• Home Page, Headlines
 • DW Weekly, Comments
 • Packages, Package Management
 • Glossary, FAQ, Mobile Site
 • Search, Sitemap
 • Major Distributions
 • Submit Distribution
 • Upcoming Releases
 • About DistroWatch
 • Beginner's Guide
 • Torrents, Page Hit Ranking
 • Advertise

ENux RSS Feed DistroWatch.com: ENux

ENux


Last Update: 2026-05-16 13:04 UTC


ENux is a desktop Linux distribution based on Debian's "Stable" branch. It integrated Bedrock Linux, a project developing scripts that mix-and-match components from various Linux distributions and integrate them into one largely cohesive system. ENux's main claim to fame is support for a large range of popular package management tools that exist in the Linux ecosystem, including apk (Alpine Linux), dpkg/apt (Debian), emerge/portage (Gentoo), nix (NixOS), pacman (Arch Linux), rpm/dnf (Fedora), xbps (Void) and zypper (openSUSE) via the unified pmm tool (from Bedrock Linux). The distribution uses the Xfce desktop and substitutes Debian's long-term supported Linux kernel with a more up-to-date version.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 291 (49), 6 months: 157 (99), 3 months: 111 (151), 4 weeks: 100 (173), 1 week: 347 (36)

Average visitor rating: 9.7/10 from 3 review(s).


ENux Summary
Distribution ENux
Home Page https://www.emirpasha.com/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums --
Alternative User Forums Reddit
Documentation --
Screenshots DistroWatch Gallery
Screencasts
Download Mirrors https://www.emirpasha.com/DistroWatch Torrent Archive
Bug Tracker https://github.com/ENux-Distro/ENux/issues
Related Websites SourceForgeGitHub
Reviews 5.x: DistroWatchThe Distrowrite Project
Where To Donate, Buy or Try

Table Notes and Explanations

(Please refer to the table below.)
  • Select view:
  • To compare the software in this project to the software available in other distributions, please see our Compare Packages page.
  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the "nautilus" and "gnome-shell" packages. The Apache web server is listed as "httpd" and the Linux kernel is listed as "linux". The KDE desktop is represented by the "plasma-desktop" package and the Xfce desktop by the "xfdesktop" package.
  • 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.
TUXEDO
TUXEDO Computers

TUXEDO Computers - Linux Hardware in a tailor made suite
Choose from a wide range of laptops and PCs in various sizes and shapes at TUXEDOComputers.com. Every machine comes pre-installed and ready-to-run with Linux. Full 24 months of warranty and lifetime support included!

Learn more about our full service package and all benefits from buying at TUXEDO.

*NEW* NovaCustom
TUXEDO Computers

NovaCustom PrivacyGuard Laptops - Escape from Big Tech

The NovaCustom PrivacyGuard Laptop is ideal for anyone who prioritizes privacy. Comes with Dasharo coreboot open source firmware and Zorin OS Pro, free from influence of Big Tech.

Star Labs

Star Labs Systems | Laptops designed for Linux

Star Labs - Laptops built for Linux.
View our range including the highly anticipated StarFighter. Available with coreboot open-source firmware and a choice of Ubuntu, elementary, Manjaro and more. Visit Star Labs for information, to buy and get support.



Feature 5.3.3
Release Date 2026-05-16
End Of Life  
Price (US$) Free
Image Size (MB) 1200-1300
Free Download ISO
Installation Graphical
Default Desktop Xfce
Default Browser Firefox ESR
Package Format deb
Package Management pmm
Release Model Fixed
Office Suite --
Processor Architecture x86_64
Init Software systemd
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4
Multilingual en
Full Package List 5.3.3
Package 5.3.3
alsa-lib (1.2.15.3) 1.2.14
amdgpu (25.0.0) 23.0.0
apparmor (5.0.0) --
apt (3.3.1) 3.0.3
bash (5.3) 5.2.37
bind (9.20.22) --
chromium (148.0.7778.167) --
cinnamon (6.6.8) --
cups (2.4.19) --
e2fsprogs (1.47.4) 1.47.2
ffmpeg (8.1.1) --
firefox (150.0.3) 140.9.0
flatpak (1.16.6) --
freetype (2.14.3) 2.13.3
gcc (16.1.0) --
gimp (3.2.4) --
git (2.54.0) 2.47.3
glibc (2.43) 2.41
gnome-shell (50.1) --
grub (2.14) 2.12
gtk (4.22.4) 4.18.6
httpd (2.4.67) --
inkscape (1.4.4) --
kmod (34.2) 34.2
krita (6.0.1) --
LibreOffice (26.2.3) --
Package 5.3.3
libselinux (3.10) 3.8.1
linux (7.0.9) 7.0
mariadb (12.2.2) --
mate-desktop (1.28.2) --
mesa (26.0.7) 25.0.7
mysql (9.7.0) --
nautilus (50.1) --
NVIDIA (595.71.05) --
openjdk (26.0.1) --
openssh (10.3p1) 10.0p1
openssl (4.0.0) 3.5.4
perl (5.42.2) 5.40.1
php (8.5.6) --
plasma-desktop (6.6.5) --
postfix (3.11.3) --
postgresql (18.4) --
Python (3.14.5) 3.13.5
qt (6.11.1) 5.15.15
samba (4.24.2) --
systemd (260.1) 257.9
thunderbird (150.0.2) --
vim (9.2) 9.1
vlc (3.0.23) --
wayland (1.25.0) 1.23.1
xfdesktop (4.20.2) 4.20.1
xorg-server (21.1.22) 21.1.16

Reader Ratings
Reader supplied reviews for ENux

Average rating
9.7
from 3 review(s)



What are your thoughts on ENux?
Please include a few pros and a few cons, along with your overall impression of the operating system.
Our FAQ page has tips on writing a good mini-review.

Version:

Rating:    out of 10

Your review (minimum 250 words):




Past reviews - sort by:

Version: 5.3.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2026-05-06
Country: United States
Votes: 1


Almost perfect* exactly the way it is currently, I always boot the iso live so it remains almost perfect, hope the developer doesn't add or change anything, too many distros die a frothy bloated death.

Since ENux auto installs support for 12 package managers with the implementation of Bedrock Linux, this allows for extreme experimention, if the user breaks the system the re-install of Enux is quick and simple.


*Perfect is a minimal install that only boots to CLI, then executing appimages on a USB for everything else.





Was this review helpful? Yes No
Version: 5.3.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-04-22
Country: Türkiye
Votes: 1


I installed ENux on my laptop, and so far the experience is so good. It's extremely lightweight, at only using less than 1 GB of RAM, and around 10 GBs of SSD space after all of the stratas and package managers have been installed.

The thing about this distro that made me download it is the implementation of Bedrock Linux. From what I've heard integrating Bedrock Linux on a live environment is pretty difficult. The creator of ENux has posted on r/bedrocklinux 3 months ago on experimenting with Bedrock Linux on the live environment. They failed because awk couldn't be found on their setup, but I really liked how they pushed and improved this project. On that post, they've also mentioned that you need a proper installer for Bedrock Linux on the live environment. Guess the proper installer is the installer that ENux uses today. Also, the support for 12 package managers is pretty wild if you ask me.

So yeah, you should try out ENux as soon as possible if you are a power-user


Was this review helpful? Yes No
Version: 4.5
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-02-07
Votes: 21


This is Linux Distribution is the first one I've seen that utilizes Bedrock Linux to it's limits (in a good way).
The reason why I like this distro, A LOT is because I use multiple Linux ecosystems at the exact same time. I tried containers, but didn't like them because they were isolated, and I didn't wanted to manually install Bedrock Linux, because it is very sensitive. ENux came in handy for me, because it auto-installs Bedrock Linux, supports 12 package managers, and is nice to use.
So to sum everything up, you should give ENux a shot if you use a lot of Linux ecosystems at once, without worrying about if something would break or not.


Was this review helpful? Yes No




Copyright © 2001 - 2026 Atea Ataroa Limited. All rights reserved. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Privacy policy. Change privacy settings.
DistroWatch.com is hosted at Copenhagen.

Contact, corrections and suggestions: Jesse Smith

Tips: bc1qxes3k2wq3uqzr074tkwwjmwfe63z70gwzfu4lx
lnurl1dp68gurn8ghj7ampd3kx2ar0veekzar0wd5xjtnrdakj7tnhv4kxctttdehhwm30d3h82unvwqhhxarpw3jkc7tzw4ex6cfexyfua2nr
86fA3qPTeQtNb2k1vLwEQaAp3XxkvvvXt69gSG5LGunXXikK9koPWZaRQgfFPBPWhMgXjPjccy9LA9xRFchPWQAnPvxh5Le
PayPal.me/distrowPatreon.com/distrowatch