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Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Linspire 9.0 Released

Today our development team is excited to announce the release of Linspire 9.0; packed with a TON of improvements and security updates, this is a major update that we’ve been working hard to get out to our faithful users. The global pandemic has delayed its release, but the development team has worked diligently and meticulously behind-the-scenes over the past few months, fine-tuning every detail of what is widely considered to be the premier Linux desktop on the market today.

The Linspire 9.0 series will be the last one featuring the 18.04 LTS codebase; upcoming Linspire X will be based on the 20.04 LTS code and kernel.

Features included in Linspire 9.0 :

Customized XFCE 4.14 desktop

Kernel 5.4.0

Google Chrome 84

Ice SSB

Thunderbird e-mail with lightning extension 68.8

OnlyOffice Desktop editors

Kpatience

DreamChess

VLC

All multimedia codecs for full media playback

Microsoft Powershell

KolourPaint

Redshift

GTK XFS, JFS, BTRFS support and can be used as installable file systems

Linspire Workstation 2019 R2, Linspire CE and Linspire CE Office 365 have all also received the current updates. Shown above are only a small subset of the changes we’ve made; overall there have been 400+ updates applied to the core system. One of the biggest changes is the removal of SNAPD and snaps from our distribution going forward. Due to privacy concerns, Flatpak has been chosen as a secure replacement for SNAP.

Purchase Linspire 9.0 here either as a digital download or a boxed set.

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

COVID-19 UPDATE

We will be resuming normal operations on July 6, 2020.

Until such time you will still see some delays in product delivery.

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding

Sunday, March 15, 2020

Tax Season with Linspire and TurboTax

Tax season is upon us folks and with Linspire, you can now get your taxes completed effectively and efficiently. This year like with the last 4 years we are pleased that we will be continuing to partner with Intuit and have tested Linspire with their online portal. No more swapping computers, no more having to guess whether you can complete your taxes hassle-free and without any questions of support with Linspire 8.x. PC/OpenSystems LLC has worked with Intuit and with H&R Block longer than ANY Linux distributor to ensure that Americans everywhere can safely and securely complete the process of filing your taxes on time.

Our Lead System designer and developer Roberto Dohnert had this to say, " With the retirement of Windows 7 and many tax experts questioning the safety and security of using older Windows systems to complete this delicate yet important task; Linspire with its rock-solid performance and up2date software stack ensures that peace of mind that you can transmit your data without fear of having your personal information or identity being compromised or stolen. We are extremely proud of working with Intuit for the last 5 years to ensure our Linux based OS can stand up to the task."

If you are still running Windows 7 on your PC and would like to upgrade you can purchase Linspire here.

If your order the box set over the Digital Download in order notes type "TaxPrep" to ensure 48-hour shipping

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Linspire 8.7 Release

Today the PC/Opensystems Enterprise development team is pleased to announce the release of Linspire 8.7. This is a comprehensive release update to Linspire 8.5, utilizing the Mate desktop to offer a more traditional desktop experience for Windows 7 and Windows 10 users. Spartan but very fulll-featured, MATE offers a path forward for Windows 7 users whose systems may be unable to run Windows 10 effectively / efficiently. For current Linspire users this release offers full security, kernel and graphics drivers updates; for users of our KDE desktop simply update your systems using your preferred method.

Features : Full GUI System – MATE 1.20.1
LTS Server Kernel 5.3.0-40
Rhythmbox
VLC
OnlyOffice
Aisleriot Solitaire
Google Chrome
Software Center for easy application installation
Skype
Ice SSB
Chrome web application framework
Full multimedia playback
Remote Administration capability
Samba
Microsoft Powershell

When you purchase Linspire 8.7 you get 12 months of free upgrades, e-mail, and phone support. The download edition or boxed sets can be purchased here

DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

BOXED SETS

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Windows 7 End Of Life special

As everyone knows Windows 7 has reached its End Of Life. This leaves millions of Windows 7 systems vulnerable to malware, security exploits and bugs that will go unpatched and unfixed. Everyone is scrambling to find a solution. The common thread is to either upgrade to Windows 10 or find an alternative to run on older hardware that may not be Windows 10 compatible.

Enter the 'Windows 7 Refugee Program'. This program is run by PC/OpenSystems LLC and the Linspire team where we are offering Windows 7 users who may be left out in the cold an alternative for those Windows 7 PC's. Linspire 8.5.

Linspire 8.5 is an ideal solution for those Windows 7 users who may not be able to upgrade to Windows 10.

Linspire 8.5 offers the following features:

Familiar user interface
Easy setup and installation
KDE Plasma 5
Google Chrome 79
Ice SSB - Which allows you to turn any web app into a fully functional desktop application
Amarok Music Player
VLC Media Player
OnlyOffice desktop suite - Fully featured office suite which resembles Microsoft Office and saves files in the Microsoft Office file format.
Full multimedia Codecs - Linspire offers playback from Blu-Ray, DVD, Windows Media, Apple Quicktime and more.
Built in Anti-Virus and Firewall controls

From Today until Feb 1st we are offering Linspire 8.5 at a discounted rate. The download Edition will be $19.99 USD. The boxed set with a ready to use and install Live USB drive will be $30.99. Gets yours today.

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Linspire Enterprise Server 2019 R2 Released

Today the PC/Opensystems Enterprise development team is pleased to announce the release of Linspire Enterprise Server 2019 R2, our high-performance solution to SMB customers who require constant uptime coupled with reliability, scalability, and flexibility. Since the last release of LES 2019, PC/OpenSystems LLC has been hard at work to ensure LES 2019 R2 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. The LTS server kernel 5.0.0-37 will offer rock-solid performance for any workload you throw at LES 2019 R2.

Features : Full GUI System – XFCE + DWN Tiling Window Manager
LTS Server Kernel 5.0.0-37
Oracle Java 11 Pre-installed
OpenSSH Server and Client
Chrome web application framework
NFS / XFS / JFS / BTRFS / exFAT support
Multimedia support
VirtualBox preinstalled
Remote Administration capability
Biometric Services
Headless support
MongoDB Preinstalled
Samba
LDAP Directory services
Microsoft Powershell
Visual Studio Code
Microsoft SQL integration

Certified/tested hardware : HPE Proliant DL360 / DL380 / DL385 G10
HPE Microserver G10
HPE SGI 8600
Lenovo ThinkSystem SR590 / SR670 / ST550
Lenovo ThinkServer RS160 / TS150
Dell PowerEdge Rack / Tower Servers
IBM Z13/Z14/Z15 and IBM LinuxONE via emulation

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; Linspire Enterprise 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. Pricing : Download Edition: $119.99 USD Boxed Set: $299.99 USD - single license / $2999.99 USD unlimited site licensing

Linspire Workstation 2019 R2 released

Today the PC/Opensystems Enterprise development team is pleased to announce the release of Linspire Workstation 2019 R2. This update to Linspire Embedded Desktop offers unprecedented reliability, predictability, and performance. It also offers more of a traditional workstation environment. Productivity suite and groupware suite as well as a CAD environment and Diagram creation utility. Utilizing the lean MATE desktop environment, Linspire Workstation allows you to maximize the value of your current hardware investments, allowing you to decide what applications you want to run and what role you want your system to provide: multimedia production, productivity, development station, mainframe support or appliance control. Linspire Workstation 2019 R2 provides rock-solid performance and dependability, desktop PC or mobile.

Features : Full GUI System – MATE + DWN Tiling Window Manager
LTS Server Kernel 5.0.0-37
OpenSSH Client
Google Chrome
Ice SSB
QCad
OnlyOffice
Dia
Chrome web application framework NFS / XFS / JFS / BTRFS /exFAT support
Multimedia Codecs
Remote Administration capability
Biometric Services
Samba
LDAP Directory services
Microsoft Powershell
Microsoft SQL integration
Visual Studios Code

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.

Linspire Workstation 2019 offers unprecedented value and capabilities to your organization. Whether deployed on a traditional knowledge worker desktop or on a high-performance developer desktop. Linspire Workstation 2019 R2 is the premiere open-source desktop solution that can handle all of your business needs.

Pricing :Download Edition: $59.99 USD Boxed version $119.99 USD - single license / $2999.99 USD unlimited site licensing

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Use of non-free software

The goal of Linspire is to provide a complete operating environment that users can run on any system at any time. We are a consumer distribution and realize that convenience and support of all different devices and codecs are necessary to our customers and users. So with that we do provide software that is not governed by a free and open source license in our repositories and as part of the main distribution. This includes but is not limited to Binary only drivers in our kernel and multimedia playback such as MP3, WMA, Real, Quicktime and the Flash Plugin. So what does this mean exactly? It means that software and hardware vendors do provide us with precompiled object code or blobs and do not make their source code available. While this does not introduce any kind of legal or system stability risk to our customers as we are licensed to carry this object code. Those who request to live life by adhering to the Free Software Foundations policies will want to instead use or FOSS and Free-as-in-beer operating systems that DO NOT include proprietary software and code

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