Aperture Linux For Linux

Aperture Linux is an open source operating system that uses the GNOME desktop environment, as well as a plethora of feature-rich and popular applications for photography tasks on top of a rock-solid openSUSE base.

The distribution is available for download directly from its official website or via Softpedia (see download link above) as a Live DVD ISO image of approximately 2GB in size, engineered to support only 64-bit (x86_64) hardware platforms, which must be written to a DVD disc or a USB flash drive.

The boot menu is identical in functionality with the one of the openSUSE Linux operating system, allowing the user to start the live environment with default boot options or in failsafe mode, boot from the first disk drive, as well as to perform a system memory test.

If you have a 3D capable graphics cards, the system will boot into the modern GNOME desktop environment (with GNOME Shell). If a 3D-enabled video card is not detected, it will fallback to the traditional GNOME Classic interface that uses a two-panel layout. Keep in though, that you must first log in using the “live” username and password (without quotes).

Being designed for photographers, this custom openSUSE distribution includes a wide range of open source applications for editing photos, such as Darktable, Rawstudio, RawTherapee, DigiKam, as well as the GIMP image editor. The system also includes some video editors and the entire LibreOffice office suite.

Summing up, Aperture Linux appears to be a very good and stable distribution of Linux for the amateur and enthusiast photographer who wants to use only free applications for editing his or her digital photos.