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Boston University Linux


Last Update: 2025-05-17 18:09 UTC

Boston University Linux (or BU Linux for short) is a CentOS-based distribution specifically tailored for the Boston University environments. Among the more interesting enhancements are network installation, Kerberos authentication, tight default security, automatic security updates, OpenAFS file system, and extra software applications.

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BU Linux Summary
Distribution Boston University Linux
Home Page http://linux.bu.edu/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums --
Alternative User Forums
Documentation http://www.bu.edu/tech/infrastructure/servers/bulinux/installation/
Screenshots --
Screencasts
Download Mirrors ftp://linst.bu.edu/bulinux/
Bug Tracker http://lbugs.bu.edu/
Related Websites  
Reviews  
Where To Donate, Buy or Try

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2006-08-23: Distribution Release: BU Linux 4.6
 • 2006-06-17: Development Release: BU Linux 4.6 Beta
 • More BU Linux releases...

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Feature 5.4
monde		 4.8
zodiac		 4.0
bossanova		 3.0
doolittle
Release Date 2010-02-03 2009-08-31 2004-07-14 2003-06-05
End Of Life        
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 0-0      
Free Download netinst ISO netinst ISO netinst ISO netinst ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop GNOME GNOME KDE KDE
Package Management RPM RPM RPM RPM
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite OO.o* OO.o* GOffice, KOffice, OO.o* GOffice, KOffice, OO.o*
Processor Architecture i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386 i386
Init Software SysV SysV SysV SysV
Journaled File Systems ext3 ext3 ext3 ext3
Multilingual        
Asian Language Support        
Full Package List     4.0 3.0
Package 5.4
monde		 4.8
zodiac		 4.0
bossanova		 3.0
doolittle
alsa-lib (1.2.14) 1.0.14rc4 1.0.6 1.0.3a --
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- -- --
apparmor (4.1.1)        
apt (3.1.3) -- -- 0.5.15 0.5.5
bash (5.3) 3.2 3.0 2.05b 2.05b
bind (9.20.10) 9.3.4-P1 9.2.4 9.2.3 9.2.1
chromium (138.0.7204.100) -- -- -- --
cinnamon (6.4.10) -- -- -- --
cups (2.4.12) 1.2.4 1.1.22rc1 1.1.20 1.1.17
e2fsprogs (1.47.3) 1.39 1.35 1.35 1.32
ffmpeg (7.1.1) -- -- -- --
firefox (140.0.4) 3.0.1 1.5.0.12 1.0.2 --
flatpak (1.16.1)        
freetype (2.13.3) 2.2.1 2.1.9 2.1.7 2.1.3
gcc (15.1.0) 4.1.2 3.4.6 3.3.3 3.2.2
gimp (3.0.4) 2.2.13 2.0.5 2.0.5 1.2.3
git (2.50.1) -- -- -- --
glibc (2.41) 2.5 2.3.4 2.3.3 2.3.2
gnome-shell (48.3) -- -- -- --
grub (2.12) 0.97 0.95 0.94 0.93
gtk (4.18.6) 2.10.4 2.4.13 2.4.14 2.2.1
httpd (2.4.64) 2.2.3 2.0.52 2.0.51 2.0.40
inkscape (1.4.2) 0.45.1 -- 0.38.1 --
kmod (34.2) -- -- -- --
krita (5.2.11)        
LibreOffice (25.2.4) 2.3.0* 1.1.5* 1.1.3* 1.0.2*
Package 5.4
monde		 4.8
zodiac		 4.0
bossanova		 3.0
doolittle
libselinux (3.8.1) 1.33.4 1.19.1 1.11.4 --
linux (6.15.6) 2.6.18 2.6.9 2.6.10 2.4.20
mariadb (11.8.2) -- -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- --
mesa (25.1.5) 6.5.1 6.8.2 6.7.0 4.3.0
mysql (9.3.0) 5.0.45 4.1.20 3.23.58 3.23.58
nautilus (48.3) 2.16.2 2.8.1 2.6.0 2.2.1
NVIDIA (575.64.03) -- -- -- --
openjdk (24.0.1) -- -- -- --
openssh (10.0p1) 4.3p2 3.9p1 3.6.1p2 3.6.1p2
openssl (3.5.1) 0.9.8b 0.9.7a 0.9.7a 0.9.7a
perl (5.42.0) 5.8.8 5.8.5 5.8.3 5.8.0
php (8.4.10) 5.1.6 4.3.9 4.3.10 4.2.2
plasma-desktop (6.4.3)        
postfix (3.10.3) 2.3.3 2.2.10 2.0.18 1.1.12
postgresql (17.5) 8.1.11 7.4.17 7.4.7 7.3.4
Python (3.13.5) 2.4.3 2.3.4 2.3.3 2.2.2
qt (6.9.1) 3.3.6 3.3.3 3.3.3 3.1.1
samba (4.22.3) 3.0.28 3.0.25 3.0.10 2.2.7a
systemd (257.7) -- -- -- --
thunderbird (140.0.1) 2.0.0.16 1.5.0.12 1.0.2 --
vim (9.1) 7.0 6.3 6.3 6.1
vlc (3.0.21) -- -- -- --
wayland (1.24.0) -- -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.20.1) 4.4.1 -- 4.0.5 --
xorg-server (21.1.18) 1.1.1 (6.8.2) (6.7.0) --


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