Foresight Linux

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{{Infobox OS
| name = Foresight
| logo = [[Image:Foresight Linux Logo 2.png|200px]]
| screenshot = [[File:Foresightlinux lxde 2.5.2.png|300px]]
| caption = The Foresight Linux 2.5.2 desktop with [[LXDE]]
| developer = Foresight Community
| family = [[Linux]] ([[Unix-like]])
| language =
| ui = [[GNOME]], [[KDE]], [[LXDE]], [[Xfce]]
| license =
| website = [https://www.foresightlinux.org/ https://www.foresightlinux.org]
| source_model = Mixed source
| latest_release_version = ([[Rolling release]]) 2.5.3
| latest_release_date = {{release date and age|2013|04|12}}
| latest_test_version =
| latest_test_date =
| marketing_target =
| kernel_type = [[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]] ([[Linux kernel|Linux]])
| working_state = Discontinued
| supported_platforms = [[IA-32]], [[x86-64]]
| updatemodel = [[PackageKit]] (gnome-packagekit)
| package_manager = Conary
}}
'''Foresight Linux''' was a [[Linux distribution]] comprising [[free software|free]] and [[proprietary software]] with the goal of showcasing the latest in Linux desktop technologies. Foresight is developed by the Foresight community and is based on [[rPath]], it also follows a [[rolling release]] cycle, instead of a time-based release schedule.

The project announced it was shutting down at the end of May 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.foresight.devel/2857 |title=Gmane - Foresight Linux Project announces its retirement |access-date=2015-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124061102/http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.foresight.devel/2857 |archive-date=2016-01-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Nestor|first=Marius|date=2015-05-12|title=Goodbye Foresight Linux|url=https://news.softpedia.com/news/Goodbye-Foresight-Linux-480990.shtml|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-01|website=softpedia|language=english}}</ref>

== History ==
Foresight was created by Ken VanDine as a [[Linux distribution]] to showcase the most current releases of [[GNOME]] while working on the GNOME Marketing team.<ref name="Creating the GNOME 2.18 Live Media: An interview with Ken VanDine"/>

Since then it has undergone change through generally minor revisions (via rolling release). This is in contrast to the system of major changes with each version number employed by many other distributions. However, there have been occasional major changes, most notably the transition from Foresight 1.x to Foresight 2. Along the way several original deficiencies have been cured as well, among them the lack of 64 bit support, which was introduced in Foresight 2, and the lack of a graphical package manager, which was filled by [[PackageKit]].

After the release of Foresight 2, the developers held a packaging contest within the community in order to boost the number of applications available for the new release, either by porting them from Foresight 1, or packaging them afresh. The contest was sponsored by [[Shuttle Inc.]], Foresight's OEM partner, in the form of computers (Shuttle's KPC) and peripherals for the winners.<ref name="Foresight Contest Announcement"/> Though originally planned to last one month, the contest was extended to two near the end of the first so that a greater number of packages could be completed. The process of testing all of the completed packages {{as of | 2009
| alt=is currently underway}}, and no official announcements have been made as to the winner.

While originally a GNOME-based distribution, from version 2.5.0 [[Xfce]] and [[KDE]] desktops have been introduced.

Foresight was the recipient of the Ovatio Award for 2008 ''Distro of the Year'' by Ars Technica.<ref name="The 2008 Ovatio Awards, by Ars Technica"/>

== Vendor support ==
Foresight used to be available pre-installed on the [[Shuttle Inc.|Shuttle]]'s light-weight KPC system.<ref name="KPC Specifications"/>

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="Creating the GNOME 2.18 Live Media: An interview with Ken VanDine">{{cite web |title = Creating the GNOME 2.18 Live Media: An interview with Ken VanDine |url = http://www.gnomejournal.org/article/57/creating-the-gnome-218-live-media-an-interview-with-ken-vandine |access-date = 2008-06-13 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090122212616/http://gnomejournal.org/article/57/creating-the-gnome-218-live-media-an-interview-with-ken-vandine |archive-date = 2009-01-22 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

<ref name="Foresight Contest Announcement">{{cite web|title=Foresight Contest Announcement |url=http://www.foresightlinux.org/contest.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516024941/http://www.foresightlinux.org/contest.html |archivedate=May 16, 2008 }}</ref>

<ref name="The 2008 Ovatio Awards, by Ars Technica">{{cite web |title = The 2008 Ovatio Awards, by Ars Technica |url = https://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/ars-awards-2008.ars/7 }}</ref>

<ref name="KPC Specifications">{{cite web|url=http://us.shuttle.com/KPC/techspecs.html |title=KPC Specifications |accessdate=2008-05-26 |publisher=[[Shuttle Inc.]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518034750/http://us.shuttle.com/KPC/techspecs.html |archivedate=2008-05-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.foresightlinux.org/ Project home page]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080701081537/http://us.shuttle.com/kpc/index.htm Shuttle KPC home page]

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