Makes YOPER (Your Operating System, Y Operating System, YOS) Linux, goal: fill the gap between technical Gentoo or Linux from source, and business or home users. Auckland, New Zealand.

Distribution based on encap package managing system for ease of installation and upgrades. The main purpose is to keep its creators happy and give them something to do in their free time.

Small multiarchitecture distribution for power users.

Designed to be easy to produce derivative distributions from using the Conary distributed software management system. Closely tracks upstream stable packages.

Firm to phase out its custom Sun Linux and move instead to partner with Red Hat and other mainstream Linux firms, a strategy more aligned with other server competitors. [CNET News.com]

PowerPC distribution, based on RPM and Red Hat, and with commercial technical support.

The firm is considering a shift from Sun Linux to partnerships with mainstream Linux sellers such as SuSE and Red Hat, as done by IBM, Dell Computer, Hewlett-Packard. [CNET News.com]

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