Turbolinux
| Turbolinux | |
|---|---|
| developer | Turbolinux Inc. |
| License (s) | proprietary |
| Current version | 12.5Y (August 29, 2012) |
| ancestry |
GNU / Linux ↳ SLS ↳ Slackware ↳ Red Hat Linux ↳ Turbolinux |
| Architecture (s) | IA-32 , AMD64 |
| Others | Languages: English, Japanese, Chinese Standard desktop: KDE Packetmanager: RPM |
| www.turbolinux.com | |
Turbolinux is a Japanese software company and Linux distribution .
Company history
In 1992 Jeff "Cliff" Miller and his wife Iris founded Pacific HiTech in California . The company's focus was mainly on the Asian market, first in Japan , then the People's Republic of China and South Korea . The company was renamed Turbolinux in 1999 .
At the height of the dot-com bubble , the company had many investors and therefore has a very eventful history. In 2000 alone, a total of $ 87 million in venture capital flowed into the operation; among other things, it expanded to Europe and opened numerous branches worldwide. A listing on the stock exchange seemed to be imminent.
Most of the branches were closed again within a year. Frequent changes in management went hand in hand with different company strategies, which tended to harm rather than help. The founders Jeff and Iris Miller left the company in 2000. Turbolinux also withdrew from Germany and Europe . In the summer of 2001, a merger with the already ailing service provider Linuxcare seemed imminent. However, this failed at the last moment. In 2002 Turbolinux was taken over by SRA. SRA ( Software Research Associates ) has been a system house since 1967 with strong connections to free software. One of the best-known employees at Turbolinux is the PostgreSQL core developer Tatsuo Ishii. Turbolinux is still one of the most popular Linux distributions , especially in South Asia (China, Japan).
Turbolinux became known in Germany through United Linux , a participation in the alliance of SuSE , Conectiva and Caldera .
Products
Turbolinux is offered as a desktop and a server edition. These versions have the same version number and are identified by a D or S after them .
Turbolinux is only available for i386 -compatible computers . By default in the Desktop Edition KDE , the desktop environment . Gnome is also included. The server edition relies on Xfce as the desktop environment. Turbolinux uses RPM as the package manager and OpenOffice.org as the office suite. In addition, Turbolinux u. a. the following proprietary software :
- automatic hardware detection and installation
- Turbo Media Player
- PowerDVD from CyberLink .
- Flash player
- RealPlayer
Versions
| version | Surname | date |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | Kyoto | June 16, 1998 |
| 2.0 | Okinawa | May 11, 1999 |
| 3.0 | Karatu | June 20, 1999 |
| 4.0 | - | August 24, 1999 |
| 4.2 | - | March 22, 2000 |
| 6.0 | - | August 16, 2001 |
| 7th | Monza | November 2, 2001 |
| 8th | Silverstone | July 22, 2002 |
| 10D | Suzuka | October 24, 2003 |
| 10S | Celica | May 28, 2004 |
| 10F | Lemans | May 28, 2004 |
| 11 | Fuji | November 28, 2005 |
| 11S | Musasabi | November 29, 2007 |
| 11D | Magny-Cours | November 29, 2007 |
See also
Web links
- http://www.turbolinux.com.cn/ (Chinese)
- http://www.turbolinux.com/ (English)