AIURSOFT Releases AnduinOS 2.0 Beta With 56-Package Rewrite for Windows-to-Linux Switchers
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Updated · ZDNet · Jun 16
AIURSOFT Releases AnduinOS 2.0 Beta With 56-Package Rewrite for Windows-to-Linux Switchers
2 articles · Updated · ZDNet · Jun 16
Summary
AnduinOS 2.0.0 beta is now available after a ground-up rebuild that turns the distro into 56 standalone .deb packages instead of a remastered Ubuntu image.
AIURSOFT said community complaints about maintainability and package management drove the rewrite, which now uses a sandboxed debootstrap-chroot pipeline and aborts ISO creation if unwanted Ubuntu packages appear.
ZDNET's hands-on review said the beta feels unusually polished, with a Windows 11-like layout, no bloatware, Flatpak enabled by default, and a privacy-focused setup aimed at easing migration from Windows.
Speed was a standout: the review found app launches and file indexing notably quick on GNOME 50, with AnduinOS 2.0 running kernel 7.0 and edging comparable GNOME performance on Fedora 44.