BLAG Linux and GNU

BLAG Linux And GNU by the Brixton Linux Action Group
http://www.blagblagblag.org

BLAG is an operating system. It comes with everything you need to get a
computer up and running--it needs no other software.

It has Internet, graphics, video, sound, office, security, file sharing,
and more applications. It's fast, reliable, runs on older machines, and
flies on fast boxes. 

It can be installed on any x86 computer (e.g. what windoz usually runs on).
It can be the only installation on the computer or you can "dual-boot" and
have BLAG with another operating system.


BLAG is based on RedHat and software collected on the Internet. It
includes 200 additional packages not included in RedHat. It is also
much leaner than RedHat--BLAG only needs one CD. It is meant for
users. 


BLAG9000 is eagerly awaiting to be downloaded.
Grab it at one of these locations:

ftp://ftp.blagblagblag.org/pub/BLAG/linux/9000/en/iso/BLAG-9000.iso
http://www.blagblagblag.org/9000/iso/BLAG-9000.iso
http://www.blagblagblag.org/9000/BLAG-9000.iso.torrent



BLAG9000 is a significant leap from 8001.




A bit of the New
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Synaptic and apt. BLAG can be upgraded via the Internet
with a GUI. Simply hit Update List->Dist Upgrade->Execute
and your system will get all the latest updates, with
dependencies all figured out for you. Synaptic is under
System Tools in the menu.


Automajick 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-wipe 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


BLAG has completely new look


bittorrent - a peer-to-peer filesharing system meant to
help quickly distribute large files efficiently. In BLAG
bittorrent is configured as a Mozilla or Galeon plugin.


gtkpod, if you happen to be lucky enough to have an iPod


New installer help text



Streamtuner, tune to mp3 radio stations--it's great...


alsa drivers for folks that have more demanding sound requirements


perl-Video-DVDRip  nice GUI for ripping/encoding DVDs




Updated BLAG Apps
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mplayer, now with 157 video and 61 audio codecs. It can
play dang near everything. Now with embedded video in your
web browser.


Mozilla version 1.5


abiword 2.0.1


galeon 1.2.12


Filesharing apps all updated: lmule, lopster, gtk-gnutella


audacity now brings Linux decent audio editing tools


MuSE, which streams to icecast servers is now set default
to stream to http://radio.blagblagblag.org:8000
No configuration needed.


scribus 1.0.1 Desktop Publishing


pfaedit for font editing


sodipodi vector graphics (think Adobe illustrator)


gimp & cinepaint


Plus more*more


Developers can install BLAG packages on top of RedHat or get the BLAG DVD,
which is rumoured to be around somewhere... The DVD has all RedHat, all
BLAG, all developer tools, all source, etc. It's more crufty, but hey, it's
for developers. :)