ExLight Linux: The recently released new version of ExLight Linux offers users a desktop based on Ubuntu 17.10.
ExLight Build 171112 is the latest update for the Linux distro, which is based on the Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) operating system but also borrows some packages from the Debian GNU/Linux 10 “Buster” repositories.
The biggest change in this release is the replacement of the Linux 4.9 LTS kernel used in previous versions of the distribution with the latest Linux 4.13 kernel series. ExLight Build 171112 runs a custom-built 4.13.0-16-exton kernel based on the upstream Linux 4.13.4 kernel.
The Enlightenment environment has also been updated, with the stable version of Enlightenment 0.22 recently released with greater Wayland support as well as various improvements and new features.
The best thing about the ExLight version is that it comes with the Refracta Tools utility, which allows you to create your own Ubuntu-based live system. You don't even need to install the distro to use the Refracta tools, and the whole process of creating an ISO image won't take more than 5 minutes.
Among other improvements implemented in ExLight Build 171112, the ISO image is now hybrid so you can install it on either a USB flash drive or a CD/DVD disc. There's also a new boot option to run the entire live system directly from RAM if you have at least 2GB of RAM, and the Refracta Installer is now the default installer.
