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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 03, 2024

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Systemd-Free Distro Nitrux Kicks Off 2024 with New ISO Release

Uri Herrera announced today the release and general availability of Nitrux 3.2.1 as the first ISO snapshot in 2024 for this systemd-free, Debian-based, and immutable GNU/Linux distribution.
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