It uses the Deepin 15.5 desktop environment by default

Nov 23, 2017 19:18 GMT  ·  By

Believe it or not, GNU/Linux developer Arne Exton released today a new edition of his ExTiX Linux distro with the Deepin desktop environment.

For those not familiar with Arne Exton's work, he regularly creates live ISO images based on the latest Ubuntu or Debian operating systems and shipping with the most recent GNU/Linux technologies and Open Source software. ExTiX is an Ubuntu-based distro that has no less than five editions, including the new Deepin one.

"I’ve made a new extra version of ExTiX with Deepin 15.5 Desktop," said Arne Exton in today's announcement. "Only a minimum of packages are installed in ExTiX Deepin. You can, of course, install all the packages you want. Even while running ExTiX Deepin live, i.e. from a DVD or USB stick."

ExTiX Deepin is based on Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aarvark)

ExTiX is dubbed by the developer as "The Ultimate Linux System," and the new ExTiX Deepin released today lives up to the name as everything just works. The distribution is based on Canonical's latest Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) operating system and inherits all of its core components and applications.

However, the default desktop environment is Deepin Desktop as featured in the upcoming Deepin 15.5 release. We recommend studying the list of pre-installed packages if you're curious to know what exactly is included in ExTiX Deepin, and check out the screenshot gallery below to see it in action.

Also included in the distro is Deepin Screen Recorder and Refracta Tools. The latter you can use to create your own live system based on Ubuntu or ExTiX Deepin, even without installing anything on your personal computer. You can download ExTiX 18.0 Deepin right now from our website if you want to give it a try.

ExTiX Deepin running Refracta snapshot
ExTiX Deepin running Refracta snapshot
VirtualBox – changing Grub packages" alt="ExTiX Deepin running in VirtualBox – changing Grub packages" />
ExTiX Deepin running in VirtualBox – changing Grub packages
ExTiX Deepin login screen (LightDM)
ExTiX Deepin login screen (LightDM)

ExTiX 18.0 Deepin (5 Images)

ExTiX Deepin 15.5 Desktop
ExTiX Deepin running Refracta snapshotExTiX Deepin running in VirtualBox – changing Grub packages
+2more