Linspire and Fluendo announced a partnership that will bring legal multimedia software to desktop Linux users worldwide. Immediately available and one-click accessible through CNR.com's 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.

"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 codes 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."