Unity Linux
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| Developer | Unity Linux |
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| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | In Development |
| Source model | Open source (with exceptions) |
| Initial release | 23 July 2010 |
| Latest release | 2015 / 28 August 2015 |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Update method | DNF_(software) (dnfdragora) |
| Package manager | RPM |
| Platforms | Current: x86 (i386, i486, i586, i686), x86-64 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| Userland | GNU |
| Default user interface | lxqt (official) |
| License | Various free software licenses, plus proprietary binary blobs. |
| Official website | Unity Linux |
What is Unity Linux
Unity Linux is a very small Linux based distribution, that uses Mageia as a foundation. Unity Linux differs from Mageia by it's use of tools and various pacakges that have to optimized to allow the ability to remaster ones own custom Linux Distribution. So Unity Linux consists of tools to create your very own Linux distribution, based on Mageia.
What's the Purpose
Unity Linux itself is not meant to be ran as a full on Linux install, though it can be, it has a very select set of packages and tools for one general purpose and that is to build other packages. These select packages that Unity includes are tools while core packages are based on Mageia. Unity Linux's tools can be shared with Mageia and then utilized by other distribution projects that wish to use Mageia as a base. So in essence if Unity Linux was to be compared to a physical tree, it would be a trunk that facilitates growth out to the branches, or rather any home based community projects (if any) based on Mageia.
Status
Currently Unity Linux is in it's very early stages. We have ported tools that we used in the past (on Unity Linux itself and past projects) to Mageia. At this point we do offer development ISOs that can be ran "live", but that are still very experimental.