Buildix

Infobox_OS
name = Buildix


caption = Buildix 1.1
developer = ThoughtWorks
family = Linux
source_model = Open source
working_state = Current
kernel_type = Monolithic kernel
license = Various
website = [http://buildix.thoughtworks.com buildix.thoughtworks.com]

Buildix is a computer operating system which can be used as a Live CD. It is an Ubuntu 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), Trac (a project-management tool) and Mingle (a commercial tool that aids agile management).

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

ee also

*List of LiveCDs

External links

* [http://buildix.thoughtworks.com Buildix Site]
* [http://www.thoughtworks.com ThoughtWorks]
* [http://www.agileManifesto.org/ Manifesto for Agile Software Development]
* [http://www.agilealliance.com/ The Agile Alliance]