BLAG Linux and GNU is a discontinued
Linux distribution
A Linux distribution (often abbreviated as distro) is an operating system made from a software collection that includes the Linux kernel and, often, a package management system. Linux users usually obtain their operating system by downloading one ...
made by the Brixton Linux Action Group.
BLAG is a discontinued, single-CD distro with applications desktop users "expect" from a desktop including multimedia, graphics, desktop internet applications and more. BLAG also included a collection of server packages. BLAG was based on
Fedora
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plus updates, adds apps from Dag, Dries, Freshrpms, NewRPMS, and includes custom packages.
BLAG was one of the few operating systems listed as a completely free software distribution by the
Free Software Foundation
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.
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.
Planning for BLAG 240000 commenced in January 2016 but it was never released.
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
Linux-libre is a modified version of the Linux kernel that contains no binary blobs, obfuscated code, or code released under proprietary licenses. In the Linux kernel, they are mostly used for proprietary firmware images. While generally red ...
set of scripts.
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Comparison of Linux distributions
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