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CAOS Linux

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CAOS Linux
File:CAos Linux logo.png
CAOS Linux with GNOME
DeveloperCAOS Foundation
OS familyUnix-like
Working stateActive
Source modelOpen source
Latest releaseNSA 1.0.25 / October 14, 2009
Available inEnglish
Update methodYum
Package managerRPM Package Manager
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux)
LicenseVarious
Official websitewww.caoslinux.org

CAOS Linux is an RPM-based Linux distribution. It aspires to be community maintained and managed,[1] but as of 2011-05-04, the timestamp of 2009-12-14 on the main ISO-9660 image is well over a year old.[2] Though Infiscale describes its GravityOS as "[including] the small footprint of Caos"[3] indicating a level of influence from the seemingly discontinued distribution. The name has been capitalized in various ways: cAos and CAos were used with earlier releases. CAOS and Caos are used on the web site's main pages.

CAOS Linux combines aspects of Debian, Red Hat Linux/Fedora, and FreeBSD in a manner that aspires to be stable enough for servers and clusters, for a life cycle of 3 to 5 years.[4] The CAOS Project is part of a larger organization (The CAOS Foundation) which is a team of open source developers working and using resources together.[citation needed]

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