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Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre
Dragora logo
Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre with Xfce
DeveloperMatías A. Fonzo
OS familyUnix-like
Working stateCurrent
Initial releaseMarch 13, 2009; 16 years ago (2009-03-13)
Latest release3.0-alpha2 / September 28, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-09-28)
Repository
Update methodpkgsystem[1]
Package managerpkgsystem
Supported platformsi486, x86-64
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux-libre)
UserlandGNU
Default
user interface
Xfce
LicenseExclusively free licenses per GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines (GNU FSDG)[2], GPLv3 or later
Official websitewww.dragora.org

Dragora is a complete and reliable distribution of the GNU/Linux operating system that is entirely free software . Dragora is founded on the concepts of simplicity and elegance, it can be run for almost any purpose (desktop, workstation, server, development, etc.). The intended audience are people interested in learning more about a GNU/Linux distribution, or simply people who are looking for quality.

Dragora was originated in Argentina for the rest of the world. The distribution was written from scratch sharing some similarities with Slackware.

Release dates[3]

The following list of releases includes the release date and the code name used by the project.

  • Dragora 1.0 Beta 1: June 13th, 2008 - "hell".
  • Dragora 1.0 Beta 2: September 18th, 2008.
  • Dragora 1.0 Release Candidate 1: February 12th, 2009.
  • Dragora 1.0 Stable: March 13th, 2009 - "starlight".
  • Dragora 1.1 Release Candidate 1: August 25th, 2009.
  • Dragora 1.1 Stable: Octubre 8th, 2009 - "stargazer".
  • Dragora 2.0 Release Candidate 1: January 24th, 2010.
  • Dragora 2.0 Release Candidate 2: March 28th, 2010.
  • Dragora 2.0 Stable: April 13th, 2010 - "ardi".
  • Dragora 2.1 Release Candidate 1: December 4th, 2010.
  • Dragora 2.1 Stable: December 31st, 2010 - "dio".
  • Dragora 2.2 Release Candidate 1: March 2nd, 2012.
  • Dragora 2.2 Stable: April 21st, 2012 - "rafaela".
  • Dragora 3.0 Alpha 1: December 31st, 2017.
  • Dragora 3.0 Alpha 2: September 28th, 2018.

init system

Since Dragora 2 the init system 'Runit' is used.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Package management, Dragora Wiki, archived from the original on 2014-04-16 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html
  3. ^ "faq:general [Dragora Wiki]". Archived from the original on 2016-01-28. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ https://dragora.org/repo.fsl/doc/trunk/www/dragora2/guides/initsystem.md