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Liya Linux


Last Update: 2026-02-08 01:17 UTC

Liya Linux is an Arch Linux-based, rolling release distribution. The project uses the Calamares system installer to set up the distribution which offers users the Cinnamon desktop environment, Pamac graphical package manager and OnlyOffice. The system is intended to be easy to use, easy to explore and distraction-free.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 150 (86), 6 months: 179 (89), 3 months: 126 (137), 4 weeks: 314 (41), 1 week: 358 (32)

Average visitor rating: 7.5/10 from 11 review(s).

Liya Summary
Distribution Liya Linux (formerly Liya)
Home Page https://liyalinux.gitlab.io/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums https://liyalinux.freeflarum.com/
Alternative User Forums
Documentation https://liyalinux.freeflarum.com/t/wiki
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Download Mirrors https://sourceforge.net/projects/liya-2025/files/ • DistroWatch Torrent Archive
Bug Tracker --
Related Websites GitHub
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Where To Donate, Buy or Try

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2026-01-24: Distribution Release: Liya Linux 2.5
 • 2025-07-23: Distribution Release: Liya 2.4
 • More Liya releases...

Table Notes and Explanations

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  • To compare the software in this project to the software available in other distributions, please see our Compare Packages page.
  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the "nautilus" and "gnome-shell" packages. The Apache web server is listed as "httpd" and the Linux kernel is listed as "linux". The KDE desktop is represented by the "plasma-desktop" package and the Xfce desktop by the "xfdesktop" package.
  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.
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Feature 2.5.1 1.0 7.1
Release Date 2026-02-02 2024-05-16 2023-06-15
End Of Life      
Price (US$) Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 4000-4100 4000-4200 3000-3800
Free Download ISO ISO ISO
Installation Calamares Calamares Calamares
Default Desktop Cinnamon Cinnamon Cinnamon
Default Browser Brave Brave Brave
Package Format flatpak, pkg pkg pkg
Package Management      
Release Model Rolling Rolling Rolling
Office Suite OnlyOffice OnlyOffice OnlyOffice
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4, JFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes
Full Package List 2.5.1 1.0 7.1
Package 2.5.1 1.0 7.1
alsa-lib (1.2.15.3) 1.2.15.2 1.2.11 1.2.9
amdgpu (25.0.0) 23.0.0 23.0.0 19.1.0
apparmor (4.1.7) -- -- --
apt (3.1.16) -- -- --
bash (5.3) 5.3 5.2 5.1
bind (9.20.20) 9.20.18 9.18.26 9.18.15
chromium (146.0.7680.164) -- -- --
cinnamon (6.6.7) 6.6.6 6.0.4 5.8.1
cups (2.4.16) 2.4.16 2.4.8 2.4.5
e2fsprogs (1.47.4) 1.47.3 1.47.0 1.47.0
ffmpeg (8.1) 8.0.1 6.1.1 6.0
firefox (149.0) -- -- --
flatpak (1.16.3) 1.16.3 -- --
freetype (2.14.3) 2.14.1 2.13.2 2.13.0
gcc (15.2.0) 15.2.1 14.1.1 13.1.1
gimp (3.2.0) -- -- --
git (2.53.0) 2.52.0 2.45.1 2.41.0
glibc (2.43) 2.42 2.39 2.37
gnome-shell (50.0) -- -- --
grub (2.14) 2.14 2.12 2.06
gtk (4.22.1) 4.20.3 4.14.4 4.10.4
httpd (2.4.66) -- -- --
inkscape (1.4.3) -- -- --
kmod (34.2) 34.2 32 30
krita (6.0.0) -- -- --
LibreOffice (26.2.1) -- -- --
Package 2.5.1 1.0 7.1
libselinux (3.10) -- -- --
linux (6.19.9) 6.18.8 6.8.9 6.2.12
mariadb (12.2.2) -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- --
mesa (26.0.3) 9.0.0 24.0.7 23.1.2
mysql (9.6.0) -- -- --
nautilus (50.0) -- -- --
NVIDIA (595.58.03) -- -- 530.41.03
openjdk (26) -- -- --
openssh (10.2p1) 10.2p1 9.7p1 9.3p1
openssl (3.6.1) 3.6.1 3.3.0 3.1.1
perl (5.42.1) 5.42.0 5.38.2 5.36.1
php (8.5.4) -- -- --
plasma-desktop (6.6.3) -- -- --
postfix (3.11.1) -- -- --
postgresql (18.3) -- -- --
Python (3.14.3) 3.14.2 3.12.3 3.11.3
qt (6.11.0) 6.10.2 6.7.0 5.15.9
samba (4.24.0) 4.23.5 4.20.1 4.18.3
systemd (260.1) 259 255.6 253.5
thunderbird (149.0) -- -- 102.10.0
vim (9.2) 9.1 9.1 --
vlc (3.0.23) -- -- --
wayland (1.25.0) 1.24.0 1.22.0 1.22.0
xfdesktop (4.20.1) -- -- --
xorg-server (21.1.21) 21.1.21 21.1.13 21.1.8

Reader Ratings
Reader supplied reviews for Liya Linux

Average rating
7.5
from 11 review(s)


Version: 2.5.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-03-10
Country: Italy
Votes: 0


 Ben fatto. In generale una distribuzione onesta, minimale e finalmente facile da installare e usare. Il processo di installazione è molto intuitivo e richiede davvero pochissimo tempo. Un office finalmente leggero e per l'utente medio molto completo. Un piccolo appunto all'interfaccia grafica Cinnamon. Semplice ed elegante sicuramente ma spero che in futuro gli sviluppatori di Liya possano passare ad una versione personalizzata di Gnome ( Zorin ha fatto un lavoro meraviglioso nella sua distro) o passare a desktop moderni come Cosmic o Budgie. Mi auguro che mantenga la semplicità e la leggerezza nelle prossime release. Quindi una distri a pieni voti aspettando le prossime versioni. Cettina Delay.
Version: 2.5.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-03-06
Country: Italy
Votes: 0


 Una distribuzione poco conosciuta. Conosciuta per caso qui su distrowstch. Mi ha colpito positivamente sotto molti aspetti. Innanzitutto il desktop cinnamon ben integrato e molto elegante, anche se le mie preferenze al momento vanno verso Cosmic e Budgie. Molto bene anche l'integrazione di un pacchetto office anche se non il classico libre, troppo complesso per la maggior parte degli utenti. Credo che Liya possa diventare una distro ancora più elegante e leggera adatta ad un vasto pubblico che cerca velocità e bellezza. In sintesi una bella distro con un buon futuro. Auguro che si mantenga sempre elegante e facile per gli utenti. Ben fatto. Sembra che abbia origine indiana. Da quel continente stanno uscendo tantissimi nuovi talenti informativi.
Antoine de felice
Version: 2.5
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-01-29
Votes: 1


 Distro minimal ma perfetta. Veloce e intuitiva. La prossima release mi auguro che includa anche kde. Facilissima da installare, con un interfaccia grafica intuitiva e fluida. Arch permette prestazioni molto superiori alla media la trovo molto elegante nell' insieme e sono sicuro che in poco tempo riuscirà a scalare la classifica dei download. I programmi installati di base sono giusti e per l'aggiornamento non esiste alcun problema, tutto si svolge in modo fluido e tranquillo. Buona fortuna a questa distro.

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