CRUX
Sign in to saveCRUX is a lightweight x86-64 Linux distribution targeted at experienced Linux users and delivered by a tar.gz-based package system with BSD-style initscripts. It is not based on any other Linux distribution. It also utilizes a ports system to install and upgrade applications.
Key facts
- OS.name
- CRUX Linux
- OS.logo
- 250px|left|The Crux Linux Logo
- OS.screenshot
- 250px|KDE Desktop for Crux Linux OS
- OS.caption
- Screenshot KDE Desktop for Crux Linux OS (2007).
- OS.developer
- Per Lidén and CRUX community
- OS.family
- Linux (Unix-like)
- OS.source_model
- Open source
- OS.latest_release_version
- 3.8
- OS.kernel_type
- Linux (Monolithic)
- OS.userland
- GNU
- OS.influenced
- Arch Linux
- OS.ui
- Openbox
- OS.license
- Various
- OS.working_state
- Active
- OS.supported_platforms
- x86-64
- OS.updatemodel
- ports
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- crux.nu
- Image
- CRUX screenshot.jpg
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- Commons category
- CRUX
- software version identifier
- 3.8
- mailing list archive URL
- lists.crux.nu/hyperkitty
- IRC channel URL
- irc://irc.libera.chat/crux
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6 sectionsContents
- Installation
- Package management
- Releases
- Reviews
- References
- External links
CRUX is a lightweight x86-64 Linux distribution targeted at experienced Linux users and delivered by a tar.gz-based package system with BSD-style initscripts. It is not based on any other Linux distribution. It also utilizes a ports system to install and upgrade applications.
Although crux is the Latin word for "cross," the choice of the name "CRUX" itself has no meaning. Per Lidén chose it because it "sounded cool," and ends in "X" which puts it in line with various other Unix flavors such as IRIX, Ultrix, Mac OS X and IBM AIX.