></p><p><b><u><a href="https://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/CommunityEdition/xandros-community-22.04.2.sha256">https://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/CommunityEdition/xandros-community-22.04.2.sha256</a></u></b></p><p>This release is a self support release and aside from community and forum support no other support options are available</p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="https://www.pc-opensystems.com/p/xandros-enterprise-desktop.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Xandros Enterprise Desktop</span></a></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7IS23bIloRu9Axvn8FvCx-4mY95LbfqQoAisI_lYJPnVijrRJ-cphuldoOMqr2Dbl-MVuNl8RHp6MWHbnX2UKGSIjW6oFcpz01JSjPlPHajXgPGtv2E9f6L2BDTfadURwA24IB7M9rXHmSnKPTBPSneJtRuSkl-FpOimbw7odBQIV10kRsT0IdQ/s1298/Screenshot%20from%202023-05-26%2013-07-39.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="977" data-original-width="1298" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7IS23bIloRu9Axvn8FvCx-4mY95LbfqQoAisI_lYJPnVijrRJ-cphuldoOMqr2Dbl-MVuNl8RHp6MWHbnX2UKGSIjW6oFcpz01JSjPlPHajXgPGtv2E9f6L2BDTfadURwA24IB7M9rXHmSnKPTBPSneJtRuSkl-FpOimbw7odBQIV10kRsT0IdQ/s320/Screenshot%20from%202023-05-26%2013-07-39.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Xandros Enterprise Linux is an extremely easy to use Linux desktop. Used by many of our Enterprise customers it is used for point of sale systems, developer workstations, and general purpose desktop use. This a paid release of Xandros Enterprise Linux. Users of PC/OS OpenDesktop will be upgraded to this release immediately and for subscription customers you will get an additional 12 months added to your subscription. Xandros Enterprise Desktop is shipped via physical media only. USB drive, MicroSD or SD card. There are no digital download options BUT we will make a download available to customers upon request but you will get physical media regardless.</div><p>Xandros Enterprise Desktop has the following features</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Kernel 5.19.0-42</li><li>Microsoft Edge 113</li><li>Thunderbird 102.11</li><li>OnlyOffice 7.3</li><li>Cockpit Remote Administration</li><li>Powershell 7.3</li><li>.NET 7 SDK</li><li>Visual Studio Code</li><li>Remmina Remote Desktop administration</li><li>OpenJDK 19</li><li>DWM tiling window manager</li><li>Customized GNOME interface</li><li>JFS, XFS, and ZFS Filesystem support</li></ul><p></p><p>You can get a full list of packages from <b><u><a href="https://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/SystemPackages/xandros-enterprise-linux.txt" target="_blank">here</a></u></b></p><p>You can order a copy of Xandros Enterprise Linux from our <b><u><a href="https://www.pc-opensystems.com/p/webstore.html" target="_blank">webstore</a></u></b> or contact <b><u><a href="mailto:pcopensystems.sales@outlook.com">pcopensystems.sales@outlook.com</a></u></b> Xandros Enterprise Linux is supported for 10 years and paid support comes in 12, 21 and 26 month increments.</p><p><b><u><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.pc-opensystems.com/p/xandros-enterprise-server.html" target="_blank">Xandros Enterprise Server</a></span></u></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTrE4aO9s_MX6jAP6dleXSQObYj_vy6bJk8WsZm5ftDOxZKUL6F1RvGJnc4ufeIt4TL4VsLYT__W6VAExv1LuSAh4cf2_dtDiksUZbG7f02g_qbDKla95hcHtkg4edepZ-_15waV7QgvW167xFj_9JqC-zZHhVL0JWoD6eF0ZwxcTg-g8a18rjFQ/s1311/Screenshot%20from%202023-05-26%2022-53-00.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1311" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTrE4aO9s_MX6jAP6dleXSQObYj_vy6bJk8WsZm5ftDOxZKUL6F1RvGJnc4ufeIt4TL4VsLYT__W6VAExv1LuSAh4cf2_dtDiksUZbG7f02g_qbDKla95hcHtkg4edepZ-_15waV7QgvW167xFj_9JqC-zZHhVL0JWoD6eF0ZwxcTg-g8a18rjFQ/s320/Screenshot%20from%202023-05-26%2022-53-00.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>Xandros Enterprise Server is our premier server product. Being a dedicated server platform it has been optimized for many of the server hardware configurations on the market. Xandros Enterprise Server can be used in a headless configurations, command line interface or with a full graphical user interface. This is our most popular release for our education clients as well as our small to medium sized clients. Xandros Enterprise Server is a paid release. PC/OS OpenServer customers will be upgraded to this release free of charge and an additional 12 months added to your subscription.</p><p>Xandros Enterprise Server has the following features:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>kernel 5.19.0-42</li><li>GNOME interface with DWM as an alternative for lower resource systems</li><li>Zram enabled </li><li>GNOME Web</li><li>Visual Studio Code</li><li>Powershell</li><li>KVM virtualization</li><li>Cockpit Remote Administration</li><li>OpenSSH Server and client</li><li>MySQL</li><li>Postfix</li><li>LDAP Directory Management</li><li>Samba</li></ul><p></p><p>A full list of packages are available<b><a href="https://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/SystemPackages/xandros-enterprise-server.txt"> here</a></b></p><p>You can order a copy of Xandros Enterprise Server from our <b><u><a href="https://www.pc-opensystems.com/p/webstore.html" target="_blank">webstore</a></u></b> or contact <b><u><a href="mailto:pcopensystems.sales@outlook.com">pcopensystems.sales@outlook.com</a></u></b> Xandros Enterprise Server is supported for 10 years and paid support comes in 12, 21 and 26 month increments.</p>Roberto J. Dohnerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459308661755277851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381615539054886628.post-39895565988754265842022-03-25T18:26:00.002-07:002022-03-25T18:26:20.437-07:00Installing Linspire, Freespire, PC/OS and Kubuntu<p> When it comes to Linux it is very different from a Windows or MacOS install. Some users get confused about the install and sometimes some give up. So we are going to walk through a fairly simple and straightforward install of our products. Now these instructions apply to Linspire, Freespire and PC/OS as well as our mother distribution Kubuntu.</p><p>When you first boot your system you will be greeted by the "checking integrity" dialog and what this does is makes sure that the install media is good and that there are no errors or mistakes in the media itself</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_gYx5JIDbO0aZWRG4jA0fxo7LKzeJefmt68THDNdT6bw5o4qyu_vQfX1YTO2EFqEXHAW2FJFfj6yoGPn_RxpQMlDXxTR5fcwZY5cRgYdiOsP0yURb3EuXUJuJFd0xlCLhNnh79QdhqWtyV4svxA1qS4XyEMeE-081pkDT-PPq5IZoYRzoLQnGJWg/s1520/Screenshot_20220325_185544.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="1520" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_gYx5JIDbO0aZWRG4jA0fxo7LKzeJefmt68THDNdT6bw5o4qyu_vQfX1YTO2EFqEXHAW2FJFfj6yoGPn_RxpQMlDXxTR5fcwZY5cRgYdiOsP0yURb3EuXUJuJFd0xlCLhNnh79QdhqWtyV4svxA1qS4XyEMeE-081pkDT-PPq5IZoYRzoLQnGJWg/s320/Screenshot_20220325_185544.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Next, you are greeted with a screen that asks you if you want to try the distribution in live mode, which runs the OS from the USB stick or install the OS. Now, when you try the OS none of the work you do will be saved. Live mode is good in case you have issues booting, or if you have an issue with your install afterwards such as you forgot your password and need an important document from the computer for work or whatever. It also gives you a chance to make sure that your hardware works with the distribution. Since we do include a lot more hardware drivers in Linspire, Freespire and PC/OS you will notice more hardware is supported then Kubuntu.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uRI2r4N6BZfMmHII8OC8Vov0y9Ojtc3RY40z1znqjkYnbP_lVGyl7n97b3iJCeeW06_l-bBwQVYrvHlX864roJ1o5a6pWNIMdWO20SXPgW1Xghmz1Bqed_7RSzaJor-BbHKkegWy7gCTYENFv2s35xj5JxhJLP7zcjfWedVzd5OPOa042rpVez4/s1246/Screenshot_20220325_185644.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="1246" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uRI2r4N6BZfMmHII8OC8Vov0y9Ojtc3RY40z1znqjkYnbP_lVGyl7n97b3iJCeeW06_l-bBwQVYrvHlX864roJ1o5a6pWNIMdWO20SXPgW1Xghmz1Bqed_7RSzaJor-BbHKkegWy7gCTYENFv2s35xj5JxhJLP7zcjfWedVzd5OPOa042rpVez4/s320/Screenshot_20220325_185644.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The next screen is your keyboard and language selection. If you speak any other language than English, this is where you would choose it. If your keyboard is anything other than the standard US layout, this is where you would choose it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlK-pjZzoDMhSxWczG0F878fd_ApvH-kPQ23yk0-2qSBxMUFYwXMZA-yD2oL1psWl1BtrBccOfc1sGZmjO-6-Koc8-SpKiqF4LHk2nhkl69j-EsGm6BYKMIjWSDrAPMpqOn4S2OWpWZnrCOzI7NKQv4_vMdqjcBOB1LaUKDLEwMFWF8Xzd3O7cRKw/s1220/Screenshot_20220325_185716.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="813" data-original-width="1220" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlK-pjZzoDMhSxWczG0F878fd_ApvH-kPQ23yk0-2qSBxMUFYwXMZA-yD2oL1psWl1BtrBccOfc1sGZmjO-6-Koc8-SpKiqF4LHk2nhkl69j-EsGm6BYKMIjWSDrAPMpqOn4S2OWpWZnrCOzI7NKQv4_vMdqjcBOB1LaUKDLEwMFWF8Xzd3O7cRKw/s320/Screenshot_20220325_185716.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The next screen you will choose a normal install or a minimal install. On a normal install you have all the features and applications that are listed in the release statement and on the product description page such as office suites, multimedia tools, games etc. This of course takes up a lot more space than a minimal install which only includes the web browser as well as multimedia players. The minimal install is adequate is you need to deploy a special type of desktop or if you are installing a "chrome OS" or web based desktop or if you are installing the system on a machine that may have limited resources and storage space.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56C2PaHIQz7A_Mz5b3CRmkYbjZ7a3eaa1wn9QPpZTk4vwFG9eWkNPm2x3LSmx8rx5UFRo1yt51eqMAsmWmGce8nB4qmTzKw6GPIIKJU6Q2uC0V76gDHj4kzrclfIBteomYOnSMT-oe8OpPbrzby6h9Oi7-mZG2c06qzUw1kZs5QUpHxyXPmxt_5U/s1222/Screenshot_20220325_185743.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="1222" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56C2PaHIQz7A_Mz5b3CRmkYbjZ7a3eaa1wn9QPpZTk4vwFG9eWkNPm2x3LSmx8rx5UFRo1yt51eqMAsmWmGce8nB4qmTzKw6GPIIKJU6Q2uC0V76gDHj4kzrclfIBteomYOnSMT-oe8OpPbrzby6h9Oi7-mZG2c06qzUw1kZs5QUpHxyXPmxt_5U/s320/Screenshot_20220325_185743.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Next, you choose how to format your drive for usage. The most simple and straightforward path is to use the entire disk. If you want to get into dual booting or partition your drive for whatever reason make sure you know what you are doing. For a beginner, I would highly recommend to use the entire disk.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqThL2WiCpZebNgIz51kU-GQa32nsLnTtGicxfsbOkX7X7Xh6p1jzFThssSU0g2oM3dCNOZWjQDwebGtEiZnRz5kCQ0VyNlbwHkAE4RQ-CL3I1WFPRhlIZ8Sw6T6x8RyJMXndmvT6-lOFs6WDNXRJpGOSJbtSuOCjIFv7oZGyvLbOH1a7pH5cIhIs/s1237/Screenshot_20220325_185821.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1237" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqThL2WiCpZebNgIz51kU-GQa32nsLnTtGicxfsbOkX7X7Xh6p1jzFThssSU0g2oM3dCNOZWjQDwebGtEiZnRz5kCQ0VyNlbwHkAE4RQ-CL3I1WFPRhlIZ8Sw6T6x8RyJMXndmvT6-lOFs6WDNXRJpGOSJbtSuOCjIFv7oZGyvLbOH1a7pH5cIhIs/s320/Screenshot_20220325_185821.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>When you get done it will ask you if you are sure this is what you want to do.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhCtSMO8MgPY2FI01Wrec5VcWOSwK84OiIUftkHvk9IlQYUC79zOe3WWJ4mFVJnqRUvGwV-DlqWW7ROH2D6jeew1x52lHraNL2hxZ6-M3YRVzB0z_XpNXQb-G3X5Tl12-GIeQX6GNyS-_Em2Mznxryi0DCmzg-IaIhFPE5XxAKa__ya65w1iBW0Sc/s1225/Screenshot_20220325_185852.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1225" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhCtSMO8MgPY2FI01Wrec5VcWOSwK84OiIUftkHvk9IlQYUC79zOe3WWJ4mFVJnqRUvGwV-DlqWW7ROH2D6jeew1x52lHraNL2hxZ6-M3YRVzB0z_XpNXQb-G3X5Tl12-GIeQX6GNyS-_Em2Mznxryi0DCmzg-IaIhFPE5XxAKa__ya65w1iBW0Sc/s320/Screenshot_20220325_185852.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>On the next screen it allows you to choose your country as well as your timezone.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihuaw_UvljP-guYhTQcy2o_wSk1pUih4ClcXIQJQmWY6j32FLYwPCJnPQDhEu6z3Ue38Jx1l1ipDzk0HXrO0M0B0ZKGhYFtYnDINfLCtML11j31fcP8EQc6xAwZhOEqF3kfY8yLppWp5PR_1uHB0-EBMn-TfOGAh2hCAz7mbx9ZC6qw8AF37QB9VA/s1219/Screenshot_20220325_185934.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1219" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihuaw_UvljP-guYhTQcy2o_wSk1pUih4ClcXIQJQmWY6j32FLYwPCJnPQDhEu6z3Ue38Jx1l1ipDzk0HXrO0M0B0ZKGhYFtYnDINfLCtML11j31fcP8EQc6xAwZhOEqF3kfY8yLppWp5PR_1uHB0-EBMn-TfOGAh2hCAz7mbx9ZC6qw8AF37QB9VA/s320/Screenshot_20220325_185934.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Next screen, you put in your credentials. You put in your real name, username, password as well as the computer name. Make sure your password is strong and complicated for system security. You can also choose to automatically login but we do not recommend that option if multiple people will be using the same system.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4TdOX0svRyi4mnPWJFC46TRTP8WSOnSoKq6nRDam4t-LghOlP-Ss1EN9wEOIW9VqbicPw2bxILJrffVayTB3pYqlFECW_JjMhvmaxMqHK8cnuaBZOI7L0K7Q1BiLczn8Ibbzl9s-0COM_xVlnlisZrAIi65E3nVhERVCbfu1nRl3uEO9szgybVM/s1235/Screenshot_20220325_190006.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="1235" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4TdOX0svRyi4mnPWJFC46TRTP8WSOnSoKq6nRDam4t-LghOlP-Ss1EN9wEOIW9VqbicPw2bxILJrffVayTB3pYqlFECW_JjMhvmaxMqHK8cnuaBZOI7L0K7Q1BiLczn8Ibbzl9s-0COM_xVlnlisZrAIi65E3nVhERVCbfu1nRl3uEO9szgybVM/s320/Screenshot_20220325_190006.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>After that is done, the install starts.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqgyH8DCjLo7U7EDvKvxCxxlqu7iH4UGGYIUBkJ9MA8L-OdtG82xeeDy5yujjTACQw1N5ibu0u_lXbLBTTHy-z7mnM0yoSLcQWogMmU77vwkAAbwBNMY3ti5ctozPFsbv8lskShoNYrkiaoCP2Kc8o081Sa7v0gBgIfEISydgMpnwSQKCT8xi_LKw/s1226/Screenshot_20220325_190056.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="1226" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqgyH8DCjLo7U7EDvKvxCxxlqu7iH4UGGYIUBkJ9MA8L-OdtG82xeeDy5yujjTACQw1N5ibu0u_lXbLBTTHy-z7mnM0yoSLcQWogMmU77vwkAAbwBNMY3ti5ctozPFsbv8lskShoNYrkiaoCP2Kc8o081Sa7v0gBgIfEISydgMpnwSQKCT8xi_LKw/s320/Screenshot_20220325_190056.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>After the system is installed you can go ahead and restart the system. Note: With PC/OS you will see this error when the system starts to reboot:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRipj0pqsrJ8GG-nCO3HSKLRWp5x1bX1kjKe6vjS2GA-sp3RiobNdoe08p7Aw0LqeciowdKnCNSkx5Y5EQe73XiArNrZpaFicW300trbrXmbfGDJ6FOY-xah8JrAOhhPGdGhcNxK5ENE1U_8hEzgI-TmNHiH0xC2wh_aQ1YkdK9IcI9dJ8B41E17M/s1158/Screenshot_20220325_191626.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="172" data-original-width="1158" height="48" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRipj0pqsrJ8GG-nCO3HSKLRWp5x1bX1kjKe6vjS2GA-sp3RiobNdoe08p7Aw0LqeciowdKnCNSkx5Y5EQe73XiArNrZpaFicW300trbrXmbfGDJ6FOY-xah8JrAOhhPGdGhcNxK5ENE1U_8hEzgI-TmNHiH0xC2wh_aQ1YkdK9IcI9dJ8B41E17M/s320/Screenshot_20220325_191626.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>This is safe to ignore and after a few moments you will be prompted to remove the install media.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Roberto J. Dohnerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459308661755277851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381615539054886628.post-84869493864483214602022-02-22T22:58:00.001-08:002022-03-19T22:42:06.735-07:00SNAP Vulnerabilities<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiI2OT7Jmo3NEujB2QFuGfjParXUWgqeBx_-ygQfCSYloC2akMPg5MGHv9z1wSeAUvYQLU8hgrmdh6UG-qI_LF1d10eZHn2wUaro7fS5_9TjmTi__UEWIWfT8Hn-Trti4fVVQLkfZyA-16nDC7fiMQzBkR7LwY8cpbT_9W8j448G9JQUSGMMGHRfg=s474" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="474" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiI2OT7Jmo3NEujB2QFuGfjParXUWgqeBx_-ygQfCSYloC2akMPg5MGHv9z1wSeAUvYQLU8hgrmdh6UG-qI_LF1d10eZHn2wUaro7fS5_9TjmTi__UEWIWfT8Hn-Trti4fVVQLkfZyA-16nDC7fiMQzBkR7LwY8cpbT_9W8j448G9JQUSGMMGHRfg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>As you guys know a few days ago a story came out about SNAP issues and security vulnerabilities. Some concerns were also raised about the Canonical partner repository since 90% of those have been moved to SNAPS and that repository is no longer maintained. Being based on Ubuntu many distributions may have potential issues. Linspire, PC/OS and Freespire ARE NOT AT RISK!!! Although our distributions are based on Ubuntu we do not utilize SNAPS at all. We utilize the Flatpak format out-of-box. Furthermore we do not enable the Canonical partner repository at all. The only thing we use the Ubuntu repositories for are the base packages by default and we add the other applications ie Microsoft Edge, OnlyOffice, Zoom by their individual packagers.</p><p>Although we do not block SNAP installs by default and the user is free to download and enable SNAPS we may block SNAP in future releases of our OS products depending on whether they can wrangle their ongoing security issues satisfactorily .</p><p>Once again, users of Linspire, Freespire and PC/OS ARE NOT affected by these vulnerabilities with an out-of-box install whether full install or minimal install. If you have enabled SNAP's on your own we recommend updating your systems immediately.</p>Roberto J. Dohnerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459308661755277851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381615539054886628.post-92061223176194375512022-02-20T23:12:00.004-08:002022-02-20T23:15:22.224-08:00Maintenance Times<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKeMiinfQpOhSedGJ0APzCqu_KEgNFuvNXiDTtnlXrqEtVUnCpmvDaWJBNcAjOvYNuU6ogO9lDQvLbfvOel-zHA2DU5ft1YElEf7WlJo_VZ7aAI1VrTOUxclILbTCfSNevUOsmq16Aa3ipQUgjfzZrPobqPQtLKsqZhh2jeRDUyNlYp2cBHWJLdA=s340" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="148" data-original-width="340" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKeMiinfQpOhSedGJ0APzCqu_KEgNFuvNXiDTtnlXrqEtVUnCpmvDaWJBNcAjOvYNuU6ogO9lDQvLbfvOel-zHA2DU5ft1YElEf7WlJo_VZ7aAI1VrTOUxclILbTCfSNevUOsmq16Aa3ipQUgjfzZrPobqPQtLKsqZhh2jeRDUyNlYp2cBHWJLdA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p>We are currently performing site maintenance and you may experience an interruption in downloads and download times. Maintenance will be conducted Monday Feb 21, 2022 starting at 12:00am and concluded 11:00am</p><p>Thank you.</p>Roberto J. Dohnerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459308661755277851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381615539054886628.post-31365959196505267422022-01-25T21:18:00.005-08:002022-03-19T21:19:40.417-07:00Product Roadmap<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiP3huAYgIvpd08bHs3og4fIvFZWBMVYurrm7e2oyFz17xv8DjGDj_pEonSo--nlV8NrmsMMfffZnPD6iIkecMChIbvMSkN3bdf9YL5yNXClL92fFpCsGEbdY-g4v82eEis4gBLH5H7B1jGMZbbVsaY3c2woGicqWzkT2AWfJflP4NJpDBdEvrB8A=s2165" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1385" data-original-width="2165" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiP3huAYgIvpd08bHs3og4fIvFZWBMVYurrm7e2oyFz17xv8DjGDj_pEonSo--nlV8NrmsMMfffZnPD6iIkecMChIbvMSkN3bdf9YL5yNXClL92fFpCsGEbdY-g4v82eEis4gBLH5H7B1jGMZbbVsaY3c2woGicqWzkT2AWfJflP4NJpDBdEvrB8A=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>Today we want to go over our roadmap for our future product lines, Freespire, Linspire and Xandros. </p><p><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">THESE ARE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AND NOT A DEFINITIVE TIMELINE. AS WITH ANYTHING SOFTWARE RELATED WE MAY HAVE DELAYS, STALLING AND TESTING TIMELINE'S COULD INTERFERE WITH RELEASE</span></i></b></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><b>Linspire</b></h1><p><b>Linspire 11 SP1 - March 14, 2022</b></p><p><b>Linspire 11 SP2 - Sept 23, 2022</b></p><p><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>Linspire 14 Alpha 1 "Santa Monica" - Nov 10, 2022 Next major release of Linspire based on Ubuntu 22.04</b></span></p><p><b>Linspire 12 - December 29, 2022</b></p><p><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>Linspire 14 Alpha 2 "Santa Monica" - January 1, 2023 Next major release of Linspire based on Ubuntu 22.04</b></span></p><div><b>Linspire 12 SP1 - </b><b>May 29, 2023</b></div><p><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Linspire 14 Beta 1 "Santa Monica" - February 14, 2023 Next major release of Linspire based on Ubuntu 22.04</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Linspire 14 Public Beta "Santa Monica" - May 5, 2023 Next major release of Linspire based on Ubuntu 22.04</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Linspire 14 RTM "Santa Monica" - July 17, 2023 Next major release of Linspire based on Ubuntu 22.04</span></b></p><p><b>Linspire 14 SP1 December 25, 2023</b></p><p><b><span style="color: red;">Linspire 12 SP2 Dec 29, 2023 NOTE: Last service pack for Linspire 12. Linspire 12 enters maintenance mode with EOL January 1, 2027</span></b></p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Freespire</h1><p><b>Freespire 8.2 - March 1, 2022</b></p><p><b>Freespire 8.5 - Sept 1, 2022</b></p><p><span style="color: #800180;"><b>Freespire 9 Alpha 1 "Daytona" Oct 1, 2022 - Next release based on Ubuntu 22.04</b></span></p><p><b>Freespire 8.6 - March 12, 2023</b></p><p><span style="color: #800180;"><b>Freespire 9 Beta 1 "Daytona" Dec 5, 2022 - Next release based on Ubuntu 22.04</b></span></p><p><b>Freespire 8.7 - May 8, 2023</b></p><p><span style="color: #800180;"><b>Freespire 9 Public Beta "Daytona" Feb 11, 2023 - Next release based on Ubuntu 22.04</b></span></p><div><span style="color: #800180;"><b>Freespire 9 RTM June 5, 2023</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">Freespire 8.9 - Oct 1, 2023 NOTE: Last release of Freespire 8. EOL Dec 31, 2023</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Freespire 9.5 Oct 31, 2023</b></div><h1 style="text-align: left;">PC/OS</h1><p><b><i>(Note these dates include Desktop, and Server)</i></b></p><p><b>PC/OS 20.04 Maintenance Release 1 - February 14, 2022</b></p><p><b>PC/OS 20.04 Maintenance Release 2 - August 3, 2022</b></p><p><b>PC/OS 22.04 - February 14, 2023</b></p><p><b>PC/OS 22.04 Maintenance Release 1 - August 12, 2023</b></p><p><b>PC/OS 22.04 Maintenance Release 2 - January 4, 2024</b></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b>Xandros 24.04 "Empire" Alpha 1 - February 14, 2024 - Next Release Based on Ubuntu 24.04</b></span></p><p><b>PC/OS 22.04 Maintenance Release 3 - July 4, 2024</b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">PC/OS 24.04 "Empire" Beta 1 - June 1, 2024 - Next Release Based on Ubuntu 24.04</span></b></p><div><b><span style="color: red;">PC/OS 20.04 Maintenance Release 4 - December 1, 2024 - NOTE: Last release of PC/OS 20.04. PC/OS 20.04 Enters maintenance mode. EOL January 1, 2030</span></b></div><div><p><b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">PC/OS 24.04 "Empire" RTM - Oct 14, 2024 - Next Release Based on Ubuntu 24.04</span></b></p></div><div><br /></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Roberto J. Dohnerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459308661755277851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381615539054886628.post-4106304447973418472022-01-03T11:00:00.031-08:002022-01-03T17:53:17.614-08:00PC/OpenSuite for Windows 2.0 Released<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHWSnvDSBYmC5hxZQsl0kDdtn-fLAk0LAmUQSSelZCSZA7DYm-p_jW2WEQTdMFlZxtBaUTIO4D2U5qgV8_bOaTT7OB7JyhqTenqUVLNC2pCqYcU-eDj-xEYrpo9DIOojb2VatyUMMeFESGhJB2ZLM2OXjw6SFQWw08VNoG0pKcgAg89Nk3SyngEg=s791" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="406" data-original-width="791" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHWSnvDSBYmC5hxZQsl0kDdtn-fLAk0LAmUQSSelZCSZA7DYm-p_jW2WEQTdMFlZxtBaUTIO4D2U5qgV8_bOaTT7OB7JyhqTenqUVLNC2pCqYcU-eDj-xEYrpo9DIOojb2VatyUMMeFESGhJB2ZLM2OXjw6SFQWw08VNoG0pKcgAg89Nk3SyngEg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixM0D_sBy2E-HU6dQ8GMlBeZyZxaZjLYlLXi_179Hyi94rm0zHnc4vMpw6dYFmw5lu-QNYIyACgRKH8QS5ppKXC_8pVrJV3hg-uBuHYWDpws6OAz6iYk-FBczYF0K17Z4Sbq3bSFJdoETsp4y6qcODhfQYWp8kwY674na4l2hpBjRWEhq3Gd163Q=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixM0D_sBy2E-HU6dQ8GMlBeZyZxaZjLYlLXi_179Hyi94rm0zHnc4vMpw6dYFmw5lu-QNYIyACgRKH8QS5ppKXC_8pVrJV3hg-uBuHYWDpws6OAz6iYk-FBczYF0K17Z4Sbq3bSFJdoETsp4y6qcODhfQYWp8kwY674na4l2hpBjRWEhq3Gd163Q=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br />Today the PC/OpenSystems team is releasing PC/OpenSuite for Windows 2.0. This marks the second release of PC/OpenSuite for Windows. There are two versions of PC/OpenSuite for Windows. One free that can be downloaded, redistributed and used totally free of charge. There is also the PC/OpenSuite for Windows Pro release which we support and provide to many of our enterprise, education, and other customers who need to work in a mixed environment or who use only Windows. PC/OpenSuite for Windows is the perfect marriage between open source software and the Windows platform.<p></p><p>All these applications have their own installer so customers can install whatever applications they want to to install. PC/OpenSuite for Windows requires a 64 bit CPU and the following</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Windows 8/10/11</li><li>RAM: 8gb/16gb or more for resource intensive applications</li><li>30 gb or more Hard Drive for target installation</li></ul><p></p><p><br />The free/libre release contains only open source software. The source code is freely available and you can make any changes to the source code. The free release contains the following apps:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>OnlyOffice 6.4.2 - Microsoft Office Compatible Office Suite</li><li>Scribus 1.5.7 - Desktop Publishing App</li><li>Gimp 2.10 - Image editing app</li><li>Digikam - Image library app</li><li>Okular - PDF Reader</li><li>Kdenlive 21.12 -Video editing app</li><li>Audacity 3.1.3 - Audio editing app</li><li>Git 2.34 - Upload and Download Git repository tool from Github</li><li>VLC 3.0.16 - Media Player</li><li>Filezilla 3.57 - FTP/SSH graphical app</li><li>OpenJDK 17 - Open Source Java implementation</li><li>.NET SDK 6 - .NET Core from Microsoft</li><li>VS Code - code editor and IDE from Microsoft</li><li>Apache Netbeans - Open Source Java IDE</li></ul><div>There is no support available via this release except for forum and community support. We offer no warranty expressed or implied for the free release.</div><div><br /></div><div>You can download that here</div><div><br /></div><div><b><u><a href="https://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/apps/PCOpenSuite2.zip" target="_blank">PC/OpenSuite for Windows 2.0</a></u></b></div><div><b><u><a href="https://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/apps/PCOpenSuite2.md5" target="_blank">PC/OpenSuite for Windows 2.0 md5</a></u></b></div><div><b><u><a href="https://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/apps/PCOpenSuite2.sha256" target="_blank">PC/OpenSuite for Windows 2.0.sha256</a></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>The PC/OpenSuite for Windows Pro release contains all the applications that the free release contains in addition to proprietary software that we license for inclusion. 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Xandros OpenDesktop is the first step in the new direction that PCOS is taking to transition our entire stack to a secure cloud platform. We have reworked OpenDesktop so that not only do we utilize top of the line web based applications, but the user or organization can add any local applications that they choose from the vast Xandros / Ubuntu / Debian repositories. A smaller resource footprint also makes Xandros the logical choice among available commercial Linux desktops for legacy hardware or EOL Chromebooks. </div><div><br /></div><div>While Xandros OpenDesktop has been demonstrated to run extremely well on traditional desktop, mobile systems and workstations, you can also also purchase one of our own optimized and fully supported desktop / mobile systems from PC/OpenSystems.
Because Microsoft Office 365 is so popular among our business and education customers. Xandros OpenDesktop comes in two flavors : 1). Standard which contains Google web apps and 2). 2021 Office 365 which contains all of Microsoft's web applications as well its Bing search engine. Xandros OpenDesktop 2021 Office 365 provides you with the document format compatibility you love. Plus a familiar desktop environment / minus the overhead you can expect from the upcoming Windows 11 OS. Xandros uses less of your hardware’s resources and doesn’t have any of the TPM 2.0 requirements, leaving your systems free to perform their intended function : run your LOB applications.
All of this will of course be supported 24x7 by PCOS’ trusted infrastructure. </div><div><br /></div><div>Xandros OpenDesktop 2021 in any of its flavors is the only commercial Linux desktop alternative to the upcoming Windows 11 that you need.
Xandros OpenDesktop 2021 also features : </div><div><br /></div><div>Full GUI System – XFCE + DWN Tiling Window Manager </div><div>LTS Kernel 5.4.0-81 </div><div>OpenSSH Client </div><div>Google Chrome </div><div>Ice SSB </div><div>Chrome web application framework </div><div>NFS / XFS / JFS / BTRFS / ZFS - exFAT support </div><div>Multimedia support </div><div>Remote Administration capability </div><div>Biometric Services </div><div>Samba </div><div>LDAP Directory services </div><div>Microsoft Powershell </div><div>Visual Studios Code </div><div><br /></div><div>With a 12 month / 3 year Phone, e-mail, and remote support available, you can rest assured that PC/OpenSystens LLC will keep your systems running smoothly for years to come. We also deliver custom ISOs for customers which contain the applications that your business requires. Contact <b><u><a href="mailto:sales@pc-opensystems.com">sales@pc-opensystems.com</a></u></b> for details. You can purchase Xandros OpenDesktop 2021 from this release statement or from our <b><u><a href="https://www.pc-opensystems.com/p/webstore.html" target="_blank">webstore</a></u></b>.</div><div><br />
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SolarWinds Orion is a monitoring solution. <div><br /></div><div>PC/OpenSystems, being a Linux and Enterprise Linux solution distributor; does not now, nor have we ever used any SolarWinds products as we do not use any Microsoft Windows platforms in any of its incarnations in any kind of managerial capacity. Windows 10 in our infrastructure is used in isolated Virtual Machine environments for testing purposes only. As a result, our customers’ information is not vulnerable to these exploits. </div><div><br /></div><div>We advise our enterprise customers who may be using the SolarWinds Orion platform to review and implement available firewall updates and rules to keep your systems secure. PC/OpenSystems LLC will continue to assist in assessing the overall security of your Information Technology infrastructure.</div>Roberto J. Dohnerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459308661755277851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381615539054886628.post-71214964383823137812020-12-10T07:30:00.001-08:002020-12-10T07:30:05.503-08:00Xandros OpenDesktop 2019 R3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr3t6Gf3EBm3ShI4SAo3aTlMmEm7YHdbuRmgaLdHO3r0jah71O68X7sYBsekt_OSlsFAlB1bHE5I79etGJLLMRKDaB1deGgDO334dLxYv0Pd_PhcxNKlLmFxdiUeE9yj5Q53NIvvYBsQ/s437/xandros-logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="193" data-original-width="437" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr3t6Gf3EBm3ShI4SAo3aTlMmEm7YHdbuRmgaLdHO3r0jah71O68X7sYBsekt_OSlsFAlB1bHE5I79etGJLLMRKDaB1deGgDO334dLxYv0Pd_PhcxNKlLmFxdiUeE9yj5Q53NIvvYBsQ/s320/xandros-logo.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Today the PC/Opensystems Enterprise development team is pleased to announce the release of Xandros OpenDesktop 2019 R3. This update to our corporate-focused desktop solution offers unprecedented reliability, predictability and performance. Utilizing the lean XFCE interface, Xandros OD allows maximum return on the value of your current hardware investments. You the admin decides what applications will be run and what role the system will ably fulfill : multimedia production, office productivity, development station, mainframe support or appliance control. Xandros OpenDesktop 2019 R3 provides rock solid performance, intuitive management and constant dependability, whether on the PC or mobile platform. <div><br /></div><div>Features : </div><div><br /></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Full GUI System – XFCE 4.14 + DWN Tiling Window Manager </li><li>LTS Server Kernel 5.4.0-56</li><li>OpenSSH Client </li><li>Google Chrome</li><li>Ice SSB </li><li>NFS / XFS / JFS / BTRFS /exFAT support </li><li>Multimedia Codecs </li><li>Remote Administration capability </li><li>Biometric Services </li><li>Samba
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<div><br /></div><div>For your convenience, PC/OpenSystems Roberto Dohnert has provided answers for some questions customers and users have been asking frequently : </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>What exactly is PC/OpenSystems LLC?</b> </div><div>PC/OpenSystems LLC is an enterprise solutions and software service provider based in Raleigh, North Carolina. We also perform development consulting for all stages of the process for various sectors : private, educational, government and research. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>What products do we offer?</b></div><div>Mostly operating systems. PC/OpenSystems is the brains behind 6 different OS distributions. Three of the names should be familiar ones : Freespire, Linspire and Xandros. We also develop two embedded Linux OS’ - one based on CentOS, the other Debian-based. To complete our portfolio a custom FreeBSD solution is available. </div><div><br /></div><div><b> What exactly are we announcing today? </b></div><div>Today we are announcing the update to our enterprise solutions : OpenDesktop, OpenServer and Cloud.
</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Why Xandros? </b></div><div>The most obvious one is that we own it. But also, Xandros has pedigree in the Enterprise solutions market and we wanted to differentiate our newest best-of-breed product from Linspire, with its home-user-OS reputation; not doing so would have led to a lot of unnecessary confusion. Customers visiting <b><u><a href="https://www.linspirelinux.com">https://www.linspirelinux.com</a></u></b>, purchasing Linspire and turning around and saying “Oh wait, this isn’t the enterprise release” Hence our decision. </div><div><br /></div><div><b> What solutions do we provide for the Enterprise? </b></div><div>Xandros OpenDesktop, Xandros OpenServer and Xandros Cloud. OpenDesktop is our latest and greatest take on a contemporary desktop solution; office suites and productivity apps at your fingertips, OD is geared towards high-performance workstations. OpenServer is exactly what claims to be : a high availability server solution. OpenCloud utilizes either Google or Microsoft online apps and is extremely popular with our education customers </div><div><br /></div><div><b> Why base these solutions on 18.04 LTS and not 20.04?</b> </div><div>Remember this is an UPDATE to a current product. The enterprise and home markets have differing expectations and needs The former appreciates stability above all else; home users can deal with the cutting edge kernels for multimedia and gaming. Enterprise users require a stable supported base that will continue to run their line-of-business software well into the future. OS/4 OpenDesktop was released in 2012; PC/OpenSystems just ended 32 and 64 bit support for that release. For our critics or anyone else that thinks that we’re a fly-by-night operation, think again. We have repeatedly proven to our customers that we are capable of supporting our products for years to come. People migrating from OS/4 to Xandros will find the look and feel familiar, the focus on performance identical. That being said, Xandros’ codebase will be updated to 20.04 by Fall 2021. </div><div><br /></div><div><b> Is Xandros built like Linspire?</b> </div><div>Freespire is the base from which Linspire and Xandros are built. Xandros is a little bit different, offering a variety of custom kernels and additional software repositories. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Will there be an additional charge for Xandros to current customers?</b> </div><div>No. As stated this is an update to current solutions not a new product. Current support subscriptions will be supported and all customers who wish to, can upgrade their systems immediately. The only difference now is that there is no longer a download edition. We will provide downloads to current customers and for new customers who want this option. All new PCOS customers will get a Xandros retail package regardless.</div>Roberto J. Dohnerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459308661755277851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381615539054886628.post-82211451958287796062020-12-10T07:00:00.002-08:002020-12-10T07:00:02.885-08:00Xandros OpenServer 2019 R3 Released<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1GG4FrQFAKXRlxFEwtgnRox7DLvja-BGR0n6oleXlRpXVTBjMWYew8MoM9wFtWFE0WVZvBHwPlFHHQHALY4rNFObxwhkoNzsQJysGc3GORjDd-ISgqe6v1nqHcWzJ6Jeg4fWorllwgQ/s437/xandros-logo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="193" data-original-width="437" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1GG4FrQFAKXRlxFEwtgnRox7DLvja-BGR0n6oleXlRpXVTBjMWYew8MoM9wFtWFE0WVZvBHwPlFHHQHALY4rNFObxwhkoNzsQJysGc3GORjDd-ISgqe6v1nqHcWzJ6Jeg4fWorllwgQ/s320/xandros-logo.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Today the PC/Opensystems Enterprise development team is pleased to announce the release of Xandros OpenServer 2019 R3, our high-performance solution for Enterprise and SMB customers. For this sector which requires constant uptime coupled with reliability, scalability, and flexibility, PC/OpenSystems LLC has been hard at work to ensure Xandros OpenServer 2019 R3 is well suited for web, application, file and print services; it can just as easily be deployed as a thin client server or virtual machine host. <div><br /></div><div> Features include : </div><div><br /></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Full GUI System – XFCE + DWN Tiling Window Manager </li><li>LTS Server Kernel 5.4.0-56 </li><li>Oracle Java 11 Pre-installed </li><li>OpenSSH Server and Client </li><li>Falkon - Webkit based browser </li><li>NFS / XFS / JFS / BTRFS / exFAT support </li><li>Multimedia support </li><li>VirtualBox </li><li>.NET Core 5.0 preinstalled </li><li>Remote Administration capability </li><li>Biometric Services </li><li>Headless support </li><li>MongoDB Preinstalled </li><li>Samba </li><li>LDAP Directory services </li><li>Microsoft Powershell </li><li>Visual Studio Code </li><li>Microsoft SQL integration </li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div> Certified/tested hardware : </div><div><br /></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>HPE Proliant DL360 / DL380 / DL385 G10 </li><li>HPE Microserver G10
HPE </li><li>SGI 8600 </li><li>Lenovo ThinkSystem SR590 / SR670 / ST550 </li><li>Lenovo ThinkServer RS160 / TS150 </li><li>Dell PowerEdge Rack / Tower Servers </li><li>IBM Z13/Z14/Z15 and IBM LinuxONE via emulation </li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div> 24 months Phone, e-mail, and remote support; on-site repair and deployment services available for an additional charge. Contact sales@pc-opensystems.com for details. Mobile System support is very limited; Xandros Open Server was not designed with laptops, notebooks or tablets in mind - your mileage may vary; features such as Bluetooth, wireless and suspend / resume are unsupported. If you need mobile support we recommend Xandros OpenDesktop or Xandros Cloud
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Roberto J. Dohnerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459308661755277851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381615539054886628.post-56524806377055142772019-03-21T20:42:00.003-07:002019-03-21T20:42:54.496-07:00Linspire Enterprise Services Tech SheetsToday we are publishing the tech sheets for the Linspire Enterprise Services. These products include Linspire Enterprise Server 2019 and Linspire Embedded 2019. You can download those tech sheets here:<br />
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<b><u><a href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/tech_sheets/Linspire_embedded_tech_sheet.pdf">Linspire Embedded 2019</a></u></b><br />
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For community outreach and participation, we are also releasing Linspire Community Server 2019 which is free to download and use and that along with Enterprise Server and Embedded will be released in April 2019. As time gets closer we will release a package list along with the community download edition.<br />
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For Linspire Embedded and Linspire Enterprise Server, there will NOT be a download edition. If you want to test for compatibility with your hardware Linspire Community Server will be your first stepping stone.<br />
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Both Linspire Embedded and Linspire Enterprise Server can be modified for users and we will have a custom generation option for both.<br />
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If you have any questions please contact us at <b><u><a href="mailto:sales@pc-opensystems.com">sales@pc-opensystems.com</a></u></b> or <b><u><a href="mailto:support@pc-opensystems.com">support@pc-opensystems.com</a></u></b><br />
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Thanks EveryoneRoberto J. Dohnerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459308661755277851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381615539054886628.post-63164612009406181152019-01-02T14:42:00.001-08:002019-01-02T14:42:35.563-08:00Linspire 8.0 Released<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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New year, New Linspire. Today our development team is pleased to bring you Linspire 8.0 - the latest and greatest Linux desktop distribution from PC/OpenSystems LLC showcasing the latest open source technologies to our users. We have toiled diligently over the past year to improve security, stability and functionality in our alternative to Windows 10, ChromeOS and macOS.
Linspire 8 offers the choice of a full desktop environment, KDE and Mate are available, bundling productivity, full multimedia playback, audio and video production, games and productivity.<br />
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We have listened to our customer base and preinstalled many applications our users utilize in their daily lives. With Linspire 8.0 there is very little package installation users will have to do after installation. The Minimal install is an ISO that installs a subset containing only a web browser, ideal for users who wish to create and deploy their own desktop systems and customize their application line-up. Linspire CE, Cloud Edition, targets customers who wish to completely embrace a cloud only or hybrid infrastructure - cloud based apps in tandem with locally installed applications. Linspire CE’s flexibility makes it the best-in-breed cloud operating system on the market today.<br />
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Linspire 8.0 is a continuation of the first commercial Linux desktop distribution that set the bar for open source desktop computing; it continues to set the bar today.<br />
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Linspire 8.0 contains the following features and enhancements<br />
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KDE 5.12.7<br />
Mate 1.20.1<br />
18.04.1 LTS Base<br />
Google Chrome<br />
Thunderbird e-mail and PIM suite<br />
LibreOffice 6.1.3<br />
VLC Video Player<br />
Rhythmbox Audio Player<br />
Skype
KPatience<br />
KDE Runtime<br />
DreamChess<br />
Microsoft Powershell<br />
Dia<br />
Inkscape<br />
Gimp<br />
Audacity<br />
Openshot<br />
Ice SSB<br />
.NET Core Runtime<br />
Oracle Java 10<br />
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Full list of applications can be found <b><u><a href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/Docs/package-list-linspire-8.txt">here </a></u></b><br />
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Linspire CE 8.0 has the following features :<br />
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Google Chrome<br />
Ice SSB<br />
Kpatience<br />
DreamChess<br />
VLC<br />
Geary mail client<br />
Skype<br />
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Full list of applications can be found <b><u><a href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/Docs/package-list-linspireCE8.txt">here </a></u></b><br />
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You can purchase Linspire 8.0 and Linspire CE 8.0 from our <b><u><a href="https://www.linspirelinux.com/p/webstore.html">webstore</a></u></b> or below. Purchasing the product entitles you to 12 months of updates in addition to 6 months of phone and e-mail support. Purchasing Linspire 8.0 gets you both the full desktop and minimal install ISO.<br />
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Wed Sept 12, 2018 - At 12:00 pm all developmental servers will be taken offline. All disks will be stored in watertight containers and stored above flood level any equipment light enough will be stored above flood level as well.<br />
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Wed, Sept 12, 2018 - 6:00 pm all non essential personnel will be evacuated.<br />
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Thurs, Sept 13, 2018 - 12:00 pm - The offices will be closed until Monday, Sept 17, 2018<br />
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Some things to expect. Depending on power and internet status we will resume operations ASAP. Due to the severity of the storm we are expecting power loss for 14 to 20 days.<br />
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Shipments will see delay. This includes physical as well as perhaps a few hours to a couple of days of download of ISO's. Physical shipments will see a delay of 5 to 10 days.<br />
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Communications will be inhibited for at least 4 days. All bug reports and feature requests for Linspire, Freespire and nextDESKTOP will be stored and acted upon when all services are restored.Roberto J. Dohnerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459308661755277851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381615539054886628.post-57749264783732583492018-09-03T23:03:00.001-07:002018-09-03T23:03:35.635-07:00nextDESKTOP releasedToday we are excited to release the new version of the nextDESKTOP 18.04. The nextDESKTOP is our high performance high availability desktop that we provide to customers. This is the first public release of this operating system that we have provided for customers since 2009 to governments and educational facilities around the world. The last release was based on Ubuntu 12.04 and was badly in need of an upgrade. So we upgraded the release to the current LTS, Ubuntu 18.04. We do continue to work with clients to enhance the OS and provide them with a quality desktop .<br />
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nextDESKTOP, has had the following updates.<br />
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<li>Kernel 4.15.0-33</li>
<li>Sofware App store</li>
<li>Google Chrome 68</li>
<li>ICE SSB</li>
<li>Thunderbird Mail with Calendar, Google App, and Microsoft Exchange Support</li>
<li>Oracle Java 10 (8 is included for backwards compatibility with Netbeans 8.2) </li>
<li>Microsoft .NET Core support</li>
<li>Microsoft Powershell support</li>
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nextDESKTOP 18.04 is a commercial product with no open source equivalent available. The Workspace Manager is not provided with source but we do provide the kernel and other Open Source software source code for users. You can purchase nextDESKTOP from our webstore.<br />
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<br />Roberto J. Dohnerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459308661755277851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381615539054886628.post-51073117170324336152018-02-11T12:40:00.000-08:002018-02-11T12:40:12.923-08:00Black Lab Enterprise Linux and Linspire: Whats the difference<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Many people have asked us; What are the differences between Linspire and Black Lab Enterprise? Why market both? and which one should I use?<br />
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When we looked at our market, customer and user base we found there are different segments of people that use our products. So with that we have split up these distributions to support different segments.<br />
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Freespire, Freespire is a 100% free distribution. There is no monetizing of Freespire we dont make any money or revenue from Freespire. The main audience for Freespire is the Linux community and other users who want a free OS.<br />
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Linspire, this version is our completely commercial release. We sell Linspire and we sell systems with Linspire. Linspire is aimed at the consumer, education and corporate desktop market.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ezm8rYnIHHqHQe4AcAhAVTp9QsGgA31wiwkXQjaxUyIxYQwh1GfZaju83gGEhGQfSPXaLC07sHTdRxAFkQ5HJvw2wN9LVtdOdibl2zil74EnBiX6yZtMXmVnvUkwx8vSrh7MWDFgKQ/s1600/Screenshot_2018-02-10_01-32-01.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1440" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ezm8rYnIHHqHQe4AcAhAVTp9QsGgA31wiwkXQjaxUyIxYQwh1GfZaju83gGEhGQfSPXaLC07sHTdRxAFkQ5HJvw2wN9LVtdOdibl2zil74EnBiX6yZtMXmVnvUkwx8vSrh7MWDFgKQ/s320/Screenshot_2018-02-10_01-32-01.png" width="320" /></a>Now, with Black Lab Enterprise that is aimed at a totally different sector of the market. Black Lab Enterprise Linux shares a lot of resources with Linspire and Freespire but it is managed in a different way. No one on the Black Lab Linux team works on Linspire and Freespire. The Black Lab team is run by a governing board for which elections are held every 24 months.<br />
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Black Lab Linux is aimed at the more technical market. Users migrating from Unix to Linux, parallel computing, power users and users who need more computing power and less desktop oriented operations.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Updating</span></b><br />
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The update process for Linspire and Freespire are a lot different than they are for Black Lab Enterprise Linux. <br />
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Linspire and Freespire are desktop oriented OS's aimed at the desktop market and Freespire will get incremental updates as needed with new releases coming out every 6 months. Linspire being a commercial distribution will have incremental updates as needed and major releases every 12 to 18 months similar to other Enterprise distributions from Red Hat and Micro Focus.<br />
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Black Lab Enterprise Linux being needed for much longer periods of time and being used for workloads that cant be taken offline every 6 months will have incremental updates as needed with security fixes and app fixes with major release updates coming ever 24 months. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Availability</span></b><br />
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Freespire is available for download, free of charge<br />
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<b><u><a href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/freespire/freespire-3-x64.iso">http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/freespire/freespire-3-x64.iso</a></u></b><br />
<b><u><a href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/freespire/freespire-3-x64.iso.md5">http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/freespire/freespire-3-x64.iso.md5</a></u></b><br />
<b><u><a href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/freespire/freespire-3-x64.iso.sha256">http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/freespire/freespire-3-x64.iso.sha256</a></u></b><br />
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Linspire is available for purchase either as a digital download or as a boxed set from<br />
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<b><u><a href="http://www.linspirelinux.com/">http://www.linspirelinux.com</a></u></b><br />
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Black Lab Enterprise Linux is available as a free download both in the desktop and server form, but its also available for purchase from the website.<br />
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<b><u><a href="http://www.blacklablinux.org/">http://www.blacklablinux.org</a></u></b><br />
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<b>Black Lab Enterprise Desktop</b><br />
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<b><u><a href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/releases/115/bled-1152-x64.iso">http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/releases/115/bled-1152-x64.iso</a></u></b><br />
<b><u><a href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/releases/115/bled-1152-x64.iso.md5">http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/releases/115/bled-1152-x64.iso.md5</a></u></b><br />
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<b>Black Lab Enterprise Server</b><br />
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<b><u><a href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/releases/115/blel-1151-x64.iso">http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/releases/115/blel-1151-x64.iso</a></u></b><br />
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<b><u><a href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/releases/115/blel-1151-x64.iso.sha256">http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/releases/115/blel-1151-x64.iso.sha256</a></u></b>Roberto J. Dohnerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459308661755277851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381615539054886628.post-75593585716484024452018-02-08T06:14:00.000-08:002018-02-08T06:14:14.236-08:00Freespire 3.0.6.5 releasedToday we are releasing Freespire 3.0.6.5 which is a bug fix and incremental release of the Freespire 3.0 series. We also added some features and applications that users wanted us to include in the distribution. With this release we fixed several issues.<br />
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<li>We included the 4.13.0-32 kernel in the distribution</li>
<li>We added a few UI tweaks due to user feedback - The panel is no longer double layered and is single layered now with taskbar buttons grouping together for same tasks or multiple windows</li>
<li>We removed Gparted and included the Disk Utility which is a much friendlier and straightforward solution</li>
<li>We looked into an issue that a reviewer and one of our insiders claimed to have to where the "release notes" link in the installer was being redirected to an ad or survey site. While we here in the US were unable to replicate the problem it appears to be a regional one and we took steps to correct the issue which this release does. As of final testing today the issue appears to be resolved. In future releases "Release notes" will be provided on disk rather than online</li>
<li>Instead of relying on our online help system we have provided a catalog of "Help" documentation which can be accessed via the "Help" icon in the application menu or /usr/share/freespire-docs/ we will be providing this documentation online as well</li>
<li>All security updates up until February 7, 2018 have been applied</li>
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Added Applications<br />
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<li>Simple Screen Recorder</li>
<li>E-Book Reader</li>
<li>Inkscape</li>
<li>GNOME Games</li>
<li>GNOME Disk Utility</li>
</ul>
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Removed Applications<br />
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<li>Gparted</li>
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You can download the new ISO files from the following location<br />
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<br />Roberto J. Dohnerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459308661755277851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381615539054886628.post-23362386715983384672018-01-14T20:56:00.002-08:002018-01-14T20:56:48.480-08:00Linspire HPC 7.0.1 ReleasedToday we are pleased to announce the next evolution of Linspire HPC, Linspire HPC 7.0.1. What is Linspire HPC 7.0.1? Linspire HPC is a system specifically designed for desktop High Performance Computing. This system is designed specifically for researchers, multimedia designers, publishing and anyone who needs more than just a standard desktop OS. Linspire HPC formerly PC-UX is not a new flavor, PC/OpenSystems LLC has provided advanced Operating Systems for businesses since 2008.<br />
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So what makes Linspire HPC different from other Enterprise OS's. First, we start with ease of use. Linspire HPC is easy to setup, easy to deploy, and easy to use. Included are tools for remote administration, development and included is support for other Enterprise Operating Systems such as RHEL and Oracle Linux. With our UNIX Subsystem we also support many software only UNIX applications. Linspire HPC also is a great cloud environment with facilities to turn your web apps into fully functioning desktop apps. Linspire HPC also allows you to install whatever apps you need and business customers can "roll" their own and standardize on a basic image.<br />
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Linspire HPC is a very secure environment. From Anti-Virus to advanced intrusion detection as well as being able to set policies on devices that are allowed to be used<br />
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For more information on Linspire HPC you can find more information here:<br />
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<b><u><a href="http://www.linspirelinux.com/p/linspire-hpc.html">http://www.linspirelinux.com/p/linspire-hpc.html</a></u></b><br />
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So whats new with Linspire HPC? Below is a list of changes we have made:<br />
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<li>Kernel 4.13</li>
<li>Firefox 57</li>
<li>The UNIX subsystem has been changed from Illumos to BSD 11</li>
<li>Oracle Java 9</li>
<li>GCC 5.4</li>
</ul>
To run Linspire HPC you have to meet the following requirements:<br />
<ul>
<li>64 bit Intel or AMD processor</li>
<li>8 gb of RAM</li>
<li>120 gb or higher HDD storage or SSD storage</li>
<li>Mouse and Keyboard or touch screen input</li>
</ul>
Linspire HPC is $299.00 USD starting with one license for 2 years of support or you can purchase hardware with Linspire HPC pre-installed<br />
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<b><u><a href="http://www.linspirelinux.com/p/linspire-hpc.html">http://www.linspirelinux.com/p/linspire-hpc.html</a></u></b><br />
<b><u><a href="http://www.linspire-os.com/p/servers-and-high-performance.html">http://www.linspire-os.com/p/servers-and-high-performance.html</a></u></b><br />
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Hardware systems that are certified and tested to run Linspire HPC include:<br />
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<li>SGI UV </li>
<li>SGI Ice </li>
<li>SGI Rackable Systems </li>
<li>SGI InfiniteData Cluster systems </li>
<li>HPE Apollo 10 </li>
<li>HPE Proliant DL </li>
<li>HPE Superdome 1 and 2 </li>
<li>HPE Integrity x86 based servers </li>
<li>Lenovo x3300 M4 </li>
<li>Lenovo x3100 M4
Lenovo x3100 M5 </li>
<li>Oracle X6-2 </li>
<li>Oracle X7</li>
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Roberto J. Dohnerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459308661755277851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381615539054886628.post-36897732670072440972018-01-14T00:37:00.002-08:002018-01-14T00:37:52.186-08:00Linspire 7.0.1 and Freespire 3.0.1 Released - Meltdown and Spectre fixThis morning we have released Linspire 7.0.1 and Freespire 3.0.1 . With this release we have addressed the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities in Intel Processors. We have included no new features. We have applied the fixes to:<br />
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Linspire 7.0.1<br />
Linspire Cloud 7.0.1<br />
Linspire Embedded 7.0.1<br />
Linspire HPC 7.0.1<br />
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To apply the fix simply run your system updater and the fix will be applied. If you wish to download a new ISO of Freespire you can download it here:<br />
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<b><u><a href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/freespire/freespire-3-x64.iso">http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/freespire/freespire-3-x64.iso</a></u></b><br />
<b><u><a href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/freespire/freespire-3-x64.iso.md5">http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/freespire/freespire-3-x64.iso.md5</a></u></b><br />
<b><u><a href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/freespire/freespire-3-x64.iso.sha256">http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/freespire/freespire-3-x64.iso.sha256</a></u></b><br />
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Linspire customers will be provided with a download ISO of Linspire 7.0.1 upon request.<br />
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Thank youRoberto J. Dohnerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459308661755277851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381615539054886628.post-6825421787927789432018-01-01T20:51:00.004-08:002018-01-01T20:51:51.935-08:00Freespire 3.0 and Linspire 7.0 released<br />
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Today the development team at PC/Opensystems LLC is pleased to announce the release of Freespire 3.0 and Linspire 7.0.<br />
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While both contain common kernel and common utilities, they are targeted towards two different user bases.
Freespire is a FOSS distribution geared for the general Linux community, making use of only open source components, containing no proprietary applications. This is not necessarily a limitation : through our software center and extensive repositories, Freespire users can install any application that they wish.<br />
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Linspire is a commercial release which builds on the elegant Freespire foundation. It does include a proprietary software set optimized for business users, students, researchers and developers. It is a capable solution for utilizing cloud-based web apps as well as legacy software from our Debian or Ubuntu’s repositories.<br />
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For educational facilities and agencies that have older hardware to re-purpose we offer Linspire Embedded; this contains a web browser, media player and the core Freespire / Linspire app selection.<br />
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So what features does each contain?<br />
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Let’s start with Freespire; it contains the following applications and features:<br />
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<li>Kernel 4.10.0-42</li>
<li>Firefox Quantum Web Browser</li>
<li>Geary e-mail client</li>
<li>Ice SSB</li>
<li>Abiword</li>
<li>Gnumeric</li>
<li>Parole Media Player</li>
<li>Pinta Graphics tool</li>
<li>Font Manager</li>
</ol>
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Linspire contains the following applications and features:<br />
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<ol>
<li>Kernel 4.10.0-42</li>
<li>Google Chrome</li>
<li>Thunderbird e-mail with Calender, MS Exchange and Google Sync</li>
<li>IceSSB</li>
<li>LibreOffice</li>
<li>Software Center</li>
<li>VLC Media Player</li>
<li>Rhythmbox</li>
<li>Font Manager</li>
<li>Wine integration for running some Windows applications</li>
<li>VirtualBox Virtual Machine</li>
<li> XFS, JFS, ZFS, BTRFS support</li>
<li>.NET Core support</li>
<li>ClamAV Virus Scanner</li>
<li>Bleachbit</li>
<li>Intrusion Detection System</li>
<li>Integrated Build Environment</li>
</ol>
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When you purchase Linspire you also get 12 months of e-mail and phone support and businesses with their license purchase are entitled to the following services:<br />
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<ul>
<li>Custom ISO generation</li>
<li>On-Site setup and auditing services</li>
<li>Free Upgrade to major releases</li>
<li>10% off of all hardware purchases</li>
</ul>
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This Freespire 3.0 is supported until 2021. Linspire 7.0 is supported until 2025.<br />
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You can download Freespire from our FOSS development labs<br />
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<b><u><a href="http://www.pc-opensystems.com/p/freespireos.html">Freespire Info Page</a></u></b><br />
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<b><u><a href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/freespire/freespire-3-x64.iso">http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/freespire/freespire-3-x64.iso</a></u></b><br />
<b><u><a href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/freespire/freespire-3-x64.iso.md5">http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/freespire/freespire-3-x64.iso.md5</a></u></b><br />
<b><u><a href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/freespire/freespire-3-x64.iso.sha256">http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/freespire/freespire-3-x64.iso.sha256</a></u></b><br />
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You can purchase Linspire licenses from our webstore and preloaded on workstations.
More information on Linspire is available from the<b><u><a href="http://www.pc-opensystems.com/p/linspireos.html"> distribution’s page</a></u></b>.
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<br />Roberto J. Dohnerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459308661755277851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381615539054886628.post-35606657161956238882017-12-29T02:36:00.002-08:002017-12-29T02:36:48.746-08:00Linspire and Freespire FAQSince our Christmas sneak peek many users and future customers have been asking us questions about Linspire and Freespire. How did we acquire the trademarks? How will we differ from Linspire Inc? How come Freespire.org is still operational but doesn’t offer any downloads? What’s the difference between our approach and Linspire Inc. and the now defunct Xandros? What’s the fate of Black Lab Linux going to be?<br />
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<b>Q) How did we acquire the Linspire / Freespire trademarks? </b><br />
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We acquired them through Bridgeways.ca before they went out of business. We now own them and it has been our decision since to market them.<br />
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<b>Q) How will we differ from Linspire Inc? </b><br />
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We will differ in a few ways. One way we will NOT differ is that Linspire is 1st and foremost a commercial product. Linspire Inc. required that you purchase a license yearly to get updates and access to CNR. We will not enforce any such requirement. Once the initial purchase is made, the product is yours. We will not lock you out of updates or the software center. But, you are locked into the version purchased; updates until the EOL will be available, for that version. When the new major release is available you will not be able to get the it unless you purchase a license / licenses.<br />
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<b>Q) How come there is a Freespire.org and how does that relate to our free download of Freespire? </b><br />
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It’s not related to us in anyway; it’s related to Linspire Inc. The reason that domain is still registered and used is due to an ongoing fight between Kevin Carmony and Michael Robertson. Kevin Carmony brought to light some of the alleged shady dealings of Mr. Robertson and had registered Freespire.com (now defunct). I will not comment on or make any assumptions about the legitimacy of the claims and we have tried to no avail to get the domain. We are stepping up our efforts to get the domain.<br />
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<b>Q) What is our approach vs Linspire Inc. and Xandros? </b><br />
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We will be focusing on working with Canonical and Canonical’s core Ubuntu product; we will make improvements on that base and fork from it when we feel it’s necessary. Linspire and Freespire will NOT be just remastered Ubuntu spins. However, Ubuntu is the recognized community desktop leader, and there are hundreds of thousands of apps targeted to the Ubuntu desktop, so basing our new product on this solid application base just makes sense. We will be targeting the new LinspireOS toward the markets where we are undisputed leaders : HPC, education, the enterprise and specialized desktop services. Our release is based on the XFCE desktop; its panel layouts and graphics will not change.<br />
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<b>Q) Will we offer the legacy Linspire and Lindows ISO’s? </b><br />
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No. We do not have any permission to redistribute the classic ISOs. And they would be essentially useless.<br />
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<b>Q) What happens to Black Lab Linux? </b><br />
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Nothing at all. Black Lab Linux is a separate entity with a totally different development team. Linspire will collaborate with the BL development team when there are common goals. They will offer their version of a community-based FOSS operating system.<br />
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<b>Q) How many flavors of Linspire will there be? </b><br />
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As previously stated, there will be no other desktop environments but XFCE. Linspire will come in 3 different flavors : LinspireOS Desktop which is a general desktop OS for home users, business users, students etc. Linspire HPC which is our high performance computing platform targeted toward users who need a very powerful computing environment for high end development, CAD and HD graphics. Linspire Embedded which will be targeted to users who want to repurpose older hardware (5+ yr old desktops, notebooks), IoT and existing ChromeOS users who want an upgrade path for their older and unsupported Chromebooks.
Roberto J. Dohnerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459308661755277851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381615539054886628.post-38128328545246342272017-12-23T19:35:00.000-08:002017-12-23T19:40:53.593-08:00Merry Christmas from PC/OpenSystems LLCIn celebration of the Christmas holiday PC/OpenSystems LLC and the PC/OS FOSS Development
team is making Linspire 7.0 FREE for download December 24th and 25th. The link will expire at
7:00 am on December 26th. This is our way of wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas as well
as offering a sneak peek at our upcoming product line<br />
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Linspire 7.0 contains the following features and applications:<br />
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<li>Kernel 4.10.0.42 </li>
<li>Web Browser </li>
<li>Thunderbird e-mail and calendaring suite </li>
<li>LibreOffice </li>
<li>Wine 2.0.3 </li>
<li>VirtualBox </li>
<li>VLC Media Player </li>
<li>Proprietary multimedia codecs - FULLY LICENSED </li>
<li>XFS, ZFS, JFS and BTRFS support </li>
</ul>
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Even though we are offering Linspire 7.0 as a free download users will continue to get free updates
to 7.0 codebase through the lifecycle of the product.<br />
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You can download from here<br />
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<b><u><a href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/linspire/linspire-7-x64.iso">http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/linspire/linspire-7-x64.iso</a></u></b><br />
<b><u><a href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/linspire/linspire-7-x64.iso.md5">http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/linspire/linspire-7-x64.iso.md5</a></u></b><br />
<b><u><a href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/linspire/linspire-7-x64.iso.sha256">http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/linspire/linspire-7-x64.iso.sha256</a></u></b>Roberto J. Dohnerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459308661755277851noreply@blogger.com