X Distro For Linux

X Distro is a freely distributed and open source operating system based on the world's most popular free Linux distribution, Ubuntu. It uses highly customized versions of the Unity, Cinnamon and GNOME desktop environments, and provides users with a modern, multi-language and elegant OS suitable for all modern computers.

The project is available for download as a single, dual-arch Live DVD ISO image that has been engineered to support both 64-bit (x86_64) and 32-bit (i686) hardware platforms. It is also a hybrid ISO image that must be written on a DVD disc or USB stick in order for the user to boot it from the BIOS of a PC.

The Live DVD features a strandard boot loader that will allow the user to start the live environment with default settings or in safe graphics mode, boot an existing operating system from the first disk drive, perform a system memory diagnostic test, as well as to install the distribution or check the integrity of the bootable medium.

The distribution's desktop environments include Unity, Cinnamon and GNOME. They are all heavily tweaked with futuristic themes, an extra dock, a system monitoring widget powered by Conky. While the Unity user interface is the default one, users can access the other two desktop environments by logging out of the live session and choosing a new one at the login prompt (the username used on the Live DVD is "xdistro" (without quotes) without a password).

Default applications include the GIMP image editor, Mozilla Firefox web browser, Geany IDE, Empathy multi-protocol instant messenger, Transmission torrent downloader, Skype VoIP client, VLC Media Player, Synaptic Package Manager, and Mozilla Thunderbird email and news client.

Summing up, X Distro is a decent operating system that, unfortunatelly, it is still in development and it is based on the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) distro. We do hope that the final release will include more up-to-date Ubuntu technologies, based on the current LTS (Long Term Support) version, 14.04 (Trusty Tahr).