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Buildix is a computer operating system which can be used as a live CD. It is a Knoppix based Linux distribution, developed by Global IT professional services firm, ThoughtWorks.
Buildix is aimed at helping agile developers to get their projects up and running quickly and easily. The bundled software includes the key ingredients for an agile software development project including: CruiseControl (a continuous integration server), Subversion (a revision control system), and Trac (a project-management tool).
Contents
Buildix is intended to run as a server and so the package list is initially quite small. There is no window manager installed which means that buildix has very modest hardware requirements.
The most significant packages include:
* CruiseControl
* Subversion
* Trac
* Apache Ant
* Apache Tomcat
* Apache HTTP Server
Requirements
There are some requirements for a computer to be able to run Buildix, which include:
* A CD-ROM drive
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