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What comes with Freespire?

April 26, 2017comes Freespire

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What comes with Freespire?

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What do you get with it? A lot. First, Freespire legally supports — or has one-click access to legal support for — MP3, DVD, Windows Media, QuickTime, Java, Flash, Real, ATI graphic drivers, NVIDA graphic drivers, Win-modem drivers, proprietary WiFi drivers, Bitstream fonts, and more. Many versions of Linux have built-in support for one or more of these. RealPlayer 10, via its open-source clone Helix, for instance, is supported in Xandros 4. Other Linuxes, for example openSUSE 10, have supported proprietary programs, such as Acrobat and the Atheros WiFi drivers (madwifi), in the past. However, Novell’s latest releases — openSUSE 10.1 and SLED 10 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10) — no longer include proprietary software. As a result, to get the most from their systems, users either have to track down and install the proprietary device drivers or programs, or rely upon experts to walk them through the process. For example, SUSE expert Jem Matzan gives directions on how to make openS