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Last Update: 2023-03-15 21:38 UTC



The siduction distribution is a desktop-oriented operating system and live medium based on the "unstable" branch of Debian GNU/Linux. Forked from aptosid in late 2011, siduction offers many separate live media with a range of desktop environments. The project also promises regular releases, an open development model, and friendly relationship with its developer and user community.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 62 (164), 6 months: 52 (209), 3 months: 51 (231), 4 weeks: 82 (130), 1 week: 80 (117)

Average visitor rating: 8.13/10 from 31 review(s).


siduction Summary
Distribution siduction
Home Page https://siduction.org/
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Documentation https://manual.siduction.org/welcome
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 • 2023-03-10: Distribution Release: siduction 22.1.1
 • 2022-12-30: Distribution Release: siduction 22.1
 • 2021-12-24: Distribution Release: siduction 21.3.0
 • 2021-07-29: Distribution Release: siduction 21.2.0
 • 2021-02-15: Distribution Release: siduction 21.1.0
 • 2018-03-09: Distribution Release: siduction 18.2.0
 • 2017-12-31: Distribution Release: siduction 18.1.0
 • 2017-03-06: Distribution Release: siduction 17.1.0
 • 2016-12-24: Distribution Release: siduction 16.1.0
 • 2016-01-01: Development Release: siduction 15.1.0 Dev
 • 2014-11-24: Distribution Release: siduction 14.1.0
 • 2014-05-10: Development Release: siduction 14.1.0 Dev
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 • 2021-12-24 siduction narrows focus on desktop editions
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Feature 22.1.2
mastersofwar
21.3.0
wintersky
18.3.0
patience
17.1.0
patience
16.1.0
patience
15.1.0-dev
paintitblack
14.1.0
indiansummer
13.2.0
december
13.1.0
firestarter
12.2.0
riders
12.1.1
desperado
11.1
onestep
Feature
Release Date 2023-03-15 2021-12-23 2018-05-14 2017-03-06 2016-12-24 2015-12-31 2014-11-24 2013-12-31 2013-05-22 2012-12-10 2012-06-24 2011-12-30 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) 1200-3200 800-3000 600-2300 1100-1600                 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 Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop KDE Plasma, LXQt, Xfce KDE Plasma, LXQt, Xfce Cinnamon, Fluxbox, GNOME, KDE Plasma, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, Xfce Cinnamon, Fluxbox, GNOME, KDE Plasma, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, Xfce KDE Plasma, LXDE, Xfce Cinnamon, Fluxbox, LXDE, MATE, Xfce Cinnamon, Fluxbox, GNOME, KDE, LXDE, LXQt, Xfce Fluxbox, GNOME, KDE, LXDE, Razor-qt, Xfce GNOME, KDE, LXDE, Razor-qt, Xfce Fluxbox, KDE, LXDE, Razor-qt, Xfce Fluxbox, KDE, LXDE, Xfce Fluxbox, KDE, LXDE, Xfce Default Desktop
Package Management DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB Package Management
Release Model Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Release Model
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice GOffice GOffice GOffice GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice GOffice GOffice Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd SysV SysV SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multilingual
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asian Language Support
Full Package List 22.1.2 21.3.0 18.3.0 17.1.0 16.1.0 15.1.0-dev 14.1.0 13.2.0 13.1.0 12.2.0 12.1.1 11.1 Full Package List
Package 22.1.2
mastersofwar
21.3.0
wintersky
18.3.0
patience
17.1.0
patience
16.1.0
patience
15.1.0-dev
paintitblack
14.1.0
indiansummer
13.2.0
december
13.1.0
firestarter
12.2.0
riders
12.1.1
desperado
11.1
onestep
Package
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- 3.0.2 3.0.2 3.0.1 3.0.0 2.9.2 2.9.2 2.9.2 2.9.2 2.9.1 abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.9) 1.2.8 1.2.5.1 1.1.6 1.1.3 1.1.2 1.0.29 1.0.28 1.0.27.2 1.0.27 1.0.25 1.0.25 1.0.24.1 alsa-lib (1.2.9)
amdgpu (23.0.0) 23.0.0 21.0.0 18.0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.15) 5.2.15 5.1 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 bash (5.2.15)
bind (9.18.15) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.18.15)
chromium (113.0.5672.126) -- -- -- 56.0.2924.76 55.0.2883.75 47.0.2526.80 38.0.2125.101 31.0.1650.63 26.0.1410.43 22.0.1229.94 20.0.1132.41 -- chromium (113.0.5672.126)
cups (2.4.2) 2.4.2 2.3.3 2.2.7 2.2.1 2.2.1 2.1.2 1.7.5 1.6.4 1.5.3 1.5.3 1.5.3 1.5.0 cups (2.4.2)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3-P1 4.4.1 4.3.5 4.3.5 4.3.5 4.3.3 4.3.1 4.2.4 4.2.4 4.2.4 4.2.2 4.2.2 dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.47.0 1.46.4 1.44.1 1.43.4 1.43.3 1.42.13 1.42.12 1.42.9 1.42.5 1.42.5 1.42.4 1.42 e2fsprogs (1.47.0)
firefox (113.0.2) 110.0.1 95.0.1 60.0 51.0.1 50.1.0 43.0.2 31.2.0 24.2.0 17.0.6 10.0.11 10.0.5 9.0 firefox (113.0.2)
freetype (2.13.0) 2.12.1 2.11.0 2.8.1 2.6.3 2.6.3 2.6.1 2.5.2 2.5.1 2.4.9 2.4.9 2.4.9 2.4.8 freetype (2.13.0)
gcc (13.1.0) 12.2.0 11.2.0 7.3.0 6.3.0 6.2.1 5.3.1 4.9.2 4.8.2 4.7.2 4.7.2 4.7.0 4.6.2 gcc (13.1.0)
gimp (2.10.34) 2.10.34 2.10.28 2.10.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (2.10.34)
glibc (2.37) 2.36 2.33 2.27 2.24 2.24 2.21 2.19 2.17 2.17 2.13 2.13 2.13 glibc (2.37)
gnome-shell (44.1) -- -- 3.28.1 3.22.3 -- -- 3.14.1 3.8.4 3.4.2 -- -- -- gnome-shell (44.1)
gnucash (5.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.1)
gnumeric (1.12.55) -- -- -- 1.12.32 1.12.32 1.12.26 1.12.18 1.12.9 1.12.1 1.10.17 1.10.17 1.10.17 gnumeric (1.12.55)
grub (2.06) 2.06 2.06 2.02 2.02beta3 2.02beta3 2.02beta2 2.02beta2 2.00 2.00 1.99 1.99 1.99 grub (2.06)
gtk (4.10.3) 3.24.37 3.24.30 3.22.30 3.22.9 3.22.5 3.18.6 3.14.5 3.8.6 3.4.2 3.4.2 3.4.2 3.2.3 gtk (4.10.3)
httpd (2.4.57) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.57)
inkscape (1.2.2) 1.2.2 1.1.1 0.92.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.2.2)
k3b (23.04.1) 21.12.3 21.08.0 17.08.3 2.0.3a 2.0.3a -- 2.0.2 2.0.2 2.0.2 2.0.2 2.0.2 2.0.2 k3b (23.04.1)
kmod (30) 30 29 25 24 23 22 18 9 9 9 8 -- kmod (30)
krita (5.1.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.1.6)
libreoffice (7.5.3) 7.4.5 7.2.4 6.0.4 -- -- -- 4.3.3 4.1.4 4.0.3 -- -- -- libreoffice (7.5.3)
linux (6.3.4) 6.2.6 5.15.11 4.16.8 4.10.1 4.9 4.3.3 3.17.4 3.12.6 3.9.3 3.6.9 3.4.4 3.1.6 linux (6.3.4)
Package 22.1.2
mastersofwar
21.3.0
wintersky
18.3.0
patience
17.1.0
patience
16.1.0
patience
15.1.0-dev
paintitblack
14.1.0
indiansummer
13.2.0
december
13.1.0
firestarter
12.2.0
riders
12.1.1
desperado
11.1
onestep
Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- 0.9.3 0.9.3 0.9.1 0.8.1 0.7.2 0.5.12 0.5.10 0.5.10 0.5.10 0.5.8 lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (10.11.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (10.11.3)
mate-desktop (1.26.1) -- -- 1.20.1 1.16.1 1.10.2 1.10.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.26.1)
mesa (23.1.1) 22.3.6 21.2.6 18.0.3 13.0.5 13.0.2 11.0.8 10.3.2 9.2.2 8.0.5 8.0.5 8.0.3 7.11.2 mesa (23.1.1)
mysql (8.0.33) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (8.0.33)
nautilus (44.2) -- -- 3.26.3.1 3.22.2 -- -- 3.14.1 3.8.2 3.4.2 -- -- -- nautilus (44.2)
NVIDIA (530.41.03) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (530.41.03)
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.5.2 3.5.2 3.5.0 3.5.0 3.5.0 3.5.0 openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (20.0.1) 17.0.6 11.0.13 10.0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6b24pre2 openjdk (20.0.1)
openssh (9.3p1) 9.2p1 8.7p1 7.7p1 7.4p1 7.3p1 7.1p1 6.7p1 6.4p1 6.2p2 6.0p1 6.0p1 5.9p1 openssh (9.3p1)
openssl (3.1.0) 3.0.8 1.1.1l 1.1.0h 1.1.0e 1.1.0c 1.0.2e 1.0.1j 1.0.1e 1.0.1e 1.0.1c 1.0.1c 1.0.0e openssl (3.1.0)
perl (5.36.1) 5.36.0 5.32.1 5.26.2 5.24.1 5.24.1rc4 5.22.1 5.20.1 5.18.1 5.14.2 5.14.2 5.14.2 5.14.2 perl (5.36.1)
php (8.2.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.4.15 5.4.4 5.4.4 5.3.8 php (8.2.6)
plasma-desktop (5.27.5) 5.27.2 5.23.4 5.12.5 5.8.4 5.8.4 -- 4.11.13 4.11.4 4.10.3 4.8.4 4.8.4 4.7.2 plasma-desktop (5.27.5)
postfix (3.8.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.8.0)
postgresql (15.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (15.3)
Python (3.11.3) 3.11.2 3.10.1 2.7.15 2.7.13 2.7.13 2.7.11 2.7.8 2.7.5 2.7.3 2.7.3 2.7.3 2.7.2 Python (3.11.3)
qt (6.5.1) 5.15.8 5.15.2 5.10.1 5.7.1 5.7.1 5.5.1 4.8.6 4.8.5 4.8.2 4.8.2 4.8.2 4.7.4 qt (6.5.1)
samba (4.18.2) -- -- 4.7.4 4.5.4 -- 4.3.3 -- -- -- -- -- 3.6.1 samba (4.18.2)
systemd (253.4) 252.6 249.7 238 232 232 228 215 204 -- -- -- -- systemd (253.4)
thunderbird (102.11.2) 102.8.0 91.4.1 52.7.0 45.7.1 -- 38.5.0 31.2.0 -- 17.0.5 10.0.10 -- -- thunderbird (102.11.2)
vim (9.0) 9.0 8.2 8.0 8.0 -- 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 vim (9.0)
vlc (3.0.18) -- -- -- 2.2.4 2.2.4 -- 2.2.0rc1 2.1.2 2.0.6 2.0.4 2.0.1 1.1.12 vlc (3.0.18)
wayland (1.22.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.22.0)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) 4.18.1 4.16.0 4.12.4 4.12.3 4.12.3 4.12.3 4.10.2 4.10.2 4.10.2 4.10.0 4.8.3 4.8.3 xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.8) 21.1.7 1.20.13 1.19.6 1.19.2 1.19.0 1.17.3 1.16.1.901 1.14.5 1.12.4 1.12.4 1.12.1.902 1.10.2.902 xorg-server (21.1.8)

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Version: 22.1.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-03-27
Votes: 7


My history with Linux dates back to '96 and Slackware, back when we had to create our own floppies with the RAWRITE command. Throughout the years, I've done my fair share of distro hopping, including Red Hat 6 (not the commercial release everyone knows today), S.u.S.E (before it became OpenSUSE), Stampede Linux, Gentoo, Arch, yada yada yada...

But most of all, I've been a die-hard Debian and Debian-based user for a majority of that time. There are only two distros in the Debian class that I've used in either a commercial setting or at home for years at a time: Debian Stable and Mint Xfce.

Mint was the last distribution that I had on both my laptop and desktop for the past 5 or six years without a problem. Unfortunately, my laptop recently crashed (from all the abuse it took over those years). Which left me with my desktop. I had upgraded from Mint 18 to 19 to 20 without any problems. I had ZFS in a RAIDZ configuration on four 4TB drives and a 500GB nvme drive as my main boot device. It wasn't until my attempt to update to Mint 21.1, and all hell broke loose.

Since then, I've been fighting with several distros, trying to get my system back to the way I like it. I've tried MX Linux, Debian STABLE and TESTING, Ubuntu, Xubuntu (since I prefer Xfce), and even went back to FreeBSD for a go. However, none really came close to fitting the bill, except surprisingly enough, Ubuntu did. But there are still a few quirks about Ubuntu that I can do without... Snaps, I'm talking to you!!!.

So, the other day, I stumbled upon "siduction", and all I can say is WOW!!! I installed the Xfce version on both my laptop and desktop, and was up and running on both within a matter of minutes. With all the tweaks I had to do on both systems, I would say it too me about 5 hours each, to get them configured to where I was comfortable them.

"siduction" is a fantastic distro. The community has done an outstanding job with it. They've managed to do all the "heavy-lifting" for you. Unfortunately, there is one snag I've run into, which is why I can only give it a 9/10 rating, and that has to do with not being able to get ZFS working on it, yet. Tomorrow is another day, and I'll continue to keep diving into trying to solve this problem. If anything, I'm going to keep "siduction" on my laptop, and if worse-comes-to-worse, then I'll put Ubuntu back on my desktop, because I'm not about to let 16TB of disk space go to waste.


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Version: 22.1.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-03-12
Votes: 5


I've been using Ubuntu, Mint, for almost 20 years now. I rarely ever install Debian because of the massive effort required to tune the system for my needs. I finally decided to test Siduction after years of avoiding it because of it's "unstable" nature. well after 8 weeks of testing I can say that the distro installs nicely, it comes configured with the right set and amount of apps, the filesystem is properly configured, everything works on my computers running it, the packages are amazingly fresh, and it is stable. Also the MOW desktop look is rather nice. This is my go-to distro from now on, I am done with distrohopping.



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Version: 22.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-02-23
Votes: 5


Obviously very updated distribution, perhaps more than Arch and for the moment I would say stable.
The LXQT version is fast and responsive and with neat and pleasant graphics.
The only annoying thing is that to update safely you have to exit in "int 3" but since this protects the system that's fine.
I haven't encountered any driver problems and I've only once had to wait a day to be able to install software that had an unresolved dependency.
The documentation is very well done.
I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the distribution.


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