Progeny Linux Systems

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Progeny Linux Systems was a company which provided Linux platform technology. Their Platform Services technology supported both Debian and RPM-based distributions (RedHat Packaged based) for Linux platforms. Ian Murdock, the founder of Debian, was the founder and Chairman of the Board of the now defunct Progeny Linux Systems company that was based in Indianapolis. The CTO was John H. Hartman.

Progeny created a Linux distribution called Progeny Componentized Linux. Due to their inability to raise second-round financing, the company's operations and subsequent non-development of the Debian-clone is largely considered a failure.^{[citation needed]}

Progeny eventually announced via a post to their mailing lists on 1 May 2007 that they were ceasing operations, but in fact, their website indicated that they were ceasing operations a week earlier on April 27, 2007.

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Progeny Componentized Linux, usually called Progeny Debian, is a defunct free Linux distribution. Progeny announced in a post to its various mailing lists on 1 May 2007 that they were ceasing operations, and shut down their website.

Progeny Debian was an alternative to Debian 3.1, otherwise known as Sarge. Furthermore, it was based upon the Linux Standard Base (LSB) 3.0, adopting technology such as the Anaconda installer ported from Red Hat, APT, and Discover. Progeny Debian aimed to be a model for developing a component-based Linux.