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'''Lilblue Linux''' is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution Linux Distro] which is based off of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo_Linux Gentoo Linux] with the exception that it makes use of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uclibc uClibc] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_library C library]. The distro derives its name from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Penguin Little Penguin] of New Zealand which is little, and blue. Lilblue is a fully featured [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XFCE4 XFCE4] desktop environment for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_64 x86_64] CPU architecture which makes use of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo_Linux_%28Hardened%29 hardening] as well as other security enhanced features such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffer_overflow_protection#GCC_Stack-Smashing_Protector_.28ProPolice.29 stack-smashing protection], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PaX PaX], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Position-independent_code position independent executables (PIE)]. <ref name="wiki"> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Hardened_uClibc/Lilblue</ref>
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{{Infobox OS
| name                   = Lilblue Linux
| logo                   = [[image:Gentoo Linux logo matte.svg|100px|Gentoo logo]]
| screenshot             = 
| caption                = 
| developer              = Gentoo Foundation
| family                 = [[Unix-like]]
| source_model           = [[Free and open source software]]
| released               = June 03. 2013
| latest_release_version = [[Rolling release]]
| latest_release_date    = September 20. 2013
| kernel_type            = [[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]] ([[Linux kernel|Linux]])
| userland = [[GNU Core Utilities|GNU]]
| ui                     = [[XFCE4]], various
| license                = [[GNU General Public License]], others
| working_state          = Current
| supported_platforms    = [[x86-64]]
| updatemodel            = [[Portage (software)#Emerge|Emerge]]
| package_manager        = [[Portage (software)|Portage]]
| website                = 
}}
==Features==
'''Full desktop environment''':
Due to it being a fully featured desktop environment it sports over 800 packages needed for most of your desktop related tasks:
* Ephiphany, Claws, Hexchat for browsing, email and IRC.
* Abiword, Evince, Gcalctool, Gtext for your generic office suite related work.
* Gqview, Smplayer for multimedia
* Transmission for bittorrent.
* Userland utilities are provided by coreutils, not busybox.
'''Extremely lightweight''':
* Currently, the entire size of the ISO is ~228MB.
'''Fast boot time''':
* Roughly 14 seconds off of an SSD.<ref name="wiki" />

==Package system==
Currently, Lilblue makes use of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portage_%28software%29 Portage package system] that Gentoo uses by default, but plans are being made to incorporate a [http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Binary_package_guide binpkg hosting system] to make up to 7000 precompiled binary packages available.

==External links==
* [http://freecode.com/projects/lilblue-linux Freecode]
==References==
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