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| author | Daniil Baturin <daniil@vyos.io> | 2026-05-06 14:09:07 +0100 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2026-05-06 14:09:07 +0100 |
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Revert "Add incremental RST-to-MyST swap mechanism (sagitta) (#1868)" (#1894)
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diff --git a/docs/introducing/md-about.md b/docs/introducing/md-about.md deleted file mode 100644 index 51e09857..00000000 --- a/docs/introducing/md-about.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,23 +0,0 @@ -# About - -VyOS is an open source network operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux. - -VyOS provides a free routing platform that competes directly with other -commercially available solutions from well known network providers. Because -VyOS runs on standard amd64, i586 and ARM systems, it is able to be used -as a router and firewall platform for cloud deployments. - -We use multiple live versions of our manual, hosted thankfully by -<https://readthedocs.org>. We will provide one version of the manual for every -VyOS major version starting with VyOS 1.2 which will receive Long-term support -(LTS). - -The manual version is selected/specified by it's Git branch name. You can -switch between versions of the documentation by selecting the appropriate -branch on the bottom left corner. - -VyOS CLI syntax may change between major (and sometimes minor) versions. Please -always refer to the documentation matching your current, running installation. -If a change in the CLI is required, VyOS will ship a so called migration script -which will take care of adjusting the syntax. No action needs to be taken by -you. diff --git a/docs/introducing/md-history.md b/docs/introducing/md-history.md deleted file mode 100644 index c97b59d4..00000000 --- a/docs/introducing/md-history.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,122 +0,0 @@ -# History - -## In the beginning... - -There once was a network operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux, -called Vyatta.[1] 2006 onwards, it was a great free software -alternative to Cisco IOS and Jupiter JUNOS. It came in two editions: -Vyatta Core (previously Vyatta Community Edition) that was completely -free software, and Vyatta Subscription Edition that had proprietary -features and was only available to paying customers.[2] - -Vyatta was acquired by Brocade Communication Systems in 2012. Shortly -after, Brocade renamed Vyatta Subscription Edition to Brocade vRouter, -discontinued Vyatta Core and shut down the community forum without a -notice. The bug tracker and Git repositories followed next year. - -It's worth noting that by the time Brocade acquired Vyatta, -development of Vyatta Core was already stagnated. Vyatta Subscription -Edition (and thus, Vyatta development as a whole) had been replacing -core components with proprietary software, meaning few features made -it to Vyatta Core, and those that did were bug-ridden and hamstrung. - -In 2013, soon after Vyatta Core was abandoned, the community forked -the last Vyatta Core version (6.6R1) and VyOS Project came into being. -[Sentrium SL](https://blog.vyos.io/sentrium-what-sentrium) was -established by VyOS maintainers in 2014 to fund VyOS development by -selling support, consulting services and prebuilt long-term support -images. - -Brocade was acquired by Broadcom in 2016 and sold what remains of -erstwhile Vyatta to AT&T in 2017, who in turn sold it to Ciena in 2021. - -## Major releases - -VyOS major versions used to be named after elements in order of atomic -numbers. With 1.2, this naming scheme was replaced with the much -cooler scheme of Latin names of [IAU](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAU_designated_constellations_by_area) -designated constellations by solid angle area, starting from the smallest. - -### Hydrogen (1.0) - -Released just in time for holidays on 22 December 2013, Hydrogen was -the first major VyOS release. It fixed features that were broken in -Vyatta Core 6.6 (such as IPv4 BGP peer groups and DHCPv6 relay) and -introduced command scripting, a task scheduler and web proxy LDAP -authentication. - -### Helium (1.1) - -Helium was released on 9 October 2014, exactly on the day VyOS Project -first came into being in the previous year. Helium came with a lot of -new features, including an event handler and support for L2TPv3, -802.1ad QinQ and IGMP proxy, as well as experimental support for VXLAN -and DMVPN (the latter of which was also broken in Vyatta Core due to -its reliance on a proprietary NHRP implementation). - -### Crux (1.2) - -Crux (the Southern Cross) came out on 28 January 2019 and was the -first major release of VyOS as we know it today. The underlying -Debian base was upgraded from Squeeze (6) to Jessie (8). - -Although Crux came with too many new features to mention here, some -noteworthy ones are: an mDNS repeater, a broadcast relay, -a high-performance PPPoE server, an HFSC scheduler, as well as support -for Wireguard, unicast VRRP, RPKI for BGP and fully 802.1ad-compliant -QinQ ethertype. The telnet server and support for P2P filtering were -removed. - -Crux is the first version to feature the modular image build system. -CLI definitions began to be written in the modern, verifiable XML -templates. Python APIs were introduced for command scripting and -configuration migration. Introduction of new Perl and shell code was -proscribed and the rewriting of legacy Perl code in pure Python began -with Crux. - -As of 2022, Crux is still supported and maintained. - -### Equuleus (1.3) - -The current long-term support version of VyOS, Equuleus (the Pony) -came out on 21 December 2021, once again in time for the winter -holidays. - -Equuleus brought many long-desired features with it, most notably -an SSTP VPN server, an IPoE server, an OpenConnect VPN server and -a serial console server, in addition to reworked support for WWAN -interfaces, support for GENEVE and MACSec interfaces, VRF, IS-IS -routing, preliminary support for MPLS and LDP, and many other -initialisms. - -As of 2022, Equuleus is in the stable. - -### Sagitta (1.4) - -Sagitta (the Arrow) is the codename of the current development -branch, so there's no VyOS 1.4 yet. - -### Circinus (1.5) - -Circinus (the Compass) is the codename of the upcoming development -branch, so there's no VyOS 1.5 yet. - -## A note on copyright - -Unlike Vyatta, VyOS never had (nor will ever have) proprietary code. -The only proprietary material in VyOS is non-code assets, such as -graphics and the trademark "VyOS".[3] This means you can build your -own long-term support images (as the entire toolchain we use is free -software) and even distribute them, given you rename it and remove -such assets before building. Although note that we do not provide -support for images distributed by a third-party. See the -[artwork license](https://github.com/vyos/vyos-build/blob/current/LICENSE.artwork) -and the end-user license agreement at `/usr/share/vyos/EULA` in -any pre-built image for more precise information. - -[1] From the Sanskrit adjective "Vyātta" (व्यात्त), meaning opened. - -[2] A business model comparable to that of Redis, rather than that -of VyOS today. - -[3] This is not unlike how Linus Torvalds owns the trademark "Linux". |
