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White Box Enterprise Linux

Last Update: Sunday 28 September 2008 02:29 GMT

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White Box Summary
Distribution White Box Enterprise Linux (WBEL)
Home Page http://www.whiteboxlinux.org/
Origin USA
Mailing Lists http://beau.org/mailman/listinfo
User Forums --
Alternative User Forums LinuxQuestions.org
Documentation http://www.whiteboxlinux.org/howto.html
Screenshots TCS
Download Mirrors http://www.whiteboxlinux.org/download.html
Alternative Download Sites MadTux.orgLinuxQuestions.org
Related Web Sites Freshmeat
Reviews 3.0: NewsForgeNewsForgeFalkoTimme.com
Status This distribution is active.
Where To Buy LinuxCD.org

About White Box
What is the goal for White Box Linux? To provide an unencumbered RPM-based Linux distribution that retains enough compatibility with Red Hat Linux to allow easy upgrades and to retain compatibility with their errata SRPMs. Being based off of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3.0 means that a machine should be able to avoid the upgrade treadmill until October 2008 since RHEL promises errata availability for 5 years from date of initial release. Or more briefly, to fill the gap between Fedora and RHEL. Why was White Box Linux created? Its initial creation was sponsored by the Beauregard Parish Public Library in DeRidder, USA out of self interest. We have several servers and over 50 workstations running Red Hat Linux and were left high and dry by Red Hat's recent shift in business plan. Our choices were a difficult migration to another distribution or paying Red Hat an annual fee greater than the amortized value of our hardware. So we chose a third path, made possible by the power of open source.... White Box Linux.

Recent Related News
 • 2007-06-21: Distribution Release: White Box Enterprise Linux 4 Respin 2
 • 2006-05-02: Distribution Release: White Box Enterprise Linux 4 Respin 1
 • 2005-05-07: Distribution Release: White Box Enterprise Linux 4
 • 2005-04-01: Development Release: White Box Enterprise Linux 4 RC1
 • 2005-03-14: Distribution Release: White Box Enterprise Linux 3.0 Respin 2
 • 2004-06-17: Distribution Release: White Box Enterprise Linux 3.0 Respin 1

 • More White Box news...
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  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the 'libgnome' and 'nautilus' packages. As per the Apache project's recommendations, apache 1.3.x is referred to as "apache", while apache 2.x is referred to as "httpd".
  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.

Feature 4r2
manifest
3.0r2
liberation
Release Date 2007/06/21 2005/03/14
Price (US$) Free Free
CDs 4 3
Free Download ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop GNOME GNOME
Package Management RPM RPM
Office Suite OpenOffice OpenOffice
Processor Architecture i386 i386, x86_64
Journaled File Systems ext3 ext3
Multilingual Yes Yes
Asian Language Support cn, jp, kr, tw cn, jp, kr, tw
Package 4r2
manifest
3.0r2
liberation
abiword (2.6.5) -- --
alsa-lib (1.0.18) 1.0.6 --
amarok (1.4.10) -- --
ati-driver (8.11) -- --
bind (9.5.0-P2) 9.2.4 9.2.4
compiz (0.6.2) -- --
cups (1.3.9) 1.1.22rc1 1.1.17
db (4.7.25) 4.2.52 4.1.25
dhcp (4.0.0) 3.0.1 3.0.1
emacs (22.3) 21.3 21.3
evolution (2.24.2) 2.0.2 1.4.5
firefox (3.0.4) 1.5.0.12 --
freetype (2.3.7) 2.1.9 2.1.4
gcc (4.3.2) 3.4.6 3.2.3
gimp (2.6.3) 2.0.5 1.2.3
glibc (2.9) 2.3.4 2.3.2
gnucash (2.2.7) -- --
gnumeric (1.8.3) -- --
gtk+ (2.14.5) 2.4.13 2.2.4
httpd (2.2.10) 2.0.52 2.0.46
inkscape (0.46) -- --
jre (6u11) -- --
k3b (1.0.5) 0.11.14 --
kaffeine (0.8.7) -- --
kdebase (4.1.3) 3.3.1 3.1.3
koffice (1.6.3) -- --
Package 4r2
manifest
3.0r2
liberation
libgnome (2.24.1) 2.8.0 2.2.2
linux (2.6.27.7) 2.6.9 2.4.21
module-init-tools (3.5) 3.1-pre5 --
mono (2.0.1) -- --
MPlayer (1.0rc2) -- --
mysql (5.1.30) 4.1.20 3.23.58
nautilus (2.24.2) 2.8.1 2.2.4
NVIDIA (177.82) -- --
OpenOffice.org (3.0.0) 2.0.4 1.1.0
openssh (5.1p1) 3.9p1 3.6.1p2
openssl (0.9.8i) 0.9.7a 0.9.7a
perl (5.10.0) 5.8.5 5.8.0
php (5.2.7) 4.3.9 4.3.2
pidgin (2.5.2) 1.5.0 1.0.1
postfix (2.5.5) 2.2.10 2.0.16
postgresql (8.3.5) 7.4.17 7.3.8
Python (3.0) 2.3.4 2.2.3
qt-x11 (4.4.3) 3.3.3 3.1.2
samba (3.2.5) 3.0.10 3.0.9
sendmail (8.14.3) 8.13.1 8.12.11
thunderbird (2.0.0.18) 1.5.0.12 --
udev (135) 039 --
vim (7.2) 6.3 6.3
xfce (4.4.3) -- --
xine-lib (1.1.15) -- --
xorg-server (1.5.3) 6.8.1 --


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