--- title: Exton Linux’s light version will “enlighten” you | daily.dev description: ExLight is a lightweight Linux distribution based on Debian 13 (Trixie) featuring the Enlightenment 0.27.1 desktop environment. It offers a fast, efficient... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/exton-linux-s-light-version-will-enlighten-you-m4xrqmvrc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Exton Linux’s light version will “enlighten” you | daily.dev og:description: ExLight is a lightweight Linux distribution based on Debian 13 (Trixie) featuring the Enlightenment 0.27.1 desktop environment. It offers a fast, efficient... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/exton-linux-s-light-version-will-enlighten-you-m4xrqmvrc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/m4XrqMVRc.png og:image:alt: Exton Linux’s light version will “enlighten” you og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Exton Linux’s light version will “enlighten” you **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary ExLight is a lightweight Linux distribution based on Debian 13 (Trixie) featuring the Enlightenment 0.27.1 desktop environment. It offers a fast, efficient desktop experience with features like a desktop right-click menu and window shading. The distro comes with a lean set of preinstalled apps including Firefox, GIMP, FileZilla, and Synaptic Package Manager, but lacks Flatpak and Snap out of the box (both easily installable via apt). It performs well even on older hardware and includes the Calamares installer and Refracta Snapshot for creating custom Debian-based systems. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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