Debian-Based Elive Linux Distro Is Back with First Stable Release in Seven Years

Debian-Based Elive Linux Distro Is Back with First Stable Release in Seven Years

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Marcus Nestor
Apr 16, 2026

It’s been more than six and a half years since the last stable Elive release (version 3.0.6), but the project wasn’t dead. During this time, there were many beta releases, all leading to today’s Elive 3.8.50 LTS stable release, which is based on Debian GNU/Linux 12 “Bookworm”.

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Marcus Nestor

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