Editing CRUX (section)

{{Short description|Linux distribution}}
{{About|the Linux distribution||Crux (disambiguation)}}
{{primary sources|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox OS
| name = CRUX Linux
| logo = [[File:cruxlogo.png|250px|left|The Crux Linux Logo]]
| screenshot = [[File:CRUX screenshot.jpg|250px|KDE Desktop for Crux Linux OS]]
| caption = Screenshot KDE Desktop for Crux Linux OS (2007).
| website = {{URL|http://crux.nu/}}
| developer = Per Lidén and CRUX community
| family = [[Linux]] ([[Unix-like]])
| source_model = [[Open-source software|Open source]]
| released = {{Start date and age|2002|12}}
| latest_release_version = 3.8<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://crux.nu/Main/ReleaseNotes3-8 |title=Release Notes for CRUX 3.8|date=21 April 2025 |access-date=2025-05-11 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|2025|04|21}}
| latest_test_version = 
| latest_test_date = 
| marketing_target = 
| language = 
| kernel_type = [[Linux kernel|Linux]] ([[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]])
| userland = [[GNU Core Utilities|GNU]]
| influenced = [[Arch Linux]]
| ui = [[Openbox]]
| license = Various
| working_state = Active
| supported_platforms = [[x86-64]]
| updatemodel = ports
| package_manager = {{not a typo|pkgutils}}<ref name="pkgmgmt">{{citation |url=http://crux.nu/Main/Handbook3-0#ntoc13 |title=The Package System |work=Handbook |publisher=Crux.nu |access-date=January 19, 2013 |archive-date=January 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122034034/http://crux.nu/Main/Handbook3-0#ntoc13 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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'''CRUX''' is a lightweight [[x86-64]] [[Linux distribution]] targeted at experienced [[Linux]] users and delivered by a tar.gz-based package system with [[BSD]]-style initscripts. It is not based on any other Linux distribution.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Loli|first1=Eugenia|title=Interview With the Creators of CRUX and Root Linux|url=http://www.osnews.com/story/232|website=OS News|access-date=29 March 2016|archive-date=27 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527080417/http://www.osnews.com/story/232|url-status=live}}</ref>  It also utilizes a [[ports system]] to install and upgrade applications.<ref>{{citation |url=http://crux.nu/ |title=HomePage |publisher=Crux.nu |access-date=January 19, 2013 |archive-date=August 13, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010813044920/http://www.crux.nu/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Although ''[[wikt:crux#Latin|crux]]'' is the Latin word for "cross," the choice of the name "CRUX" itself has no meaning. Per Lidén chose it because it "sounded cool," and ends in "X" which puts it in line with various other [[Unix]] flavors such as [[IRIX]], [[Ultrix]], [[Mac OS X]] and [[IBM AIX]].<ref>{{citation |url=http://crux.nu/Main/Faq#ntoc2 |title=6. Miscellaneous |work=FAQ |publisher=Crux.nu |date=July 22, 2008 |access-date=March 26, 2012 |archive-date=February 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220182444/http://crux.nu/Main/Faq#ntoc2 |url-status=live }}</ref>