BLAG Linux and GNU: Difference between revisions

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| developer = Brixton Linux Action Group

| family = [[Unix-like]], [[Linux-libre]], [[free software]]

| working_state =Discontinued<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html |title=Free GNU/Linux distributions|publisher=gnu.org |accessdateaccess-date=2018-11-05}}</ref>

| released = {{Start date and age|2002}}

| package_manager = [[dnf (Fedora)|dnf]]

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|publisher = [[Ziff Davis|Ziff Davis Enterprise Holdings Inc.]]

|date = 2006-07-14

|accessdateaccess-date = 2008-08-10

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|author=Magic Banan

|date=2008-05-26

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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827175337/http://blue-gnu.biz/content/interview_jeff_moe_blag_linux_libre_and_more

|archive-date=27 August 2008

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|publisher = Ziff Davis Enterprise Holdings Inc.

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|publisher = [[Free Software Foundation, Inc.]]

|date = 16 April 2014

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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.<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|accessdateaccess-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|accessdateaccess-date=8 May 2016}}</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