Linux distribution

The Turbolinux distribution was created as a rebranded Red Hat distribution by (then) Pacific HiTech employee Scott Stone. Scott was the lead release engineer through version 3.6.

Turbolinux is notable for including licensed copies of CyberLink PowerDVD

PowerDVD

CyberLink PowerDVD is a media player for Microsoft Windows. Several editions of the software are sold including "Ultra", "Deluxe" and "Standard". All editions support the viewing of DVD and the Ultra edition supports Blu-ray playback, including the playback of Blu-ray 3D content.The product is...

 and Windows Media

Windows Media

Windows Media is a multimedia framework for media creation and distribution for Microsoft Windows. It consists of a software development kit with several application programming interfaces and a number of prebuilt technologies, and is the replacement of NetShow technologies.The Windows Media SDK...

 binary codec

Codec

A codec is a device or computer program capable of encoding or decoding a digital data stream or signal. The word codec is a portmanteau of "compressor-decompressor" or, more commonly, "coder-decoder"...

s.

Company

Turbolinux (the company) was founded in 1992 as Pacific HiTech in Sandy, Utah

Sandy, Utah

Sandy is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is a suburb of Salt Lake City. The population was 87,461 at the 2010 census, making it the sixth-largest city in Utah....

 by Cliff and Iris Miller.

PHT changed its name to Turbolinux in June 1999 to better identify with its flagship product.

The Millers were "terminated without cause" from Turbolinux in July 2000 after a disagreement with venture capitalists.

After several rounds of layoffs, Turbolinux sold its name and distribution to Japanese software corporation SRA in September 2002. The former headquarters at Brisbane, California

Brisbane, California

Brisbane is a small city located in the northern part of San Mateo County, California on the lower slopes of San Bruno Mountain. It is on the northeastern edge of South San Francisco, next to the San Francisco Bay and near the San Francisco International Airport.The population was 4,282 as of...

 closed its doors shortly thereafter and all operations were relocated to Shibuya, Tokyo

Shibuya, Tokyo

is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 2008, it has an estimated population of 208,371 and a population density of 13,540 persons per km². The total area is 15.11 km²....

, Japan.

Turbolinux successfully completed an IPO on the Osaka Stock Exchange in September 2005 underwritten by Nikko Citigroup

Nikko Citigroup

is a financial services firm in Japan. It is a joint venture between Citigroup and the Nikko Cordial Corporation.Nikko Cordial and Citigroup first established a joint venture in Japan in 1999 as Salomon Smith Barney Japan Ltd., a company registered and domiciled in the Cayman Islands which operated...

, Livedoor

Livedoor

is an Internet service provider based in Tokyo, Japan, that runs a web portal and numerous other businesses. The company was founded and led in its first 10 years by Takafumi Horie, known as "Horiemon" in Japan...

 Securities Co. Ltd., and Mizuho

Mizuho

Mizuho may refer to:* Mizuho, Gifu, a city in Gifu* Mizuho, Tokyo, a town in Tokyo* Japanese seaplane carrier Mizuho, a Japanese seaplane carrier* Mizuho , a train service in Japan* Mizuho Station * 2090 Mizuho, an asteroid...

 Investors Securities Co. Ltd.

Turbolinux is a member of the Interop Vendor Alliance.

External links

• Official site of Turbolinux