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{{Infobox OS
| logo = [[File:Kuki logo.gif|200px|Kuki Linux logo]]
| screenshot = [[File:Kuki linux screenshot 17.png|300px]]
| caption = Kuki 3.0 Pre Release 1.7
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20101125064222/http://www.kuki.me/ www.kuki.me (archive)]
| family = [[Unix-like]]
| released = {{start date|2008|10|21}}
| source_model = [[Open-source software|Open source]]
| latest_release_version = 2.8 / 2009-08-30
| kernel_type = [[Linux kernel|Linux]]
| ui = [[Xfce]]
| working_state = Inactive
| updatemodel = [[Advanced Packaging Tool|APT]]
| license     = [[Free software]] licenses<br>(mainly [[GPL]])
| package_manager = [[Advanced Packaging Tool|APT]], with several front-ends
}}
[[File:Kuki linux screenshot desk.png|thumb|300px|Kuki 3.0 Pre Release 1.7 desktop screen]]

[[File:Kuki-linux-AAO-2009.png|thumb|300px|User picture of an [[Acer Aspire One]] ZG5 netbook running Kuki Linux (dec. 2009)]]

'''Kuki Linux''' (pronounced "cookie") was a lightweight [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]] based distribution that was active in 2008 and 2009. It was created to be a replacement for the [[Fedora (operating system)|Fedora]] based [[Linpus Linux]] distribution bundled with the [[Acer Aspire One]] with the aim of being lightweight, fast, and optimized for netbooks. Like [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]], Kuki Linux was [[free software]].

==Development goals==
Kuki Linux was developed as a replacement for the [[Linpus]] Operating System installed on the Linux variant of the Acer Aspire One. Kuki's aims included backwards compatibility with Ubuntu, to make optimal use of the netbook's hardware, and to provide an intuitive user interface.

==Main characteristics==
Kuki Linux's key aim was to deliver full hardware compatibility with the Acer Aspire One without additional configuration or modification. It used the [[Xfce]] desktop environment.

==Kuki Linux Custom Kernel==
The Kuki Linux Kernel contained driver modules chosen to make it work better with the Acer Aspire One's hardware.

==Past Kuki Linux Team==
Kuki Linux was maintained by a small group of developers from around the world:

* Joao Ferro, also known as leak, was the project's founder.
* Joseph Braddock, also known as vw72, was the project's kernel maintainer.
* Pedro Quintas, also known as linxisp, was the website maintainer. He also hosted the project's website.
* Dulcidio Costa, also known as dcosta or hades_pt, contributed professionally designed wallpapers to the project.

==History==
Kuki Linux was developed from 2008 to 2009.

==Release history==
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Version
! Features
! Codename
! Release date
|-
| Kuki Linux 1.0 alpha
| Joining the ingredients
| release name
| November 2008
|-
| Kuki Linux 2.0 alpha
| Stable, Ubuntu 8.04 based
| Bavarian Bretzel
| December 2008
|-
| Kuki Linux 2.6 alpha
| Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty, new theme
| Bavarian Bretzel
| February 2009
|-
| Kuki Linux 2.7 alpha
| Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty everything works
| Bavarian Bretzel
| May 2009
|-
| Kuki Linux 2.8 alpha
| Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty minor updates, kernel revisions
| Bavarian Bretzel
| September 2009
|}

==Latest Kuki linux release screenshots==
<gallery>
File:Kuki linux screenshot 17.png|
File:Kuki linux screenshot desk.png|
File:Kuki linux screenshot menu.png|
File:Kuki linux screenshot xfce.png|
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
[[Easy Peasy]] operative system for netbooks

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101125064222/http://www.kuki.me/ Kuki Linux Website] on the Internet Archive (WayBack Machine)
* [http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=kuki Kuki at Distrowatch]
* [http://linxisp.com/ Main Sponsor LINXISP]

{{Linux distributions}}

[[Category:Discontinued_Linux_distributions]]
[[Category:Ubuntu derivatives]]


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