Software:BLAG Linux and GNU

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BLAG
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DeveloperBrixton Linux Action Group
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateDiscontinued[1]
Initial release2002; 22 years ago (2002)
|Final release|Latest release}}140000 / May 4, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-05-04)
|Final preview|Latest preview}}240000
Update methodrolling release
Package managerdnf
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux-libre)
UserlandGNU
Default user interfaceGNOME (was planned to have switched to MATE upon release of BLAG 240000)
LicenseFSDG
Official websitewww.blagblagblag.org

BLAG Linux and GNU is a discontinued Linux distribution that was made by the Brixton Linux Action Group.[2]

BLAG was a single-CD distro with a range of default desktop applications, including multimedia, graphics, desktop internet applications and more. BLAG also included a collection of server packages. BLAG was based on Fedora plus updates, adds apps from Dag, Dries, Freshrpms, NewRPMS, and includes custom packages.[3][4]

BLAG was one of the few operating systems listed as a completely free software distribution by the Free Software Foundation.[5]

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.[6]

Planning for BLAG 240000 commenced in January 2016 but it was never released.[7]

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.[8]

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