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@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ called Vyatta. [*]_ 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. [*]_
features and was only available to paying customers.
Vyatta was acquired by Brocade Communication Systems in 2012. Shortly
after, Brocade renamed Vyatta Subscription Edition to Brocade vRouter,
@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ 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.
images. The company was later reorganized under the VyOS brand.
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.
@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ 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.
Crux reached end of support in 2023..
Equuleus (1.3)
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@ -101,13 +101,12 @@ 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.
Equuleus reached end of support in 2025.
Sagitta (1.4)
-------------
Sagitta (the Arrow) is the codename of the current development
branch, so there's no VyOS 1.4 yet.
Sagitta (the Arrow) was released in 2024 and is currently a supported LTS release.
Circinus (1.5)
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@ -131,6 +130,4 @@ any pre-built image for more precise information.
.. [*] From the Sanskrit adjective "Vyātta" (व्यात्त), meaning opened.
.. [*] A business model comparable to that of Redis, rather than that
of VyOS today.
.. [*] This is not unlike how Linus Torvalds owns the trademark "Linux".