From LQWiki

cAos is a community of open source contributors and users focused on producing enterprise-level, community-produced and managed Linux solutions. Our goals are:

• Provide stable Linux solutions for organizations and individuals who do not need strong commercial support to achieve successful operation, and
• Meet the needs of the community of users.

The kernel and almost every application that makes up a Linux distribution are free and 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.

• cAos is the initial project (thus the name). This is a new distribution, with a goal of using all pristine (unforked and unpached) sources from the developers whenever possible.
• 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 Red Hat'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.

External links

• cAos homepage (www.caosity.org)