Freespire 4.0 Beta 1.1 Released

Today we are pleased to announce the release of our newest test build of Freespire 4.0 Beta which is our upcoming release of our free version of  Linspire 8.0.  Freespire 4.0 Beta 1.1 is based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and the beta 1.1 release corrects many issues our users had with Beta 1. Please keep in mind that this beta is a pre-release and NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PRODUCTION USE.  This release is still in development meaning more changes will be coming    Freespire 4.0 Beta 1.1 includes the following updated software packages:

XFCE 4.12.2
kernel 4.15.0-29
Chromium Browser 67
Ice SSB
Geary 
Video Player
Audacious
RedShift
Abiword
Gnumeric
Cockpit
Samba 
Nitroshare
 Synergy
 Software Center with SNAP and Flatpak support

You can download Beta 1.1 from our download location

http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/pre/albacore4-b1-1.iso
http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/pre/albacore4-b1-1.iso.md5
http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/pre/albacore4-b1-1.iso.sha256

Freespire 3.0.9 Released

Today we have released Freespire 3.0.9 which is an incremental update to Freespire.  This includes all security and app updates to July 11, 2018.  Users are encouraged to either download the new ISO or run system wide updates to get the new bits.

Some changes aside from security updates that have been made are:

New light and dark mode
Kontact replaces Thunderbird
Full Calligra Office suite

You can download the new ISO from our download servers

http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/freespire/freespire-309-kde-x64.iso
http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/freespire/freespire-309-kde-x64.iso.md5
http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/freespire/freespire-309-kde-x64.iso.sha256

Freespire website launched

Today we are excited to announce the launch of the Freespire website.  Everything taking place on the Freespire front will be taking place here with regards to announcements and information.  We will be working very closely with the Black Lab team as well as the main Linspire developers to make Freespire a great project.