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ak_random 03-25-2008 12:20 AM
BLAG Linux -- what's the deal with this?
 
I've seen some recent postings from jacook recommending BLAG linux. But I never see any reasons why it's recommended. A forum search turns up very little in the way of actual user experience. The best I came up with was this single review: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ag#post2967251

Distrowatch has this to say about it:
BLAG is a Linux distribution based on Fedora Core and reduced to one CD. It includes useful applications missing from Fedora Core (e.g. mp3, p2p, apt, etc...), as well as a suite of graphics, Internet, audio, video, office, and peer-to-peer file sharing applications. BLAG is up-to-date with all Fedora errata fixes at time of release and uses synaptic for easy upgrades. The name stands for Brixton Linux Action Group, which works to overthrow corporate control of information and technology through community action and to spread Free Software.
While wikipedia had this to say:
BLAG Linux and GNU is a Linux distribution made by the Brixton Linux Action Group.

BLAG is a single-CD distro with applications desktop users "expect" from a desktop including multimedia, graphics, desktop internet applications and more. BLAG also includes a collection of server packages. BLAG is based on Fedora plus updates, adds apps from Dag, Dries, Freshrpms, NewRPMS, and includes custom packages.

The first public release of BLAG was 22 October 2002. The latest stable release, BLAG70000, is based on Fedora 7, and was released 11 November 2007.

Richard Stallman mentioned BLAG Linux and GNU and Ututo when asked which distro he recommended during his speech at Universiti Sains Malaysia, in 2005, although he does not use any of these distributions.[1] During his Moscow visit in March 2008 Richard Stallman recommended BLAG, gNewSense and Ututo distributions as containing only free software.
Neither really told me anything particularly useful beyond:
  • It is a single-CD based on Fedora.
  • It emphasizes free software in the FSF sense.

Should I even both spending time downloading the ISO, burning a CD, then going through the entire installation process to find software that's probably already readily available on other distributions? I'm hoping for something compelling and that differentiates this from other distributions. Re-inventing the wheel seems to be pretty popular...

billymayday 03-25-2008 12:41 AM
Your final paragraph could equally apply to pretty much any distro couldn't it?

Sounds like th key here is adding some codec type stull to Fedora - Fedora won't play mp3's or DVDs out of the box

aot2002 03-25-2008 07:41 AM
I think its more recommended to users who need a small download for fedora based LAMP servers

thats what i do with it and I have no gui on BLAG

ak_random 03-25-2008 09:29 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by billymayday (Post 3099471)
Your final paragraph could equally apply to pretty much any distro couldn't it?
Only if taken completely out of context. You'll note in my original post, I actually look around to read about a distribution before making a decision on trying it. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I'd rather spend 10-15 minutes reading about it before committing to the 1-2 hrs for downloading, burning, installing, etc.

Quote:
Originally Posted by billymayday (Post 3099471)
Sounds like th key here is adding some codec type stull to Fedora - Fedora won't play mp3's or DVDs out of the box
I didn't follow what you mean. Is this what BLAG does, or needs to do?


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