Caldera OpenLinux

<p>Caldera OpenLinux is a defunct <a href="/facts/Linux_distribution/0vVl4N4f">Linux distribution</a> produced by <a href="/facts/Caldera%2c_Inc./kynkzN7d">Caldera, Inc.</a> (and its successors <a href="/facts/Caldera_Systems/eWvSmghv">Caldera Systems</a> and <a href="/facts/Caldera_International/eWvSmghv">Caldera International</a>) that existed from 1997 to 2002. Based on the German LST Power Linux distribution, OpenLinux was an early high-end "business-oriented" distribution that included features it developed, such as an easy-to-use, graphical installer and graphical and web-based system administration tools, as well as features from bundled <a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">proprietary software</a>.  In its era, Caldera OpenLinux was one of the four major commercial Linux distributions, the others being <a href="/facts/Red_Hat_Linux/kIU5PueU">Red Hat Linux</a>, <a href="/facts/Turbolinux/ut2w8Hyp">Turbolinux</a>, and <a href="/facts/SuSE_Linux/TAEDo44B">SuSE Linux</a>.
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Caldera OpenLinux