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Debian

The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system. This operating system is called Debian.

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Nitrux

Nitrux is a desktop Linux distribution built from Debian, but with an immutable base system, the OpenRC init system, and without any traditional Debian package management tools. It uses the Calamares system installer and includes the Hyprland window manager, Hypr utilities, the greetd+QtGreet login manager, and the Waybar Wayland bar.

Technical Specs Comparison
DebianNitrux
IndependentBaseDevuan
apt / debPackage Managerapt / deb
systemdInit SystemOpenRC
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
13Latest Version5.0.0
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
August 9, 2025Release DateNovember 12, 2025
ARM64ARMhfppc64elRISC-Vs390xx86_64
Architecture
ARM64ARMhfppc64elRISC-Vs390xx86_64
AfterStepAwesomeBlackboxbspwmBudgieCinnamondwmEnlightenmentFluxboxflwmFVWMGNOMEi3IceWMJWMKDE PlasmalabwcLomiriLXDELXQtMATEMetacityOpenboxpekwmQtileRatpoisonSwayTWMUKUIWayfireWMakerXfceHyprland
Desktops
AfterStepAwesomeBlackboxbspwmBudgieCinnamondwmEnlightenmentFluxboxflwmFVWMGNOMEi3IceWMJWMKDE PlasmalabwcLomiriLXDELXQtMATEMetacityOpenboxpekwmQtileRatpoisonSwayTWMUKUIWayfireWMakerXfceHyprland