BLAG Linux and GNU

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

BLAG

Developer	Brixton Linux Action Group
OS family	Linux (Unix-like)
Working state	Discontinued[1]
Initial release	2002; 23 years ago (2002)
Latest release	140000 / May 4, 2011; 14 years ago (2011-05-04)
Latest preview	240000
Update method	rolling release
Package manager	dnf
Kernel type	Monolithic (Linux-libre)
Userland	GNU
Default user interface	GNOME (was planned to have switched to MATE upon release of BLAG 240000)
License	FSDG
Official website	www.blagblagblag.org

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]

See also

• Free and open-source software portal

• Comparison of Linux distributions