Freespire Beta 2 has been made available for download just 10 days after Beta 1 was released. One of the biggest things that I love about Freespire is the long list of software and drivers that are available for download at no cost. Here are some of the details that make Freespire so great:
- Freedom of choice, with a mix of FOSS (free open source software) and 3rd-part, legally licensed, proprietary software.
- Multimedia support of MP3, Windows Media, QuickTime, Real, Java, Flash, etc. You should be able to use all of these files, right out of the box, without doing anything: http://linspire.com/filetypes
- Plug-N-Play hardware support from nVidia, ATI, Intel, and many others, right out of the box, without installing anything.
If you are skeptical about trying it out then maybe you should take a look at the screenshot gallery that OSDir.com has put up. I think that it is a great operating system especially for those people who have a tough time transitioning from Windows. Once you checkout the screenshots you will definitely start to see the similarities between Windows and Freespire.
Remember that this is Beta software and playing around with it could lead to unexpected results. They recommend that you use it on a test machine just to make sure nothing bad happens to your valuable data!
Hey Ryan, I have been looking and I am interested in running Linux on my computer. I want to be able to keep my current WinXP configuration.
Is it possible to run Freespire with my WinXP?
How’s the install process? I tried Ubuntu and it didn’t install for some reason.
Any info you can give me on Linux and freespire would be great!
Yes it is possible to dual boot between Freespire and XP. It will not destroy your XP installation.
For a first time linux user it is quite possibly the easiest to use linux distro and you have nothing to lose from trying it out.
Good deal, I shall try it out as soon as I get the chance. I love open source!
Just like the above commenter had mentioned it is possible to dual boot the two Operating systems but you should setup a partition first.
For all of these “test” Operating Systems that I use I have a spare 160GB hard drive in my desktop computer which I have partitioned. I then install multiple OS’s such as Vista, Freespire, etc… and find that they all play nicely together.
-Ryan
Know any good and free partitioning apps?
Unfortunately I don’t know of any free apps for partitioning because I paid for [acronis.com] a little while back. It works great but it also costed $50! Hopefully someone else will know of some good free software for this.
-Ryan