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Revision as of 12:31, 8 June 2020 edit Ahunt (talk \| contribs) Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Page movers, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers 229,521 edits Removed prod, read the sources lists and the previous deletion discussion - obviously not the case. Also has been though AfD, so should not be PROD. Please discuss on the talk page before further action. ← Previous edit		Latest revision as of 19:59, 15 May 2023 edit undo Ahunt (talk \| contribs) Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Page movers, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers 229,521 edits Let's just fix that
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Line 1: {{short description\|Linux distribution}} {{Infobox OS \| name = BLAG Line 5 ⟶ 6: \| caption = \| developer = Brixton Linux Action Group \| family = [[~~Unix-like~~Linux]], ([[~~Linux~~Unix-~~libre]], [[free software~~like]]) \| working_state =Discontinued<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html \|title=Free GNU/Linux distributions\|publisher=gnu.org \|access-date~~= \|accessdate~~=2018-11-05}}</ref> \| released = {{Start date and age\|2002}} \| package_manager = [[dnf (Fedora)\|dnf]] Line 18 ⟶ 19: \| kernel_type = [[Monolithic kernel\|Monolithic]] ([[Linux-libre]]) \| userland = [[GNU Core Utilities\|GNU]] \| ui = [[GNOME]] (~~will~~was ~~switch~~planned to have switched to [[MATE (software)\|MATE]] upon release of BLAG 240000) \| website = {{URL\|www.blagblagblag.org}} }} '''BLAG Linux and GNU''' ~~was~~is a discontinued [[Linux distribution]] that was made by the Brixton Linux Action Group.<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3934056941.html \|title = Fedora-based single-CD distro goes gold Line 28 ⟶ 29: \|publisher = [[Ziff Davis\|Ziff Davis Enterprise Holdings Inc.]] \|date = 2006-07-14 \|~~accessdate~~access-date = 2008-08-10 \| ~~archiveurl~~archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080704171902/http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3934056941.html\| ~~archivedate~~archive-date= 4 July 2008 \| url-status= live}}</ref> BLAG was a single-CD distro with ~~applications~~a ~~desktop~~range ~~users~~of ~~"expect"~~default ~~from~~desktop ~~a desktop~~applications, including multimedia, graphics, desktop internet applications and more. BLAG also included a collection of server packages. BLAG was based on [[Fedora (Linux distribution)\|Fedora]] plus updates, adds apps from Dag, Dries, Freshrpms, NewRPMS, and includes custom packages.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://blue-gnu.biz/content/interview_jeff_moe_blag_linux_libre_and_more \|title=Interview with Jeff Moe: BLAG, linux-libre and More \|author=Magic Banan \|date=2008-05-26 \|~~accessdate~~access-date=2008-08-10 \|~~archiveurl~~archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827175337/http://blue-gnu.biz/content/interview_jeff_moe_blag_linux_libre_and_more \|~~archivedate~~archive-date=27 August 2008 \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web Line 45 ⟶ 46: \|publisher = Ziff Davis Enterprise Holdings Inc. \|date = 2006-10-05 \|~~accessdate~~access-date = 2008-08-14 \| ~~archiveurl~~archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080905203034/http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6105638185.html\| ~~archivedate~~archive-date= 5 September 2008 \| url-status= live}}</ref> BLAG was one of the few operating systems listed as a completely free software distribution by the [[Free Software Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web Line 53 ⟶ 54: \|publisher = [[Free Software Foundation, Inc.]] \|date = 16 April 2014 \|~~accessdate~~access-date = 23 May 2014}}</ref> ==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.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=08668\|title=Development Release: BLAG Linux And GNU 200000 Alpha (DistroWatch.com News)\|author=DistroWatch\|work=distrowatch.com\|~~accessdate~~access-date=8 May 2016}}</ref> Planning for BLAG 240000 commenced in January 2016 but it was never released.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://forums.blagblagblag.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5704\|title=BLAG\|work=blagblagblag.org\|~~accessdate~~access-date=8 May 2016\|archive-date=6 November 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106004815/http://forums.blagblagblag.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5704\|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web Line 67 ⟶ 68: \|publisher = [[SourceForge, Inc.]] \|date = 2008-08-01 \|access-date = 2008-08-19 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080805172409/http://www.linux.com/feature/142772 \|archive-date = 2008-08-05 \|url-status = dead }}</ref> Line 84 ⟶ 89: [[Category:Free software only Linux distributions]] [[Category:RPM-based Linux distributions]] [[Category:Linux distributions]] [[Category:Discontinued Linux distributions]]