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The '''Turnkey Linux Virtual Appliance Library''' is a [[Free software|free]] [[open source]] project which has developed a range of [[Debian]] based pre-packaged server [[software appliances]] (akaa.k.a. [[virtual appliance]]s). Turnkey appliances can be deployed as a [[virtual machine]] (a range of hypervisors are supported), in [[Cloud computing|cloud computing infrastructures]] (including [[Amazon Web Services|AWS]] and others) or installed in physical computers.

== Features ==

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Turnkey Linux was nominated for the SourceForge February 2012 Project of the Month.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://sourceforge.net/blog/february-potm-vote/ | title=SourceForge.net: VOTE for the February Project Of The Month|date=10 January 2012 |work=SourceForge.net |accessdate=15 April 2012}}</ref>

In August 2012, version 12.0 was released with the library increased to include over 100 appliances. This release also marked a move away from [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]] as the underlying [[Operating System]] to [[Debian]] 6.0 (akaa.k.a. Squeeze). This move was cited as being for various reasons, particularly security.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.turnkeylinux.org/blog/turnkey-12 |title=Announcing TurnKey Linux 12.0: 100+ ready-to-use solutions|date=30 August 2012 |work=Liraz Siri |accessdate=13 November 2012}}</ref>

Early June 2013 saw a significant change of tack with the version 12.1 update release; built with the new "TKLDev" open build infrastructure. This release also included the first [[64 bit|X86-64]] builds.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zdnet.com/turnkey-linux-offers-64-bit-server-apps-on-amazon-cloud-7000016689/ |title=TurnKey Linux offers 64-bit server apps on Amazon cloud |date= 11 June 2013 |work= Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols |accessdate=16 February 2014}}</ref> Later that same month, the Turnkey Linux custom application code was moved to [[GitHub]] which also included a tracker for appliances bug reports.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.turnkeylinux.org/blog/moved-to-github |title=TurnKey moves to GitHub|date=28 June 2013 |work=Alon Swartz |accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref> As promised, in mid July Turnkey Linux released their image building appliance (TKLDev) as well as an additional separate [[GitHub]] account to house all the appliance specific code (used by TKLDev to build the appliances).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.turnkeylinux.org/blog/introducing-tkldev |title=Introducing TKLDev - Turnkey's appliance development and build system in a box|date=18 July 2013 |work=Alon Swartz |accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref>

November 2013 saw the release of v13.0, based on [[Debian]] 7.2 (akaa.k.a. Wheezy).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.turnkeylinux.org/blog/turnkey-13-and-tklbam-1.4 |title=TurnKey 13 out, TKLBAM 1.4 now backup/restores any Linux system|date=21 November 2013 |work=Liraz Siri |accessdate=8 July 2014}}</ref>

September 2015 saw the long overdue release of v14.0, based on [[Debian]] 8.2 (akaa.k.a. Jessie),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.turnkeylinux.org/blog/turnkey-14-0-release |title=v14.0 stable release - Massive Community Effort!|date=17 September 2015 |work=Jeremy Davis |accessdate=24 November 2014}}</ref> followed by an April 2016 maintenance release, v. 14.1, based on Debian 8.4.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.turnkeylinux.org/blog/14.1-bugfixes-maintenance-and-more |title=v14.1 Release - Bugfixes, Maintenance and More|date=15 April 2016 |work=Jeremy Davis |accessdate=25 April 2016}}</ref>

== Design ==