Buildix

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Buildix
Buildix 1.1
Website	buildix.thoughtworks.com
Company/ developer	ThoughtWorks
OS family	Linux
Source model	Open source
Kernel type	Monolithic kernel
License	Various
Working state	Current

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).

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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: