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Back in 2004, Howard County Library in Columbia, MD rolled their own Linux and called it LuMix. A couple years later they switched over to Groovix, a Ubuntu derivative (http://groovix.com). Giles W. Riesner, Jr. | Lead Library Technician , Library Technology The Community College of Baltimore County | 800 South Rolling Road | Catonsville, MD 21228 USA Phone: 1-443-840-2736 | Fax: 1-410-455-6436 | Email: [log in to unmask] CCBC. The incredible value of education. -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Edward Iglesias Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 10:29 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Linux distro for librarians Sorry Daniel, just saw your post. Edward Iglesias On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Edward Iglesias <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 >>> >> >