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Impi Linux
{{Refimprove|date=November 2007}}
{{Infobox OS
| name =                   Impi Linux
| logo =                   
| screenshot =             
| caption =                
| developer =              Impi Linux (Pty) Ltd
| family =                 [[Unix-like]]
| source_model =           [[Open-source software|Open source]]
| language =               multilingual
| kernel_type =            [[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]] [[Linux kernel]]
| ui =                     [[GNOME]]
| working_state =          discontinued
| supported_platforms =    [[x86 architecture]]
| updatemodel =            [[Advanced Packaging Tool|APT]]
| package_manager =        [[dpkg]]
}}
'''Impi Linux''' was a [[South Africa]]n [[Linux distribution]] which focused on the enterprise and government sector. The project name originally referred to [[Impi]] meaning war 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 in April 2009 after Impi was incorporated and later purchased by [[Business Connexion Group|Business Connexion]].<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 software|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. One of the names initially put forward was [[Ubuntu (philosophy)|Ubuntu]]. Attendees of the first meeting were: Andre Truter, Ross Addis, then chairman of GLUG, Andre Coetzee(contracted; show full)==External links==
* [http://www.businessday.co.za/Articles/TarkArticle.aspx?ID=1686132 News of Mark Shuttleworth's investment]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060923001303/http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1167 New of the Department of Science and Technology POC]
* [http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1186103&seqNum=2 Official Ubuntu book related Projects]
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