Linux distribution
Ultramarine Linux 40
Nate Drake finds out what puts the ‘Ultra’ in this user-friendly Fedora remix from our friends in the Land of Smiles.
IN BRIEF
Ultramarine is fairly heavy on system resources but the result is a clean, graphically rich interface. Setup is simple, with a huge number of extra packages relative to stock Fedora.
Ultramarine is based on Fedora and, like its parent, follows a stable release cycle. The latest version is based on Fedora 40 and existing Fedora users can switch by way of a migration script, as opposed to installing Ultramarine from scratch.
The site’s comprehensive wiki explains that the OS was created out of “frustration with the legal limits of Fedora”. Being based in Thailand, the developers aren’t restricted by US software patents, so can offer more packages.