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{{Infobox OS
| name                   = LinuxBBQ
| logo                   = [[Image:linuxbbq logo.png|150px]]
| screenshot             =<!-- Deleted image removed:  [[File:Linuxbbq elitist scrot.png|300px|Screenshot of LinuxBBQ '"Elitist'"]] -->
| caption                = LinuxBBQ '"Elitist'"
| website                = [http://linuxbbq.org/ linuxbbq.org]
| developer              = LinuxBBQ-team around Julius Hader (machinebacon)
| family                 = [[Unix-like]]
| source_model           = [[Open source]]
| released               = {{Start date|df=yes|2012|06|01}}
| frequently_updated     = yes
| language               = multilingual
| latest_release_version = ([[Rolling release]])
| kernel_type            = various ([[Linux kernel|Linux]])
| userland               = [[GNU Core Utilities|GNU]]
| supported_platforms    = [[x86]], [[amd64]]
| ui                     = Many
| updatemodel            = [[Advanced Packaging Tool|APT]]
| package_manager        = [[dpkg]]
| license                = [[Free software]] licenses<br>(mainly [[GPL]])
| working_state          = Active
}}

'''LinuxBBQ''' is a desktop-oriented [[operating system]] based on the "unstable" branch of [[Debian]], which uses the codename ''Sid''.

==Features==
LinuxBBQ is based on Debian's most modern branch, sid. There is a homemade collection of tools and scripts to help out with various things, and it has a lightweight browser that is being developed in-house. Certain efforts are made to keep releases (relatively) '"bloat-free'", and light-weight.{{citation needed|date=July 2013}}

LinuxBBQ's most notable feature{{citation needed|date=July 2013}} is in the idea of '"Roast Your Own'". This allows the user to take a LinuxBBQ Base Edition (or any release), make changes (installing certain applications, for example), and then make a snapshot of the system and turn it into a bootable ISO file.

From the About-page on the official website:
{{Quote|We believe the entirety of the Linux landscape has its worth to the general Linux community, and it would be silly to exclude a certain WM/DE or application based upon little more than prejudice and hearsay. So, we allow users an easy way to try them all out, but each with a setup that will work (and work well) on nearly every computer out there (with some unavoidable exceptions of course), and we encourage users to '"Roast Your Own'". Naturally, this means the inclusion of proprietary elements. We are well aware this goes against the grain of the common FOSS ideas, but frankly, we care more for actually getting a working system than for sitting behind our wifi-less computers as the victors of idealism.|LinuxBBQ|[http://linuxbbq.org/wordpress/about/]}}

===Live media===
Each release comes as a [[Live CD]], booting to a graphical desktop without installation. On the Live CD a USB installer is provided to create a [[Live USB]] system, but the [[Live USB]] can be created easily from the [[Live CD]] ISO file.<ref name='"liveusb'">{{Cite web| title = How to make a Live USB from a LinuxBBQ ISO file | date = 2013-07-31 | url = http://linuxbbq.org/wiki/index.php?title=Dd | author = LinuxBBQ Wiki }}</ref>

===Updates===
Once LinuxBBQ is installed, it can be kept up-to-date with updates from the Debian Sid and LinuxBBQ repositories. Updates are typically run from command line using [[apt-get]]. Because post and pre install scripts in the Debian packages may restart your display manager during updates and cause conflicts with running userspace applications, it is recommended that users upgrade their system outside of X (i.e. while NOT running the '"GUI'").  This is achieved by applying all updates at '"run-level 3'".<ref name='"updatesnox'">{{Cite web| title = Update Policy | date = 2013-07-31 | url = http://manual.aptosid.com/en/sys-admin-apt-en.htm#du-st | author = Aptosid manual }}</ref>

===Packages===
Depending on the release, any available package in Linuxland may be included. One of the aims of LinuxBBQ is not to exclude certain parts of the Linux landscape, and a watchful eye is kept out for more obscure applications and lesser-known projects.<ref name='"obscureprojects'">{{Cite web| title = PenBang on LinuxBBQ | date = 2013-07-31 | url = http://penbang.sysbase.org/install_tools/0.0.3/Readme.txt | author = Mad_Dev }}</ref>

==Releases==
LinuxBBQ releases are diverse and many. They come in a couple of different types.<ref>{{cite web|title=LinuxBBQ Releases|url=http://linuxbbq.org/wordpress/category/releases/|accessdate=31 July 2013}}</ref>

===Base editions===
The LinuxBBQ Base Editions are releases that may be used as a solid base to build your own system on. These releases contain only an essential set of applications, leaving room for the user to decide what he/she wants to do with the system.

===Special editions===
The LinuxBBQ Special Editions are releases tailored to suit a specific goal. There are releases aimed at music production, studying and publishing, gaming, visually impaired users and children. These releases contain a specific set of applications that are expected to be useful in a specific case.

===Development editions===
The LinuxBBQ Development Editions are releases that experiment with a certain part of the Linux landscape. For example, the '"Gangbang'" release contains all the [[window manager]]s in the Debian repositories, and the '"Argentina78'" release was a proof-of-concept for the MATE 1.4.2 [[desktop environment]] as well as a hat-tip to its Argentinian developer.

==Name==
The name '"LinuxBBQ'" is a fusion of the words [[Linux]] (the free operating system) and '"[[barbecue]]'" (often abbreviated as '"BBQ'" in popular language). LinuxBBQ has taken the concept of a barbecue as a friendly gathering and built its '"community values'" on top of that. Furthering the analogy, releases were named after different pieces of meat. With the introduction of more specialized releases the naming-scheme changed to be more descriptive.<ref name=bbqcount>{{cite web|title=LinuxBBQ 'Count'|url=http://linuxbbq.org/wordpress/linuxbbq-count-i686/|accessdate=31 July 2013}}</ref> Recent releasenames for the Special Editions have been based on [[sexual slang]].<ref name=bbqgangbang>{{cite web|title=LinuxBBQ 'Gangbang'|url=http://linuxbbq.org/wordpress/lets-gangbang/|accessdate=31 July 2013}}</ref>

==System recommendations==
LinuxBBQ offers a plethora of different releases, some of which are supported for the [[P6 (microarchitecture)|i686]] computer architecture, others for the [[amd64]] computer architecture, and yet others for both.<ref name=systemrequirements>{{cite web|title=LinuxBBQ System Requirements|url=http://linuxbbq.org/wordpress/about/|accessdate=31 July 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Free software|Linux}}
* [[List of live CDs]]
* [[List of Linux distributions]]
* [[Comparison of Linux distributions]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://linuxbbq.org/}}
* [http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=linuxbbq LinuxBBQ on Distrowatch]

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[[Category:Debian-based distributions]]
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[[Category:X86-64 Linux distributions]]
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