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MEPIS Linux was a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution designed for both personal and business purposes. It includes cutting-edge features such as a live, installation and recovery CD, automatic hardware configuration, NTFS partition resizing, ACPI power management, WiFi support, anti-aliased TrueType fonts, a personal firewall, KDE, and much more.
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2006-03-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: BLAG Linux And GNU 30003 |
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An updated version of the current stable BLAG Linux And GNU 30000 series is now available: "BLAG 30003 (bicycle) has been released. BLAG is a single-CD distribution with everything desktop users 'expect' from a desktop, plus a collection of nice server applications. BLAG 30003 is based on Fedora Core 3 plus updates, adds applications from Dag, Freshrpms, NewRPMS, and includes custom packages. BLAG 30003 is the latest update to the BLAG30k series, using updates from the Fedora Legacy project. Updates include a new kernel, Apache, OpenSSH, Firefox, Mozilla, Liferea, Scribus, udev.... Overall, 42 packages were changed on the CD." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information. Download: BLAG-30003.iso (698MB, MD5).
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BLAG is a Linux distribution based on Fedora and reduced to one CD. It includes useful applications missing from Fedora, as well as a suite of graphics, Internet, audio, video, office, and peer-to-peer file sharing applications. BLAG is up-to-date with all Fedora errata fixes at time of release and uses Synaptic for easy upgrades. The name stands for Brixton Linux Action Group, which works to overthrow corporate control of information and technology through community action and to spread Free Software.
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2014-10-25 |
Development Release: BLAG Linux And GNU 200000 Alpha |
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Abdur-Rahman Morgan has announced the availability of the initial alpha build of BLAG Linux And GNU 200000, a set of Fedora-based live CDs (built exclusively from free software components) with a choice of GNOME, LXDE, MATE and Xfce desktops: "BLAG 200000 alpha of GNOME, LXDE, MATE and Xfce are ready for download. There is also a MINI, which I'll explain shortly. What has changed since the pre-alpha release? The repository works without having to download the second version of the blag-release package; replaced FVWM with Openbox; I've added Sound Recorder to ensure that a recording package was available on the CD, Audacity was too large; Labyrinth to provide a different tool for representing information; Xpad to provide quick notes; the LXDE, MINI and Xfce CDs are available to allow you to start on the DE/WM of choice and provide smaller downloads." Continue to the release announcement to learn more. Download (MD5, pkglist): BLAG-200000-x86_64-GNOME-Alpha.iso (637MB), BLAG-200000-x86_64-LXDE-Alpha.iso (520MB), BLAG-200000-x86_64-MATE-Alpha.iso (641MB), BLAG-200000-x86_64-XFCE-Alpha.iso (547MB). |
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2008-07-22 |
Distribution Release: BLAG Linux And GNU 90001 |
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Jeff Moe announced a bug fix release of BLAG Linux And GNU labeled as 90001, a single-CD desktop distribution based on Fedora: "It comes on a single CD (684 megs), is easily installed, and user friendly. This release follows quickly on the heels of BLAG 90000, as there were a few annoying issues with that, some of which have been sorted, such as some broken dependencies. A number of packages have been added to the CD, some of which appeared in earlier blag releases, such as: bittorrent, freej, gcc, gqview, gthumb, thunderbird, vnc-server, xchat. The CD has 97 package updates including a new kernel-libre-2.6.25.10-86.fc9.1, firefox 3.0.1, gnome/gtk2/nautilus packages, pidgin, xorg and more... Known issues with this release: Use yum instead of apt, or uncomment GPG line in /etc/apt/apt.conf (or install those keys); Automajick kickstart installs are not currently available; On some installs you have to hit ctrl-alt-f7 after firstboot when you add a user; this is only needed the first time." Read the complete release announcement for further details. Download: BLAG-90001-i386.iso (684MB, SHA1SUM, torrent).
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2008-07-15 |
Distribution Release: BLAG Linux And GNU 90000 |
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Jeff Moe announced the release of BLAG Linux And GNU 90000, a single-CD desktop distribution based on Fedora: "It has been a while since I've sent out an announcement, but quite a bit has happened since our last release, 70000. Alpha releases based on Fedora 8 and 9 made regular appearances. Linux-libre, a project to make a branch of the Linux kernel with non-free software removed, has flourished. This is the first "major" release of BLAG to include this kernel by default... We have a new repository tracking Fedora rawhide, with always the latest and greatest, it's BLAGHEAD: Software from the Future. A new mailing list has been added." Read the complete release announcement for further details. Download: BLAG-90000-i386.iso (606MB, SHA1SUM, torrent).
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2007-11-14 |
Distribution Release: BLAG Linux And GNU 70000 |
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Jeff Moe has announced the release of BLAG Linux And GNU 70000, a single-CD desktop distribution based on Fedora 7: "BLAG 70000 (sugarwater) released. BLAG is a 100% Free Software distribution with all the tools you want from a desktop computer, plus more. It comes on a single CD, is easily installed, and user friendly. Power users have the resources of a repository that combines bits from Fedora, freshrpms, Dries, ATrpms, Livna, Planet CCRMA, and our own special brews. BLAG 70000 (sugarwater) is a new series with a new base (F7) and many new applications. It is released under the GNU GPL v3." Optimised for the i686 processor architecture, BLAG 70000 uses Linux kernel 2.6.22.9 and GNOME 2.18 as the default desktop. Read the complete release announcement for further details. Download: BLAG-70000.iso (689MB, MD5, torrent).
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2007-06-27 |
Development Release: BLAG Linux And GNU 70000 Alpha |
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Jeff Moe has announced the first alpha release of BLAG Linux And GNU 70000, a free, desktop oriented distribution based on Fedora 7: "An alpha test image of BLAG 70k is available on the FTP site. This release is meant for people who would like to preview and test the next stable release of BLAG which will be 70000. The current stable release of BLAG is 60001. This 70k series is updated to use Fedora 7 as a base and kernel 2.6.21. It's in pretty good shape already, but has a few things to smooth out." The release announcement doesn't give away any further information, but interested alpha testers can download the CD image from here: BLAG-69999.10001.iso (699MB, MD5).
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2007-05-10 |
Distribution Release: BLAG Linux And GNU 60001 |
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Jeff Moe has announced the release of BLAG Linux And GNU 60001, an updated version of the Fedora-based distribution for the desktop: "The first update to the BLAG 60k series, BLAG 60001, has been released. This is just a 'roll up' of recent package updates, including an update from the 2.6.18 kernel to 2.6.20. The base package set remains the same. Over 200 updated packages are included. This release is primarily done so people who download the ISO don't have to then download a bunch of package updates. The repository now has over nine thousand packages and the developer's DVD set now takes three DVDs." Find more information in the release announcement and release notes. Download: BLAG-60001.iso (694MB, MD5); also available via BitTorrent.
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2007-01-14 |
Distribution Release: BLAG Linux And GNU 60000 |
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BLAG Linux And GNU 60000, a single-CD, Fedora-based distribution, has been released: "BLAG 60000 (flout) is a new series with a new base (Fedora Core 6) and many new applications." The new version ships with Linux kernel 2.6.18.6 and includes the latest version of the GNOME desktop environment, 2.16. Among software applications, BLAG 60000 features a large number of multimedia packages, such as Democracy Player, the Kino video editor, Listen audio player and Audacity sound editor. Kiax Internet telephony software and Gaim instant messaging client are also provided. Other popular software, including Firefox, Thunderbird or GIMP are included on the installation CD, while additional 8,500 packages are available from the project's download repositories or two downloadable DVDs. Please read the complete release announcement for more information. Download the CD image from here: BLAG-60000.iso (692MB, MD5), also available via BitTorrent.
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2007-01-02 |
Development Release: BLAG Linux And GNU 60000 Beta |
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Jeff Moe has announced the first beta release of BLAG Linux And GNU 60000: "BLAG 60000 (puente) beta released. BLAG 60000 is a new series with a new base (FC6) and many new applications. Since September 3rd over 50 alpha versions of BLAG 60000 have been spun. Today, this first day of 2007, we have our first beta." What's new? "Kernel 2.6.18; Democracy Player - a very cool Internet TV program; Inkscape - enabled with Inkboard so you can collaboratively work on drawings via Jabber; video editors - Kino for basic usage or Cinelerra for serious movie production; Gaim - handles Jabber, AOL, MSN, IRC, ICQ, Yahoo, and other Instant Messaging networks...." Read the release announcement for a complete list of new features. Download: BLAG-59999.50000.iso (678MB, SHA1).
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2006-09-30 |
Distribution Release: BLAG Linux And GNU 50002 |
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An updated version of BLAG Linux And GNU, build 50002, was released earlier this week: "The second update to the Fedora Core 5 based, single-CD, 100% Free distribution has been released. Highlights for this release are the latest kernel 2.6.17, the 'promotion' of BitlBee (an IRC to other chat networks gateway application) and Irssi (a terminal-based IRC client) from the repository onto the main CD, and updates to such major packages as Firefox 1.5.0.7, with BLAG's unique set of activist and independent media bookmarks), GIMP 2.2.13, Inkscape 0.44.1, Scribus 1.2.5, Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 and XChat 2.6.6. BLAG continues to have range of tools and software for the desktop user, media activist and those searching for the properly 'free' GNU/Linux experience. This includes BLASTERISK - the free BLAG telephone service for Free Software users, developers and Indymedia activists." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download: BLAG-50002.iso (694MB, MD5), also available via BitTorrent.
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