Anatol-X is a Debian Testing-based Linux distribution designed for gaming, software development, multimedia and everyday desktop workloads.
It uses the Liquorix kernel and performance-focused system configuration to deliver a responsive, low-latency desktop experience.
The distribution ships with the KDE Plasma desktop and uses a deliberately streamlined package selection. Its installation media is created with Debian’s live-build system and includes the Calamares graphical installer.
Key Features
- Uses Multi-Generational LRU memory management.
- Enables LZ4-compressed zswap for improved memory handling.
- Disables APT recommended packages to reduce unnecessary software.
- Uses systemd without legacy SysV init scripts.
- Supports automated ISO creation through a live-build pipeline.
- Available for 64-bit x86 systems.
| Working state: | Active |
| Desktop: | KDE Plasma |
| Init Software: | systemd |
| Package Management: | APT |
| Release Model: | Fixed |
| Platforms: | x86_64 |
| Home Page: | anatolialabs.github.io/Anatol-X |
| Developer: | Yusuf Baran Kolsuzoğlu, Kağan Kırıktaş and Cuma Turan Yenilmez |
| This article is part of our Big List of Active Linux Distributions. |
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