cAos is a community of open source contributors and users. cAos users are organizations and individuals who do not need strong commercial support in order to achieve successful operation.
Our goals are:
- Provide free, stable, enterprise-level Linux solutions,
- Maintain community standards,
- Utilize the most current packages where possible,
- Achieve longevitity, and
- Meet the needs of users and developers.
The kernel and almost every application that makes up a Linux distribution are free and are supported by their respective development groups. cAos is simply a effort to integrate these components into usable, stable products.
There are two main projects, cAos and CentOS, plus Cinch, the cAos installer.
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cAos is the initial project (thus the name). This is a new distribution, with a goal of using all pristine (unforked and unpatched) sources from the developers whenever possible.
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cAos also hosts two Enterprise Linux solutions, CentOS-2 and CentOS-3, based on Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS and 3 ES respectively, and in full compliance with RedHat’s redistribution requirements.
- The Cinch installer allows installation either from a single 1.4 Mb floppy and an internet connection (for best results, broadband or faster), or from a single CD ISO.
If you want to help, join in on the fun or just lurk, here are some good ways to follow development:
- Log into our IRC channels #cAos and #centos at irc.freenode.net
- Join our mailing list
here
- Request an account to become a package maintainer by filling out the new user request form at
https://temple.caosity.org/account_request.php.
- Provide financial support, either by purchasing cAos products or making tax-deductible contributions.
cAos is like PBS -- we need your support!
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