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Bluestar Linux

Last Update: 2022-06-10 01:25 UTC


Bluestar Linux is a GNU/Linux distribution that is based on Arch Linux. The Bluestar distribution features up to date packages, a full range of desktop and multimedia software in the default installation and a live desktop DVD.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 39 (275), 6 months: 36 (285), 3 months: 37 (280), 4 weeks: 36 (286), 1 week: 64 (158)

Average visitor rating: 7.62/10 from 39 review(s).


Bluestar Summary
Distribution Bluestar Linux
Home Page https://sourceforge.net/projects/bluestarlinux/
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Feature 5.18.1 5.15.10 5.4.2 4.19.11 4.14.3 4.8.4
Release Date 2022-06-03 2021-12-20 2020-12-17 2019-12-12 2018-12-23 2017-12-05
End Of Life            
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 3600-3700 3700-3800 3200-3300 3000-3100 2400-2600 2400-2600
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma
Package Management Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman
Release Model Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice OO.o OO.o OO.o LibreOffice
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Asian Language Support            
Full Package List 5.18.1 5.15.10 5.4.2 4.19.11 4.14.3 4.8.4
Package 5.18.1 5.15.10 5.4.2 4.19.11 4.14.3 4.8.4
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.2.7) 1.2.6.1 1.2.6.1 1.2.4 1.2.1.1 2.1.7 1.1.5
amdgpu (22.10.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
bash (5.1.16) 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.4
bind (9.18.4) 9.18.3 9.16.23 9.16.9 -- -- --
chromium (102.0.5005.115) -- -- -- -- -- --
cups (2.4.2) 2.4.2 2.4.0 2.3.3 2.3.0 2.2.10 2.2.6
dhcp (4.4.3) 4.4.3 4.4.2 4.4.2 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.3.6
e2fsprogs (1.46.5) 1.46.5 1.46.4 1.45.6 1.45.4 1.44.5 1.43.7
firefox (101.0.1) 101.0 95.0.1 84.0 71.0 64.0 57.0.1
freetype (2.12.1) 2.12.1 2.11.1 2.10.4 2.10.1 2.9.1 2.8.1
gcc (12.1.0) 12.1.0 11.1.0 10.2.0 9.2.0 8.2.1 --
gimp (2.10.32) 2.10.30 2.10.28 2.10.22 2.10.14 2.10.8 2.8.22
glibc (2.35) 2.35 2.33 2.32 2.30 2.28 2.26
gnome-shell (42.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
gnucash (4.10) -- -- -- -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.52) -- -- -- -- -- --
grub (2.06) 2.06 2.06 2.04 2.04 2.02 2.02
gtk (4.6.5) 3.24.34 3.24.30 3.24.23 3.24.13 3.24.2 3.22.26
httpd (2.4.54) -- -- -- -- -- --
inkscape (1.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
k3b (22.04.2) 22.04.1 21.12.0 20.12.0 19.08.3 18.12.0 17.08.3
kmod (29) 29 29 27 26 25 24
krita (5.0.8) -- -- -- -- -- --
libreoffice (7.3.4) 7.3.3 7.2.4 -- -- -- 5.4.3
linux (5.18.5) 5.18.1 5.15.10 5.9.14 5.4.2 4.19.11 4.14.3
Package 5.18.1 5.15.10 5.4.2 4.19.11 4.14.3 4.8.4
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
mariadb (10.8.3) 10.8.3 10.6.5 10.5.8 10.4.10 10.1.37 10.1.29
mate-desktop (1.26.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
mesa (22.1.2) 22.1.0 21.3.1 20.3.0 19.2.7 18.3.1 17.2.6
mysql (8.0.29) -- -- -- -- -- --
nautilus (42.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
NVIDIA (515.48.07) -- -- -- -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
openjdk (18.0.1) 18.0.1.1 16.0.2 14.0.2 10.0.2 10.0.2 8u144
openssh (9.0p1) 9.0p1 8.8p1 8.4p1 8.1p1 7.9p1 7.6p1
openssl (3.0.3) 1.1.1o 1.1.1m 1.1.1i 1.1.1d 1.1.1a 1.1.0g
perl (5.36.0) 5.36.0 5.34.0 5.32.0 5.30.1 5.28.1 5.26.1
php (8.1.7) -- -- -- -- -- --
plasma-desktop (5.25.0) 5.24.5 5.23.4 5.20.4 5.17.4 5.14.4 5.11.4
postfix (3.7.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
postgresql (14.4) 14.3 -- -- -- -- --
Python (3.10.5) 3.10.4 3.10.1 3.9.1 3.8.0 3.7.1 3.6.3
qt (6.3.1) 5.15.4 5.15.2 5.15.2 5.13.2 5.12.0 5.9.3
samba (4.16.2) 4.16.1 4.15.3 4.13.3 4.10.10 4.9.4 4.7.1
systemd (251.2) 251.1 249.7 247.1 244 239 235
thunderbird (91.10.0) 91.9.1 91.4.0 78.6.0 68.3.0 60.3.3 52.5.0
vim (8.2) 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.0
vlc (3.0.17.4) 3.0.17.4 3.0.16 3.0.11.1 3.0.8 3.0.4 2.2.7
xfdesktop (4.16.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
xorg-server (21.1.3) 21.1.3 21.1.2 1.20.10 1.20.6 1.20.3 1.19.5

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Version: 5.16.15
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-03-23
Votes: 13


I have been using BlueStar Linux a lot lately. I can input Japanese if I insert Noto Fonts CJK and Fcitx5-Mozc etc. from the terminal. It may be just my PC, but I was highly impressed that I did not need to set troublesome environment variables.

$ yay -S noto-fonts-cjk fcitx5-im fcitx5-mozc fcitx5-configtool

The AUR helper "Yay" is installed, so it does not require administrative privileges (without sudo pacman -S) and requires fewer input characters.We felt that the ease of use was improved among Arch-based Linuxes.



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Version: 5.15.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-01-15
Votes: 31


Excellent distro. All the previous problems like install,updates, display resolution are fixed. Very elegant and fast.


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Version: 5.15.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-01-04
Votes: 39


Bluestar has been a easy to use, lighterweight, stable and nice looking Arch-based distro for me. I can get daily work and play done with no problems. A lot of packages are either at their latest versions or close to that, which I appreciate a lot. KDE over the years has been less resource intensive and is a great middleweight desktop environment and the Bluestar team here made it look great. Lots of applications and other themes to choose from. I recommend.


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