Linspire & Fluendo Partner to Bring Easy One-click Multimedia Software to Desktop Linux Users
March 13 2008 - 12:01AM
PR Newswire (US)
CNR.com to offer legal multimedia software bundle options for
Freespire, Linspire, and Ubuntu SAN DIEGO and BARCELONA, Spain,
March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Linspire, Inc. developer of CNR.com
(http://www.cnr.com/), an easy-to-use, one-click digital software
delivery service for desktop Linux software, and Fluendo S.A., a
company specialized in delivering products and services on Unix and
Linux multimedia platforms, today announced a partnership that will
bring legal multimedia software to desktop Linux users worldwide.
Immediately available and one-click accessible through CNR.com's
easy-to-use software delivery service, Fluendo's multimedia
software products are now available to Freespire 2.0, Linspire 6.0,
Ubuntu 7.04 and 7.10 users and will soon expand to additional
popular Linux distributions
(http://www.cnr.com/product/fluendomegabundle). "The Fluendo
partnership offers desktop Linux users additional multimedia
options which they can easily install with one click of the mouse
through CNR.com," said Larry Kettler, Linspire President and CEO.
"CNR.com provides a valuable marketplace where users can choose
what software they want, both free and commercial, and quickly
install it on their systems." Commercial multimedia software codecs
in desktop Linux operating systems have been very limited in the
past as popular free Linux distributions do not bundle proprietary
offerings due to their inherent licensing fees. Providing a legal
option to desktop Linux users, Fluendo multimedia software
offerings allow users to play movies using the MPEG 4 part 2 codec
(aka DIVX), MP3 audio tracks and MPEG2 video files as well as get
access to the latest networking protocols and the popular Windows
Media format to open Windows Media clips. "Fluendo software options
combined with the ease of CNR's one-click installation, provides a
very simple and straightforward way to enjoy a great multimedia
experience on your GNU/Linux operating system," said Pascal Pegaz
Paquet, Fluendo Co-Founder. "We are proud to finally reach our goal
by providing an easy to use, 100% legal and fully functional
solution to the multimedia issue in the free software environment."
Each Fluendo software product comes with a free one-year upgrade so
users receive all the performance improvements and new codecs added
to the bundles during that 12 month period. In addition, after 12
months each user has the option to purchase a yearly support
contract that will keep them up to date with the latest software
and decoding capabilities. Pricing & Availability: Product:
Fluendo Megabundle Basic CNR Price $39.95 Premium CNR Price $34.95
Available immediately through CNR.com at
http://www.cnr.com/product/fluendomegabundle Fluendo GStreamer
plugins for GStreamer 0.10.3 and later. -- Windows Media Audio
Decoder -- Windows Media Video Decoder -- Windows Media ASF Demuxer
-- Windows Media MMS Networking MPEG2 -- Video Decoder MPEG4 --
Video Decoder MPEG2 Program Stream and Transport Stream demuxer --
MPEG4 ISO Demuxer -- MP3 Audio Decoder -- AC3 Audio Decoder Fluendo
products are now available through CNR.com (http://www.cnr.com/), a
free standardized Web 2.0-based Linux software delivery service
designed to normalize the process of finding, installing, and
updating Linux software. As part of CNR.com, a Premium CNR Service
provides users a number of additional features and value, including
discounts on all commercial Linux software available through
CNR.com. About CNR.com CNR.com (http://www.cnr.com/) is a free
one-click software delivery service designed to standardize the
process and eliminate the complexity of finding, installing and
managing Linux software for the most popular desktop Linux
distributions, both Debian and RPM-based. A free service requiring
no registration to use, CNR.com users get the most extensive free
resource available anywhere for desktop Linux software. As part of
CNR.com, a Premium CNR Service provides users a number of features
and value, including discounts on all commercial Linux software
applications available through CNR.com. Search from tens of
thousands of Linux software programs, packages and libraries by
title, popularity, similar software, category or function, and with
just one click, install the software right on to your computer.
About Linspire Linspire, Inc. (http://www.linspire.com/) was
founded in 2001 to bring choice into the operating system market.
The company's flagship product, the Linspire operating system, is
an affordable, easy-to-use Linux-based operating system for home,
school, and business users. Linspire also pioneered CNR Technology,
which provides free access to all Linux software through CNR.com,
allowing one-click installation from over 35,000 software programs,
packages and libraries. Free to use, both free & commercial
software is available at CNR.com (http://www.cnr.com/). About
Fluendo S.A. Fluendo is a company specialized in delivering
products and consulting services focusing on UNIX and GNU/Linux
multimedia. Fluendo employs several of the central developers of
the GStreamer multimedia framework, which is quickly establishing
itself as the de-facto standard multimedia framework for GNU/Linux
and UNIX systems. Fluendo's flagship product is the streaming media
server, Flumotion, endowed with a unique and powerful distributed
design. Fluendo comes out ahead by combining best-of-breed systems
from the Open Source world with a strong team of highly
knowledgeable software engineers and a management team with a lot
of streaming media expertise. For more information please contact:
Linspire, Inc. 858-587-6700 ext 183 858-587-8095 Fax DATASOURCE:
Linspire, Inc. CONTACT: Linspire, Inc., +1-858-587-6700, ext. 183,
fax, +1-858-587-8095, Web site: http://www.linspire.com/
http://www.cnr.com/
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