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Shift Linux


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

Shift Linux is a project that was created by the Neowin community. Based on Ubuntu, it has access to all of the software and applications as other Ubuntu-based distributions. Neowin's Shift Linux is designed to give the user an experience of being part of the Neowin community and to have a simple, easy-to-use live CD that can be installed to a hard drive. Shift is a free distribution released under the General Public License. It can be freely distributed or modified.

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Shift Summary
Distribution Neowin's Shift Linux
Home Page http://shiftlinux.net/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showforum=182
Alternative User Forums
Documentation http://shiftlinux.net/wiki/
Screenshots http://www.shiftlinux.net/about/screenshots/ • DistroWatch Gallery
Screencasts
Download Mirrors http://shiftlinux.net/download/
Bug Tracker --
Related Websites  
Reviews 0.x: Blogspot • Tuxmachines
Where To Donate, Buy or Try

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2008-03-24: Development Release: Shift Linux 0.6.5
 • 2008-01-28: Distribution Release: Shift Linux 0.6.2
 • 2007-11-26: Distribution Release: Shift Linux 0.5
 • 2007-09-10: Development Release: Shift Linux 0.5 RC2
 • 2007-08-24: Development Release: Shift Linux 0.5 RC1
 • 2006-10-18: Development Release: Shift Linux 0.3.1
 • More Shift releases...

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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 0.6.2 0.5 0.3.1
Release Date 2008-01-27 2007-11-25 2006-10-17
End Of Life      
Price (US$) Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 600-700    
Free Download ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Text mode
Default Desktop GNOME, KDE, Xfce Fluxbox, GNOME, KDE GNOME
Default Browser      
Package Format deb deb deb
Package Management      
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite GNOME Office GNOME Office GNOME Office
Processor Architecture i486 i486 i486
Init Software systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems      
Multilingual en en en
Full Package List      
Package 0.6.2 0.5 0.3.1
alsa-lib (1.2.15.3) 1.0.14 1.0.15 1.0.13
amdgpu (25.0.0) -- -- --
apparmor (4.1.7)      
apt (3.1.16) 0.7.6 0.6.46.4 0.6.46
bash (5.3) 3.2 3.1 3.1
bind (9.20.20) -- -- --
chromium (146.0.7680.153)      
cinnamon (6.6.7)      
cups (2.4.16) 1.3.2 1.2.7 1.2.4
e2fsprogs (1.47.4) 1.40.2 1.39 1.39
ffmpeg (8.1)      
firefox (148.0.2) 3.0alpha8 2.0.0.9 1.5.0.7
flatpak (1.16.3)      
freetype (2.14.2) 2.3.5 2.3.5 2.2.1
gcc (15.2.0) 4.1.2 4.1.1 --
gimp (3.2.0) 2.4.2 2.4.1 2.2.13
git (2.53.0)      
glibc (2.43) 2.6.1 2.6.1 2.3.6
gnome-shell (50.0)      
grub (2.14) 0.97 0.97 0.97
gtk (4.22.1) 2.12.0 2.12.1 2.8.20
httpd (2.4.66) -- -- --
inkscape (1.4.3) -- -- --
kmod (34.2)      
krita (5.2.16)      
LibreOffice (26.2.1) 2.3.0 -- --
Package 0.6.2 0.5 0.3.1
libselinux (3.10) 2.0.15 2.0.15 1.30.28
linux (6.19.9) 2.6.22 2.6.17 2.6.15
mariadb (12.2.2)      
mate-desktop (1.28.2)      
mesa (26.0.3)      
mysql (9.6.0) -- -- --
nautilus (50.0) 2.20.0 2.20.0 2.14.3
NVIDIA (590.48.01) -- -- --
openjdk (26)      
openssh (10.2p1) 4.6p1 4.3p2 4.3p2
openssl (3.6.1) 0.9.8e 0.9.8c 0.9.8c
perl (5.42.1) 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.8
php (8.5.4) -- -- --
plasma-desktop (6.6.3)      
postfix (3.11.1) -- -- --
postgresql (18.3) -- -- --
Python (3.14.3) 2.5.1 2.4.4 2.4.3
qt (6.10.2) 4.3.2 3.3.7 --
samba (4.24.0) 3.0.26a 3.0.24 3.0.23c
systemd (260)      
thunderbird (148.0.1) 2.0.0.8 1.5.0.12 --
vim (9.2) 7.1 7.0 7.0
vlc (3.0.23) 0.8.6c 0.8.6c --
wayland (1.25.0)      
xfdesktop (4.20.1) 4.4.1 -- --
xorg-server (21.1.21) 1.3.0.0 1.1.1 1.0.2


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