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   rbowman to RonB   
   Re: Gentoo Linux: $10K community donatio   
   31 Jan 26 05:45:06   
   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:23:50 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:   
      
   > I may be confusing Linspire with Xandros. I think it was Xandros that I   
   > bought. Even though Wikipedia says Xandros died in 2018, they're still   
   > selling it and there's still a free "community edition." available for   
   > download. Xandros and Linspire are both owned by the same outfit now. I   
   > think Xandros bought Linspire.   
      
   I've used Xandros. It was the original OS on the Asus Eee PC 700. I   
   shelved it when it couldn't handle WPA2 and there was no upgrade for   
   Xandros. It now is running Q4OS with no problem.   
      
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