Uruk Linux is billed as a fully free, simple, and lightweight Linux operating system for home users, small enterprises and educational centers. It claims 100% privacy.
It comes ready for home and office use, and programs are easy to find and install. Uruk is currently based on the PureOS core.
By default, Uruk ships with the most common software for popular computing tasks. It includes software for productivity, web browsing, email, audio, graphics, and more.
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| Working state: | Active |
| Desktop: | Cinnamon, MATE |
| Init Software: | systemd |
| Package Management: | RPM |
| Release Model: | Fixed |
| Platforms: | x86_64 |
| Home Page: | urukproject.org |
| Developer: | The Uruk project |
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I knew the word ‘Uruk‘ sounded familiar 🙂
This distro appears to be dormant according to:
I’ll keep an eye on this distro to see if a new release is coming. Last release was in 2023.
Perhaps DW is wrong regarding calling it dormant [or their criteria is very strict]. 2023 isn’t all that long ago.
I’ll try to reach out to the distribution and see what their plans are.
Regarding my first comment, I meant to add after “I knew the word ‘Uruk‘ sounded familiar“, that it’s from a episode of Star Trek TNG [my ST favorite series] 🙂
I had to edit your comment Torin. Sorry. We can’t have external links in comments mainly because I don’t have the time to manually check and fix them.
Our software checks broken links in posts/pages, but not comments. There probably is a link checker for comments but it won’t be free 🙁 There are other reasons why we don’t allow external links. See our Comment FAQ for details.
Ok, that’s perfectly understandable, Steve. I thought I’d forgotten to add the Star Trek bit yesterday. 🙂