Ubuntu joins hands with Linspire to improve Linux Master Microsoft

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A few days ago, Linspire and Canonical, two well-known open-source software companies, jointly signed a cooperation plan, which covers, in future releases, linspire's Linspire/Freespire products will be based on the Ubuntu Linux release of Canonical, while Canonical's Ubuntu Linux will also use the CNR upgrade system provided by Linspire. Both companies believe that such cooperation will benefit from both of them, and the desktop operating system market exclusively owned by Microsoft will earn a market share for Linux.

Kevin Carmony, CEO of Linspire, believes that through this technical cooperation, Linux desktop will be effectively promoted and unified. He also believes that the current Linux system still faces many problems and challenges, especially the current Windows exclusive desktop operating system market worries him. However, linspire is confident that, while providing differentiated choices for users, it tries its best to make users feel the difference.

Linspire's product base will be changed from Debian to Ubuntu, and the latest Ubuntu-based Freespire 2.0 rc version will be released soon. In the end, Freespire 2.0 will be released with the official release of Ubuntu 7.04, the reservation date is January 1, middle April.

When talking about the Cononical partner, Carmony is appreciated. he believes that Cononical, the parent company of Ubuntu, is a very successful open-source software company. they have contributed a lot to the open-source software industry and community, working with Cononical will bring Linspire's products to a higher level.

While signing the agreement, Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu, also expressed his views on the cooperation. he believes that the two open-source software companies work together to achieve win-win cooperation, the foundation of free software development is sharing and cooperation. now the two companies do this, in this way, the resources of the two existing companies can be used more effectively to contribute to the development and innovation of open-source software.

Through integration with the Linspire CNR Service, Ubuntu users will be able to enjoy a simple next-way software installation and upgrade service, while the original Ubuntu upgrade service is also retained, at present, more than 20000 software products have been upgraded through CNR. Linspire's CNR software upgrade service is currently open to other Linux systems. Ubuntu is the first Linux release to be supported.

When talking about the CNR Service, the Ubuntu founder said that he has been dissatisfied with the commercial software upgrade service of Ubuntu. now he is working with Linspire to use their CNR Service, it is very suitable for the current development needs of Ubuntu, greatly saving our workload.

By March April, Ubuntu users can access www.cnr.com to search for the software products they want to upgrade. they can use the product name keyword or function keyword.

This partnership will see Linspire base Linspire/Freespire on Ubuntu, while Canonical will in turn use Linspire's CNR implements cial software e-commerce technology. both companies believe that they will benefit in this partnership by promoting the adoption of Linux in the Microsoft dominated desktop market.

"This technology partnership goes a long way in advancing and unifying the Linux desktop," said Kevin Carmony, CEO of Linspire. "Linux faces implements challenges as it competes in a world historically dominated by Microsoft Windows, so there is plenty of work to go around and we're re pleased to be able to offer differentiation and choice, while switching fragmentation."

Linspire will move from Debian to Ubuntu as the base for its desktop operating system. early releases of Freespire 2.0 based on Ubuntu are expected soon, with the final release expected to follow the official release of Ubuntu 7.04 in each L.

"Ubuntu is the most successful community-based Linux project to date," said Carmony. "They have done a fantastic job with the development community and creating tools for utilising their technology. it made a tremendous amount of sense to partner with Canonical and begin basing our desktop Linux offerings on Ubuntu."

"The very nature of Free Software development is based on sharing and collaboration," commented Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu. "The less time, energy and resources Canonical and Linspire spend duplicating efforts, the more time we'll all have for unique improvements and innovation."

Through the incorporation of Linspire's CNR service, Ubuntu users will continue to have the same repository and installation options as before, but will have access over 20 000 desktop Linux products, packages and libraries, all with a single mouse click. linspire recently announced plans to make their CNR technology available for other Linux distributions. ubuntu will be the first distro to be supported.

"For some time, we 've been planning enhancements to Ubuntu's wide cial software management, and it was only natural to take advantage of Linspire's new, open CNR technology rather than duplicating that work, "continued Shuttleworth.

In Ubuntu users will be able to use www.cnr.com, to search for applications under a variety of tags such as title and function. an open-sourced plugin for each supported distribution is then used to add the one-click installation functionality. in the future, Canonical plans to integrate aspects of the CNR technology so the purchase of specified cial software is straightforward for desktop users.

Linspire and Ubuntu first started casual discussions about ways to work together a few years back, but started more formal discussions on ways to work together over the past year.