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."
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