BLAG-50000 Released

jebba · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:24 am Post subject: BLAG-50000 Released

BLAG50000 (grass) has been released.

BLAG Linux and GNU is a 100% Free Software distribution.

BLAG is a single-cd distro with everything desktop users "expect" from a desktop, plus a collection of nice server apps.

BLAG50000 (grass) is based on Fedora Core 5 and uses packages from Extras, FreshRPMS, Dries, and ATrpms. It includes all Fedora updates as of time of release.

CD Images:
http://www.blagblagblag.org/torrents/BLAG-50000.iso.torrent
ftp://ftp.blagblagblag.org/pub/BLAG/linux/50000/en/iso/BLAG-50000.iso
http://www.blagblagblag.org/50000/iso/BLAG-50000.iso

http://www.blagblagblag.org BLAG Website
http://forums.blagblagblag.org BLAG Forums
http://wiki.blagblagblag.org BLAG Documentation
http://bugzilla.blagblagblag.org BLAG Bugzilla

New CD packages include airtraf, cinelerra, evince, fluxbox, gentium-fonts,
gnome-ppp, gnome-translate, gnupg2, gonvert, gpodder, gqview, various
gstreamer-plugins, pirut, really-little-guys, skencil, and wpa_supplicant.

Updates include a52dec, abiword, airsnort, apt, audacity, bittorrent,
blackbox, blagCanyon, blag-logos, cups, faac, faad2, ffmpeg, firefox,
gftp, gimp, glabels, gnome-*, gnumeric, gnupg, gphoto, gtkpod, httpd,
icecast, inkscape, kernel, kiax, kino, ladspa, lame, lcms, liferea,
lshw, mencoder, mjpegtools, mozilla, mpeg2dec, mpg321, mplayer, MuSE,
nmap, openssh, perl, postfix, privoxy, qtparted, scribus, streamtuner,
subtitleripper, swh-plugins, synaptic, system-config-*, thunderbird,
transcode, vim, vnc, vsftpd, wireless-tools, xchat, xine, xinetd,
xmms-*, xorg-x11-*, and yum.

Overall, 266 new packages were added, 659 updated.

July 10th, 2006

pfe1223 · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 2:01 pm Post subject:

Thanks so much for all your hard work.

pistonbrew · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:08 pm Post subject:

well done all involved! look forward to trying it on my merry bunch o' blag boxes.

ps. please satisfy my curiousity - where does all that "grass", "lederhosen", "shoulder" stuff come from? is it a blag or fedora thing?

cheers

bob

jebba · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:13 pm Post subject:

pistonbrew · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:23 pm Post subject:

stevo32 · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:54 pm Post subject:

Well, that's another release out the door. :)

Good work. :)

Thanks,
Stephen Clement

envy · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 5:43 pm Post subject:

... that was the moment they've all been waiting for ;)

Thanks Jeff and all the others! I love blag!

cu

Caraibes · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:03 pm Post subject:

About the name "Grass" being a word game with "Bordeaux", it´s fun...

Both will get you high... But Bordeaux is well accepted in "everyday society" while Grass is kind of "alternate"...

As of "Heidelberg", I studied there for a month when I was a teenage, and yes, I was riding a "bicycle", but I never wore those "lederhosen" pants...

;)

weyasey · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:26 pm Post subject:

Yipeeee!! thanks Jebba and all the rest of you guys I know it this has been a lot of hard work for you all and all of us who have been waiting patiently for "Grass" appreciate all your efforts.

Man can't wait to go get high on this "Grass" ;).......hmmm, wondering what's the next one gonna be called :D

Thanks once again Jebba, your'e the Man!

noldrin · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 3:37 am Post subject: Re: BLAG-50000 Released

congrats on another fine release. and I'm happy I didn't get around to installing the beta for a couple days

john maclean · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:18 pm Post subject:

/me bows!!!!
Respect to all of you:- developers, testers... everyone. Guess what I'm gona do tonight? ;)

ewl · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:54 pm Post subject:

Great job everybody! You can go ahead now and take that Blag corporate vacation to Tahiti. :-), Bon Voyage...

dylan · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:27 pm Post subject:

Overall this is a really great GNU/Linux distribution. 50,000 comes with a load more apps, etc. than the previous 30,000 release.

The new GNOME is super-fast and has more features, including a pretty nice integrated CD recorder (it is not my favorite but it is alright). I still recommend k3b over anything else.

Blag is a more competent distribution than Fedora Core. Only the best package selection, etc. etc.

Very nice. Keep up the great work. Another comprehensive review should appear on the net within 2-3 weeks. I don't want it to seem like I'm getting too cozy with this distribution before I write more posts.

;-)

logicmaster · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:31 am Post subject:

Thank you Thank you Jebba :)

Blag3003 upgraded to 5000.... absolutely amazing and beautiful !!

puppy · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:47 am Post subject: Excellent Work

Excellent Work!

BLAG turned my humble one year old computer into a speed demon.

How can such a small team of developers create the best distribution around?

Best Wishes,

Jon Mason :)