Foresight Linux
| Foresight Linux | |
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 Foresight Linux 2.5.2 (LXDE) |
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| developer | Ken VanDine, António Meireles and others |
| License (s) | GNU GPL and others |
| Current version | 2.5.3 (GNOME, LXDE, Xfce) (March 31, 2013) |
| ancestry |
GNU / Linux ↳ rPath ↳ Foresight |
| Architecture (s) | x86 , AMD64 |
| foresightlinux.se | |
Foresight Linux was a Linux distribution based on rPath Linux (at that time Specifix Linux ) with the aim of the current - or from the point of view of other distributions - coming Version of the interfaces Gnome , KDE , LXDE and Xfce . As a package management software that came from rPath Linux developed Conary used that in an update downloads a package only changed data to the new package version.
The beginnings of the distribution are hardly documented, Distrowatch has a version 0.6 from March 2005 as the oldest report. Foresight Linux received the 2008 Ovatio Awards from Ars Technica and - together with openSUSE - was named Distro of the Year .
On May 12, 2015, the developers announced the discontinuation of the distribution.
supporting documents
- ↑ Foresight Linux download page. March 31, 2013, accessed October 14, 2014 .
- ↑ Foresight Linux 1.4 released. Pro-Linux, September 20, 2007, accessed August 6, 2008 .
- ↑ Conary ( Memento of 26 January 2013, Internet Archive )
- ↑ Ladislav Bodnar: Latest News and Updates - Foresight. In: DistroWatch. Retrieved August 6, 2008 .
- ^ Ars Staff: The 2008 Ovatio Awards. In: Ars Technica. CondéNet Inc., December 3, 2008, accessed December 23, 2008 .
- ^ Foresight Linux Project announces its retirement. May 12, 2015, accessed May 21, 2015 .
Web links
Commons : Foresight Linux - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- www.foresightlinux.se - official website
- The GNOME Journal: Creating the GNOME 2.18 Live Media: An interview with Ken VanDine ( Memento August 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Foresight Linux 1.4 with brand new Gnome 2.20 - Article from 1 November 2007 to the website linux-community.de of Linux users
- Detailed report on Foresight Linux 2.0.4 - Article from August 20, 2008 at linux.com (English)