BLAG Linux and GNU
Linux distribution
title: "BLAG Linux and GNU" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["free-software-only-linux-distributions", "rpm-based-linux-distributions", "linux-distributions", "discontinued-linux-distributions"] description: "Linux distribution" topic_path: "technology/operating-systems" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLAG_Linux_and_GNU" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | BLAG |
| logo | [[File:Distros-blag.jpg]] |
| screenshot | Blag Desktop.png |
| developer | Brixton Linux Action Group |
| family | Linux (Unix-like) |
| working_state | Discontinued |
| released | |
| package_manager | dnf |
| updatemodel | rolling release |
| latest_release_version | 140000 |
| latest preview version | 240000 |
| latest preview date | |
| latest_release_date | |
| license | FSDG |
| kernel_type | Monolithic (Linux-libre) |
| userland | GNU |
| ui | GNOME (was planned to have switched to MATE upon release of BLAG 240000) |
| website | |
| :: |
| name = BLAG | logo = [[File:Distros-blag.jpg]] | screenshot = Blag Desktop.png | caption = | developer = Brixton Linux Action Group | family = Linux (Unix-like) | working_state =Discontinued | released = | package_manager = dnf | updatemodel = rolling release | latest_release_version = 140000 | latest preview version = 240000 | latest preview date = | latest_release_date = | license = FSDG | marketing_target = | kernel_type = Monolithic (Linux-libre) | userland = GNU | ui = GNOME (was planned to have switched to MATE upon release of BLAG 240000) | website =
BLAG Linux and GNU is a discontinued Linux distribution that was made by the Brixton Linux Action Group.{{cite web |url = http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3934056941.html |title = Fedora-based single-CD distro goes gold |work = DesktopLinux.com eWeek |publisher = Ziff Davis Enterprise Holdings Inc. |date = 2006-07-14 |access-date = 2008-08-10 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080704171902/http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3934056941.html| archive-date= 4 July 2008 | url-status= live}}
BLAG was a single-CD distro with a range of default desktop applications, including multimedia, graphics, desktop internet applications and more. BLAG also included a collection of server packages. BLAG was based on Fedora plus updates, adds apps from Dag, Dries, Freshrpms, NewRPMS, and includes custom packages.{{cite web |url=http://blue-gnu.biz/content/interview_jeff_moe_blag_linux_libre_and_more |title=Interview with Jeff Moe: BLAG, linux-libre and More |author=Magic Banan |date=2008-05-26 |access-date=2008-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827175337/http://blue-gnu.biz/content/interview_jeff_moe_blag_linux_libre_and_more |archive-date=27 August 2008 |url-status=dead |url = http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6105638185.html |title = BLAG updates its Fedora-based distro |publisher = Ziff Davis Enterprise Holdings Inc. |date = 2006-10-05 |access-date = 2008-08-14 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080905203034/http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6105638185.html| archive-date= 5 September 2008 | url-status= live}}
BLAG was one of the few operating systems listed as a completely free software distribution by the Free Software Foundation.{{cite web |url = https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html |title = Free GNU/Linux distributions |publisher = Free Software Foundation, Inc. |date = 16 April 2014 |access-date = 23 May 2014}}
History
The first public release of BLAG was 22 October 2002. The latest stable release, BLAG 140k, was based on Fedora 14, and was released on 4 May 2011. In October 2014 Blag 200000 was released in alpha form.
Planning for BLAG 240000 commenced in January 2016 but it was never released.
The script used in BLAG for cleaning the kernel from non-free blobs shipped in it by default was used as a base for the Linux-libre set of scripts.{{cite web |url = http://www.linux.com/feature/142772 |title = Linux-libre project meets rocky reception |author = Bruce Byfield |work = Linux.com |publisher = SourceForge, Inc. |date = 2008-08-01 |access-date = 2008-08-19 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080805172409/http://www.linux.com/feature/142772 |archive-date = 2008-08-05 |url-status = dead
References
References
- "Free GNU/Linux distributions". gnu.org.
- DistroWatch. "Development Release: BLAG Linux And GNU 200000 Alpha (DistroWatch.com News)". distrowatch.com.
- "BLAG". blagblagblag.org.
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