Today we are happy to release the newest Beta's of our flagship systems, Linspire 14 Beta 1 and Freespire 10 Beta 1. These are Beta builds which means they are provided for testing only we do NOT recommend these to be deployed in any kind of production environment. These builds are for users to provide us with feedback. Both of these builds use the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS base. Both are free downloads but as they are undergoing constant and consistent changes they are not representative of the final builds.
Linspire 14 Beta 1
Linspire 14 Beta 1 is our premium distribution it contains everything you need for a home user. Whether you are a student, home office worker, gamer or contemporary home user Linspire contains all the tools, codecs and applications to get you started.
- Linspire 14 Beta 1 changes are as follows:
- GNOME 42.9
- Linux Kernel 5.15.0-46
- Google Chrome 114
- Geary Mail Client
- Steam Client
- Discover Software Store
- Flatpak 1.14.4
- OnlyOffice 7.4
- Rhythmbox
- Totem
- Full multimedia and codec support
- All security updates up 7/15/2023
Other changes we have made is that we have removed the Ubuntu Advantage Tools as well as Canonical specific tools.
You can download this release here:
https://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/Beta/Linspire-14-2023.07.29-desktop-amd64.iso
https://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/Beta/Linspire-14-2023.07.29-desktop-amd64.md5
https://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/Beta/Linspire-14-2023.07.29-desktop-amd64.sha256
Beta 2 will be released mid-August
Freespire 10 Beta 1
Freespire 10 Beta 1 is our free distribution. Freespire can be redistributed freely and installed on multiple machines and modified as the user see's fit. This distribution can be used by the power user and Linux enthusiast. In this release we limit the number of proprietary non-free drivers and codecs that we include. Whether you are a developer, Linux power user or contemporary home user Freespire contains all the tools, utilities and applications that you need. Whether you want to experiment with different desktop environments you can download multiple software packages from the Ubuntu repositories or Flatpak.
Freespire 10 Beta 1 changes are as follows:
- GNOME 42.9
- Linux Kernel 5.15.0-46
- Brave Browser 1.52.130
- Geary Mail Client
- Steam Client
- Discover Software Store
- Flatpak 1.14.4
- OnlyOffice 7.4
- Rhythmbox
- Totem
- Free format multimedia and codec support
- All security updates up 7/15/2023
In this release we have removed the Ubuntu Advantage Tools as well as Canonical specific tools.
You can download these ISO's here:
https://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/Beta/Freespire-10-desktop-amd64.iso
https://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/Beta/Freespire-10-desktop-amd64.sha256
https://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/Beta/Freespire-10-desktop-amd64.md5
We will be releasing Beta 2 in September 2023