Linspire, Inc. 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, Inc. was founded by former MP3.com CEO Michael Robertson, and is headed by CEO Kelvin Carmony. Linspire is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

The latest operating system offering from Linspire, Linspire Five-0, is compatible with all popular operating system, Internet and media file extensions.