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MakuluLinux


Last Update: 2023-01-30 01:12 UTC



MakuluLinux is a rolling-release, desktop distribution based either on Ubuntu's LTS (long-term support) release or Debian's "Testing" branch. It includes pre-installed multimedia codecs, device drivers and software for everyday use. MakuluLinux comes in four editions: "LinDoz" - featuring the Cinnamon desktop with the user interface customised to resemble that of Microsoft Windows, "Core" - presenting a highly customised Xfce desktop environment, "Flash" - providing a standard Xfce desktop, and finally "Shift" - delivering a pre-configured GNOME desktop environment.

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Average visitor rating: 7.3/10 from 10 review(s).


MakuluLinux Summary
Distribution MakuluLinux
Home Page http://www.makululinux.com/
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Documentation --
Screenshots http://makululinux.com/gallery/DistroWatch Gallery
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Bug Tracker --
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2022-06-12: Distribution Release: MakuluLinux 2022-06-10
 • 2021-03-06: Distribution Release: MakuluLinux 2021-03-05
 • 2020-04-01: Distribution Release: MakuluLinux 2020 "Flash"
 • 2019-01-28: Distribution Release: MakuluLinux 2019.01.25
 • 2016-02-07: Distribution Release: MakuluLinux 10 "Xfce"
 • 2015-11-29: Distribution Release: MakuluLinux 10 "Aero"
 • 2015-05-04: Distribution Release: MakuluLinux 9 "Xfce"
 • 2015-04-15: Distribution Release: MakuluLinux 8.0 "LxFce"
 • 2015-04-05: Distribution Release: MakuluLinux 8 "Unity"
 • 2015-03-09: Distribution Release: MakuluLinux 8.0 "Cinnamon"
 • 2015-01-19: Distribution Release: MakuluLinux 2.0 "Cinnamon"
 • 2014-12-07: Distribution Release: MakuluLinux 7.0 "Xfce"
 • More MakuluLinux releases...

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Release Date 2023-01-03 2022-12-05 2021-12-20 2020-08-16 2019-08-05 2018-10-12 2018-01-01 2015-11-29 2014-12-06 2014-06-01 2014-02-13 2013-11-28 Release Date
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Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
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Office Suite -- -- -- LibreOffice           Kingsoft Kingsoft Kingsoft Office Suite
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Journaled File Systems ext4 ext4 ext4 ext4 ext4 ext4 ext4           Journaled File Systems
Multilingual                         Multilingual
Asian Language Support                         Asian Language Support
Full Package List 2022-12-29 2022-12-04 2021-12-17 2020-08-16 2019-08-05 15 14 10 7.0 6.1 5.0 4.3 Full Package List
Package 2022-12-29 2022-12-04 2021-12-17 2020-08-16 2019-08-05 15 14 10 7.0 6.1 5.0 4.3 Package
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.9) 1.2.2 1.2.2 1.2.2 1.2.2 1.1.8 1.1.6 1.1.0 1.0.27.2 1.0.27.2 1.0.27.2 1.0.27.2 1.0.27.2 alsa-lib (1.2.9)
amdgpu (23.0.0) 22.0.0 22.0.0 -- -- 19.0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.15) 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 bash (5.2.15)
bind (9.18.15) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.18.15)
chromium (114.0.5735.90) 108.0.5359.124 108.0.5359.94 96.0.4664.93 84.0.4147.125 76.0.3809.87 69.0.3497.100 63.0.3239.108 45.0.2454.101 -- 34.0.1847.116 31.0.1650.63 31.0.1650.57 chromium (114.0.5735.90)
cups (2.4.3) 2.3.1 2.3.1 2.3.1 2.3.1 2.2.10 2.2.8 2.1.3 1.7.2 1.7.2 1.7.2 1.7.1 1.6.3 cups (2.4.3)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.3.5 4.3.3 4.2.4 4.2.4 4.2.4 4.2.4 4.2.4 dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.45.5 1.45.5 1.45.5 1.45.5 1.45.3 1.44.4 1.42.13 1.42.9 1.42.9 1.42.10 1.42.9 1.42.8 e2fsprogs (1.47.0)
firefox (113.0.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34.0 -- -- -- firefox (113.0.2)
freetype (2.13.0) 2.12.1 2.12.1 2.10.1 2.10.1 2.9.1 2.8.1 2.8 2.5.2 2.5.2 2.5.2 2.5.2 2.4.9 freetype (2.13.0)
gcc (13.1.0) 9.3.0 9.3.0 9.3.0 9.3.0 8.3.0 8.1.0 5.3.1 4.8.4 4.8.2 4.8.2 4.8.2 4.8.1 gcc (13.1.0)
gimp (2.10.34) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (2.10.34)
glibc (2.37) 2.31 2.31 2.31 2.31 2.28 2.27 2.26 2.19 2.19 2.18 2.17 2.17 glibc (2.37)
gnome-shell (44.2) 3.36.9 3.36.9 3.36.9 3.36.4 -- -- -- -- 3.10.4 -- -- -- gnome-shell (44.2)
gnucash (5.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.1)
gnumeric (1.12.55) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.55)
grub (2.06) 2.04 2.04 2.04 2.04 2.04 2.02 2.02beta2 2.02beta2 2.02beta2 2.00 2.00 1.99 grub (2.06)
gtk (4.10.3) 3.24.20 3.24.20 3.24.20 3.24.20 3.24.10 3.24.1 3.18.9 3.10.8 2.24.23 2.24.23 2.24.22 2.24.22 gtk (4.10.3)
httpd (2.4.57) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.57)
inkscape (1.2.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.2.2)
k3b (23.04.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- k3b (23.04.1)
kmod (30) 27 27 27 27 26 25 22 15 15 16 16 9 kmod (30)
krita (5.1.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.1.5)
libreoffice (7.5.3) -- -- -- 6.4.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- libreoffice (7.5.3)
linux (6.3.5) 5.15 5.15 5.11 5.4 4.19.37 4.18.6 4.14 3.19 3.13 3.14.4 3.12.9 3.11.8 linux (6.3.5)
Package 2022-12-29 2022-12-04 2021-12-17 2020-08-16 2019-08-05 15 14 10 7.0 6.1 5.0 4.3 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (10.11.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (10.11.3)
mate-desktop (1.26.1) -- -- -- -- -- 1.20.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.26.1)
mesa (23.1.1) 22.2.5 22.2.2 21.3.1 20.3git 19.1.2 18.1.7 17.3.1 11.2 10.1.3 10.1.2 9.2.2 9.2.2 mesa (23.1.1)
mysql (8.0.33) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (8.0.33)
nautilus (44.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (44.2)
NVIDIA (530.41.03) -- -- -- -- 418.74 -- -- -- -- 331.67 319.76 319.72 NVIDIA (530.41.03)
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (20.0.1) -- -- -- 11.0.8 11.0.4 10.0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (20.0.1)
openssh (9.3p1) 8.2p1 8.2p1 8.2p1 8.2p1 8.0p1 7.8p1 7.2p2 6.6p1 6.6p1 6.6p1 6.4p1 6.4p1 openssh (9.3p1)
openssl (3.1.1) 1.1.1f 1.1.1f 1.1.1f 1.1.1f 1.1.1c 1.1.0h 1.0.2g 1.0.1f 1.0.1f 1.0.1g 1.0.1f 1.0.1e openssl (3.1.1)
perl (5.36.1) 5.30.0 5.30.0 5.30.0 5.30.0 5.28.1 5.26.2 5.22.1 5.18.2 5.18.2 5.18.2 5.18.2 5.18.1 perl (5.36.1)
php (8.2.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.2.6)
plasma-desktop (5.27.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (5.27.5)
postfix (3.8.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.8.0)
postgresql (15.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (15.3)
Python (3.11.3) 3.8.2 3.8.2 3.8.2 3.8.2 3.7.3 2.7.15 3.6.3 -- 2.7.5 2.7.6 2.7.5 2.7.5 Python (3.11.3)
qt (6.5.1) 5.12.8 5.12.8 5.12.8 5.12.8 5.11.3 5.11.1 5.9.2 4.8.5 4.8.5 4.8.6 4.8.5 4.8.5 qt (6.5.1)
samba (4.18.3) 4.13.17 4.13.17 4.13.14 4.11.6 4.9.11 4.8.5 4.3.11 4.1.6 4.1.6 4.1.7 4.1.3 4.0.11 samba (4.18.3)
systemd (253.5) 245.4 245.4 245.4 245.4 241 239 229 204 204 204 -- -- systemd (253.5)
thunderbird (102.11.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31.3.0 24.4.0 24.3.0 24.1.0 thunderbird (102.11.2)
vim (9.0) 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.1 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 vim (9.0)
vlc (3.0.18) 3.0.18 3.0.18 -- -- 3.0.7.1 3.0.4 4.0.0rc1 -- -- 2.1.4 2.1.2 2.1.0 vlc (3.0.18)
wayland (1.22.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.22.0)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- -- -- 4.12.4 4.13.2 -- -- -- 4.11.6 4.10.2 4.10.2 4.10.2 xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.8) 1.20.13 1.20.13 1.20.11 1.20.8 1.20.4 1.20.1 1.18.4 1.15.1 1.15.1 1.15.1 1.14.5 1.14.3 xorg-server (21.1.8)

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Version: 2022-12-29
Rating: 5
Date: 2023-04-11
Votes: 0


This is very nice MakuluLinux OS that i like it very much to switch between desktop theme style like kde Plasma, Lindoz, etc but i find it very puzzling for one thing is it took up a whole 1TB space and leaving just 50.3GB space which i just installed new OS and not much i installed. I'm disappointed that it took up a whole 1TB space even it format correctly with 1TB and smaller swap space. So Something add up on home system files taking up space like that is not normal as I cannot install any more apps on it that tell me you have low space.


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Version: 2021-12-17
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-06-11
Votes: 0


Makulu has been an interesting distro in the past. Past Xfce and Cinnamon versions were pretty steady and solid. I had grown to really like this distribution, but now Xfce and Cinnamon have been dropped in favor of Gnome across the board.

Gnome is a resource hog. The website tries to acknowledge this while trying to make the case that the use of the Gnome framework and not the front end means it will not hog resources, but the proof is in the installation. It fails. It fails pretty spectacularly, in fact.

I have an older system (quad core processor) that runs like a champ if I am running Xfce, Cinnamon, IceWM, JWM, TDE, Budgie, Enlightenment or most anything that is not requiring massive memory (8 GB RAM on this old desktop). KDE and Gnome simply will not run. It appears that all the tweaking done by the Makulu team could not make this run on that older machine. I tried it on my newer laptop (16GB RAM and a five year old processor). It chokes on KDE and Gnome too. Makulu was not the exception. It ran, but not well. One of the philosophical tenets of Linux has long been the ability to use Linux on machines that Windows has left behind. Makulu's switch to Gnome has rendered it completely useless for all but the most modern machines (a disturbing Windows performance trend that has been taken up by the KDE and Gnome systems over the years). I am sad to have to leave Makulu behind, but if it won't work, you have to move on.


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Version: 2021-12-17
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-03-06
Votes: 20


I actually stumbled upon this distro looking for a rolling release debian , my debian opensuse tumbleweed if you will, yast is just awesome, which I highly regard more than the other distros, but don't quite love. I started out on ubuntu my first few years of dabbling in linux years ago and ended up on tumbleweed for the most part since, although I have always distro hopped.

I have to say I love the DE's in this distro, way better than Manjaros, and I can try all the different DE without wrecking my previous install to do so.
Pros, the Debian testing version installed on my old amd fm2+ mobo. Cons, I haven't found one yet, but will review when I do, however some will hate the fact that it comes with Chrome installed.

I've been this using for a few weeks now and I actually think I'm done distro hopping now, I hope the developer can continue to maintain this project!




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