Musix GNU+Linux
Multimedia-oriented Linux distribution
title: "Musix GNU+Linux" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["debian-based-distributions", "free-audio-software", "operating-system-distributions-bootable-from-read-only-media", "knoppix", "linux-media-creation-distributions", "free-software-only-linux-distributions", "2008-software", "linux-distributions"] description: "Multimedia-oriented Linux distribution" topic_path: "technology/operating-systems" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musix_GNU+Linux" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Multimedia-oriented Linux distribution ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox OS"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Musix GNU+Linux |
| logo | Distros-musix.png |
| screenshot | Musix1R4.png |
| caption | Musix 1.0 R4 DVD. |
| developers | Marcos Guglielmetti, Gilberto Borges and collaborators |
| family | Linux (Unix-like) |
| released | |
| latest_release_version | 3.0.1 |
| latest_release_date | |
| license | Exclusively free licenses per GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines (GNU FSDG) |
| source_model | Free Software |
| working_state | Discontinued |
| kernel_type | Monolithic (Linux-libre) |
| userland | GNU |
| ui | IceWM (previously KDE) |
| supported_platforms | IA-32 |
| website | |
| :: |
| name = Musix GNU+Linux | logo = Distros-musix.png | screenshot = Musix1R4.png | caption = Musix 1.0 R4 DVD. | developers = Marcos Guglielmetti, Gilberto Borges and collaborators | family = Linux (Unix-like) | released = | latest_release_version = 3.0.1 | latest_release_date = | license = Exclusively free licenses per GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines (GNU FSDG) | marketing_target = | source_model = Free Software | working_state = Discontinued | kernel_type = Monolithic (Linux-libre) | userland = GNU | ui = IceWM (previously KDE) | supported_platforms = IA-32 | website =
Musix GNU+Linux is a discontinued live CD and DVD Linux distribution for the IA-32 processor family based on Debian. It contained a collection of software for audio production, graphic design, video editing and general-purpose applications.
Musix GNU+Linux was one of the few Linux distributions recognized by the Free Software Foundation as being composed completely of free software.
The main language used in development discussion and documentation was Spanish.
Software
Musix 2.0
Musix 2.0 was developed using the live-helper scripts from the Debian-Live project. The first Alpha version of Musix 2.0 was released on 25 March 2009 including two realtime-patched Linux-Libre kernels.
On 17 May 2009 the first beta version of Musix 2.0 was released.
References
References
- "List of Free GNU/Linux Distributions - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation".
- [https://www.gnu.org/links/links.html#FreeGNULinuxDistributions Links to Other Free Software Sites - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)]
- [http://distrowatch.com/5394 first Alpha version of Musix 2.0]
- [http://distrowatch.com/5483 first Beta version of Musix 2.0]
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