BLAG Linux and GNU

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BLAG
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Company / developer Brixton Linux Action Group
OS family Unix-like
Working state Current
Source model Free and open source software
Latest stable release 140k / 2011-05-04
Kernel type Monolithic (Linux kernel)
License Free software licences
Official website www.blagblagblag.org

BLAG Linux and GNU is a Linux distribution made by the Brixton Linux Action Group.[1]

BLAG is a single-CD distro with applications desktop users "expect" from a desktop including multimedia, graphics, desktop internet applications and more. BLAG also includes a collection of server packages. BLAG is based on Fedora plus updates, adds apps from Dag, Dries, Freshrpms, NewRPMS, and includes custom packages.[2][3]

The first public release of BLAG was 22 October 2002. The latest stable release, BLAG 140k, is based on Fedora 14, and was released on 4 May 2011.

BLAG is one of the few operating systems listed as free software Linux distributions[4] at Project GNU's links page.[5] Richard Stallman mentioned BLAG, GNU and Ututo when asked which distro he recommended during his speech at Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2005. He used Ututo at one point[6] and uses gNewSense as of 2010.[7]

The script used in BLAG for cleaning the kernel from non-free blobs shipped in it by default was used as a base for the Linux-libre set of scripts.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Fedora-based single-CD distro goes gold". DesktopLinux.com eWeek. Ziff Davis Enterprise Holdings Inc. 2006-07-14. Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-10. 
  2. ^ Magic Banan (2008-05-26). "Interview with Jeff Moe: BLAG, linux-libre and More". Archived from the original on 27 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-10. 
  3. ^ "BLAG updates its Fedora-based distro". Ziff Davis Enterprise Holdings Inc. 2006-10-05. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-14. 
  4. ^ "Guidelines for Free System Distributions" (in en). Free Software Foundation, Inc. 2008-08-06. Archived from the original on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-08. 
  5. ^ "Links to Other Free Software Sites" (in en). Free Software Foundation, Inc. 2008-07-22. Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-08. 
  6. ^ Joshua David Williams, HardwareLogic.com (2007-05-28). "HL Interviews Dr. Richard Stallman".  Hosted on the Wayback machine.
  7. ^ An interview with Richard Stallman : The Setup
  8. ^ Bruce Byfield (2008-08-01). "Linux-libre project meets rocky reception". Linux.com. SourceForge, Inc. 

External links

Red Hat Enterprise Linux derivatives
Fedora derivatives