PAIPIX

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PAIPIX
Website	paipix.org
Company/ developer	António Amorim
OS family	Linux
Source model	Open source
Latest stable release	7.0 / August 21, 2007
Kernel type	Monolithic kernel
License	Various
Working state	Current

PAIPIX project was developed from the Kanotix and Knoppix distributions, which themselves are "live" optic media containing a Debian-based Linux distribution. PAIPIX 7 GNU/Linux keeps its focus on scientific software but drops the emphasis on a pure live DVD to integrate, in the same DVD, the installation, live and upgrade systems. It is using the Debian official packages debian-live and debian-cd.

PAIPIX is a compilation of open source software intended to be used in any environment, but particularly inclined to include science and technology software applications. It was created and is maintained by António Amorim of the SIM center of the Faculty of Sciences of the Lisbon University in Portugal.

Previous releases of PAIPIX included CD-ROM releases with a slimmed-down selection of software. The current official release is 7.0 dates from August 2007, and is available as a 2.9 GB DVD-ROM ISO image for i386 and AMD64 architectures. The official selection of languages includes localizations for Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, English, German, Spanish, French and Italian.