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PorteuX


Last Update: 2026-02-28 17:11 UTC

PorteuX is a Linux distribution based on Slackware Linux, inspired by Slax and Porteus and available to the public for free. Its main goal is to be fast, small, portable (run from a thumb drive), modular and optionally immutable. It is pre-configured for basic usage, including lightweight applications for each one of the seven desktop environments (Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE Plasma, LXDE, LXQt, MATE and Xfce) available. No browser is included, but an app store is provided for downloading any of the most popular browsers, as well as other applications.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 80 (186), 6 months: 101 (157), 3 months: 144 (119), 4 weeks: 178 (96), 1 week: 138 (87)

Average visitor rating: 9.0/10 from 5 review(s).

PorteuX Summary
Distribution PorteuX
Home Page https://github.com/porteux/porteux/
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2025-12-26: Distribution Release: PorteuX 2.5
 • 2025-11-09: Distribution Release: PorteuX 2.4
 • 2025-08-02: Distribution Release: PorteuX 2.2
 • 2025-06-01: Distribution Release: PorteuX 2.1
 • 2025-04-02: Distribution Release: PorteuX 2.0
 • 2025-02-03: Distribution Release: PorteuX 1.9
 • 2024-12-16: Distribution Release: PorteuX 1.8
 • 2024-10-20: Distribution Release: PorteuX 1.7
 • 2024-08-29: Distribution Release: PorteuX 1.6
 • More PorteuX releases...

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Feature 2.6 1.8
Release Date 2026-02-28 2024-12-15
End Of Life    
Price (US$) Free Free
Image Size (MB) 400-700 400-600
Free Download ISO ISO
Installation Text mode Text mode
Default Desktop Cinnamon, COSMIC, GNOME, KDE Plasma, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, Xfce Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE Plasma, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, Xfce
Default Browser -- --
Package Format flatpak, txz txz
Package Management slackpkg slackpkg
Release Model Fixed Fixed
Office Suite -- --
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64
Init Software SysV SysV
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4, XFS ext4, XFS
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Full Package List 2.6 1.8

Full Package List:   PorteuX 1.7
  Number of packages: 906 (download as TXT)
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  •  7zip-24.08-x86_64-1
  •  a52dec-0.8.0-x86_64-1
  •  aaa_base-15.1-x86_64-2
  •  aaa_libraries-stripped-15.1-x86_64-33-1
  •  aaa_terminfo-6.5-x86_64-1
  •  accountsservice-23.13.9-x86_64-1
  •  acl-2.3.2-x86_64-1
  •  acpid-2.0.34-x86_64-1
  •  adwaita-icon-theme-47.0-x86_64-1
  •  adwaita-icon-theme-porteux-noarch-1
  •  adwaita-qt-20230811-x86_64-1
  •  alsa-lib-1.2.12-x86_64-1
  •  alsa-plugins-1.2.12-x86_64-2
  •  alsa-utils-1.2.12-x86_64-1
  •  archivemount-0.9.1-x86_64-1
  •  ark-24.08.2-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  aspell-0.60.8.1-x86_64-1
  •  atkmm-2.28.3-x86_64-1
  •  atril-1.28.0-x86_64-1
  •  at-spi2-core-2.54.0-x86_64-1
  •  attica-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  attr-2.5.2-x86_64-1
  •  audacious-4.4.1-gtk3-x86_64-1
  •  audacious-4.4.1-qt6-x86_64-1
  •  audacious-plugins-4.4.1-gtk3-x86_64-1
  •  audacious-plugins-4.4.1-qt6-x86_64-1
  •  audiofile-0.3.6-x86_64-5
  •  avahi-stripped-20240306_709e60f-x86_64-2-1
  •  babl-0.1.108-x86_64-1
  •  baloo-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  baloo-widgets-24.08.2-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  bash-5.2.037-x86_64-2
  •  bin-11.1-x86_64-5
  •  binutils-stripped-2.43.1-x86_64-1-1
  •  bluedevil-6.2.1-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  blueman-2.4.3-x86_64-1
  •  bluez-5.78-x86_64-1
  •  bluez-firmware-1.2-x86_64-4
  •  bluez-qt-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  breeze-6.2.1-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  breeze-grub-6.2.1-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  breeze-gtk-6.2.1-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  breeze-icons-6.7.0-noarch-1_KDE6
  •  bridge-utils-1.7.1-x86_64-1
  •  brotli-1.1.0-x86_64-2
  •  bubblewrap-0.10.0-x86_64-1
  •  bzip2-1.0.8-x86_64-3
  •  ca-certificates-20240830-noarch-1
  •  cairo-1.18.2-x86_64-2
  •  cairomm1-1.18.0-x86_64-1
  •  cairomm-1.14.4-x86_64-1
  •  caja-1.28.0-x86_64-1
  •  caja-extensions-1.28.0-x86_64-1
  •  caribou-0.4.21-x86_64-1
  •  cdparanoia-III_10.2-x86_64-5
  •  cdrtools-3.02a09-x86_64-1
  •  cfitsio-4.5.0-x86_64-1
  •  cifs-utils-7.1-x86_64-1
  •  cinnamon-6.2.9-x86_64-1
  •  cinnamon-control-center-6.2.0-x86_64-1
  •  cinnamon-desktop-6.2.0-x86_64-1
  •  cinnamon-menus-6.2.0-x86_64-1
  •  cinnamon-screensaver-6.2.1-x86_64-1
  •  cinnamon-session-6.2.1-x86_64-1
  •  cinnamon-settings-daemon-6.2.0-x86_64-1
  •  cjs-6.2.0-x86_64-1
  •  clutter-1.26.4-x86_64-1
  •  cogl-1.22.8-x86_64-1
  •  colord-1.4.7-x86_64-1
  •  colord-gtk-0.3.1-x86_64-1
  •  coreutils-9.5-x86_64-1
  •  cpio-2.15-x86_64-1
  •  cracklib-2.10.2-x86_64-1
  •  cryptsetup-2.7.5-x86_64-2
  •  curl-8.10.1-x86_64-1
  •  cyrus-sasl-2.1.28-x86_64-3
  •  dav1d-20241018-x86_64-1
  •  db48-4.8.30-x86_64-6
  •  dbus-1.14.10-x86_64-1
  •  dbus-glib-0.112-x86_64-1
  •  dbus-python-1.3.2-x86_64-3
  •  dconf-0.40.0-x86_64-1
  •  dcron-4.5-x86_64-17
  •  ddcutil-2.1.4-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  dejavu-fonts-ttf-2.37-noarch-6
  •  desktop-file-utils-0.27-x86_64-1
  •  devs-2.3.1-noarch-25
  •  dhcpcd-10.1.0-x86_64-1
  •  dialog-1.3_20240619-x86_64-1
  •  diffutils-3.10-x86_64-1
  •  djvulibre-3.5.28-x86_64-4
  •  dmapi-2.2.12-x86_64-5
  •  dmidecode-3.6-x86_64-1
  •  dnsmasq-2.90-x86_64-1
  •  dolphin-24.08.2-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  dolphin-plugins-24.08.2-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  dosfstools-4.2-x86_64-2
  •  duktape-2.7.0-x86_64-1
  •  dvd+rw-tools-7.1-x86_64-5
  •  e2fsprogs-1.47.1-x86_64-2
  •  editorconfig-core-c-0.12.9-x86_64-1
  •  eglexternalplatform-1.2-x86_64-1
  •  egl-wayland-1.1.16-x86_64-1
  •  elementary-icon-porteux-noarch-1
  •  elfutils-0.191-x86_64-1
  •  elogind-255.5-x86_64-1
  •  enchant-2.8.2-x86_64-1
  •  engrampa-1.28.2-x86_64-1
  •  eom-1.28.0-x86_64-1
  •  esound-0.2.41-x86_64-5
  •  etc-15.1-x86_64-12
  •  ethtool-5.19-x86_64-1
  •  eudev-3.2.14-x86_64-2
  •  evince-46.3.1-x86_64-1
  •  exempi-2.6.5-x86_64-1
  •  exfatprogs-1.2.5-x86_64-1
  •  exiv2-0.28.3-x86_64-1
  •  exo-4.18.0-x86_64-1
  •  expat-2.6.3-x86_64-1
  •  f2fs-tools-1.16.0-x86_64-2
  •  faac-1_30-x86_64-2
  •  faad2-2.11.1-x86_64-1
  •  featherpad-1.5.1-x86_64-1
  •  ffmpeg-7.1-x86_64-1
  •  ffmpegthumbnailer-2.2.2-x86_64-6
  •  ffmpegthumbs-24.08.2-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  fftw-stripped-3.3.10-x86_64-2-1
  •  file-5.45-x86_64-1
  •  file-roller-3.42.0-x86_64-1
  •  file-roller-44.3-x86_64-1
  •  findutils-4.10.0-x86_64-1
  •  flac-1.4.3-x86_64-1
  •  flex-2.6.4-x86_64-5
  •  floppy-5.5-x86_64-4
  •  fontconfig-2.13.92-x86_64-3
  •  frameworkintegration-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  freeglut-3.6.0-x86_64-1
  •  freetype-2.13.3-x86_64-1
  •  fribidi-1.0.16-x86_64-1
  •  fuse3-3.16.2-x86_64-1
  •  galculator-2.1.4-x86_64-1
  •  garcon-4.18.2-x86_64-1
  •  gawk-5.3.1-x86_64-1
  •  gcr-3.40.0-x86_64-2
  •  gcr4-4.2.1-x86_64-1
  •  gd-2.3.3-x86_64-3
  •  gdbm-1.24-x86_64-1
  •  gdk-pixbuf2-2.42.12-x86_64-1
  •  gdm-47.0-x86_64-1
  •  geoclue2-2.7.2-x86_64-1
  •  geocode-glib-3.26.4-x86_64-1
  •  gettext-0.22.5-x86_64-2
  •  gexiv2-0.14.3-x86_64-1
  •  ghostscript-fonts-std-stripped-8.11-noarch-5-1
  •  giflib-5.2.2-x86_64-1
  •  gjs-1.82.0-x86_64-1
  •  glew-2.2.0-x86_64-3
  •  glib2-2.82.2-x86_64-1
  •  glibc-stripped-2.40-x86_64-5-1
  •  glibc-zoneinfo-2024b-noarch-1
  •  glibmm2-2.82.0-x86_64-1
  •  glibmm-2.66.7-x86_64-1
  •  glib-networking-2.80.0-x86_64-1
  •  glu-9.0.3-x86_64-1
  •  glycin-1.1.1-x86_64-1
  •  gnome-autoar-0.4.5-x86_64-1
  •  gnome-backgrounds-47.0-x86_64-1
  •  gnome-bluetooth-47.1-x86_64-1
  •  gnome-browser-connector-v42.1-x86_64-1
  •  gnome-console-47.1-x86_64-1
  •  gnome-control-center-47.0.1-x86_64-1
  •  gnome-desktop-44.1-x86_64-1
  •  gnome-online-accounts-3.52.0-x86_64-1
  •  gnome-screenshot-3.36.0-x86_64-1
  •  gnome-session-46.0-x86_64-1
  •  gnome-settings-daemon-47.1-x86_64-1
  •  gnome-shell-47.1-x86_64-1
  •  gnome-system-monitor-42.0-x86_64-1
  •  gnome-system-monitor-47.0-x86_64-1
  •  gnome-terminal-3.48.1-x86_64-1
  •  gnome-text-editor-47.1-x86_64-1
  •  gnome-themes-extra-3.28-x86_64-3
  •  gnome-tweaks-46.1-x86_64-1
  •  gnome-user-share-47.0-x86_64-1
  •  gnupg-1.4.23-x86_64-6
  •  gnutls-3.8.7.1-x86_64-1
  •  gobject-introspection-1.82.0-x86_64-1
  •  gparted-1.6.0-x86_64-1
  •  gpgme-1.23.2-x86_64-3
  •  gpicview-0.2.6-x86_64-1
  •  gpm-1.20.7-x86_64-10
  •  gptfdisk-1.0.10-x86_64-1
  •  graphene-1.10.8-x86_64-1
  •  graphite2-1.3.14-x86_64-3
  •  grep-3.11-x86_64-1
  •  gsettings-desktop-schemas-47.1-x86_64-1
  •  gsl-2.8-x86_64-1
  •  gsm-1.0.22-x86_64-1
  •  gsound-1.0.3-x86_64-1
  •  gspell-1.14.0-x86_64-1
  •  gst-plugins-bad-free-1.24.8-x86_64-2
  •  gst-plugins-base-1.24.8-x86_64-1
  •  gst-plugins-good-1.24.8-x86_64-1
  •  gst-plugins-libav-1.24.8-x86_64-1
  •  gstreamer-1.24.8-x86_64-1
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  •  gtk4-4.16.3-x86_64-1
  •  gtk-layer-shell-0.9.0-x86_64-1
  •  gtkmm3-3.24.9-x86_64-1
  •  gtkmm4-4.16.0-x86_64-1
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  •  gtksourceview4-4.8.4-x86_64-1
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  •  gvfs-1.56.1-x86_64-1
  •  gwenview-24.08.2-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  gzip-1.13-x86_64-1
  •  harfbuzz-10.0.1-x86_64-1
  •  hdparm-9.65-x86_64-1
  •  hicolor-icon-theme-0.18-noarch-1
  •  hostname-3.25-x86_64-1
  •  hunspell-1.7.2-x86_64-1
  •  hyfetch-20241019-noarch-1
  •  hyphen-2.8.8-x86_64-3
  •  ibus-1.5.30-x86_64-2
  •  iceauth-1.0.10-x86_64-2
  •  icu4c-74.2-x86_64-1
  •  imlib2-1.12.1-x86_64-1
  •  infozip-6.0-x86_64-7
  •  inih-58-x86_64-1
  •  intel-vaapi-driver-2.4.1-x86_64-3
  •  iproute2-6.11.0-x86_64-1
  •  iptables-1.8.10-x86_64-1
  •  iputils-20240905-x86_64-1
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  •  jansson-2.14-x86_64-1
  •  jasper-4.2.4-x86_64-1
  •  json-c-0.18_20240915-x86_64-1
  •  json-glib-1.10.0-x86_64-1
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  •  kapidox-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  karchive-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kauth-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
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  •  kcolorscheme-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kcompletion-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kconfig-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kconfigwidgets-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kcoreaddons-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kcrash-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kdbusaddons-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kdeclarative-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
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  •  kdecoration-6.2.1-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kded-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kde-gtk-config-6.2.1-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kdenetwork-filesharing-24.08.2-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kdeplasma-addons-6.2.1-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kdesu-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kdnssd-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  keybinder3-3.0_0.3.2-x86_64-3
  •  keyutils-1.6.3-x86_64-3
  •  kfilemetadata-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kglobalaccel-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kglobalacceld-6.2.1-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kguiaddons-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  ki18n-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kiconthemes-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kidletime-6.7.0-x86_64-1
  •  kidletime-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kImageAnnotator-0.7.1-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kimageformats-extra-6.7.0-x86_64-1
  •  kinfocenter-6.2.1-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kio-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kio-admin-24.08.2-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kio-extras-24.08.2-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kio-gdrive-24.08.2-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kio-zeroconf-24.08.2-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kirigami-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kirigami-addons-1.5.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kitemmodels-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kitemviews-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kjobwidgets-6.7.0-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kmenuedit-6.2.1-x86_64-1_KDE6
  •  kmod-33-x86_64-1
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