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BigLinux


Last Update: 2025-05-17 18:09 UTC


BigLinux is a Brazilian Linux distribution localised into Brazilian Portuguese (with support for English). It is was originally based on Kubuntu, but starting from 2017 the distribution was re-born based on deepin. It then offered two desktop environments - Cinnamon and Deepin. In 2021 the distribution switched bases and desktop environments again, migrating to Manjaro Linux running KDE Plasma.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 63 (174), 6 months: 49 (212), 3 months: 42 (259), 4 weeks: 28 (418), 1 week: 14 (766)

Average visitor rating: 9.39/10 from 94 review(s).


BigLinux Summary
Distribution BigLinux (formerly Big Linux, before BIG Linux))
Home Page https://www.biglinux.com.br/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums https://forum.biglinux.com.br/
Alternative User Forums
Documentation --
Screenshots https://www.biglinux.com.br/fotos/DistroWatch Gallery
Screencasts https://www.biglinux.com.br/videos/
Download Mirrors https://www.biglinux.com.br/download/DistroWatch Torrent Archive
Bug Tracker --
Related Websites GitHub
Reviews  
Where To Donate, Buy or Try

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2012-07-28: Distribution Release: BigLinux 12.04
 • 2007-12-07: Development Release: Big Linux 4.0 Beta 3
 • 2007-08-17: Development Release: Big Linux 4.0 Beta 2
 • 2007-07-03: Development Release: BIG LINUX 4.0 Beta 1
 • 2005-05-13: Distribution Release: BIG LINUX 2.1
 • 2005-04-07: Distribution Release: BIG LINUX 2.0
 • 2004-11-13: Development Release: BIG LINUX 2.0 Beta 3
 • More BigLinux releases...

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Feature 2025-05-12 2024-02-23 2023-11-03 2022-02-07 19.04 7.10 12.04 11.10 4.2 3.0 2.1 1.4 Feature
Release Date 2025-05-12 2024-02-23 2023-11-04 2022-02-07 2019-08-20 2017-10-24 2012-07-27 2012-01-22 2008-11-07 2006-10-02 2005-05-12 2004-08-19 Release Date
End Of Life                         End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 4000-4100 3700-3800 3500-3600 3700-3800 2300-2400 1800-1900             Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical     Installation
Default Desktop KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma, LXQt Cinnamon, Deepin KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE Default Desktop
Package Management Pacman, Flatpak Pacman, Flatpak Pacman, Flatpak Pacman, Flatpak DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite LibreOffice, WPS Office LibreOffice, WPS Office LibreOffice, WPS Office LibreOffice, WPS Office LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice OO.o GOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o KOffice Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386 i386 i386 i386 i486 i486 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd Upstart Upstart Upstart SysV SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems                     -- -- Journaled File Systems
Multilingual en, pt_BR en, pt_BR en, pt_BR en, pt_BR en, pt_BR en, pt_BR en, pt_BR en, pt_BR pt_BR pt_BR pt_BR pt_BR Multilingual
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asian Language Support
Full Package List 2025-05-12 2024-02-23 2023-11-03 2022-02-07 19.04 7.10 12.04 11.10 4.2 3.0 2.1 1.4 Full Package List
Package 2025-05-12 2024-02-23 2023-11-03 2022-02-07 19.04 7.10 12.04 11.10 4.2 3.0 2.1 1.4 Package
abiword (3.0.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.4.4 2.2.4 2.0.1 abiword (3.0.6)
alsa-lib (1.2.14) 1.2.14 1.2.11 1.2.10 1.2.6.1 1.1.8 1.1.3 1.0.25 1.0.24.1 1.0.15 1.0.11 1.0.8 1.0.3 alsa-lib (1.2.14)
amdgpu (23.0.0) 19.1.0 23.0.0 23.0.0 19.1.0 19.0.1 -- -- -- -- 8.28.8 -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.37) 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.2 4.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.05b bash (5.2.37)
bind (9.20.8) -- -- -- -- -- -- 9.8.1-P1 9.7.3 -- 9.3.2 9.3.0 8.3.3 bind (9.20.8)
chromium (136.0.7103.113) -- -- -- -- -- -- 18.0.1025.168 15.0.874.106 -- -- -- -- chromium (136.0.7103.113)
cups (2.4.12) 2.4.12 2.4.7 2.4.7 2.4.1 2.2.10 2.2.4 1.5.3 1.5.0 1.3.7 1.2.3 1.1.23 1.1.20 cups (2.4.12)
e2fsprogs (1.47.2) 1.47.2 1.47.0 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.44.6 1.43.4 1.42 1.41.14 1.40.8 1.38 1.37 1.33 e2fsprogs (1.47.2)
firefox (138.0.4) -- -- -- 96.0.3 68.0.2 55.0 14.0.1 9.0.1 3.0.3 1.5.0.7 1.0.2 0.6.1 firefox (138.0.4)
freetype (2.13.3) 2.13.3 2.13.2 2.13.2 2.11.1 2.9.1 2.6.5 2.4.8 2.4.4 2.3.5 2.2.1 2.1.7 2.1.7 freetype (2.13.3)
gcc (15.1.0) 14.2.1 13.2.1 13.2.1 11.1.0 8.3.0 6.3.0 4.6.3 4.6.1 4.2.3 4.1.1 3.3.5 2.95.4 gcc (15.1.0)
gimp (3.0.4) -- -- -- 2.10.30 2.10.8 2.8.22 2.8.0 2.6.11 2.6.1 2.2.11 2.2.4 2.0.1 gimp (3.0.4)
glibc (2.41) 2.41 2.39 2.38 2.33 2.29 2.24 2.15 2.13 2.7 2.4 2.3.2 2.3.2 glibc (2.41)
gnome-shell (48.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (48.1)
gnucash (5.11) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.11)
gnumeric (1.12.59) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.6.3 1.4.3 -- gnumeric (1.12.59)
grub (2.12) 2.12 2.12 2.12rc1 2.06 2.02 2.02beta3 1.99 1.99 0.97 0.97 0.95 -- grub (2.12)
gtk (4.18.5) 4.18.4 4.12.5 4.12.3 3.24.31 3.24.8 3.22.17 3.4.2 3.2.0 2.12.9 2.8.20 2.6.2 2.4.3 gtk (4.18.5)
httpd (2.4.63) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.2.8 2.0.55 -- -- httpd (2.4.63)
inkscape (1.4.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.48.3.1 0.48.2 0.46 0.44 0.41 0.37 inkscape (1.4.2)
k3b (25.04.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.0.2 2.0.2 1.0.5 0.12.16 0.12cvs 0.11.9 k3b (25.04.1)
kmod (34.2) 34.2 31 31 29 25 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (34.2)
krita (5.2.9) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.9)
LibreOffice (25.2.3) 25.2.2 24.2.0 7.6.2 7.3.0 6.3.0 5.4.0 3.5.4 3.4.4 3.0.0 2.0.3 1.9.77 -- LibreOffice (25.2.3)
linux (6.14.7) 6.14.4 6.6.16 6.1.55 5.10.96 5.0 4.9.40 3.2 3.0 2.6.24 2.6.17.13 2.6.8.1 2.4.25 linux (6.14.7)
lxqt-panel (2.2.0) -- -- -- -- 0.14.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- lxqt-panel (2.2.0)
Package 2025-05-12 2024-02-23 2023-11-03 2022-02-07 19.04 7.10 12.04 11.10 4.2 3.0 2.1 1.4 Package
mariadb (11.7.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.7.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- -- 1.16.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (25.1.0) 25.0.4 23.3.5 23.1.9 21.3.5 19.0.8 13.0.6 8.0.2 7.11 7.0.3rc2 6.5.1cvs 6.8.2 4.2.1 mesa (25.1.0)
mysql (9.3.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (9.3.0)
nautilus (48.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.8.2 -- nautilus (48.1)
NVIDIA (570.153.02) 570.144 545.29.06 535.129.03 510.47.03 -- -- -- -- -- 1.0 -- -- NVIDIA (570.153.02)
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- 3.6.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (24.0.1) -- -- -- 11.0.13 11.0.4 8u141 7u3 6b23pre11 -- -- -- -- openjdk (24.0.1)
openssh (10.0p1) 10.0p1 9.6p1 9.5p1 8.8p1 7.9p1 7.5p1 5.9p1 5.8p1 4.7p1 4.2p1 3.9p1 3.6.1p2 openssh (10.0p1)
openssl (3.5.0) 3.5.0 3.2.1 3.1.3 1.1.1m 1.1.1b 1.1.0f 1.0.1 1.0.0e 0.9.8g 0.9.8a 0.9.7e 0.9.7d openssl (3.5.0)
perl (5.40.2) 5.40.2 5.38.2 5.38.0 5.34.0 5.28.1 5.26.0 5.14.2 5.12.4 5.8.8 5.8.7 5.8.4 5.8.3 perl (5.40.2)
php (8.4.7) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.3.10 -- php (8.4.7)
plasma-desktop (6.3.5) 6.3.4 5.27.10 5.27.8 5.23.5 5.16.4 -- 4.8.4 4.7.3 -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.3.5)
postfix (3.10.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.4.5 2.2.10 -- -- postfix (3.10.2)
postgresql (17.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (17.5)
Python (3.13.3) 3.13.3 3.11.7 3.11.5 3.10.2 3.7.3 2.7.13 2.7.3 2.7.2 2.5.2 2.4.2 2.3.5 2.3.2 Python (3.13.3)
qt (6.9.0) 6.9.0 6.6.1 6.5.3 5.15.2 5.12.2 5.6.1 4.8.1 4.7.4 3.3.8b 3.3.6 3.3.4 3.2.1 qt (6.9.0)
samba (4.22.1) 4.22.1 4.19.4 4.19.0 4.15.5 4.10.0 4.6.5 3.6.3 3.5.11 3.0.28a 3.0.22 3.0.11 2.2.3a samba (4.22.1)
systemd (257.5) 257.5 255.3 254.5 250.3 240 234 -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (257.5)
thunderbird (138.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- 14.0 8.0 2.0.0.17 1.5.0.7 1.0 -- thunderbird (138.0.1)
vim (9.1) -- -- -- 8.1 8.1 8.0 7.3 7.3 -- -- -- -- vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.21) 3.0.21 3.0.20 3.0.19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.21)
wayland (1.23.1) 1.23.1 1.22.0 1.22.0 1.20.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.23.1)
xfdesktop (4.20.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.20.1)
xorg-server (21.1.16) 21.1.16 21.1.11 21.1.8 21.1.3 1.20.4 1.19.3 1.11.4 1.10.4 1.4.1git 1.0.2 (6.8.2) -- xorg-server (21.1.16)

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Version: 2024-02-23
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-04-10
Votes: 10


The little known and best arch/manjaro distro I tried! Fastest distro I used so far and more stable than CachyOS and EndeavourOS, I haven't tried Manjaro yet mostly because of negative reviews and how well BigLinux runs.
It's has it's own Package Manager 'Big Store' and Update Manager which work fine but I use 'yay' anyway.

I've had no issues installing the programs/apps I use, some that have been a struggle to install on other OS's.
Had no issues installing Mullvad VPN, Proton Bridge, MakeMKV, SMPlayer, LibreWolf, SRWare Iron, and OpenSnitch where I did on some other OS's.

I used Linux Mint for years as my main OS until a couple years ago and now using BigLinux as my daily OS, while having CachyOS, EndeavourOS and Mint as secondary OS's.
Mint is very stable but BigLinux is right there or even more stable.

Currently using... KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.3, KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0, Qt Version: 6.8.2. Kernel Version: 6.14.0-1, MANJARO (64-bit), Graphics Platform: Wayland.
KDE Plasma is smooth as silk!

Really, no cons on this OS. Printer setup was a breeze, no hardware issues.
I highly recommend BigLinux for someone who prefers KDE Plasma!!!









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Version: 2024-02-23
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-04-09
Votes: 0


The best distribution for the hardware I have.

Everything I tried with KDE ended up with some bug, but with BigLinux, it's truly absolute bliss....

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

Je trouve aussi que l'ergonomie est vraiment très bien fait et jamais je ne voudrais changer de distribution pour rien au monde..

Je n’étais pas fan de manjaro (BigLinux est basé sous manjaro) mais cette distribution ma complètement bluffé......

Aussi j'aime les different layout proposé par les concepteurs. customisation sans prise de tète....

Encore merci!!!


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Version: 2024-02-23
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-31
Votes: 10


I decided to search out the distro with the HIGHEST RATING, rather than the most popular. Well, BigLinux is it! I figured it would be bloated, what with the name and all, so I chose the Minimal Version and installed my own goodies, because I just love YAY, how it tells me ALL available programs that have anything to do with my search (unlike Debian/Ubuntu) by default. Then I figured Biggy would crap out a lot, because, well, it's got ALL the bells and whistles, many of which I have never seen before. The largest selection of very high resolution wallpaper EVER. Automatically installs DEBIAN programs with no fuss, even though it's Arch based. Many realy cool screen effects, all right out of the box. I have been VERY pleasantly surprised that Biggy is just as stable, if not moreso, than any other distro I have used, including MX, Mint, Endeavor, Tuxedo, Q4os.... anything.

So I installed it on a whim to see why it has such a high rating, and just never looked back. I still dual boot with MX, but have never used MX since getting the prettier and much more modern looking Biggy. It does use BTRFS, and it's rolling, so, like other reviewers, I worry about updates. So yesterday I decided I better get TimeShift installed. Come to find out it's already installed and has been running perfectly since I first started with Biggy 3 months ago!

I have used 75 different distros. I am staying with BigLinux!


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