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| BU Linux, or Boston University Linux, is a Fedora-based distribution specifically tailored for the university environments and enhanced with Kerberos authentication, tight default security, apt-get, OpenAFS file system, and extra software applications. A new development version has been released: "The BU Linux team at the Office of Information Technology is excited to announce a preview release of BU Linux 4.6 (Stormy). While we're still working on some rough edges, this release is generally as it will be for the final gold-seal version available in several weeks, and we encourage you to install it and try it out on your test systems." Read the full release announcement for more details. BU Linux is distributed in the form of small ISO images for network installation; get them from here: stormy32-installer.iso (68.5MB), stormy64-installer.iso (68.9MB). | | | About BU Linux | | Boston University Linux (or BU Linux for short) is a CentOS-based distribution specifically tailored for the Boston University environments. Among the more interesting enhancements are network installation, Kerberos authentication, tight default security, automatic security updates, OpenAFS file system, and extra software applications. | | Screenshots | | | | Recent Related News and Releases | | 2006-08-23 | Distribution Release: BU Linux 4.6 |  | Version 4.6 of Boston University Linux (BU Linux) has been released: "The Office of Information Technology presents BU Linux 4.6 (Stormy). Pre-made installation CDs are available for $5 from the Office of Information Technology, or check out the installation page for instructions on burning your own. This is the latest in our desktop operating system releases, and features almost 3000 open source and free software packages drawn from the Fedora Project and from many other sources, combined with locally developed custom software and pre-configurations." Read the complete release announcement for more details. The ISO images for network installation are available for download from here: stormy32-installer.iso (70.0MB) or stormy64-installer.iso (71.2MB). | | | | Random Distribution | 
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