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So is Freespire a project of Linspire, and has it always been?-- Darrelljon 12:25, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
Someone at Freespire has been dropping pages. The first ref is now dead. Chris Cunningham 18:48, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Does the default installation really have no proprietary software? I find that highly unlikely. Does anyone have a source? Superm401 - Talk 01:18, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
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Freespire 2.0 has been released about a couple of hours ago. Could someone edit version numbers and summarly list changes for 2.0 here, kthx. -- Omega Said 06:53, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
Is Freespire based on Ubuntu? The article as of now says that both Freespire and Linspire are based on Ubuntu . 24.8.231.58 00:21, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
The article compares Freespire to Fedora in terms of freeness. I find that very hard to believe. I haven't used Freespire, so I'm currently thinking of how to get to the truth of this matter.
Given that Freespire's parent company, Linspire, is the GNU/Linux company that pushes proprietary software the most, I wonder if the repeated mentions in this article of giving users the choice to install proprietary software are a sugar coated way of saying that there might be little or no proprietary software on the CD, but soon after you put the disk in you get dialogue boxes suggesting that you install proprietary software to solve various technical shortcomings. Fedora doesn't do that, so if I'm right, then the comparison, and the general tone of this article, is dishonest. -- Gronky ( talk) 20:14, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
I believe that Freespire meets the general notability guideline. I am removing the tag.-- CFeyecare Talk! 00:12, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Changed dead link for NewsForge referring to the announcement of Freespire (reference note 5). Used similar article from LinuxPlanet.
Jaqian ( talk) 15:34, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
Site's copyright is dated 2006, and the last release was over 2 years ago. Unless they're Debian or Red Hat, this sounds like Freespire is dead. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.28.84.179 ( talk) 17:41, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
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So is Freespire a project of Linspire, and has it always been?-- Darrelljon 12:25, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
Someone at Freespire has been dropping pages. The first ref is now dead. Chris Cunningham 18:48, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Does the default installation really have no proprietary software? I find that highly unlikely. Does anyone have a source? Superm401 - Talk 01:18, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
Image:Freespire logo.png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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Freespire 2.0 has been released about a couple of hours ago. Could someone edit version numbers and summarly list changes for 2.0 here, kthx. -- Omega Said 06:53, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
Is Freespire based on Ubuntu? The article as of now says that both Freespire and Linspire are based on Ubuntu . 24.8.231.58 00:21, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
The article compares Freespire to Fedora in terms of freeness. I find that very hard to believe. I haven't used Freespire, so I'm currently thinking of how to get to the truth of this matter.
Given that Freespire's parent company, Linspire, is the GNU/Linux company that pushes proprietary software the most, I wonder if the repeated mentions in this article of giving users the choice to install proprietary software are a sugar coated way of saying that there might be little or no proprietary software on the CD, but soon after you put the disk in you get dialogue boxes suggesting that you install proprietary software to solve various technical shortcomings. Fedora doesn't do that, so if I'm right, then the comparison, and the general tone of this article, is dishonest. -- Gronky ( talk) 20:14, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
I believe that Freespire meets the general notability guideline. I am removing the tag.-- CFeyecare Talk! 00:12, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Changed dead link for NewsForge referring to the announcement of Freespire (reference note 5). Used similar article from LinuxPlanet.
Jaqian ( talk) 15:34, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
Site's copyright is dated 2006, and the last release was over 2 years ago. Unless they're Debian or Red Hat, this sounds like Freespire is dead. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.28.84.179 ( talk) 17:41, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
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