Distributions for Unix
Available version for Solaris (works on 2.5, 2.5.1., 2.6, 7, 8, 9), Irix (6.5, 6.2 being tested), HP-UX (11., 10.20 being tested).
The 90 most used free software packages.
| GCC | XEMACS | XFIG | GDB |
| GIMP | TCL/TK | DDD | PERL |
| OCTAVE | APACHE | POSTGRESQL | LATEX |
| SAMBA | SCILAB | ... |
You can also browse the complete software and version list or have a look at screen shots .
1. How it works
- Graphical installation interface of binaries and documentation.
- Relocatable binaries (choice of installation directories).
- Intranet documentation portal.
- Search engine available on all or parts of the documentation.
- Automatic generation and choice of environmental variables (TkChoice).
- Identical versions of softwares between HP-UX, IRIX and SOLARIS.
- Compilation instructions regrouped in a FREEALTER file located at the root of each sofware's archives.
2. Why
- Numerous manufacturers use free softwares.
- There were no distributions adapted to their needs and to their platforms.
- To improve the speed of installation, thus test, thus adoption of free softwares.
- To provide the best documentation and thus to allow to grip in the fastest possible way softwares.
- An indispensable support for Linbox FAS to provide you with the best possible service.
3. The result
- cdroms containing the 90 most used free softwares in companies ( complete list available here ),
- 1 cdrom for Solaris 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.6, 7, 8, and 9,
- 1 cdrom for Irix 6.5 (6.2. being tested),
- 1 cdrom for HP-UX 11 (10.20 being tested),
- graphical installation interface or manual installation,
- installation in the directories of choice thanks to relocatable binaries,
- html documentation of all softwares, index page, quick search tool,
- TkChoice for automatic file generation at boot, graphical interface for end users and graphic application launcher.
You can also take a look at the services offered around the cdroms here
