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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.

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BigLinux

BigLinux is a Brazilian Linux distribution localised into Brazilian Portuguese (with support for English). It is was originally based on Kubuntu, but starting from 2017 the distribution was re-born based on deepin.

Technical Specs Comparison
NitruxBigLinux
DevuanBaseArch, Manjaro
apt / debPackage Managerpacman / pkg, flatpak, snap
OpenRCInit Systemsystemd
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelRolling Release
5.0.0Latest Version12.04
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
November 12, 2025Release DateJuly 28, 2012
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
HyprlandKDE Plasma
Desktops
HyprlandKDE Plasma