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VyOS History
==================
-VyOS is a Linux-based network operating system that provides software-based network routing, firewall, and VPN functionality.
+VyOS is a Linux-based network operating system that provides software-based
+network routing, firewall, and VPN functionality.
-The VyOS project was started in late 2013 as a community fork of the `GPL <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License>`_ portions of Vyatta Core 6.6R1 with the goal of maintaining a free and open source network operating system in response to the decision to discontinue the community edition of Vyatta. Here everyone loves learning, older managers and new users.
+The VyOS project was started in late 2013 as a community fork of the
+`GPL <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License>`_ portions of
+Vyatta Core 6.6R1 with the goal of maintaining a free and open source network
+operating system in response to the decision to discontinue the community
+edition of Vyatta. Here everyone loves learning, older managers and new users.
+
+VyOS is primarily based on `Debian GNU/Linux <http://www.debian.org/>`_ and the
+`Quagga <http://www.nongnu.org/quagga/>`_ routing engine. Its configuration
+syntax and :ref:`cli` are loosely derived from Juniper JUNOS as modelled by the
+`XORP project <http://www.xorp.org/>`_ (which was the original routing engine
+Vyatta was based upon).
-VyOS is primarily based on `Debian GNU/Linux <http://www.debian.org/>`_ and the `Quagga <http://www.nongnu.org/quagga/>`_ routing engine. Its configuration syntax and :ref:`cli` are loosely derived from Juniper JUNOS as modelled by the `XORP project <http://www.xorp.org/>`_ (which was the original routing engine Vyatta was based upon).
Vyatta changed to the Quagga routing engine for release 4.0.
-Vyos changed the routing enging to `FRRoution <https://frrouting.org/>`_ in version 1.2.0
+VyOS changed the routing enging to `FRRoution <https://frrouting.org/>`_ in
+version 1.2.0
**How it's different from other router distros?**
- Unified command line interface in the style of hardware routers.
- Scriptable CLI
-- Stateful configuration system: prepare changes and commit at once or discard, view previous revisions or rollback to them, archive revisions to remote server, execute hooks at commit time...
-- Image-based upgrade: keep multiple versions on the same system and revert to previous image if something went wrong.
-- Not just firewall and VPN: includes routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF and complex routing policy language.
-- Runs on physical and virtual platforms alike: small x86 boards, big servers, KVM, Xen, VMWare, Hyper-V...
-- Completely free and open source, with documented internal APIs and build procedures.
-- Community driven: patches are welcome, all code, bugs, and nightly builds are public.
+- Stateful configuration system: prepare changes and commit at once or discard,
+ view previous revisions or rollback to them, archive revisions to remote
+ server, execute hooks at commit time...
+- Image-based upgrade: keep multiple versions on the same system and revert to
+ previous image if something went wrong.
+- Not just firewall and VPN: includes routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF and
+ complex routing policy language.
+- Runs on physical and virtual platforms alike: small x86 boards, big servers,
+ KVM, Xen, VMWare, Hyper-V...
+- Completely free and open source, with documented internal APIs and build
+ procedures.
+- Community driven: patches are welcome, all code, bugs, and nightly builds are
+ public.