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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The first public release of BLAG was 22 October 2002. The latest stable release, BLAG 140k, was based on Fedora 14, and was released on 4 May 2011. In October 2014 Blag 200000 was released in alpha form.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>Planning for BLAG 240000 commenced in January 2016 but it was never released.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p><p>The script used in BLAG for cleaning the kernel from non-free blobs shipped in it by default was used as a base for the <a href="/facts/Linux-libre/nTX8015X">Linux-libre</a> set of scripts.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Free and open-source software portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_Linux_distributions/DI2AtKjE">Comparison of Linux distributions</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://blagblagblag.org">Official website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Fedora-based single-CD distro goes gold". DesktopLinux.com eWeek. Ziff Davis Enterprise Holdings Inc. 2006-07-14. Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-10. <a href="http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3934056941.html" target="_blank">http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3934056941.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Magic Banan (2008-05-26). "Interview with Jeff Moe: BLAG, linux-libre and More". Archived from the original on 27 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-10. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080827175337/http://blue-gnu.biz/content/interview_jeff_moe_blag_linux_libre_and_more" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20080827175337/http://blue-gnu.biz/content/interview_jeff_moe_blag_linux_libre_and_more</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"BLAG updates its Fedora-based distro". Ziff Davis Enterprise Holdings Inc. 2006-10-05. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-14. <a href="http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6105638185.html" target="_blank">http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6105638185.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Free GNU/Linux distributions". Free Software Foundation, Inc. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014. <a href="https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html" target="_blank">https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>DistroWatch. "Development Release: BLAG Linux And GNU 200000 Alpha (DistroWatch.com News)". distrowatch.com. Retrieved 8 May 2016. <a href="http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=08668" target="_blank">http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=08668</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"BLAG". blagblagblag.org. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2016. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181106004815/http://forums.blagblagblag.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5704" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20181106004815/http://forums.blagblagblag.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5704</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Bruce Byfield (2008-08-01). "Linux-libre project meets rocky reception". Linux.com. SourceForge, Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2008-08-19. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080805172409/http://www.linux.com/feature/142772" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20080805172409/http://www.linux.com/feature/142772</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>