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Last Update: 2023-04-18 05:09 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: 115 (87), 6 months: 112 (114), 3 months: 86 (146), 4 weeks: 118 (74), 1 week: 110 (70)

Average visitor rating: 9.75/10 from 36 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 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 2023-04-11 2022-02-07 19.04 7.10 12.04 11.10 4.2 3.0 2.1 1.4 Feature
Release Date 2023-04-11 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$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 3400-3500 3700-3800 2300-2400 1800-1900             Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical     Installation
Default Desktop KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma, LXQt Cinnamon, Deepin KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE Default Desktop
Package Management 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 Release Model
Office Suite 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 i386, x86_64 i386 i386 i386 i386 i486 i486 Processor Architecture
Init Software 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 pt_BR pt_BR pt_BR pt_BR Multilingual
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asian Language Support
Full Package List 2023-04-11 2022-02-07 19.04 7.10 12.04 11.10 4.2 3.0 2.1 1.4 Full Package List
Package 2023-04-11 2022-02-07 19.04 7.10 12.04 11.10 4.2 3.0 2.1 1.4 Package
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.4.4 2.2.4 2.0.1 abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.9) 1.2.8 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 (1.2.9)
amdgpu (23.0.0) 19.1.0 19.1.0 19.0.1 -- -- -- -- 8.28.8 -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.15) 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.2 4.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.05b bash (5.2.15)
bind (9.18.15) -- -- -- -- 9.8.1-P1 9.7.3 -- 9.3.2 9.3.0 8.3.3 bind (9.18.15)
chromium (114.0.5735.90) -- -- -- -- 18.0.1025.168 15.0.874.106 -- -- -- -- chromium (114.0.5735.90)
cups (2.4.3) 2.4.2 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 (2.4.3)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3-P1 4.4.2-P1 4.4.1 4.3.5 4.1.ESV-R4 4.1.1-P1 3.0.6 3.0.3 3.0.1 3.0.1rc9 dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (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 (1.47.0)
firefox (113.0.2) -- 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 (113.0.2)
freetype (2.13.0) 2.13.0 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 (2.13.0)
gcc (13.1.0) 12.2.1 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 (13.1.0)
gimp (2.10.34) -- 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 (2.10.34)
glibc (2.37) 2.37 2.33 2.29 2.24 2.15 2.13 2.7 2.4 2.3.2 2.3.2 glibc (2.37)
gnome-shell (44.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (44.2)
gnucash (5.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.1)
gnumeric (1.12.55) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.6.3 1.4.3 -- gnumeric (1.12.55)
grub (2.06) 2.06 2.06 2.02 2.02beta3 1.99 1.99 0.97 0.97 0.95 -- grub (2.06)
gtk (4.10.3) 4.10.1 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 (4.10.3)
httpd (2.4.57) -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.2.8 2.0.55 -- -- httpd (2.4.57)
inkscape (1.2.2) -- -- -- -- 0.48.3.1 0.48.2 0.46 0.44 0.41 0.37 inkscape (1.2.2)
k3b (23.04.1) -- -- -- -- 2.0.2 2.0.2 1.0.5 0.12.16 0.12cvs 0.11.9 k3b (23.04.1)
kmod (30) 30 29 25 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (30)
krita (5.1.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.1.5)
libreoffice (7.5.3) 7.5.2 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 (7.5.3)
linux (6.3.5) 6.1.23 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 (6.3.5)
Package 2023-04-11 2022-02-07 19.04 7.10 12.04 11.10 4.2 3.0 2.1 1.4 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (10.11.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (10.11.3)
mate-desktop (1.26.1) -- -- -- 1.16.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.26.1)
mesa (23.1.1) 23.0.2 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 (23.1.1)
mysql (8.0.33) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (8.0.33)
nautilus (44.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.8.2 -- nautilus (44.2)
NVIDIA (530.41.03) 530.41.03 510.47.03 -- -- -- -- -- 1.0 -- -- NVIDIA (530.41.03)
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- 3.6.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (20.0.1) -- 11.0.13 11.0.4 8u141 7u3 6b23pre11 -- -- -- -- openjdk (20.0.1)
openssh (9.3p1) 9.3p1 8.8p1 7.9p1 7.5p1 5.9p1 5.8p1 4.7p1 4.2p1 3.9p1 3.6.1p2 openssh (9.3p1)
openssl (3.1.1) 3.0.8 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 (3.1.1)
perl (5.36.1) 5.36.0 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 (5.36.1)
php (8.2.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.3.10 -- php (8.2.6)
plasma-desktop (5.27.5) 5.27.4 5.23.5 5.16.4 -- 4.8.4 4.7.3 -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (5.27.5)
postfix (3.8.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.4.5 2.2.10 -- -- postfix (3.8.0)
postgresql (15.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (15.3)
Python (3.11.3) 3.10.10 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 (3.11.3)
qt (6.5.1) 6.4.3 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 (6.5.1)
samba (4.18.3) 4.18.1 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 (4.18.3)
systemd (253.5) 252.9 250.3 240 234 -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (253.5)
thunderbird (102.11.2) -- -- -- -- 14.0 8.0 2.0.0.17 1.5.0.7 1.0 -- thunderbird (102.11.2)
vim (9.0) -- 8.1 8.1 8.0 7.3 7.3 -- -- -- -- vim (9.0)
vlc (3.0.18) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.18)
wayland (1.22.0) 1.22.0 1.20.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.22.0)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.8) 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 (21.1.8)

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Version: 2023-04-11
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-30
Votes: 1


I had a decade-old desktop that had Windows 7. I got the end-of-life message and bought a Windows 8 laptop. Last December I got the end-of-life message for that!. That's when I decided to switch to Linux. I had a little experience with Ubuntu and was not happy to have to use a terminal.

I found BigLinux by going to the DistroWatch Project Ranking and looking for the highest rated product that would work as a home office setup. I loaded it and others onto disks to try out. I tried about eight different disros on disks and BigLinux seemed the best...even better than the Manjaro it was based on.

I installed Big Linux on my desktop with the hope of reviving it and using it as a home office machine. The install went smoothly and gave me a dual-boot option. Printer and peripherals installed with no problem. The installed software was more than enough to communicate with the office and write reports from home. I had one question that was quickly answered on the forum.

The switch from Microsoft to Linux is now simple! I thank the development team for making BigLinux and excellent out-of-the-box experience. BigLinux is fast and does not take up a lot of room. The variety of software gives me more than I need and a lot more to experiment with. Flatpak and AUR give more options. Also, it is a nice-looking distro! I am now starting to do some customizing. I was able to set up hot-corners like Windows and get most everything working similarly.

A few of the office laptops have slowed down and are now staring to get Windows 10 end-of life messages, as well as messages saying they are not good enough to handle Windows 11. The office manager wants to toss them; I will install BigLinux on them and take them back to the office.












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Version: 2023-04-11
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-25
Votes: 1


I was a Windows user before I switched to Big Linux. My daily activities are disrupted by viruses, slow system performance and hangs.

That's what made me switch to Linux.

I've tried different distros, and to be honest, I'm confused about using them.
Until finally I found Big Linux on YouTube, and I was interested in trying it.

With Big Linux, novice users like me don't have to worry about command line, everything can be done via a graphical interface. WIFI, bluetooth, webcam, dual graphic intel + Nvidia work very well without any problems.

I can even run Windows software very easily.
Android Apps? No problem at all.

And system performance feels very smooth, very fast for a laptop made 10 years ago

Currently, I still dual boot Windows 11 and Big Linux, to learn and get used to Big Linux.
I highly recommend this OS to anyone, especially Windows users who want to switch to Linux.

Kudos to Developer. Great distro! 10/10.

Yogi


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Version: 2023-04-11
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-24
Votes: 0


I have been using Big Linux OS as a primary, go to, Desktop. It works out of the box. Is easy to use, is reliable. I have not found any bugs that interfere with day to day function. Its enjoyable. Has great configuration options. Just a pleasure.
I have used most Linux Distros and always had some issues. Even Linux Ubuntu and mint through up some issues, such as bugs in the printing and scanning with my HP printer; which is supposed to be compatible. Most have been minor issues, which is why I stuck with Linux but after finding Big Linux OS I have been very happy.
Its so responsive. I have never been a fan of Manjaro which this Big Linux is based on. Did not find it intuitive. Big Linux on the other hand is. I believe it is an OS suitable for a beginner or someone experienced. It has something for every one. It deserves a higher profile. The work that has gone into this, shows. It is polished, an example of how a desktop and OS should be. I highly recommend this OS.


Steve


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