Distribution |
Working State |
Aim |
Creator |
Producer |
Base Distribution |
Installed Size (MB) |
Initial Release Date |
Interface |
Linux Kernel |
Default File System |
Architecture Support |
Approximate Number of Pre-compiled Packages |
Default Package Management Tools |
Default Installer |
Aurora |
2009
Last Release, development stopped |
Asus Eee PC optimized |
Eeebuntu community |
|
Ubuntu |
|
2009-05-15 |
Gnome or Gnome + Netbook Remix |
Array kernel (modified kernel)[2] |
|
|
|
APT |
|
CrunchBang Linux 11-20130119 |
2015-02-06
Development Stopped |
Limited hardware machines |
Philip Newborough |
|
Debian |
|
2013-01-19 |
Openbox |
3.2.35 |
|
x86 + x86_64 |
|
APT |
|
Debian Eee PC |
|
Asus Eee PC |
|
|
Debian |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Debian Wheezy |
|
|
|
|
Written from scratch |
|
|
|
|
|
i386, AMD64, PowerPC, SPARC, ARM, MIPS, S390, armhf, s390x. Loongson[3] |
|
|
|
EasyPeasy 1.6 |
2012
Last Release, development stopped |
All netbooks |
EasyPeasy Community |
Jon Ramvi |
Ubuntu |
|
2010-04-24 |
Gnome + Netbook Remix |
2.6.32 |
ext4 |
x86 |
|
APT |
Ubiquity |
Eeedora[4] |
|
Asus Eee PC 701 |
Martin Andrews |
|
Fedora |
|
|
Xfce |
|
|
|
|
RPM |
|
Firefly Linux 1.0 Beta 1 |
2009
Last Release, development stopped |
|
Firefly Linux community |
|
Arch Linux |
|
|
LXDE |
2.6.29.4 |
|
x86 |
|
Pacman |
|
Fuduntu |
2013-04-14
Last Release, development stopped |
All netbooks[5] |
Andrew Wyatt "Fewt" |
Fuduntu.org[5] |
None (Originally based on Fedora 14) |
|
2012-10-01 |
Gnome |
3.6.9 |
ext4 |
x86[6] + x86_64[7] |
|
RPM + YUM |
|
gNewSense |
|
Free software |
Brian Brazil and Paul O'Malley |
Sam Geeraerts with sponsorship from the FSF |
Debian |
|
|
|
Linux-libre 2.6.32 |
|
Loongson, x86, x86-64 |
|
APT |
Ubiquity (software) |
Joli OS 1.2 (formerly named Jolicloud) |
2013-11-22 Last Release, development stopped |
All netbooks[8] |
Joli OS |
Joli OS |
Ubuntu |
|
2011-03-09 |
HTML5 + Gnome |
2.6.35.10 |
ext4 |
x86 |
|
APT |
|
Kuki Linux 2.0 |
2009
Last Release, development stopped |
Aspire One optimized |
Kuki Linux community |
|
Ubuntu |
|
|
Xfce |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Linux4One 1.5 |
|
Aspire One optimized |
Linux4One community |
|
Ubuntu |
|
|
Gnome or LXDE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leeenux Linux v10 |
2016 Last Release |
All netbooks |
Aleksandar Ciric |
|
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS |
|
|
LXDE, XFCE |
|
ext4 |
x86, AMD64 |
|
APT, Synaptic, Software center |
Ubiquity |
Leeenux 2020 |
Supported until April 2023 |
All netbooks |
Aleksandar Ciric |
|
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS |
|
|
LXDE, XFCE |
|
|
x86, AMD64 |
|
APT, Synaptic, Software center |
|
Lubuntu
15.10 |
2015-10-22
Active Development |
Limited hardware machines |
Lubuntu Community and LXDE Foundation |
|
Ubuntu |
|
2011-10-13 |
LXDE |
|
|
|
|
Synaptic |
|
Manjaro Netbook Edition[9] |
2015-07-25
Active Development |
All netbooks |
Rob McCathie |
Manjaro Linux |
Arch Linux |
|
|
Xfce |
Intel Atom-optimized Manjaro kernel |
ext4 |
x86, x86_64 |
|
Pamac (graphical frontend for pacman) |
|
Midinux |
|
All netbooks |
Red Flag Linux |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
ext3 |
x86 |
|
|
|
MeeGo 1.2 |
2012
Last Release, development stopped |
Intel Atom processor netbooks, Nokia ARM smartphones |
Intel, Nokia, Maemo community |
Intel, Nokia, Linux Foundation |
None (it is a distribution developed out of Maemo and Moblin) |
|
2010-10-28 |
"Netbook User Experience" (based on Clutter) |
2.6.35 |
btrfs |
x86 with SSSE3 support |
|
RPM |
|
Moblin 2.1 |
2009-04
Last Release, development stopped |
All Intel Atom processor netbooks and MID |
Intel |
Intel/Linux Foundation |
None (borrows components for various distributions[10]) |
|
2009-11-04 |
Clutter |
|
|
|
|
RPM (may change[10]) |
|
OpenGeeeU 8.10 |
2012-08
Last Release, development stopped |
|
Luca De Marini |
|
Easy Peasy[11] |
|
2009-03-23 |
Enlightenment plus Gnome |
2.6.27 |
ext3 |
x86 |
26000 |
APT |
Ubiquity |
Puppeee Linux 4.3X |
Linpus is 64-bit only |
Asus Eee PCs with Intel Chipsets |
Jemimah Ruhala |
|
Puppy Linux 4.3.1 |
200MB |
|
Choice of IceWM / OpenBox / Flwm with ROX-Filer / PcManFM / LxLauncher |
2.6.33 |
AUFS + SquashFS + EXT2 |
Atom / CeleronM |
|
Pet |
PetGet |
Trisquel Mini |
2014-11
Last Release, development stopped |
Limited hardware machines |
|
|
Trisquel |
|
2010-09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10 |
2010-10
Last Release, development stopped |
Intel Atom processor netbooks[12] |
Canonical Ltd. |
Canonical Ltd. |
Ubuntu |
|
2010-10-10 |
Unity |
2.6.32 |
|
x86 |
32000 |
APT |
|
Distribution |
Working State |
Aim |
Creator |
Producer |
Base Distribution |
Installed Size (MB) |
Initial Release Date |
Interface |
Linux Kernel |
Default File System |
Architecture Support |
Approximate Number of Pre-compiled Packages |
Default Package Management Tools |
Default Installer |