Linspire 8.5 Linux Operating System Released, Based on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS

Linspire 8.5 “Swordfish 2” is a major release compared to the previous versions, bringing numerous updated components and various new features for a full-fledged Linux desktop experience. Just like its little brother Freespire 5.0, Linspire 8.5 is based on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS (Bionic Beaver) and uses the Linux 5.0 kernel. Similar to Freespire 5.0, the goal for Linspire 8.5 was to address the bloatware complaints from the community and make the distribution slimmer by including only the “best of breed” applications. Of course, this means that, if users want to replace the default apps or install more, they can use the software center utility.