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• Linspire, Inc.   - Makes, sells, promotes easy-to-use Linspire distribution, links to Linspire certified desktop and notebook PCs. Descriptions, news, support, demo, screenshots, forum, jobs, contacts; partners, builders, resellers.

• Lindows - Linux for the Desktop - LindowsOS is a Linux Operating System aimed at the Desktop
• Linspire Network - A forum based website dedicated to helping people get the most out of Linspire.
• Lraiser - A network to get people to try Linspire.
• Seagate - Linspire General FAQs - Linspire General FAQs provided by Seagate. All the details about Seagate hard drives preinstalled with the Linspire OS
• Sub300.com - A company selling PCs preinstalled with the Linspire OS starting at under $300.

• Seagate Pops Lindows onto Hard Drives at No Charge - Will lend open source hand to Whitebox PC makers by distributing LindowsOS on one drive model at no cost. Any US computer maker can buy 40GB Barracuda 7200.7 pre-loaded with LindowsHD or without at same cost, should save about $100 per box. [The Register] (September 24, 2003)
• Lindows.com Nabs New Customer in Japan - The desktop Linux advocate boasts a new partnership in Japan with Japanese ISP EDGE to sell LindowsOS in Japan for home, work, education uses; and assures customers Lindows has nothing to fear from SCO. [InternetNews] (May 29, 2003)
• Lindows CEO Attacks Intel's Centrino Linux Lockout - Intel is having major internal struggle over desktop Linux, and pro-Microsoft marketing droids are winning, according to Lindows.com CEO Michael Robertson. Lists several types of evidence. [The Register] (March 20, 2003)
• Maker of Lindows Laughs at Face of Danger (and Microsoft) - Robertson started a firm competing against Microsoft Windows in the PC OS market, named his cheap OS and firm Lindows (one letter different), and to ensure Microsoft hates him, has a $200,000 reward for anyone hacking Xbox. [USA Today] (February 25, 2003)
• Lindows CEO Funds Xbox Hacking Contest - Michael Robertson, Lindows CEO, reveals himself as formerly anonymous donor of $200,000 prize money in contest to translate Linux OS to Microsoft's Xbox video game console. [CNET News.com] (January 2, 2003)
• Lindows Heads for Store Shelves - San Diego start-up dedicated to making Linux easy to use for average PC users releases first retail version of its software Lindows 3.0, and has enlisted retail partners to sell it. [CNET News.com] (December 17, 2002)
• New Lindows Release Stands Alone - Version 3.0 is 1st Lindows OS sold as isolated product. Before new release, consumers could only buy it bundled on PCs. IDC analyst questions effectiveness of Lindows Wal-Mart distribution strategy. [NewsFactor Network] (November 20, 2002)
• Lindows Unleashes Upgraded OS - LindowsOS 3.0 aims to offer affordable alternative to Windows, with full compatibility with Microsoft programs and Windows file formats. [PCWorld] (November 18, 2002)
• Review: Lindows 2.0 Dissected - Change of heart: From our in-depth testing, it turns out that Lindows 2.0 isn't a disappointment after all. In fact, we kind of liked it. It is a very slick, highly usable OS. [ZDNet ExtremeTech] (October 4, 2002)
• Linux Finds Fans at Wal-Mart - Firm expands experiment selling low-cost PCs running Linux OS. Web site now has lines of Microtel PCs with installed Lindows, Mandrake. May be milestone for Linux public acceptance. Sales are above expectations. [CNET News.com] (July 15, 2002)
• Low-cost Lindows PCs Hit Wal-Mart - Price-conscious retailer is rolling back prices on Linux PCs. On its Web site, it has widened its range of Microtel desktop PCs, with and without LindowsOS installed, with GUI and ability to run Windows programs. [ZDNet] (June 17, 2002)
• The Lindows Conundrum - Lindows is a cheap OS that runs Linux and Windows code, with a name that mixes both, and which looks like Windows. Why isn't anyone taking it seriously? [ZDNet PC Magazine] (October 26, 2001)
• Lindows: Linux Meets Windows - The founder of MP3.com, Michael Robertson, has a solution for the lack of desktop applications for the Linux OS: Make Windows software run on Linux, by using parts of Wine, software letting Windows programs run on Unix. [Wired News] (October 25, 2001)
• A Linux OS to Challenge MS? - Former MP3.com CEO has a new challenge: wresting control of OS market from Microsoft. His new firm, Lindows.com, has something no OS has done well yet. For a fee, users download LindowsOS, which runs Microsoft or Linux programs on PCs. [Wired News] (October 25, 2001)
• Start-up Creating Linux-Windows Combo - Lindows.com, a 20-person San Diego company led by former MP3.com Chief Executive Michael Robertson, plans to sell preview version of Linux to run popular Windows programs. Version 1.0 is due early 2002. [CNET News.com] (October 23, 2001)

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