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Introduction

CRUX is a lightweight, i686-optimized Linux distribution targeted at experienced Linux users. The primary focus of this distribution is keep it simple, which is reflected in a straightforward tar.gz-based package system, BSD-style initscripts, and a relatively small collection of trimmed packages. The secondary focus is utilization of new Linux features and recent tools and libraries. CRUX also has a ports system which makes it easy to install and upgrade applications.

Current release is 2.7.1.

News

2011-12-24: Small Server downtime

A hard disk failure forced us to take the server down for a short time, thanks to Charlie and his son from Kalmar NDC the exchange was no problem at all. Thanks to both of you for the "christmas gift"!

2011-11-25: CRUX 2.7.1 released

We have released CRUX 2.7.1! Please check out the ChangeLog, the Release Notes and the Handbook, and download CRUX 2.7.1 right here.

2010-10-02: CRUX 2.7 released

We have released CRUX 2.7! Please check out the ChangeLog, the Release Notes and the Handbook, and download CRUX 2.7 right here.

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