Baltix

Baltix 14.04 screenshot (GNOME Shell)
Developer Open Source for Lithuania / Mantas Kriaučiūnas
OS family Unix-like
Working state In production / development
Source model Open source
Initial release June 2003 (2003-06)
Latest release 14.04 (June 30, 2014 (2014-06-30)) [±]
Latest preview 12.04.1 (2012-10-26) [±]
Available in Multilingual (more than 55)
Update method APT (several front-ends available)
Package manager dpkg
Platforms ARM, IA-32, x86-64
Kernel type Monolithic: Linux
Default user interface GNOME and Unity, in some versions LXDE (previously KDE)
License Free software (mainly GPL). Proprietary software in a non-default area.
Official website baltix.lt

Baltix is an operating system for Lithuanian and Latvian people, based on Debian and Ubuntu.[1] The main language is Lithuanian.

It uses the GNOME desktop environment (also Ubuntu Unity user interface is included since 2011) and is distributed as an installable Live CD.

The first public versions of Baltix were released in 2003 and were based on Knoppix Live CD and Debian software packages,[2] and later, on the Morphix Live CD framework. Most recently, Ubuntu technology was chosen for Live CD. Despite of changes in startup and installation technologies, Baltix is always distributed as an installable Live CD with graphical installer.[3]

Since 2007 separate Baltix CD/DVD images for home/business use, educational institutions (DVD version for "Science and Education"[4]) and servers are being released.

Baltix can run directly from its live-CD, without installation to a computer's permanent storage (hard disk, solid state drive, etc.), but also can be installed into a computer's Linux or Windows partition(s).

Additional software

Baltix has software packages not included in default Ubuntu CD/DVD images:

- connections to Lithuanian/Latvian mobile Internet providers and drivers for popular 3G and 4G (Wimax) modems
- universal dictionary software OpenDict
- various spelling and hyphenation dictionaries, etc.

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