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AV Linux is a versatile, Debian-based distribution featuring a large collection of audio and video production software. Additionally, it also includes a custom kernel with IRQ threading enabled for low-latency audio performance. AV Linux can be run directly from a live DVD or a live USB storage device, though it can also be installed on a hard disk and used as a general-purpose operating system for everyday tasks.



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Average visitor rating: 7.7/10 from 23 review(s).


AV Linux Summary
Distribution AV Linux
Home Page https://www.bandshed.net/avlinux/
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2024-01-16: Distribution Release: AV Linux MXE-23.1
 • 2022-12-16: Distribution Release: AV Linux MX-21.2.1
 • 2022-02-15: Distribution Release: AV Linux MX-21
 • 2021-05-23: Distribution Release: AV Linux 2021.05.22
 • 2020-11-25: Distribution Release: AV Linux 2020.11.23
 • 2020-04-10: Distribution Release: AV Linux 2020.4.10
 • 2019-04-03: Distribution Release: AV Linux 2019.4.10
 • 2018-06-25: Distribution Release: AV Linux 2018.6.25
 • 2018-04-22: Distribution Release: AV Linux 2018.4.12
 • 2016-09-07: Distribution Release: AV Linux 2016.8.30
 • 2014-11-06: Distribution Release: AV Linux 6.0.4
 • 2014-02-25: Distribution Release: AV Linux 6.0.3
 • More AV Linux releases...

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  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.
Feature MXE-23.1 MX-21.3 2021.06.18
Release Date 2024-01-15 2023-01-25 2021-06-18
End Of Life      
Price (US$) Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 5200-5600 3900-4000 3000-3900
Free Download ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop Enlightenment Openbox, Xfce Openbox, Xfce
Package Management DEB DEB DEB
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite -- -- LibreOffice
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 i386, x86_64
Init Software SysV SysV SysV
Journaled File Systems      
Multilingual en en en
Asian Language Support -- -- --
Full Package List mxe-23.1 mx-21.3 2021.06.18
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.2.11) 1.2.8 1.2.4 1.1.8
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- 22.0.0 19.1.0
bash (5.2.21) 5.2 5.1 5.0
bind (9.18.21) -- -- --
chromium (121.0.6167.139) -- -- --
cups (2.4.7) 2.4.2 2.3.3 2.2.13
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3 4.4.1 4.4.1
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.47.0 1.46.2 1.44.5
firefox (122.0) 121.0.1 109.0 89.0
freetype (2.13.2) 2.12.1 2.10.4 2.9.1
gcc (13.2.0) 12.2.0 10.2.1 8.3.0
gimp (2.10.36) 2.10.34 2.10.28 2.10.22
glibc (2.39) 2.36 2.31 2.28
gnome-shell (45.3) -- -- --
gnucash (5.5) -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.56) -- -- --
grub (2.12) 2.06 2.06 2.04
gtk (4.12.5) 4.8.3 3.24.24 3.24.5
httpd (2.4.58) -- -- --
inkscape (1.3.1) 1.2.2 1.1.1 1.0.2
k3b (23.08.4) 22.12.3 -- 19.04.2
kmod (31) 30 28 26
krita (5.2.2) -- -- --
LibreOffice (24.2.0) -- -- 7.0.4rc1
linux (6.7.3) 6.6 6.1.7 5.9.1
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- --
mariadb (11.1.3) -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.26.2) -- -- --
mesa (24.0.0) 23.1.2 22.0.5 20.3.4
mysql (8.3.0) -- -- --
nautilus (45.2.1) -- -- --
NVIDIA (545.29.06) -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- 3.6.1
openjdk (21.0.2) -- -- --
openssh (9.6p1) 9.2p1 8.4p1 7.9p1
openssl (3.2.1) 3.0.11d 1.1.1n 1.1.1d
perl (5.38.2) 5.36.0 5.32.1 5.28.1
php (8.3.2) -- -- --
plasma-desktop (5.27.10) -- -- --
postfix (3.8.5) -- -- --
postgresql (16.1) -- -- --
Python (3.12.1) 3.11.2 3.9.2 3.7.3
qt (6.6.1) 6.4.2 5.15.2 5.11.3
samba (4.19.4) 4.17.12 4.13.13 4.9.5
systemd (255.3) 252.6 247.3 241
thunderbird (115.7.0) -- -- --
vim (9.1) 9.0 8.2 8.1
vlc (3.0.20) -- 3.0.18 3.0.12
wayland (1.22.0) -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- 4.18.0 --
xorg-server (21.1.11) 21.1.7 1.20.14 1.20.8


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Version: MXE-23.1
Rating: 2
Date: 2024-02-04
Votes: 0


The only positive about this version is that it's fast. Other than that it's a real mess! Menus are cobbled together, scattered everywhere and the redundancy of menus is ridiculous! Just figuring out where all of the settings are takes hours. Once I set and save any changes and re-boot...guess what? They're all lost upon re-boot! This version is so limited at what it can do vs. the previous one. I wish I could like this, but I'm being nice with a 2 rating. Please re-release v21.3 and go back to the drawing board on this one!


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Version: MXE-23.1
Rating: 1
Date: 2024-01-19
Votes: 1


Very pretty, promising, but completely failed, French language options when starting the cd arrives on the desktop everything is in English, the installer has been running for more than an hour and nothing happens the distribution goes around in circles, the installer seems completely useless, better to stay on an official Debian than to use a pretty distribution, full of defaults but which ultimately serves no purpose

Personally, I use Bodhi Linux on one of my machines which works wonderfully, as well as a second machine running the latest version of Debian 12 and I have never had any problems


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Version: MX-21.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-08-02
Votes: 15


I tried a few distros as a replacement for KXStudio (which I really liked and have used for over 5 years). Install for usb was easy and straightforward. There were a few tweaks needed to get some of the functionality with Jack that just worked in KXStudio but no real deal breaker there. Ardour works well as it always seems to but having some named setups within plugins in KX meant that the plugin was not recognised in AVL; I still had my old distro running so could take a note the settings and update the new distro. All in all for audio production AVL is great.

Found issues getting Wine to work properly, mostly from fonts in Windows packages not being recognised. I needed to add fonts to wine one at a time because some just won't install. This is still work in progress.

M (Scotland).


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