CAOS Linux
CAOS Linux with GNOME | |
Developer | CAOS Foundation |
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OS family | Unix-like |
Working state | Discontinued |
Source model | Open source |
Latest release | NSA 1.0.25 / October 14, 2009 |
Available in | English |
Update method | Yum |
Package manager | RPM Package Manager |
Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
License | Various |
CAOS Linux was an RPM-based Linux distribution. It aspired to be community maintained and managed. Infiscale described its GravityOS as "[including] the small footprint of Caos" [1] indicating a certain level of influence from the discontinued distribution. The name is known to have been capitalized in various ways: cAos and CAos were used with earlier releases; CAOS and Caos were used on the web site's main pages.
CAOS Linux combined aspects of Debian, Red Hat Linux/Fedora, and FreeBSD in a manner that aspired to be stable enough for servers and clusters, for a life cycle of 3 to 5 years.[2] The CAOS Project was part of a larger organization (The CAOS Foundation) which was a team of open source developers working and using resources together.
As of February 2015, the official website is not live any more, the domain name having been re-attributed. DistroWatch has been listing CAOS Linux as discontinued since at least November 2014.
References
External links
- Distrowatch page for CAOS Linux
- Infiscale.com, the company that sponsored and controed all CAOS, Perceus, and WareWulf Development