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Linspire formerly known as Lindows recently made available a CD version of its latest linux distibution. The giveaway was a result of confusion with a privately-owned project by Andrew Betts called Freespire which is composed of various open-source components taken from the freely available source repository for the Linspire operating system.

Freespire implies a free copy of Linspire prompting the company to give away its latest Linux distribution called Five-O. Betts has since taken off his project off Distrowatch.com, an open-source distribution website. Since Thursday, Linspire websites have been slammed due to the large number of downloads. A digital coupon code will be accepted for downloaded copies of Linspire’s 5.0 Linux, giving users a freebie through end-of-day Tuesday, Sept. 6.