Caldera OpenLinux
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Caldera OpenLinux is a defunct Linux distribution produced by Caldera, Inc. (and its successors Caldera Systems and Caldera International) that existed from 1997 to 2002. Based on the German LST Power Linux distribution, OpenLinux was an early high-end "business-oriented" distribution that included features it developed, such as an easy-to-use, graphical installer and graphical and web-based system administration tools, as well as features from bundled proprietary software. In its era, Caldera OpenLinux was one of the four major commercial Linux distributions, the others being Red Hat Linux, Turbolinux, and SuSE Linux.
Caldera OpenLinux is a defunct Linux distribution produced by Caldera, Inc. (and its successors Caldera Systems and Caldera International) that existed from 1997 to 2002. Based on the German LST Power Linux distribution, OpenLinux was an early high-end "business-oriented" distribution that included features it developed, such as an easy-to-use, graphical installer and graphical and web-based system administration tools, as well as features from bundled proprietary software. In its era, Caldera OpenLinux was one of the four major commercial Linux distributions, the others being Red Hat Linux, Turbolinux, and SuSE Linux.
Known releases
Caldera OpenLinux Lite/Base/Standard(/Deluxe) 1.0 (1997) with Linux kernel 2.0.25 Caldera OpenLinux Lite/Base/Standard 1.1 (September 1997) with Linux kernel 2.0.29 Caldera OpenLinux Lite/Base/Standard 1.2 (1998-04-17) Caldera Systems OpenLinux Lite/Base 1.3 (1998-09-28) with Linux kernel 2.0.35 Caldera Systems OpenLinux 1.4? (there are some mentionings in the net, but in such a low number, that it is unclear, if this version was actually released ... and not sure if 2.0 and 2.1 existed at all) Caldera Systems OpenLinux 2.2 (1999-04-19) with Linux kernel 2.2.xx Caldera Systems OpenLinux eDesktop/eServer 2.3 (September 1999) with Linux kernel 2.2.10 Caldera Systems OpenLinux eServer 2.3.1 Caldera Systems OpenLinux eDesktop/eBuilder 2.4 Caldera Systems OpenLinux eBuilder 3.0 Caldera International OpenLinux Workstation/Server 3.1 (June 2001) with Linux kernel 2.4.2 Caldera International OpenLinux Workstation/Server 3.1.1 (January 2002) with Linux kernel 2.4.13
External links
"The Differences between Caldera Linux and Red Hat Linux: An Opinion Piece" – Caldera white paper, March 2021 LST association site (in German) The History of Caldera, Part 1 and The History of Caldera, Part 2, Bradford Morgan White's industry histories
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