Lindows, a Linux distro from the past, aimed to blend the familiarity of Windows with the power of Linux. It was later renamed Linspire due to a legal dispute with Microsoft. In July 2004, Microsoft offered to settle with Lindows case. As part of this licensing settlement, Microsoft paid [0] an estimated USD 20,000,000, and Lindows transferred the Lindows trademark to Microsoft and changed their name to Linspire [1]
