BLAG Linux and GNU
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BLAG Linux and GNU is a discontinued Linux distribution that was made by the Brixton Linux Action Group.[2]
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| Developer | Brixton Linux Action Group |
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| OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
| Working state | Discontinued[1] |
| Initial release | 2002 |
| Latest release | 140000 / May 4, 2011 |
| Latest preview | 240000 |
| Update method | rolling release |
| Package manager | dnf |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux-libre) |
| Userland | GNU |
| Default user interface | GNOME (was planned to have switched to MATE upon release of BLAG 240000) |
| License | FSDG |
| Official website | www |
BLAG was a single-CD distro with a range of default desktop applications, including multimedia, graphics, desktop internet applications and more. BLAG also included a collection of server packages. BLAG was based on Fedora plus updates, adds apps from Dag, Dries, Freshrpms, NewRPMS, and includes custom packages.[3][4]
BLAG was one of the few operating systems listed as a completely free software distribution by the Free Software Foundation.[5]
History
The first public release of BLAG was 22 October 2002. The latest stable release, BLAG 140k, was based on Fedora 14, and was released on 4 May 2011. In October 2014 Blag 200000 was released in alpha form.[6]
Planning for BLAG 240000 commenced in January 2016 but it was never released.[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]
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