Asturix is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu dedicated to enterprise users and companies

Asturix is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu dedicated to enterprise users and companies. It is aimed at being very stable and easy to use. The name (Asturix) comes from Asturias (a region in Spain), its place of origin.
Asturix Linux is divided in two versions:

• Standard: Generic version.
• Lite: For low-resource computers and netbooks.

Asturix is a Linux distribution designed for anyone without any prior knowledge of that system can use it very easily. They say it is aimed at Windows users. As the lecturer (Luis Ivan Cuende) mentioned "Asturix about being a working operating system, easy to use, safe, fast and stable. In Asturix we focus on ease of use. It has tools for anyone to feel comfortable with Asturix, without having to use before any operating system other than the one used most unfortunately, it's Windows. "

The conference that took place on March 10, 2010 in EUITIO (Esc Téc University Computer Engineering of Oviedo) was very clear that the project is as humble as Asturix ambitious of the three major projects announced in the past Asturix official presentation of 2 and is almost ready: Asturix Store. The conference offered the project to the university community to be encouraged to join the current momentum to the current free software. Asturix already has gone a long way, a leading Web infrastructure and everything is fully operational. In the morning, said José Emilio Labra, the director of the EUITIO you seem very well that a student hiciese the final project in collaboration with the project Asturix.

Update (via Distowatch):

Ricardo López has announced the release of Asturix 4, an Ubuntu-based desktop distribution with a custom desktop environment and many usability improvements: "The team is proud to announce the immediate availability of Asturix 4. Some of its features: a new desktop experience, we have developed a new desktop environment to improve usability and productivity, and to help you stay focused; the biggest color palette in the world by default - we signed a partnership with GiveLifeCS so you can enjoy more than 5,000 colors while using GIMP, Inkscape or another design application; previews - now you don't have to open LibreOffice to preview a document, hit space on any file, with any extension and preview it; integrated social and microblogging networks, such as Twitter, Facebook or Identi.ca; Asturix Bridge lets you add, remove and execute web applications as native applications; Chromium web browser, LibreOffice, GIMP, Clementine, VLC...."

Here is the full release announcement with a screenshot. Download: asturix4-i386.iso (659MB, MD5), asturix4-amd64.iso (626MB, MD5). Ricardo López has announced the release of Asturix 3, an easy-to-use, Ubuntu-based distribution featuring the KDE desktop and integration of popular social networks: "Asturix 3 is officially available. This version has meant months of hard work for all volunteer Asturix development team and we are sure that it will be a turning point in the short history of the project. Some of its features: elegant and professional interface, combined with an amazing design; total integration of social and micro-blogging networks, such as Twitter, Facebook or Identi.ca; Asturix Bridge lets you to add, remove and execute web applications as native applications; face login - write your password to login is a thing of the past; libre and free music thanks to Jamendo, and it is legal!"

See the release announcement and this brief feature list for more information.

Download: asturix3-i686.iso (969MB, torrent), asturix3-x86_64.iso (1,101MB, torrent).

Recent releases:

 • 2012-01-10: Distribution Release: Asturix 4
 • 2010-12-12: Distribution Release: Asturix 3

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