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:NewsForge: Libranet's Last Goodbye
NewsForge: Libranet's Last Goodbye
Jun 9, 2006, 13 :45 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (5599 reads)

(Other stories by Bruce Byfield)

"After six months, the Libranet community has learned that its wait for the revival of the distribution was futile. Tal Danzig, Libranet's owner and chief developer, has announced that he is discontinuing the development of Libranet.

"Libranet was one of the oldest surviving Debian-derived distributions. First released in 1999, it developed a loyal following because of its easy installation and comprehensive set of packages. The distribution reached its peak in April 2005 with the release of version 3.0, but suffered a major setback when its founder, Jon Danzig, died of cancer a few weeks later..."

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Linux-Watch: Libranet's Lesson: You Can't Keep a Good Open-Source Distro Down(Dec 02, 2005)
NewsForge: Libranet's Long Goodbye(Nov 30, 2005)
Mad Penguin: Loss of an Open Source Hero(Jun 04, 2005)
Libranet: Danzig, Founder and President of Libranet, Passed Away(Jun 02, 2005)


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Libranet was a very good Linux distro.   ...   Bummer   
Howard Pepper
Jun 9, 2006, 14:38:50
 
Libranet enabled me to switch to Debian  ...   Fond memories of an excellent distro   
Charles Hixson
Jun 9, 2006, 19:37:10
 
From the article:- "taught me never, nev ...   Was libranet proprietary ?   
linuxuser
Jun 9, 2006, 21:46:09
 
The licence for Libranet's installer ...   Re: Was libranet proprietary ?   
Bruce Byfield
Jun 9, 2006, 22:05:51
 
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