WHAT IS ExTiX 26.8, 26.7 and 26.4 64 bit - three versions?
NEWS 260811 ABOUT ExTiX 26.8 with LXQt 2.3 ::: Build 260811
I have made a new version of ExTiX ("The Ultimate Linux System"). I call it ExTiX 26.8 LXQt Live System. (The previous LXQt version was 25.12 from 251201). ExTiX 26.8 is remix of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS "Resolute Raccoon". Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will be supported until July 2031.
FEATURES
The best thing with ExTiX 26.8 is that while running the system live (from a DVD/USB) or from hard drive you can use Refracta Snapshot (pre-installed) to create your own live installable Ubuntu 26.04 LTS system. So easy that a ten year child can do it! One other very good thing with this version of ExTiX is that it is quite light. The ISO file is of only 2800 MB, which means that you can run the system super fast from RAM. When the boot process is ready you can eject the DVD or USB stick. Use Boot alternative 2 or Advanced options >> load to RAM. LXQt 2.3 is used as Desktop Environment (DE). Kernel 7.1.7-amd64-exton is used. You can use Calamares Installer to install ExTiX in any language. Calamares works very well. Watch this screenshot: https://www.extix.se/lxqt-260811/extix-26.8-calamares-ready-260811.jpg
STUDY all pre-installed packages in ExTiX 26.8: https://www.extix.se/lxqt-260811/extix-26.8-lxqt-installed-packages-260811.txt
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NEWS 260710 ABOUT ExTiX Deepin 26.7 Live BASED ON Deepin 25.2 STABLE
I've released a new version of ExTiX Deepin today (260710). This ExTiX Build is based on Deepin 25.2.0 STABLE (latest version) released by Deepin Technology on July 8, 2026. See: https://www.deepin.org/en/deepin-25-2-release/
ExTiX 26.7 works in the same way as all other ExTiX versions. I.e. you can install it to hard drive while running the system live. Use Refracta Installer for that. You can also create your own live installable Deepin 25.2.0 system with Refracta Snapshot. (Using ExTiX 26.7 as a "base system/template"). So easy that a ten year old child can do it!
NEW FUNCTIONS etc. in ExTiX 26.7 Deepin:
1. VirtualBox Guest Additions are NOT pre-installed. No real need for them since you can run ExTiX in full screen in VirtualBox by just changing the screen resolution.
2. You can run ExTiX from RAM. Use boot alternative 2 (load to RAM) or Advanced. A wonderful way to run Linux if you have enough RAM. Everything will be super fast. When ExTiX has booted up you can remove the DVD or USB stick.
3. I've added Synaptic Package Manager. A must I think.
4. You can ONLY use Refracta Installer for hard drive installations. You can not use Calamares Installer or Deepin Installer. You may be able to start the Deepin Installer after installing it with "sudo apt install deepin-installer", but the installation to hard drive will fail. That's because my build of Deepin 25.2.0 differ from the original in some respects.
4b. I was not able to install Calamares Installer in this version of ExTiX Deepin. So you will have to stick with Refracta Installer.
5. You can watch Netflix while running Firefox.
6. You can install ExTiX Deepin also in VirtualBox/VMware using Refracta Installer.
NOTE1: ExTiX 26.7 Deepin runs MUCH better live from a USB stick or from hard drive after a hard drive installation. I mean compared to running ExTiX Deepin virtually in VirtualBox/VMware. Some special Deepin apps won't run at all in VirtualBox/VMware. For example the Music, Calendar and Calculator apps.
7. While using Refracta Installer in VirtualBox you don't have to "chroot" to install Grub. Just choose to "Copy Grub files" when asked to. Watch this movie: https://www.extix.se/deepin/extix-refracta-installer.mp4
NOTE2: While installing ExTiX to hard drive using Refracta Installer you should keep the username user and the passwords for user and root. You can always change that afterwards.
PERFORMANCE
Even though the system is BIG it runs quite fast. Especially if you run ExTiX from RAM.
UNIQUE
I may add that there is no other (good) LIVE English remaster of Deepin 25.2.0 STABLE. ExTiX 26.7 is most certainly unique because it allows you to make your own Deepin 25.2.0 system. I.e. create a new ISO. Your own.
A YouTube REVIEW of ExTiX 23.9 WITH Deepin 23 BETA
I must share a video on YouTube about ExTiX 23.9, which was released 230903. The video will give you a complete picture of ExTiX's functions and benefits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsXb31CeBGQ&t=1402s
AN ENTHUSIASTIC REVIEW of ExTiX 22.12 with Deepin 20.8
I must also share a video on YouTube about ExTiX 22.12, which was released 221219. The video will give you a complete picture of ExTiX's functions and benefits.
See the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsUB_jk8kms
You can also watch a YouTube video about ExTiX 23.9 with Deepin 23 BETA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsXb31CeBGQ&t=1390s
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NEWS ABOUT THE KERNEL 260410 IN ExTiX 26.4
I finally managed to add the kernel module binder_linux to "my" kernel 7.0.0-rc6-amd64-exton. Said module is needed for Waydroid to run. I have therefore uploaded a new version of ExTiX 26.4 today with only ONE kernel included. I have also corrected some faults in the Calamares Installer. Normally you should now see this when the hard drive installation is ready: https://www.extix.se/build-26.4/extix-26.4-calamares-ready-260410.jpg
NEWS ABOUT ExTiX 26.4 Build 260410 with the GNOME 50 Desktop Environment together with Waydroid 1.6.2 ("Waydroid lets you launch a complete Android system on Linux with Google Play Services so you can install your favorite apps"), Calamares Installer, Refracta Installer and Refracta Snapshot.
1. ExTiX GNOME is based on upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS "Resolute Raccoon". GNOME 50 (with Wayland) is used as Desktop environment. All packages have been updated to the latest version by 260410. Kernel 7.0.0-rc6-amd64-exton is used. To use WayDroid you'll have to run kernel 7.0.0-rc6-amd64-exton and log in to the GNOME 50 Desktop with Wayland. Waydroid doesn't work under X11.
2. I have pre-installed Waydroid 1.6.2, but NOT Google Play. That's because you'll have to login to Google Play using your own Gmail account. I.e. to be able to run Google Play. Everything is ready in ExTiX 26.4 for installing/update GAPPS/Google Play/Google Play Services though. First you have to install ExTiX to hard drive. Then just start Waydroid from the menu and wait for it to initialize. Watch this screenshot: https://www.extix.se/build-26.4/extix-26.4-waydroid-init-260409.jpg
Be patient. It will take some time. When ready just press "Done" and Waydroid/Android 13 will start. Login to Google Play with your Gmail account and start installing the apps you want.
READ MORE about how to use Waydroid at https://www.extix.se
NOTE: Not ALL apps will run using Waydroid. Furthermore Waydroid won't run live (from a DVD or a USB stick) or in VirtualBox/VMware/Qemu.
3. Other included important/useful packages are: GParted, GCC and other compilation tools so that you can install packages from source. Furthermore all multimedia codecs. Everything the average Linux user could wish for I would say.
4. The best thing with ExTiX 26.4 is that while running the system live (from a DVD/USB stick) or from hard drive you can use Refracta Snapshot (pre-installed) to create your own live installable Ubuntu/Waydroid system. Very easy to do.
NOTE: In a previous ExTiX KDE from 220922 I had Anbox installed. "Anbox is a container-based approach to boot a full Android system on a regular GNU/Linux system like Ubuntu". However Anbox is no longer actively developed.
IMPORTANT NOTE about Calamares Installer
In Build 26.4 you can use Calamares Installer as an alternative to Refracta Installer. Calamares works very well with one exception. You can't login to GNOME with the user you have created during the install process. You will have to login to GNOME as root ("Other") with password root or as Linux User with password live. Then delete your created user with the command "sudo deluser myuser". After that recreate your user with the command "sudo adduser myuser". Watch this screenshot: https://www.extix.se/build-26.4/extix-26.4-adduser-260407.jpg
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ABOUT ALL VERSIONS - 260811
ExTiX Linux Live Systems 64 bit are based on Debian, Ubuntu and Deepin. I have installed Deepin 25.2.0 in ExTiX 26.7 Build 260710, LXQt 2.3 (in ExTiX 26.8 Build 260811) and the GNOME 50 Desktop together with Waydroid 1.6.2 in an extra version of 260407 - ExTiX 26.4. Deepin is a Linux distribution/Desktop "devoted to providing a beautiful, easy to use, safe and reliable system for global users". "LXQt is the Qt port and the upcoming version of LXDE, the Lightweight Desktop Environment. It is the product of the merge between the LXDE-Qt and the Razor-qt projects: A lightweight, modular, blazing-fast and user-friendly desktop environment".
NOTE: While running ExTiX Deepin 26.7, ExTiX LXQt 26.8 and ExTiX GNOME/WayDroid 26.4 live or from hard drive you can use Refracta Snapshot (pre-installed) to create your own live installable Deepin/Debian/Ubuntu system. A ten year old child can do it!
The system language is ENGLISH.
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MORE ABOUT ExTiX
All packages have been updated to the latest version by 260811, 260710 and 260407. Kernel 7.1.2-amd4-exton is used in the Deepin version of ExTiX. Kernel 7.1.7-amd64-exton is used in the LXQt version of ExTiX. (Kernel.org's kernel 7.1.7). Kernel 7.0.0-rc6-amd64/7.0.0-10-generic is used in the GNOME/Waydroid version of ExTiX (version 26.4).
2. Only Firefox is installed as Web Browser.(You can now watch Netflix in Firefox).
3. I have replaced Ubuntu's installer Ubiquity with Calamares Installer. "Calamares is an installer framework. By design it is very customizable, in order to satisfy a wide variety of needs and use cases". NOTE1: Only Refracta Installer is used in ExTiX Deepin 26.7.
4. Other included important/useful packages are: LibreOffice, Thunderbird, GParted, Brasero, SMPlayer, GCC and other compilation tools so that you can install packages from source. Furthermore "all" multimedia codecs. Everything the average Linux user could wish for I would say. You can of course install anything you like, even while running the system live. I.e. from a DVD or a USB stick.
5. While running ExTiX 26.7 Deepin, ExTiX LXQt 26.8 and ExTiX GNOME/Waydroid 26.4 live or from hard drive you can use Refracta Snapshot (pre-installed) to create your own live installable Ubuntu/Debian/Deepin system.
WHAT'S SO SPECIAL about ExTiX?
1. The ExTiX ISO's are ISO-hybrids, which means that they can very easily be transferred (copied) to a USB pen drive. You can even run ExTiX from the USB stick and save all your system changes on the stick. I.e. you will enjoy persistence!
2. Another big improvement is that ExTiX can run from RAM. Use Boot alternative 2 (Load to RAM). When the system has booted up you can remove the disc (DVD) or USB stick. You'll need at least 8 GB RAM to run ExTiX that way. Running from RAM means that the system will run faster than from DVD or USB stick. Everything will be superfast I would say!
3. ExTiX is now more stable than ever.
4. While running ExTiX Deepin 26.7, ExTiX LXQt 26.8 and ExTiX GNOME/Waydroid 26.4 live or from hard drive you can use Refracta Snapshot (pre-installed) to create your own live installable Linux system. So easy that a ten your child can do it!
LOG IN to the Deepin, LXQt respectively GNOME/Waydroid Desktop
You can run ExTiX live as the ordinary user live or as root (super user). Log in from LightDM, LXDM respectively Slim's Login Manager as root with password root or as user with password live. During a hard drive installation you will of course get the opportunity to create your own normal user. NOTE: In ExTiX Deepin 26.7 and ExTiX GNOME/Waydroid 26.4 the password for user/live is live. In ExTiX LXQt 26.8 the passwords are user/live and root/root.
REFRACTA SNAPSHOT
While running ExTiX live or from hard drive you can use Refracta Snapshot (pre-installed) to create your own live installable Ubuntu/Debian/Deepin system. A ten year child can do it! Watch a slideshow - https://extix.se/extix-refracta-slideshow.gif (The slideshow is for ExTiX KDE but Refracta Snapshot works in the same way in ExTiX Deepin, GNOME/Waydroid and LXQt).
INSTRUCTIONS
Read more about all ExTiX Linux Live Systems: https://www.extix.se
YouTube REVIEWS
Please read (and watch) a full enthusiastic review of ExTiX 22.12 with Deepin 20.8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsUB_jk8kms
And here is another YouTube review of ExTiX 24.1 with Deepin 23 BETA2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go8VP2ZhaKw
READ ABOUT MY OTHER BUILDS WITH ANDROID
https://andex.exton.se - Run Android on PC's
- latest is AndEX 11 (Android 11)
https://raspex.exton.se - Android for Raspberry Pi
- latest is RaspAnd 16 (Android 16): https://raspex.exton.se/raspand-16-android-16-for-raspberry-pi-5-with-gapps-google-play-store-spotify-and-bluetooth-pre-installed-build-260314/
READ ABOUT ALL my Linux Builds:
https://www.exton.se/download
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Contact: info@exton.se
Download Latest Version
extix-26.8-64bit-lxqt-refractasnapshot-2800mb-260811.iso (3.0 GB)
