CAos Linux
Encyclopedia
CAOS Linux is an RPM
-based Linux distribution
. It aspires to be community maintained and managed, but as of 2011-05-04, the timestamp of 2009-12-14 on the main ISO-9660 image is well over a year old. Though Infiscale describes its GravityOS as "[including] the small footprint of Caos" indicating a level of influence from the seemingly discontinued distribution. The name has been capitalized in various ways: cAos and CAos were used with earlier releases. CAOS and Caos are used on the web site's main pages.
CAOS Linux combines aspects of Debian
, Red Hat Linux
/Fedora
, and FreeBSD
in a manner that aspires to be stable enough for server
s and clusters, for a life cycle of 3 to 5 years. The CAOS Project is part of a larger organization (The CAOS Foundation) which is a team of open source developers working and using resources together.
RPM Package Manager
RPM Package Manager is a package management system. The name RPM variously refers to the .rpm file format, files in this format, software packaged in such files, and the package manager itself...
-based Linux distribution
Linux distribution
A Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions are operating systems including a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications...
. It aspires to be community maintained and managed, but as of 2011-05-04, the timestamp of 2009-12-14 on the main ISO-9660 image is well over a year old. Though Infiscale describes its GravityOS as "[including] the small footprint of Caos" indicating a level of influence from the seemingly discontinued distribution. The name has been capitalized in various ways: cAos and CAos were used with earlier releases. CAOS and Caos are used on the web site's main pages.
CAOS Linux combines aspects of Debian
Debian
Debian is a computer operating system composed of software packages released as free and open source software primarily under the GNU General Public License along with other free software licenses. Debian GNU/Linux, which includes the GNU OS tools and Linux kernel, is a popular and influential...
, Red Hat Linux
Red Hat Linux
Red Hat Linux, assembled by the company Red Hat, was a popular Linux based operating system until its discontinuation in 2004.Red Hat Linux 1.0 was released on November 3, 1994...
/Fedora
Fedora (operating system)
Fedora is a RPM-based, general purpose collection of software, including an operating system based on the Linux kernel, developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat...
, and FreeBSD
FreeBSD
FreeBSD is a free Unix-like operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via BSD UNIX. Although for legal reasons FreeBSD cannot be called “UNIX”, as the direct descendant of BSD UNIX , FreeBSD’s internals and system APIs are UNIX-compliant...
in a manner that aspires to be stable enough for server
Server (computing)
In the context of client-server architecture, a server is a computer program running to serve the requests of other programs, the "clients". Thus, the "server" performs some computational task on behalf of "clients"...
s and clusters, for a life cycle of 3 to 5 years. The CAOS Project is part of a larger organization (The CAOS Foundation) which is a team of open source developers working and using resources together.