Once upon a time there was whitebox linux
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Box_Enterprise_Linux
Edward Iglesias
On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Daniel Chudnov <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> For a number of years, White Box Linux [1][2] was supported by somebody
> from the Beauregard Parish Library in Louisiana. He was a very interesting
> guy who I met at ALA Annual in Chicago in 1999 or 2000. The project had a
> healthy run but was effectively replaced by the larger community effort of
> CentOS.
>
> I don't recall that it had anything particular to libraries in its design,
> rather I'm pointing it out just because it was developed by a library staff
> person (as you asked) and it struck a certain chord in the broader
> community at the time. I know I got a few good years of use out of it on
> several servers before switching to CentOS.
>
> -Dan
>
>
> [1] http://www.beau.org/~jmorris/linux/whitebox/
> [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Box_Enterprise_Linux
>
>
>
> On 18 Oct 2014, at 20:08, Cornel Darden Jr. wrote:
>
> Hello,
>>
>> Every now and then I consider switching my main operating system. I've
>> been using Ubuntu for years. Does anyone know of any Linux distros made by
>> librarians or One that's most used by librarians?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Cornel Darden Jr.
>> MSLIS
>> Library Department Chair
>> South Suburban College
>> 7087052945
>>
>> "Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong
>> learning."
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
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