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Impi Linux
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| name =                   Impi Linux
| logo =                   
| screenshot =             
| caption =                
| developer =              Impi Linux (Pty) Ltd
| family =                 [[Unix-like]]
| source_model =           [[Free and open source software]]
| language =               multilingual
| kernel_type =            [[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]] [[Linux kernel]]
| ui =                     [[GNOME]]
| working_state =          discontinued
| website =                [http://www.impi.org.za/ www.impi.org.za]
| supported_platforms =    [[x86 architecture]]
| updatemodel =            [[Advanced Packaging Tool|APT]]
| package_manager =        [[dpkg]]
}}
'''Impi Linux''' was a [[South Africa]]n [[Linux distribution]] based on [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]], which focuses on the enterprise and government sector. The project name originally referred to [[Impi]] meaning warrior in the [[Zulu language]]. In September 2005, [[Mark Shuttleworth]] invested [[South African rand|R]]10 million in return for 65% of Impi Linux.

The project was discontinued after Impi was incorporated and later purchased by [[Business Connection]].<ref name="tectonic">http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=4668</ref>.

==Company history==
Impi Linux has a long history, but has managed to transform from an [[open source]] project into a company. The project started from a discussion on the [[South Africa]]n Gauteng Linux Users Group, GLUG. The first meeting in late 2001 was held at Andre Coetzee's home and got the project off to a slow start with more discussions about the name of the distro than that of its would-be technical merits. Interestingly, one of the names initially put forward was [[Ubuntu (philosophy)|Ub(contracted; show full)

In August 2006 Impi Linux begun a  proof of concept come roll-out at the South African Department of Science and Technology, utilizing a customized version of Impi Linux.

In 2008, Impi was purchased by [[Business Connection]]; the open source division was later shut down and the Impi project discontinued.<ref name="tectonic"
>http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=4668</ref/>

==Company shareholding==
Current shareholders of the company are Shuttleworth's HBD Business Holdings (65%), with an additional shareholding from Khuselo Investments (Pty)Ltd (10%). Khuselo Investments jointly represented by Pumla Radebe, Johannesburg City Parks Chairperson and Eddie Funde, current chairman of the SABC. In addition, 20% of the shares in the new entity have been earmarked for BEE, in the form of a trust that will disburse shares to previously disadvantaged employees over time. Other minor shareholders (5%) include, Andre Coetzee, Nick Venter, Howard Lowenthal and Gary Fortuin.{{Citation needed|date=February 2008}}

==Release history==
===Impi Linux 1===
Version 1 (released 1 November 2003) Andre Coetzee decided to base it on [[Gnoppix]], the installation script used dialog and was written in [[PHP]] by Francis Viviers who was employed full time by Andre Coetzee to work on Impi Linux.

The initial distro utilized the [[GNOME]] desktop environment and contained new utilities mainly written by Quintin Beukes (a shareholder in [[Cubit Accounting]]) who was also employed by Andre Coetzee at the time.  

===Impi Linux 2===
In 2004 Impi Linux started the task of building a Linux distribution from scratch. Ultimately, it didn't prove to be a good decision on their part. Impi Linux 2 was officially released at an event, held at the [[Dimension Data]] Campus in [[Johannesburg]], celebrating the first international [[Software Freedom Day]] on 28 August 2004.

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