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Porteus
Porteus is a fast, portable and modular live CD/USB medium based on Slackware Linux. The distribution started as a community remix of Slax, another Slackware-based live CD, with KDE 3 as the default desktop for the i486 edition and a stripped-down KDE 4 as the desktop environment for the x86_64 flavour. There are now several desktop flavours of the distribution, which include editions running Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE Plasma, LXQt, MATE, and Xfce.
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| 2003-01-06 |
NEW • SCO Linux 4 Is Rough Around the Edges but Shows Promise |
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eWeek takes a brief look at SCO Linux 4.0: "SCO Linux 4, the first distribution we've reviewed from the UnitedLinux project, offers companies a sensible path to bringing Linux to their enterprise servers. As part of the UnitedLinux group, SCO Linux should provide compatibility with a wide range of hardware and software, along with support from The SCO Group's reseller network." You can find the rest of the overview here.
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| The SCO Group (SCO) is a provider of software solutions for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and replicated branch offices. SCO solutions include UNIX and Linux platforms; management, messaging, and e-business tools; and services that include technical support, education, consulting, and solution provider support programs. Based in Lindon, Utah, SCO has a worldwide presence with offices in 18 countries and representation in 82 countries. SCO solutions are divided into three broad areas: operating systems, extended platform and services. SCO's Operating Systems encompass SCO's UNIX and Linux platforms. SCO operating systems offer the performance, scalability and confidence of UNIX and the flexibility and reliability of Linux. SCO operating systems include SCO Linux Server, SCO UnixWare and SCO OpenLinux. Note: On 15 May 2003, SCO suspended the distribution of its Linux-based operating systems, claiming intellectual property infringments.
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| 2003-06-06 |
SCO Sues To Become Relevant |
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"The announcement by SCO last week that it intends to sue everyone who has ever uttered the word 'Linux' is the latest in a series of desperate measures by SCO to be noticed.", writes Humorix in SCO Sues To Become Relevant. "When Caldera discovered that its OpenServer line outsold its Linux line 3-2 (no, that's not a ratio, those are actual sales figures), they changed their name back to SCO. This brings us to the current situation. After the company's unsuccessful 'We're a player, dammit!' campaign caused 10% of their customer base to flee, SCO decided to resort to that time-honored American business tradition, litigation." Enjoy :-)
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| 2003-05-14 |
SCO Suspends Linux, DistroWatch Suspends SCO |
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This is from a letter sent to their customers by The SCO Group, formerly Caldera International: "We believe that Linux infringes on our UNIX intellectual property and other rights. We intend to aggressively protect and enforce these rights. Consistent with this effort, on March 7, we initiated legal action against IBM for alleged unfair competition and breach of contract with respect to our UNIX rights. This case is pending in Utah Federal District Court. ... For the reasons explained above, we have also announced the suspension of our own Linux-related activities until the issues surrounding Linux intellectual property and the attendant risks are better understood and properly resolved." And for the reasons stated above, some changes have been effected on this site. The SCO/Caldera Linux distribution has been moved onto the Discontinued Distributions page, removed from page hit ranking statistics and navigation bars. The SCO/Caldera page will remain intact for reference and historical purposes, but as far as DistroWatch is concerned, SCO/Caldera is no longer a Linux distribution.
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| 2003-03-07 |
SCO Sues IBM for One Billion Dollars |
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The SCO Group (formerly Caldera International) used to enter news headlines with great product releases and active Linux development, but sadly, those happy days are gone. As the news of SCO suing IBM emerges (see News.com and Forbes), it is clear that SCO is more interested in making money out of courtroom battles than from software development. Eric S. Raymond: "Make no mistake: this is a strike at the heart of our community. Conceivably we could live without IBM, but we can't live with the fear that any possible ally we might have in the future would get sued by whatever gang of desperate schlemiels holds the old paperwork from AT&T this week. Please support IBM in fighting off this lawsuit. It's important for the future." This is the rest of Eric S. Raymond's open letter to the Linux community. Other links of interest: Slashdot discussion, PCLinuxOnline calls for boycott of SCO, ZDNet and TheRegister reports. Interesting times ahead...
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| 2003-01-09 |
Review: SCO Linux 4 - Ready for the Big Time |
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This is a review of SCO Linux 4, published by Practical Technology: "Some things quickly became apparent. One is that SCO Linux 4 is easy -- I mean fall off a log easy -- to set up. With more than two decades of setting up server operating systems under my belt, I've never seen one this easy to set up before. In fact, I've found most desktop systems to be more difficult to install. In large part that was because SCO's Webmin and Usermin, web-based administration programs are very easy to use. We also found, though, that YaST, the UnitedLinux default administration suite, also worked well." The rest of the review can be accessed here. And just a small correction - the author claims that of the 4 members of the UnitedLinux consortium, only SCO and SuSE have released a product based on UnitedLinux 1.0. This is not true - Conectiva released Conectiva Linux Enterprise Edition in November 2002 and Turbolinux released Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 one month later. Both products are available in their respective home markets.
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| 2002-11-24 |
Product News: SCO Linux 4.0 |
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SCO Linux 4.0, Caldera's new server distribution based on United Linux 1.0 was launched early this week, but how does one get hold of it? SCO's own web site is particularly secretive about it so here is some information as presented to OpenLinux mailing list subscribers: "SCO Linux is available through our channel partners only. To purchase a copy, use the partner locator at www.sco.com/partners/find to find a partner near you. As for downloads, the only provision the UnitedLinux LLC makes for royalty free copies of a "Powered by UnitedLinux" distribution is for developers. If you join SCO's (free) developer program you will be able to download the ISOs as soon as they are pushed to the site (with any luck some time early next week). I'll post to the list as soon as they are available." So that explains the distribution model for SCO Linux 4.0, while this is the place to join the SCO Developer Network and obtain a copy of United Linux 1.0, once available.
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| 2002-09-25 |
SCO Linux 4.0 Open Beta Now Open |
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Hot on the heels of United Linux 1.0 Beta 3 comes SCO Linux (formerly Caldera OpenLinux) 4.0 Beta, now available as a free download. The timing of the two releases opens up some speculative thoughts so I went to investigate. The result? The two products are identical. If you have already downloaded the United Linux 1.0 Beta 3 ISO images then there is no need to bother with SCO Linux 4.0 Beta. On the other hand, if you haven't had the necessary luck to get hold of the United Linux offering (the download sites have been extremely busy), then registering at SCO Linux for open beta testing would be a wise move as the download speeds are a lot better over there. Either way, this should be a very interesting product to test...
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| 2002-08-27 |
Caldera to Change Name to The SCO Group |
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The title says it all; here is a short excerpt from the official announcement: "The new name draws upon the company's significant brand recognition in its SCO OpenServer and SCO UnixWare product lines. In addition, the renaming enables solution providers to use the strength of the SCO brand when selling Linux solutions, including SCO Linux based product powered by UnitedLinux to be released later this year." As far as the Linux distribution is concerned, the name "Caldera OpenLinux" will no longer be used, instead the official name of the upcoming 4.0 release (currently in closed beta testing) will be "SCO Linux powered by UnitedLinux". For the sake of simplicity, DistroWatch will call it SCO Linux and all references to Caldera will be replaced with SCO within the next few days. What you see on the left is the new logo, which we will have to get used to - reluctantly, I might add, since I kind of liked the Caldera logo. Ah, those corporate decisions...
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