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T2 Linux SDE


Last Update: 2026-06-16 20:20 UTC


T2 Linux SDE is an independently-developed open-source system development environment (or distribution build kit). It enables the creation of custom distributions with bleeding-edge technology. Currently, the Linux kernel is used, but the project plans an expansion to Hurd, OpenDarwin and OpenBSD kernels too. T2 started as a community driven fork from the ROCK Linux Project with the aim to create a decentralised development and a clean framework for spin-off projects and customised distributions.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 174 (83), 6 months: 154 (104), 3 months: 118 (133), 4 weeks: 42 (304), 1 week: 86 (164)

Average visitor rating: 6.8/10 from 11 review(s).


T2 Summary
Distribution T2 Linux SDE
Home Page https://t2linux.com/
Mailing Lists https://t2linux.com/contact/
User Forums --
Alternative User Forums
Documentation https://t2linux.com/documentation/
Screenshots DistroWatch Gallery
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Download Mirrors https://t2linux.com/download/
Related Websites GitHubWikipedia
Reviews 8.0: LWN
2.1.0: Golem.de (German)
Where To Donate, Buy or Try https://t2linux.com/support/

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2026-06-03: Distribution Release: T2 Linux SDE 26.6
 • 2025-10-08: Distribution Release: T2 SDE 25.10
 • 2025-04-14: Distribution Release: T2 SDE 25.4
 • 2024-12-19: Distribution Release: T2 SDE 24.12
 • 2024-04-29: Distribution Release: T2 SDK 24.5
 • 2022-07-14: Distribution Release: T2 SDK 22.6
 • 2021-07-09: Distribution Release: T2 SDE 21.7
 • 2021-04-23: Distribution Release: T2 SDE 21.4
 • 2020-12-05: Distribution Release: T2 SDE 20.10
 • 2010-07-15: Distribution Release: T2 SDE 8.0
 • 2007-11-13: Development Release: T2 SDE 7.0 RC2
 • 2007-06-02: Development Release: T2 SDE 7.0 RC
 • More T2 Linux releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2021-11-29 T2 SDE to offer bug bounties
 • More T2 Linux headlines...

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Feature snapshot 26.6 25.10 24.12 22.9 21.7 20.10 8.0 6.0.3 2.1.1 Feature
Release Date 2026-06-16 2026-06-03 2025-10-08 2024-12-19 2022-09-02 2021-07-09 2020-12-04 2010-07-15 2007-03-28 2006-01-15 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)   200-2200 200-2200 400-900 400-900 400-800 400-800 200-300     Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO Source tarballs Source tarballs Source tarballs Source tarballs ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Installation
Default Desktop                     Default Desktop
Default Browser                     Default Browser
Package Format flatpak, SRC flatpak, SRC flatpak, SRC flatpak, SRC SRC SRC SRC SRC SRC SRC Package Format
Package Management                     Package Management
Release Model Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, KOffice GOffice, KOffice GOffice, KOffice GOffice, KOffice, OpenOffice Office Suite
Processor Architecture mips64, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64, x86, x86_64 alpha, arc, arm, arm64, avr32, hppa, ia64, m68k, mipsel, mips64, nios2, ppc, ppc64, ppc64le, riscv, riscv64, s390x, sparc64, superh x86, x86_64 alpha, arc, arm, arm64, avr32, hppa, ia64, m68k, mipsel, mips64, nios2, ppc, ppc64, ppc64le, riscv, riscv64, s390x, sparc64, superh x86, x86_64 alpha, arc, arm, arm64, avr32, hppa, ia64, m68k, mipsel, mips64, nios2, ppc, ppc64, ppc64le, riscv, riscv64, s390x, sparc64, superh x86, x86_64 alpha, arc, arm, arm64, avr32, hppa, ia64, m68k, mipsel, mips64, nios2, ppc, ppc64, ppc64le, riscv, riscv64, s390x, sparc64, superh x86, x86_64 mips64, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64, x86, x86_64 mips64, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64, x86, x86_64 powerpc, powerpc64, x86, x86_64 powerpc, powerpc64, sparc, x86, x86_64 powerpc, sparc, x86 Processor Architecture
Init Software SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4, JFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, XFS Btrfs, ext4, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, XFS ext4, JFS, XFS ext4, JFS, XFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual                     Multilingual
Full Package List snapshot 26.6 25.10 24.12 22.9 21.7 20.10 8.0 6.0.3 2.1.1 Full Package List
Package snapshot 26.6 25.10 24.12 22.9 21.7 20.10 8.0 6.0.3 2.1.1 Package
alsa-lib (1.2.16.1) 1.2.16 1.2.16 1.2.14 1.2.13 1.2.7 1.2.5.1 1.2.4 1.0.23 1.0.11 1.0.9 alsa-lib (1.2.16.1)
amdgpu (25.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (25.0.0)
apparmor (5.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apparmor (5.0.1)
apt (3.3.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apt (3.3.1)
bash (5.3) 5.3.15 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.1 3.1 3.0 bash (5.3)
bind (9.20.24) 9.20.23 9.20.23 9.20.13 9.20.3 9.19.4 9.7.2-P3 9.7.2-P3 9.7.1-P1 9.3.2-P2 9.2.5 bind (9.20.24)
chromium (149.0.7827.155) 149.0.7827.53 148.0.7778.215 141.0.7390.54 131.0.6778.85 -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (149.0.7827.155)
cinnamon (6.6.8) 6.6.8 6.6.8 6.4.13 6.2.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- cinnamon (6.6.8)
cups (2.4.19) 2.4.19 2.4.19 2.4.14 2.4.7 2.3.3 2.3.3 2.3.1 1.4.4 1.2.5 1.1.23 cups (2.4.19)
e2fsprogs (1.47.4) 1.47.4 1.47.4 1.47.3 1.47.0 1.45.6 1.45.6 1.45.0 1.41.12 1.39 1.36 e2fsprogs (1.47.4)
ffmpeg (8.1.2) 8.1.1 8.1.1 8.0 6.1.1 5.1.1 4.3 4.0.1 0.6 cvs 0.4.9pre1 ffmpeg (8.1.2)
firefox (152.0) 151.0.3 151.0.1 143.0.4 133.0 104.0.1 89.0.2 83.0 3.6.6 1.5.0.11 1.0.7 firefox (152.0)
flatpak (1.18.0) 1.18.0 1.16.6 1.16.1 1.15.12 -- -- -- -- -- -- flatpak (1.18.0)
freetype (2.14.3) 2.14.3 2.14.3 2.14.1 2.13.3 2.12.1 2.10.4 2.10.4 2.3.12 2.1.10 2.1.7 freetype (2.14.3)
gcc (16.1.0) 16.1.0 16.1.0 15.2.0 14.2.0 12.2.0 11.1.0 10.2.0 4.5.0 4.1.2 3.4.4 gcc (16.1.0)
gimp (3.2.4) 3.2.4 3.2.4 3.0.6 3.0.0 2.10.32 2.10.22 2.10.22 2.6.10 2.2.12 2.2.8 gimp (3.2.4)
git (2.54.0) 2.54.0 2.54.0 2.51.0 2.47.1 2.37.3 2.32.0 2.28.0 1.7.1.1 1.3.3 -- git (2.54.0)
glibc (2.43) 2.43 2.43 2.42 2.40 2.36 2.33 2.32 2.11.2 cvs 2.3.5 glibc (2.43)
gnome-shell (50.2) 50.2 50.2 49.0 47.2 42.4 40.2 3.38.1 -- -- -- gnome-shell (50.2)
grub (2.14) 2.14 2.14 2.12 2.12 2.06 2.0.6 2.04 0.97 0.97 0.97 grub (2.14)
gtk (4.22.4) 4.22.4 0.99.17 4.20.2 4.16.7 4.0.3 4.0.3 3.24.23 2.20.1 2.8.19 2.6.10 gtk (4.22.4)
httpd (2.4.68) 2.4.68 2.4.67 2.4.65 2.4.62 2.4.54 2.4.48 2.4.46 2.2.15 2.2.3 2.0.55 httpd (2.4.68)
hyprland (0.55.4) 0.55.3 0.55.2 0.51.1 0.46.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- hyprland (0.55.4)
inkscape (1.4.4) 1.4.4 1.4.4 1.4.2 1.4 1.2.1 1.0.1 0.91 0.47 0.44 0.42 inkscape (1.4.4)
kmod (34.2) 34.2 34.2 34.2 33 30 29 27 -- -- -- kmod (34.2)
krita (6.0.2.1) 6.0.2 6.0.2 5.2.13 5.2.6 5.1.0 4.4.1 4.4.1 -- -- -- krita (6.0.2.1)
Package snapshot 26.6 25.10 24.12 22.9 21.7 20.10 8.0 6.0.3 2.1.1 Package
LibreOffice (26.2.4) 26.2.3 -- 25.8.2 24.8.3 7.3.3 7.1.4 5.4.0 3.2.0 2.0.1 2.0.0 LibreOffice (26.2.4)
libselinux (3.10) 3.10 3.10 3.9 3.7 2.0.8 2.0.8 2.0.8 2.0.8 1.28 1.28 libselinux (3.10)
linux (7.1) 7.0.12 7.0.10 6.17.1 6.12.5 5.19.6 5.13 5.9.11 2.6.34.1 2.6.17 2.6.11 linux (7.1)
mariadb (12.3.2) 12.3.2 12.3.2 12.0.2 10.11.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (12.3.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) 1.28.2 1.28.2 1.28.2 1.26.2 1.26.0 1.25.0 -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (26.1.2) 26.1.2 7.11.2 25.2.4 24.1.7 22.1.7 21.0.3 20.2.3 -- -- -- mesa (26.1.2)
nautilus (50.2.2) 50.2 50.2 49.0 47.1 42.2 40.2 3.38.2 2.30.1 2.14.3 2.10.1 nautilus (50.2.2)
NVIDIA (610.43.02) 195.36.24 -- 195.36.24 195.36.24 195.36.24 195.36.24 195.36.24 195.36.24 1.0-8776 1.0-7174 NVIDIA (610.43.02)
openjdk (26.0.1) 25 25 25 21.0.3 17.0.2 -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (26.0.1)
openssh (10.3p1) 10.3p1 10.3p1 10.1p1 9.8p1 9.0p1 8.6p1 8.4p1 5.5p1 4.5p1 4.0p1 openssh (10.3p1)
openssl (4.0.1) 3.6.3 3.6.2 3.6.0 3.4.0 1.1.1q 1.1.1k 1.1.1h 1.0.0a 0.9.8e 0.9.7g openssl (4.0.1)
perl (5.42.2) 5.42.2 5.42.2 5.42.0 5.38.0 5.36.0 5.34.0 5.32.0 5.12.1 5.8.8 5.8.6 perl (5.42.2)
php (8.5.7) 8.5.7 8.5.6 8.4.13 8.4.1 8.1.10 8.0.1 7.1.4 5.3.2 5.1.6 5.0.5 php (8.5.7)
plasma-desktop (6.7.0) 6.6.91 6.6.90 6.4.5 6.2.4 5.25.4 5.21.3 5.15.2 -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.7.0)
postfix (3.11.3) 3.11.3 3.11.3 3.10.4 3.6.7 3.6.6 3.4.18 2.8.12 2.7.1 2.3.3 2.2.3 postfix (3.11.3)
postgresql (18.4) 18.4 1.31 18.0 15.3 12.7 12.7 9.2.10 8.4.4 8.1.8 8.0.3 postgresql (18.4)
Python (3.14.6) 3.14.5 3.14.5 3.13.7 3.12.3 3.10.6 3.9.6 3.8.6 2.6.5 2.4.3 2.4.1 Python (3.14.6)
qt (6.11.1) 6.11.1 4.4.0 6.10.0 6.8.1 6.2.4 6.1.1 4.6.2 4.6.2 3.3.7 3.3.4 qt (6.11.1)
samba (4.24.3) 4.24.3 4.24.3 4.23.1 4.20.6 4.16.4 4.14.5 4.12.8 3.5.4 3.0.24 3.0.21a samba (4.24.3)
systemd (260.2) 260.2 260.2 258 256 251 -- -- -- -- -- systemd (260.2)
thunderbird (152.0) 151.0.1 151.0.1 143.0.1 133.0 102.2.0 78.10.2 68.4.1 3.1 1.5.0.10 1.0.7 thunderbird (152.0)
vim (9.2) 9.2 9.2 9.1 9.1 9.0 8.2 8.2 7.2 7.0 6.3 vim (9.2)
vlc (3.0.23) 3.0.23 3.0.23 3.0.21 3.0.21 3.0.17.3 3.0.16 3.0.11 1.0.6 0.8.5 0.8.2 vlc (3.0.23)
wayland (1.25.0) 1.25.0 1.25.0 1.24.0 1.23.1 1.20.0 1.19.0 1.18.0 -- -- -- wayland (1.25.0)
xfdesktop (4.20.2) 4.20.2 4.20.2 4.20.1 4.18.1 4.16.1 4.16.0 4.14.3 4.6.2 4.2.3 4.2.3 xfdesktop (4.20.2)
xorg-server (21.1.23) 21.1.23 21.1.22 21.1.18 21.1.14 21.1.4 1.20.11 1.20.9 1.8.2 1.0.2 (6.8.2) xorg-server (21.1.23)

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Version: 26.6
Rating: 3
Date: 2026-06-13
Country: Romania
Votes: 0


I've tried installing this twice in the last year and failed both times. The installation process is ridiculously confusing and difficult. I finally tried a live USB ISO, and that works fine. But installing to a hard drive needs to be made easier. I had problems with mounting and partitioning. There should be an option like a one-click install. I'm not an inexperienced user; I've tried and successfully installed many distros. I can easily install and use distros like Slackware CachyOS, Mint, Arch, MxLinux, and AntiX. But I just can't install T2. It's frustrating.


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Version: 25.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-04-14
Country: Germany
Votes: 26


This system is especially well-suited for people who build software or want to really understand how Linux operates under the hood. The creators have clearly put a lot of effort into it, and that shows in its design and capabilities. It would be great if more people explored it and recognized how useful it can be in the right context.

That said, it’s not the easiest choice for someone who just wants a simple, everyday operating system. It’s not really meant for casual use. But if you’re willing to invest time and learn how everything fits together, it can be a rewarding way to deepen your knowledge. Just keep in mind that its primary audience is developers.


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Version: 25.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-02-03
Votes: 16


It is a very good environment/distro for developers, as well as those who want to learn about the system's internals and how the linux in general works. I appreciate the hard work of the developers of this distro. I do hope more and more users show an interest and understand the value of this system and how it might help in their work. New comers to Linux world looking to use a distro for daily work may find difficulty, but it is not intended for this purpose. If you are however ready to spend some time and learn inside out the linux then it is a good starting point too. But do not forget it is intended to be for developers mainly.

Good job guys, hope you continue your valuable work.


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