Freespire is a community-driven Linux distribution derived from Linspire. Freespire 1.0 is based on Debian, and Freespire 2.0 and later are based on Ubuntu.

The PC/OS open source development team recently released version 9.0 of Freespire, some of the changes include:

• XFCE 4.18
• Linux 5.15
• Firefox web browser
• Thunderbird 102.42
• OnlyOffice office suite
• GIMP 2.10.32
• Transmission 3.00
• Balena Etcher
• HexChat IRC client
• Parole media player

This release also includes all security updates as of January 17, 2023. Freespire 9.0 does not include any proprietary codecs or non-open source software code.

More details can be found at: https://www.freespire.net/2023/01/freespire-90-released.html