Venom Linux 2.1

Trying to punch above his weight, Mayank Sharma finally finds a source-based distro that’ll satiate his need to run a source-based distro.

- Mayank Sharma

IN BRIEF

Venom is an independently-developed, semi-rolling release distro out of Malaysia that’s inspired by CRUX. Manned by a small team, the distro follows the KISS (keep it simple, stupid) principle like its peers, but offers enough features to reduce the complexities of managing a sourcebased distro.

SPECS

CPU: 64-bit

Memory: 2GB

HDD: 6GB

Build: x86 64-bit only

Outside of the usual candidates, it’s pretty difficult to find actively maintained distros designed for the experienced Linux campaigner.

Venom is one of the few that’s built from scratch and helps users assemble a streamlined and agile Linux desktop. While the distro is designed for users willing to let go of the usual conveniences like firstboot wizards, and custom graphical configurators, it’s still more pragmatic than some of its peers that take the KISS principle to an extreme level.