Kuki Linux
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Ubuntu (operating system)
Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu...
based distribution. It was created to be a replacement for the Fedora
Fedora (operating system)
Fedora is a RPM-based, general purpose collection of software, including an operating system based on the Linux kernel, developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat...
based Linpus Linux
Linpus Linux
Linpus Linux is a Fedora-based operating system created by the Taiwanese firm Linpus Technologies Inc. Linpus was designed specifically to fully support the Asian market, with full Unicode support for the Chinese and Japanese languages. A special version, Linpus Lite, was written to run on devices...
distribution bundled with the Acer Aspire One. It is built with the aim of being lightweight, fast, and being optimized for netbooks. Like Ubuntu
Ubuntu (operating system)
Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu...
, Kuki Linux is free software
Free software
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.
Development goals
Kuki Linux was developed as a replacement for the bundled Linpus OS that was bundled with the Aspire One. it is being built so it has Backward compatibility with Ubuntu, is optimized to fully take advantage of the netbooks hardware, and to provide easy access to all users.Main characteristics
Kuki Linux's main idea is to give the user the ability of installing an Operating System that will be fully hardware compatible with the Acer Aspire One out of the box. Since Kuki Linux is currently in alpha, it is quite unstable.It differs to Ubuntu
Ubuntu (operating system)
Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu...
in a lot of ways, one of the most notable being the inclusion of the Xfce
Xfce
Xfce is a free software desktop environment for Unix and other Unix-like platforms, such as Linux, Solaris, and BSD – though recent compatibility issues have arisen with regard to BSD Unix platforms...
desktop environment.
Kuki Linux Custom Kernel
The Kuki Linux Kernel contains some driver modules that make it work better with the Acer Aspire one, allowing for a more out of the boxOut of the box
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experience.
Kuki Linux Team
Kuki Linux is maintained by a small group of developers from around the world:- Joao Ferro, also known as leak, is the project's founder.
- Joseph Braddock, also known as vw72, is the project's kernel maintainer.
- Pedro Quintas, also known as linxisp, is the website maintainer. He also kindly hosts the project's website.
- Dulcidio Costa, also known as dcosta or hades_pt, is a very professional designer supplying wallpapers for the project, among other things.
Release history
| Version | Features | Codename | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuki Linux 1.0 alpha | Joining the ingredients | release name | November 2008 |
| Kuki Linux 2.0 alpha | Stable, Ubuntu 8.04 based | Bavarian Bretzel | December 2008 |
| Kuki Linux 2.6 alpha | Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty, new theme | Bavarian Bretzel | February 5, 2009 |
| Kuki Linux 2.7 alpha | Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty everything works | Bavarian Bretzel | May 5, 2009 |
| Kuki Linux 2.8 alpha | Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty minor updates, kernel revisions | Bavarian Bretzel | 1 September 2009 |
| Kuki Linux 3.0 stable | Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Major updates | to be announced | to be announced |