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BLAG - an activists operating system on 1 cd

zcat | 11.06.2004 11:33 | Technology | London

BLAG Linux And GNU by the Brixton Linux Action Group.
Specially designed for activists but can be used by all !
comes on 1 cd has programs for txt, image, audio and video editing already within it
one of the best things about this distrobution is once youve installed it you never need to install another it has an automatic updating system even when a new operating system is released bit like windows updater only better no need to delete your old operating system and install a new one like windows 2000-> wondows xp




BLAG 10000 has been released: BLAG Free Software.


Grab it from one of these locations:

 ftp://ftp.blagblagblag.org/pub/BLAG/linux/10000/en/iso/BLAG-10000.iso
 http://www.blagblagblag.org/10000/iso/BLAG-10000.iso
 http://www.blagblagblag.org/10000/BLAG-10000.torrent



BLAG10000 (borrow) is the next major branch of BLAG. It is based
on Fedora Core 1. It uses packages from DAG, FreshRPMS,
Newrpms, Dries and ATrpms.


BLAG Resources
==============
 http://www.blagblagblag.org BLAG Website
 http://www.blagblagblag.org/forums BLAG Forums
 http://www.blagblagblag.org/docs BLAG Documentation
 http://wiki.blagblagblag.org BLAG Wiki
 http://www.blagblagblag.org/mailinglist BLAG mailing list
 http://ldp.blagblagblag.org BLAG Linux Docs
 http://bugzilla.blagblagblag.org BLAG Bugzilla



BLAG10000 Series Features
========================

BLAG is a single CD GNU/Linux distribution based on Fedora Core
1. It includes everything a desktop user would "expect" on a
system and more. It has common server packages and handy utils
that admins like.



Automatick installs
-------------------
Four categories: miniblag, deskblag, serverblag, and
blagblagblag allow you to install the distro without having to
answer /any/ questions or configure anything.

Hit F6 at boot: for more details. It will auto-erase your
system.

miniblag is the smallest install at less than 350 Megs.
deskblag installs a Gnome desktop with all the typical apps
serverblag installs all the server daemons but no GUI
blagblagblag installs everything on the CD


Automajick upgrades from CD
---------------------------
Type "upgrade" at the "boot:" prompt of the CD.



Package Management
------------------
apt - Great way to automatically update your system. You can
update a BLAG9002 install to 10000 using apt:
apt-get update ; apt-get dist-upgrade
synaptic - Nice graphical front-end to apt. Install more
software using ATrpms/DAG/Dries/FreshRPMS/newrpms repositories!
rpm - RedHat Package Manager


Audio & Video
-------------
streamtuner - Tune into Internet radio stations
streamripper - and rip what you're tuned to
audacity (and others) for sound editing with lots of plugins
mplayer and xine for video playback (with codecs and libraries)
ALSA - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
dvgrab - Use DV camera and download movies
kino - Basic video editor
effectv & freej - Cool realtime video effects
MuSE - DJ your own Internet radio station
grip - Rip CDs into mp3 or ogg files
gtkpod - iPod manager
hasciicam - ASCII art video conferencing :)))
perl-dvd-rip - Rip DVDs
xine & videolan - alternative video players
xmms - Music (mp3, aac, ogg) player, with BLURSK screen effects


Graphics
--------
gimp - THE Linux image editor
pfaedit - font editor
sodipodi - vector graphics


"Office"
------
abiword - word processing
gnumeric - spreadsheet
cdrecord/nautilus - burn CDs
scribus - Desktop Publishing


Internet Goo
------------
evolution - Mail client
galeon & Mozilla - Surf the 'net
xchat, gaim - chat clients
Peer to Peer filesharing - bittorrent, amule


Website Development
-------------------
Mozilla Composer, bluefish - Create web pages
gurlchecker - validate links on your site


Wireless
--------
airsnort, airtraf, kismet
Extra wireless drivers for wireless gear


Desktops
--------
Gnome, XFce, blackbox, plus some extremely lightweight desktops


Security Tools
--------------
gpg, aes, apg, srm


Servers
-------
Apache - The #1 webserver on the Internet, with PHP
MySQL - Great database server (with mysqlcc GUI)
Darwin Streaming Server - Streams audio & video
icecast - Serve mp3 streams (Internet Radio)
atalk - appletalk filesharing
samba - if you're stuck sharing with windoz
vsftpd - ftp daemon
postfix - SMTP
imap - 143/tcp
openssh - of course
nfs...


Kernel
------
BLAG includes the latest Fedora kernel at time of release. It
also has a variety of drivers for wireless cards, modems, ntfs,
thinkpad, etc.



Developers DVD
--------------
A developers DVD, which includes all BLAG, all Fedora, all
source, and other goodies is available.


zcat
- Homepage: http://www.blagblagblag.org

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  1. Dual boot — Fred
  2. Is dual boot possible? — Fred
  3. Yep dual booting is easy — Jason
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