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Venom Linux


Last Update: 2025-01-09 00:12 UTC

Venom Linux is an independently-developed, rolling-release distribution inspired by CRUX. It targets experienced Linux users. Venom uses SysV init as the main init system and BSD-like ports as software packages which are managed by a custom package management tool called scratchpkg (written in compliance with POSIX standards). The distribution offers a simple graphical desktop built around the Openbox window manager and a text-mode system installer.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 175 (50), 6 months: 135 (68), 3 months: 115 (103), 4 weeks: 114 (105), 1 week: 41 (289)

Average visitor rating: 9.56/10 from 9 review(s).

Venom Summary
Distribution Venom Linux
Home Page https://venomlinux.org/
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Feature 20250108 20230509 4.0 2.1
Release Date 2025-01-08 2023-05-09 2022-09-13 2021-06-08
End Of Life        
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 1900-2000 1400-1500 1400-1500 1200-1300
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode
Default Desktop Sway Openbox Openbox Openbox
Package Management scratch scratch scratch scratch
Release Model Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling
Office Suite -- -- -- --
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
Init Software S6, SysV SysV SysV SysV
Journaled File Systems        
Multilingual en en en en
Asian Language Support        
Full Package List 20250108 20230509 4.0 2.1

Full Package List:   Venom Linux 20250108
  Number of packages: 455 (download as TXT)
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  •  acl 2.3.2-1
  •  adwaita-icon-theme 47.0-1
  •  alsa-lib 1.2.13-2
  •  alsa-utils 1.2.13-2
  •  aom 3.11.0-1
  •  at-spi2-core 2.54.0-1
  •  attr 2.5.2-1
  •  autoconf 2.72-1
  •  autoconf2.13 2.13-1
  •  autoconf-archive 2024.10.16-1
  •  automake 1.17-1
  •  azote 1.14.1-1
  •  b3sum 1.5.0-1
  •  base 20241206-2
  •  base-s6 20241228-1
  •  bash 5.2.37-1
  •  bash-completion 2.16.0-1
  •  bc 1.08.1-1
  •  binutils 2.43.1-1
  •  bison 3.8.2-1
  •  bluez 5.79-1
  •  btrfs-progs 6.12-1
  •  bzip2 1.0.8-1
  •  ca-certificates 20241231-1
  •  cairo 1.18.2-1
  •  c-ares 1.34.4-1
  •  cargo-c 0.10.7-1
  •  cbindgen 0.27.0-2
  •  clang 19.1.6-1
  •  cmake 3.31.3-1
  •  coreutils 9.5-2
  •  cpio 2.15-1
  •  cpptoml 0.1.1-2
  •  cryptsetup 2.7.5-1
  •  curl 8.11.1-2
  •  cython3 3.0.11-2
  •  dash 0.5.12-1
  •  dav1d 1.5.0-1
  •  dbus 1.16.0-1
  •  dbus-glib 0.112-1
  •  dbus-s6 20241228-1
  •  dconf 0.40.0-1
  •  dhcpcd 10.1.0-2
  •  dhcpcd-s6 20241228-1
  •  diffutils 3.10-1
  •  docbook-xml 4.5-4
  •  docbook-xsl 1.79.2-6
  •  dosfstools 4.2-1
  •  duktape 2.7.0-1
  •  e2fsprogs 1.47.2-1
  •  efibootmgr 18-1
  •  efivar 39-1
  •  eglexternalplatform 1.2-1
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  •  elfutils 0.192-2
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  •  eudev 3.2.14-2
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  •  ffmpeg 7.1-2
  •  file 5.46-1
  •  filesystem 20241218-1
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  •  firefox 134.0-1
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  •  flex 2.6.4-1
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  •  gtk-doc 1.34.0-1
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  •  gzip 1.13-1
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  •  hicolor-icon-theme 0.18-1
  •  htop 3.3.0-1
  •  hwdata 0.391-1
  •  iana-etc 20241206-1
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  •  inetutils 2.5-2
  •  inih 58-1
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  •  irssi 1.4.5-1
  •  iso-codes 4.17.0-1
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  •  jack 1.9.22-2
  •  jasper 4.2.4-1
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  •  kmod 33-2
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  •  lcms2 2.16-1
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  •  libassuan 3.0.1-1
  •  libatasmart 0.19-1
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  •  libcap 2.73-1
  •  libcdio 2.1.0-1
  •  libcdio-paranoia 10.2+2.0.2-1
  •  libclc 19.1.6-1
  •  libdbusmenu 16.04.0-1
  •  libdisplay-info 0.2.0-1
  •  libdrm 2.4.124-1
  •  libepoxy 1.5.10-1
  •  libevdev 1.13.3-1
  •  libevent 2.1.12-1
  •  libexif 0.6.21-1
  •  libffi 3.4.6-1
  •  libfm 1.3.2-4
  •  libfm-extra 1.3.2-3
  •  libfontenc 1.1.8-1
  •  libgcrypt 1.11.0-1
  •  libgee 0.20.6-2
  •  libglvnd 1.7.0-1
  •  libgmp 6.3.0-1
  •  libgpg-error 1.51-1
  •  libgudev 238-1
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  •  libical 3.0.19-1
  •  libice 1.1.2-1
  •  libidn2 2.3.7-1
  •  libindicator 12.10.1-2
  •  libinput 1.27.1-1
  •  libisl 0.27-1
  •  libjpeg-turbo 3.1.0-1
  •  libksba 1.6.7-1
  •  libmd 1.1.0-1
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  •  libmpc 1.3.1-1
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  •  libndp 1.9-1
  •  libnghttp2 1.64.0-1
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  •  libnma 1.10.6-1
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  •  libnvme 1.11.1-1
  •  libogg 1.3.5-1
  •  libpciaccess 0.18.1-1
  •  libpipeline 1.5.8-1
  •  libpng 1.6.44-3
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  •  libtool 2.5.4-1
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  •  libusb 1.0.27-1
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  •  linux-api-headers 6.12.8-1
  •  linux-firmware 20241210-2
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  •  lld 19.1.6-1
  •  llvm 19.1.6-1
  •  lua 5.4.7-1
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  •  lynx 2.9.2-1
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  •  lzo 2.10-1
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  •  make 4.4.1-2
  •  man-db 2.13.0-1
  •  man-pages 6.9.1-1
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Version: 20250108
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-02-17
Votes: 1


 Great distro with a very helpful Telegram group. Been my desktop system now for a couple of years and while I often check out other distro's (usually in Virtualbox) none have pleased me as much as Venom. As others have mentioned the scratchpkg package manager is great. ATM I run Openbox on Wayland but have also used X11and xfce4 with no problems. Lots of applications in the repo's covering mainly open source but also some closed source (eg. Bitwarden).
Give it a go, you will be impressed too
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-12-09
Votes: 1


 i have used venom in a VM i did try installing on bare metal but for some reason the installer wouldn't pick up my partition like the VM did. Anyways, this review is about scratchpkg itself. I've adopted it as my package manager on a LFS install. I will say this is on par with kiss linux's package manager. I absolutely love it and how it functionss. I've been recommending it to everyone that I know that runs linux. The creator is very helpful and active but its on a telegram channel. The community is great as well


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Version: 20210312
Rating: 6
Date: 2021-05-11
Votes: 4


 I would give it a good score if i could find decent documentation..
Only thing i can say is that installation went fine and it seems to be really responsive.


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