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Post by egreggio on Dec 15, 2018 10:57:08 GMT
Is it possible to have a free Linspire 8 in Christmas as was Linspire 7? Regards Egreggio Dottore
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Post by berticus on Dec 17, 2018 4:36:21 GMT
I wanna know what happened to the RC2 version ,it was up for a short while and disappeared a few days later.
I had it my download list but now it can't be downloaded.
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Post by berticus on Dec 17, 2018 4:38:07 GMT
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Post by mattkingusa on Dec 18, 2018 21:24:06 GMT
Download self support version purchased and installed last night. Looking so nice and running very well. Already did some steam gaming on it. Gtx 960 on this machine.
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Post by Admin on Dec 21, 2018 23:54:31 GMT
Swordfish RC2 got superceeded by Linspire 8 RTM, if you have purchased a copy message me PRIVATELY or send me an e-mail and we will make sure you get your copy
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Post by mattkingusa on Dec 23, 2018 3:49:26 GMT
Swordfish RC2 got superceeded by Linspire 8 RTM, if you have purchased a copy message me PRIVATELY or send me an e-mail and we will make sure you get your copy I am kind of confused by this post but I did message you. Not sure if that is what you meant. |
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Post by berticus on Dec 26, 2018 17:28:27 GMT
I downloaded 'linspire-8-x64.iso' day before yesterday ,not sure if it was meant to be downloadable . It was either a very nice Christmas gift for those lucky enough to catch it or it was a mistake  Sometimes it pays to be ocd about checking iso sites,haven't tried it out yet ,will do tomorrow after main Christmas face stuffing is over. |
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Post by egreggio on Dec 27, 2018 10:53:54 GMT
You write: I downloaded 'linspire-8-x64.iso' day before yesterday
Where?
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Post by mattkingusa on Dec 28, 2018 15:47:15 GMT
You write: I downloaded 'linspire-8-x64.iso' day before yesterday Where? You guys should purchase a license too. pc open systems has to pay to license included software. |
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Post by berticus on Dec 28, 2018 22:53:02 GMT
I would consider ,if it booted up.
I tried Lin8 on a HP ryzen 5 laptop (intergrated amd graphics) ,it froze while the boot process was scrolling along ,didn't seem to like ryzen 5 at all.
I then tried numerous ways to boot on my main desktop pc ,Intel G4560 + amd RX560 +MSI H110M PRO-VD Plus motherboard.
Tried from a Ez2boot usb with iso ,then tried with linspire-8-x64.imgPTN ((iso converted to uefi use).
Got nothing but a black screen even with the "quiet splash" commands removed.
I'll try again with the iso burnt to a whole usb but i'm not hopeful.
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Post by berticus on Dec 28, 2018 22:56:16 GMT
ps:
Forgot to mention ,i also tried the well known "nomodeset radeon=0" commands ,didn't help.
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Post by berticus on Dec 28, 2018 23:05:38 GMT
pps:
My Linspie 8 iso came from the same official place all LINSPIRE/FREESPIRE iso's are downloaded from.
I haven't seen it anywhere else ,though FREESPIRE is available in other places as it is a free distro.
sidenote:
It's a bit annoying we can't edit our posts on this forum ,i have to keep adding new comments which is a bit silly.
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Post by mattkingusa on Dec 29, 2018 1:48:16 GMT
pps: My Linspie 8 iso came from the same official place all LINSPIRE/FREESPIRE iso's are downloaded from. I haven't seen it anywhere else ,though FREESPIRE is available in other places as it is a free distro. sidenote: It's a bit annoying we can't edit our posts on this forum ,i have to keep adding new comments which is a bit silly. I have it installed on this system I am using. It's an AMD Athlon X4 880k with Nvidia GTX 960. I had an issue with the installer but it was because the secondary drive, a 500GB HDD, had a boot loader installed and I hadn't cleared the drive. I had done my own config to use a 1tb SSD drive with the 500GB mounted as /backups and did not format that drive causing an error with the boot loader. Anywho, pulled the drive, re-installed and then formatted and auto mounted for my daily backups. Anyway, haven't had any issues with the AMD chip or the Nvidia card on this system. In fact I am getting really great fps in games.  |
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Post by berticus on Dec 29, 2018 22:57:19 GMT
I burnt it to usb with Rufus ,using dd option ,not the recommended burn option and it still has a black screen on booting but after adding 'nomodeset' to the boot option it does work
and i finally got to the desktop.
I have a feeling it might have also worked from an Ez2boot usb ,i think i lost my "nomodeset" command because i didn't press the correct key (F10)
after finishing editing the boot commands .
Anyway seems pretty good ,has the look and feel of a stable OS ,i'll try installing next and see how it goes.
The one thing i don't like is that start menu which i think has something to do with KDE ,can't get used to it .
I know it's used in a few distro's but i prefer keeping it simple with just one column on the left and then your programs branching off to the right when you hover your mouse over them.
It's the first thing i get rid of after installing windows ,install Open-Shell(formerly Classic-Shell) and choose classic start menu.
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Post by mrmdls on Jan 1, 2019 14:08:08 GMT
I haven't seen any official announcement yet regarding the release of Linspire 8. I'm wondering if there are various versions of Linspire 8 (Xfce, Mate,etc)?
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