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ClearOS is the rebranded "ClarkConnect" distro I believe. I'm not sure when the rebranding happened(10+ years ago?) anymore, but I was surprised to find out the
by clipradiowallet 5y ago
ClearOS is the rebranded "ClarkConnect" distro I believe. I'm not sure when the rebranding happened(10+ years ago?) anymore, but I was surprised to find out the project is still alive at all. I've only encountered 1 human who used the software in my life, and that encounter was 15+ years ago.
For history, it used to be an all-in-one network services distro. It handled your core network services like DHCP and VPNs - but also handled service-oriented daemons like FTP/SMTP.
- cpach 5y agoInteresting! A few weeks ago a sales guy at my job mentioned ClarkConnect. I became curious since that was the first time I’ve heard someone mentioning that product. Apparently it seems like the foundation that manages ClearOS also created some kinda cryptocoin?! https://news.clear.co.com/all-clearos-users-now-can-get-free-clear-tokens/ https://news.clear.co.com/all-clearos-users-now-can-get-free...
- sureglymop 5y agoDoes that seem like a red flag to anyone else or just me?
- cpach 5y agoMe too. Can’t see anything good come out of that.
- lenova 5y agoClarkConnect, oh wow, there's a name I haven't heard in ages. I'm flashing back to all of the various small-office firewall appliance distributions from that era. ClarkConnect, Smoothwall, m0n0wall... there were others that I'm blanking on.
- indigodaddy 5y agoI used ClarkConnect for a tiny little shop I worked for in 2007 for setting up an SMB share to use for shared Excel/Access functionality. I was just learning Linux and not that familiar with distros or how to setup file servers manually, so it made it quite easy.
- polartx 5y agoYou are correct. Check out Directpointe for insight into the ClearOS’s founders earlier ventures. They used ClarkConnect on a few of their customers tech stacks as well.