Bodhi Linux 7.0 is the latest release of one of the oldest Ubuntu-based distros, with one of the more unusual desktops.
The latest version is based on Ubuntu 22.04, with the Moksha desktop, which is a fork of Enlightenment 17. There’s a choice of four editions: three 64-bit ones, and a 32-bit edition which is still based on Ubuntu 18.04, the last Ubuntu LTS which supported x86-32. The 64-bit editions differ chiefly in the kernel they use. You can have either the basic Ubuntu “Jammy” 5.15, or the current HWE version with kernel 6.2, or for those with shiny, very new kit, an “s76” edition with the latest kernel 6.4.
It’s Ubuntu, but not as we know it. Ubuntu itself offers 10 flavors with eight different desktops these days. Linux Mint offers three of these desktops: Cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce. Zorin OS offers just two: GNOME and Xfce. Linux Lite and Zinc, to pick two other examples we’ve looked at on The Reg, both offer only Xfce. What’s notable about Bodhi is that Moksha is not drawn from Ubuntu’s range of options – it’s the distro’s own creation. It’s a fork of the Enlightenment environment, which isn’t an Ubuntu offering either.
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