Caixa Mágica
Encyclopedia
Caixa Mágica is a Portuguese
Linux distribution
based on Debian
and maintained by Caixa Mágica Software. It uses the .deb format. There are two editions: Desktop and Server.
, a Portuguese research centre.
In 2004 there was a need to restructure the project because of the growth of the team and new challenges faced, so a spin-off of ADETTI
was created, designated by "Caixa Mágica Software".
Caixa Mágica used to be based on Mandriva Linux
and used the RPM Package Manager
, but version 16 started to be based on Debian
.
The "Magalhães" computers also included Caixa Mágica.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
Linux distribution
Linux distribution
A Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions are operating systems including a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications...
based on Debian
Debian
Debian is a computer operating system composed of software packages released as free and open source software primarily under the GNU General Public License along with other free software licenses. Debian GNU/Linux, which includes the GNU OS tools and Linux kernel, is a popular and influential...
and maintained by Caixa Mágica Software. It uses the .deb format. There are two editions: Desktop and Server.
History
This project was created in 2000 by Paulo Trezentos and Daniel Neves at ADETTIADETTI
ADETTI is a non-profit research institution in Portugal....
, a Portuguese research centre.
In 2004 there was a need to restructure the project because of the growth of the team and new challenges faced, so a spin-off of ADETTI
ADETTI
ADETTI is a non-profit research institution in Portugal....
was created, designated by "Caixa Mágica Software".
Caixa Mágica used to be based on Mandriva Linux
Mandriva Linux
Mandriva Linux is a Linux distribution distributed by Mandriva. It uses the RPM Package Manager...
and used the RPM Package Manager
RPM Package Manager
RPM Package Manager is a package management system. The name RPM variously refers to the .rpm file format, files in this format, software packaged in such files, and the package manager itself...
, but version 16 started to be based on Debian
Debian
Debian is a computer operating system composed of software packages released as free and open source software primarily under the GNU General Public License along with other free software licenses. Debian GNU/Linux, which includes the GNU OS tools and Linux kernel, is a popular and influential...
.
The "Magalhães" computers also included Caixa Mágica.
External links
Caixa Mágica Official Website- Linux on the portuguese schools: the Caixa Mágica experience
- Announcement of the release of Caixa Mágica 12
- Caixa Mágica at Distrowatch.comDistroWatchDistroWatch is a website which provides news, popularity rankings, and other general information about various Linux distributions as well as other free software/open source Unix-like operating systems such as OpenSolaris, MINIX and BSD. It now contains information on several hundred distributions...
- Caixa Mágica suggested as one of the alternatives to Windows by tek.sapo.pt