Once upon a time there was whitebox linux http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Box_Enterprise_Linux
Edward Iglesias On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Daniel Chudnov <daniel.chud...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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." >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >
