SuperX

SuperX is a freely distributed and open source operating system based on the Debian GNU/Linux distribution and providing you with a highly modular and flexible, cloud-centric OS that focuses on bringing a hybrid of both Earth and Cloud.

Available for download as 64-bit and 32-bit Live DVDs

You can download the SuperX distribution right now from Softoware or from its official website as Live DVD ISO images of approximately 1.5GB in size each, supporting both 64-bit (amd64) and 32-bit (i386) hardware platforms.

Boot options

The downloaded ISO images can be written on DVD discs or USB thumb drives of 2GB or higher capacity in order for the user to boot them from the BIOS of his or her computer. The boot menu allows you to start the live environment, test the RAM for errors, boot from the first disk, or check the disc for defects (only if using a DVD media).

Superb KDE desktop environment

As mentioned, KDE Plasma Workspaces and Application is the default and only desktop environment of this Linux distribution, providing you with a superb, modern and productive graphical desktop session that uses a single taskbar and full screen main menu.

A super-set of open source applications

Everything is super about SuperX, as it comes pre-loaded with a super-set of open source applications, among which we can mention GIMP image editor, Mozilla Thunderbird email and news client, LibreOffice office suite, Google Chrome web browser, Deluge torrent downloader, VLC Media Player, OpenShot video editor, Musique music player, Minitube YouTube player, and K3b CD/DVD burning software.

Bottom line

In concludions, SuperX is super fast, super easy-to-use and super free Debian-based operating system that can power desktops, laptops and netbooks. It includes every piece of software that you need and recognizes printers, cameras and MP3 players devices.

What is new in this release:

• It features a highly customized KDE 4 desktop, a dark plasma theme and some great aesthetic tweaks, Under the hood, it is the same Linux desktop, with all goodness of KDE and Qt. The developers have said that, they are ‘KDE and Qt-Centric but not GTK free', so you will find some GTK application and tools here and there. They have adopted some of Linux Mint's tools and integrated them, like integrating superx-sources (a fork of mintsources from Linux Mint) into Muon Suite, not a bad thing IMO.

What is new in version 2.1.1 / 3.0 Beta:

• It features a highly customized KDE 4 desktop, a dark plasma theme and some great aesthetic tweaks, Under the hood, it is the same Linux desktop, with all goodness of KDE and Qt. The developers have said that, they are ‘KDE and Qt-Centric but not GTK free', so you will find some GTK application and tools here and there. They have adopted some of Linux Mint's tools and integrated them, like integrating superx-sources (a fork of mintsources from Linux Mint) into Muon Suite, not a bad thing IMO.

What is new in version 2.1:

• SuperX 2.1 "Ada" is a minor update to Darwin and contains mostly performance tweaks and updated software stack. This release is name after Ada Lovelace, one of the pioneers of computing, she is often described as world's first computer programmer. If you have installed Darwin and constantly updating it, you are probably running Ada at the moment as we updated the packages few weeks ago but no downloadable ISOs were available then. For those are not aware of changes that came with our previous release - Darwin, we've enlisted top changes that came with Darwin and are continuing and changes that are specific to Ada.
• Minor Release (Continuation from Darwin): Starting SuperX 2.0 "Darwin" we adopted a whole new release model which differs fundamentally with previous 1.x releases. We are now going our own way, making a diversion from our upstream distribution. SuperX 2.1 is a way forward to that diversion.
• We still use Ubuntu codebase but starting from Darwin release we only use the LTS versions and development is done on its solid foundation. But unlike other solid, stability concerned Linux OS, we provide the latest user land software. We are keeping our core stable but will provide latest and greatest apps, all tested before we push them to you. One note, "latest" here doesn't mean bleeding edge. We provide relatively new versions of apps as compared to Ubuntu LTS provided that they clear all our tests. Tests includes KDE desktop integration, Stability and Usability etc..
• User Experience: As an effort of enhancing user experiencing in Ada we've decided to remove certain software from the default selection that doesn't play well with SuperX (or at least as we want them to be) or if they have a very specialized audience which complements SuperX's goal of being a general purpose/daily driver OS.
• Major Applications removed from the default install are:
• Firefox - Yes it is a great browser, but Chromium plays better with SuperX, especially when it comes to global menu integration.
• Blender - Very specialized application, showcases the power of open source development. We removed it because the "real" use of this great software is limited to 3D designers/animators only.
• Apart from this, we've updated KDE to 4.10.5, the final increment in the 4.10 series. KDE 4.11.x packages are still under testing.
• 32-bit edition: SuperX 2.0 Darwin was 64 bit only, but we promised to come up with a 32 bit version also. SuperX 2.1 is now available in both 32-bit (PAE) and 64-bit architectures.