PorteuX is a Linux distro based on Slackware, inspired by Slax and Porteus.
Its main goal is to be super fast, small, portable, modular and immutable (if the user wants so).
It’s already pre-configured for basic usage, including lightweight applications for each one of the 7 desktop environments available. No browser is included, but an app store is provided so you can download the most popular browsers, as well as Steam, VirtualBox, Nvidia drivers, office suite, multilib, messengers, emulators, etc.
Out of the box PorteuX can open basically any multimedia file. Hardware acceleration is enabled by default for machines with Intel, AMD or Nvidia cards (for Nvidia cards it’s required to download Nvidia driver from the app store).
| Working state: | Active |
| Desktop: | Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, Xfce |
| Init Software: | SysV |
| Package Management: | - |
| Release Model: | Fixed |
| Platforms: | x86-64 |
| Home Page: | github.com/porteux/porteux |
| Developer: | arleson, theUtopian |
| This article is part of our Big List of Active Linux Distros which is currently under development. |
What's a Linux distribution ("distro")? |
| A distro provides the user with a desktop environment, preloaded applications, and ways to update and maintain the system. Each distro makes different choices, deciding which open source projects to install and provides custom written programs. They can have different philosophies. Some distros are intended for desktop computers, some for servers without a graphical interface, and others for special uses. Because Linux is an open source operating system, combinations of software vary between Linux distros. |