Poseidon Linux is developed and maintained by scientists from the Rio Grande Federal University Foundation in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and other supporters all over the globe. It was named Poseidon because its development was driven by a school of oceanologists.
Poseidon was originally a derivative of Kurumin Linux. Kurumin is no more as it has been discontinued since 2008, but in its time it was a big deal that generated a lot of excitement and interest in Linux. Kurumin was a stripped-down Knoppix that fit on a mini-CD, with excellent hardware detection, a hard drive installation option (which the early Knoppix releases did not have), a beautiful appearance, and comprehensive documentation written in Brazilian Portuguese. Linux and FOSS are very popular in Brazil thanks to projects like Kurumin.
First, let's just cover the spiffiness of this. We have Linux getting mainstream and then specializing. This is the fruition of years of hard work... Linux has finally arrived. The Ubuntu connection is awesome as well. It had to overcome harsh criticism for being too pretty and has now struck the perfect balance between pretty and functional. Even hardcore Slackware users have to give it the nod for its progress. I have stayed with Mint, and enjoyed the Ubuntu base. We also have a global success as Linux and Ubuntu in particular become more popular overseas.
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Also welcome our new friend the Linux tag. I wasn't sure how much I would discuss it here, but I think it deserves a place.
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