LinspireTM is a full-featured operating system like Microsoft Windows
XP or Apple Mac OSX. Linspire offers you the power, stability and cost-savings
of Linux with the ease of a windows environment. In addition, Linspire
features exclusive CNR technology that makes installing software on Linspire
fast and easy -- simply find the software you want in the CNR
Warehouse, then click and run it! Watch a 5-minute
Flash Demo to quickly learn more about Linspire and CNR.
Linspire is perfect for you if you use your computer for the Internet, school or office work, video, music, games, or anything else!
Internet Ready
The Linspire web suite is optimized for convenience and usability. The
tabbed web browser
with popup-ad blocking
keeps your desktop free from clutter. In addition, the integrated
find feature lets you perform custom web searches with just a click
of your mouse. The intuitive email
spam filtering learns which emails you consider to be good, and which
you consider to be bad, making it an effective spam solution!
The built-in instant
messenger allows you to simultaneously connect to multiple IM accounts
for AOL Instant Messenger, MSN, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, and more!
Linspire comes with robust office suite software, including a Microsoft Word-compatible (.doc) word processor, a Microsoft Excel-compatible (.xls) spreadsheet program and Microsoft PowerPoint-compatible (.ppt) slide show software. With this included office suite, you can create, edit and share great looking documents for home, work or school.
Listen to CDs and MP3s, or watch video files with the built-in players. Click and run the Linspire DVD Player from the CNR Warehouse to watch DVDs at home, or on-the-go on your laptop. Linspire comes with a host of games, and you can easily add more with just a click of your mouse-button, using the CNR Warehouse.
Linspire playing QuickTime, Windows Media Video and a DVD
Linspire 4.5 takes only a few mouse clicks to install and takes less than 10 minutes on most computers. And the interactive multimedia tutorials walk novice users through everything from navigating the desktop to setting up email, wireless networking and more. Installing software is also a snap with the CNR Software browser, which lets you click and run software by downloading and installing any of the 1800+ programs in the CNR Warehouse, each with one click of a mouse, hassle free!*
With Linspires' advanced automatic hardware detection, your hardware will automatically be detected, and Linspire will install the drivers for you (no need to keep track of all those confusing and annoying driver disks). Linspire has extensive hardware support, including expanded WiFi support for wireless Internet.
Linspire is "Plug & Play" ready, so you can plug in your USB or Firewire devices, such as scanners or digital cameras and Linspire will quickly recognize them and load necessary drivers in just seconds.
The Printer Wizard will walk you through adding a printer to your computer
quickly and easily, without any driver disks or additional software necessary.
In addition, Linspires' Easy Networking lets you read, write, share and
browse on a Microsoft Windows network just like you would on Microsoft
Windows computer!
CNR will install all the software you want with just one click!*
- PC with 800 MHz or higher processor**
- 128 MB of RAM (256 MB or higher recommended for best performance)**
- Hard drive**
- 1024 x 768 or higher resolution and monitor* (3-D graphics accelerator card for some games, screen savers, etc.)
- CD-ROM or DVD drive, Keyboard & Mouse
- Linspire-compatible sound card and speakers or headphones**
- Linspire-compatible 56 Kbps hardware modem, cable modem, or DSL modem**
- Ethernet card for Internet/LAN connectivity**
* Requires LinspirePlus
+ Requires Linspire Office
** For the most recent list of supported hardware, software and devices,
visit