Today we are pleased to announce the release of our newest test build of Linspire 8.0 Alpha which is our upcoming release. Linspire 8.0 will come in a full desktop release, minimal install and our Cloud Editions. Linspire 8.0 Alpha 5 is based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Please keep in mind that this beta is a pre-release and NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PRODUCTION USE.
Linspire 8.0 Alpha 5 includes the following updated software packages:
XFCE 4.12.2
kernel 4.15.0-29
Google Chrome 68
Ice SSB
Thunderbird 52.9 with lightning extension
Video Player
Rhythmbox
Maps
GNOME Documents
Weather
GNOME Books
GNOME Photos
RedShift
LibreOffice
Cockpit
XFS support
JFS Support
BTRFS support
Samba
NFS
Nitroshare
Synergy
Software Center with SNAP and Flatpak support
OpenJDK 10
You can download Alpha 5 from our download location
http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/pre/swordfish-8a5.iso
http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/pre/swordfish-8a5.iso.md5
http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/pre/swordfish-8a5.iso.sha256
