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Uruk GNU/Linux-libre
DeveloperUruk Project developers
OS familyUnix-like (Linux kernel)
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source
Initial release13 April 2016 (10 years ago) (2016-04-13)
Latest releaseUruk GNU/Linux-libre 3.0[1] / 25 November 2022 (3 years ago) (2022-11-25)
Update methodlong term support
Package manager
Supported platformsamd64
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux-libre)
UserlandGNU
Default
user interface		MATE
LicenseFSDG
Official websiteurukproject.org/dist/en.html

Uruk GNU/Linux-libre is a PureOS-based Linux distribution. The name Uruk is an Iraqi city that states its Iraqi origin. Uruk GNU/Linux 1.0 was released on 13 April 2016[2][3][4] and it ships with the most common software for popular tasks.

Features

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Uruk uses Linux-libre kernel for the system and MATE desktop environment for its graphical interfaces.[5][6]

One of the special features of Uruk is the ability to run various types of package managers at ease (including GNU Guix, urpmi, pacman, dnf). It implements simple one-line command to do that, that use a program named Package Managers Simulator to simulate the commands of popular package managers.

Version history

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Version Date Kernel version Desktop environment
1.0[3][5][6][4] 13.04.2016[7] 4.2 MATE
2.0[8][9] 05.12.2017 4.9.66 MATE, Xfce
3.0[1] 25.11.2022 5.15 MATE

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Uruk GNU/Linux 3.0 - The Uruk Project Blog". Archived from the original on 2022-11-26. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
  2. ^ "DistroWatch.com: Uruk GNU/Linux". DistroWatch.com. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
  3. ^ a b "softpedia.com: Uruk GNU/Linux". softpedia.com. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
  4. ^ a b "itsfoss.com: Uruk: A New Distribution Based on Trisquel GNU/Linux". itsfoss.com. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
  5. ^ a b Introducing Uruk GNU/Linux, a 100% Free Ubuntu-Based OS Using Linux-libre Kernel
  6. ^ a b DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 680, 26 September 2016
  7. ^ URUK GNU/Linux - Browse /1.0 at SourceForge.net
  8. ^ "Uruk GNU/Linux 2.0 - The Uruk Project Blog". Archived from the original on 2018-05-03. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  9. ^ <distrowatch
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List of Linux distributions

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Linux-libre

install binary blobs with the installer or kernel by default.) PureOS Uruk GNU/Linux Trisquel (Linux-libre deblob script is used during its development

Urpmi

addition to the now-defunct Mandriva Linux, it is also being used by: Uruk GNU/Linux, a PureOS-based Linux distribution. Mageia, a French fork of Mandriva

Multiboot specification

version 2.0". www.gnu.org. Retrieved 7 April 2019. Boleyn, Erich Stefan (4 April 1995). "Comments on the 'MultiBoot Standard' proposal". Uruk.org. Archived

AntiX

Supported platforms IA-32, x64 Kernel type Monolithic (Linux kernel) Userland GNU Default user interface Rox-IceWM, Fluxbox, IceWM, JWM, herbstluftwm License

Software versioning

more than two numbers, but it is very unlikely that you really need them. Uruk (February 28, 2000). "Version numbering madness". www.advogato.org. Archived

Kanotix

for 32 and 64 bit were offered for download. After the Release of Debian GNU/Linux 8.0 (2015-04-26) a reset of the "nightly builds" with the official