BLAG GNU / Linux

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BLAG GNU / Linux
BLAG logo
Blag Desktop.png
BLAG Linux Desktop
developer le Brixton Linux Action Group
License (s) Free software licenses
Current  version 140k "Spartakus" (May 4, 2011)
ancestry GNU / Linux
↳ Fedora
↳ BRAT
Architecture (s) x64 , i686
Others Price: any
Language: German and many others
Desktop: Gnome
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BLAG is a Linux distribution that consists entirely of free software . It is a derivative of the Linux distribution Fedora .

BLAG is tailored to desktop systems and therefore includes a. Multimedia, image processing and Internet applications, but a selection of server software is also available. BLAG was first released on October 22, 2002. The latest stable version, BLAG 140k, was released on May 4, 2011 and is based on Fedora 14. On October 23, 2014, the Fedora 20-based alpha version of BLAG 200k was released released.

BLAG is one of the few Linux distributions that are listed on the website of the GNU project as completely free - in the sense of free software.

Linux-libre uses software originally developed for BLAG to remove unfree binary blobs from the kernel.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Fedora-based single-CD distro goes gold . In: DesktopLinux.com eWeek . Point Davis . July 14, 2006. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved on August 10, 2008.
  2. blag linux and gnu features. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
  3. develop blag. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
  4. Abdur-Rahman Morgan: BLAG 200000 Alpha. October 23, 2014. Announcement in the archive of the blag-devel mailing list. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  5. Free GNU / Linux distributions . Free Software Foundation . January 31, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  6. ^ Bruce Byfield: Linux-libre project meets rocky reception . In: Linux.com . August 1, 2008. Retrieved May 22, 2017.