Kiwi Linux is a slightly modified Ubuntu Desktop image for the i386 architecture, that is in sync with Ubuntu's LTS cycles and uses its package archives.
The latest release, Kiwi Linux 12.08 is based on Ubuntu 12.04.1. Differences from it include :
- Gnome Classic instead of Unity
- All languages but de,en,hu,ro removed
- Chromium, Pidgin and VLC replace Firefox Empathy and Totem
- No mail client included but the desktop-webmail helper
- Flash, audio and video codecs for restricted formats
- p7zip, unrar for better interop with Windows users' archive files
Kiwi Linux is built from the official Ubuntu and the Kiwi Linux PPA in Launchpad.
Download Kiwi Linux 12.08 from one of the following locations:
UPC: Kiwi Linux 12.08SHA1SUM: 2061f1f6f0266e094eea7964ee8229c9794a8162