With a broad application lineup ready for our users, Freespire 8.2 is the logical continuation of a great desktop product.
Aside from updates, we have listened to our users and made several changes. Most noticeably, we have switched from the GNOME desktop environment to the latest LTS of Plasma KDE, 5.18.8. Additionally, many of our users have requested them, so we have included the full range of multimedia codecs for our users to consume / create content in whatever format they like.
Another request was to switch from Google Chrome; we have honored that, switching Freespire’s default browser to Falkon, widely available, fully open source.
For security reasons we have disabled the installation of SNAP and SNAP packages. If you try to install a SNAP package it will fail.
Freespire 8.2 comes with no support options available except for its community. Forums are available to let us know of any problems that may arise as well as interact with members of the Freespire community
If you do need a fully supported operating system environment you can get Linspire here.
The distribution includes :
KDE Plasma 5.18.8 - fast and lean Linux desktop, fully functional and performance enhanced; peerless in terms of speed and user friendliness.
Kernel 5.13.0 LTS - Long Term Support kernel designed to stand the test of time.
Flatpak - Alternative package manager to SNAP, the current Ubuntu standard.
Falkon - Open Source Web browser based on QTWebKit
Kpat - Solitaire game
Calligra Office - Office suite. Part of the KDE Application suite
DragonPlayer - Multimedia player
Juk - Music Player
Balena Etcher - Utility for writing ISO’s to a USB stick
This release also contains many functionality / security updates.
You can download Freespire 8.2 below.
If you have data caps or metered internet connections you may want to consider purchasing a physical copy. It gives you physical media and helps us out.
