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Vendefoul Wolf RSS Feed DistroWatch.com: Vendefoul Wolf

Vendefoul Wolf


Last Update: 2026-09-27 20:09 UTC


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Vendefoul Wolf is a set of lightweight, Devuan-based Linux distributions featuring various popular desktop environments, including Budgie, Cinnamon, KDE Plasma, LXQt, Trinity and Xfce. As the init software, it offers a choice between SysV and runit. Some of the distribution's other main features include the LibreWolf web browser, the Calamares system installer, an application store, and its own repository of software packages. Besides the main edition, Vendefoul Wolf also produces various community spins with alternative desktops and window managers.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 95 (155), 6 months: 94 (153), 3 months: 119 (118), 4 weeks: 117 (132), 1 week: 77 (200)

Average visitor rating: 7.4/10 from 14 review(s).


Vendefoul Summary
Distribution Vendefoul Wolf
Home Page https://vendefoul-wolf-linux.sourceforge.io/
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Feature 20260927
excalibur
20260415
viriato
Release Date 2026-09-27 2026-04-15
End Of Life    
Price (US$) Free Free
Image Size (MB) 4600-4700 3900-4000
Free Download ISO ISO
Installation refractainstaller refractainstaller
Default Desktop SonicDE SonicDE
Default Browser LibreWolf LibreWolf
Package Format deb, flatpak deb, flatpak
Package Management apt apt
Release Model Fixed Fixed
Office Suite OnlyOffice Collabora
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64
Init Software OpenRC OpenRC
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4, XFS Btrfs, ext4, XFS
Multilingual Yes Yes
Full Package List 20260927 20260415
Package 20260927
excalibur
20260415
viriato
alsa-lib (1.2.16.1) 1.2.16.1 1.2.15.3
amdgpu (25.0.0) -- --
apparmor (5.0.2) 4.1.8 4.1.7
apt (3.3.3) 3.3.3 3.1.16
bash (5.3) 5.3 5.3
bind (9.20.29) -- --
chromium (154.0.8037.57) -- --
cinnamon (6.6.9) -- --
cups (2.4.19) 2.4.18 2.4.16
e2fsprogs (1.47.4) 1.47.4 1.47.4
ffmpeg (9.0.2) 8.1.2 8.1
firefox (156.0.1) -- --
flatpak (1.18.3) 1.18.1 1.16.6
freetype (2.14.3) 2.14.3 2.14.4
gcc (16.2.0) 16.2.0 15.2.0
gimp (3.2.6) 3.2.6 --
git (2.55.0) 2.55.0 2.53.0
glibc (2.44) 2.43 2.42
gnome-shell (51.0) -- --
grub (2.16) 2.14 2.14
gtk (4.24.0) 4.22.4 4.22.2
httpd (2.4.68) -- --
hyprland (0.56.2) -- --
inkscape (1.4.4) -- --
kmod (34.2) 34.2 34.2
krita (6.0.4) -- --
Package 20260927
excalibur
20260415
viriato
LibreOffice (26.8.0) -- --
libselinux (3.11) 3.11 3.10
linux (7.2.8) 7.2 7.0
mariadb (13.0.2) -- --
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- --
mesa (26.2.3) 26.1.6 26.0.4
nautilus (51.0.1) -- --
NVIDIA (615.71.09) -- --
openjdk (27) 21.0.12.1 --
openssh (10.5p1) 10.4p1 10.3p1
openssl (4.0.2) 3.6.3 3.6.2
perl (5.44.0) 5.42.3 5.40.1
php (8.5.11) -- --
plasma-desktop (6.7.5) -- 6.6.3
postfix (3.11.7) -- --
postgresql (18.6) -- --
Python (3.14.7) 3.14.7 3.13.12
qt (6.11.2) 6.10.2 6.10.2
samba (4.25.0) 4.24.6 4.23.6
systemd (262) -- --
thunderbird (156.0.1) -- --
vim (9.2) 9.2 9.2
vlc (3.0.24) 3.0.24 --
wayland (1.26.0) 1.26.0 1.24.0
xfdesktop (4.20.2) -- --
xorg-server (21.1.24) -- --

Reader Ratings
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Average rating
7.4
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Version: 20260415
Rating: 2
Date: 2026-08-11
Country: Ireland
Votes: 7


It is a great concept and collection of features that I would like to have by default after an install but the reality is that the execution is poor.

It is like a destabilized version of Devuan no matter which version you install.

The impression is that the system feels broken rather than getting a polished well put together experience.

The developer seems to take devuan, install the packages that are advertised and create the iso without any QA work done on it.

I did reach out to the developer via email from the website but the developer did not respond at all and judging by some previous reviews and the dates on the iso's, coupled with the social media activity, it seems the developer does not take any advise from end users and focuses on the promotion of the project rather than building a solid foundation.

I am not a social media user so dont interact this way.

I found it easier to install devuan and then xlibre if I am being honest which defeats the purpose of what the distro is trying to achieve.

The end goal should be a polished well put together distro with the advertised components which I feel the developer does not achieve.

Good concept but you sacrifice the stability and consistency of Devuan. Best to use devuan and configure as you like. Its more stable.


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Version: 20260415
Rating: 3
Date: 2026-07-21
Country: El Salvador
Votes: 16


El problema de Vendefoul es su forma de instalar. Es como si un cualquiera aplicÃģ una corrida de penguin-eggs o similiar y el liveiso resultante solo se puede instalar aplicando el imagen completo al disco local. Asi no se puede, te termina chupando el configuracion default que no es compatible del todo.

Al final despues de instalar terminarÃĄs arreglando lo que hay que no funciona.

Vendefoul problem is the installation method. Its a penguin-eggs generated liveiso that can only be applied as-is. The default configuration isn't all that compatible.

Get it installed and expect to configure more broken things after.


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Version: 20260124
Rating: 9
Date: 2026-07-14
Country: Brazil
Votes: 10


I've been using the XFCE version of Vendefoul Wolf Excalibur on an old ThinkPad T480.
I installed it because I wanted to try a systemd free distro and I wanted a more "out of the box" Devuan experience, since I'm more familiar to the Debian-APT ecosystem.

Has been very stable for me, with no issues at all. The installation was painless, simple and without issues. Of course still a very new and small Distro and still needs more polishing here and there, I see Vendefoul Wolf having a nice and bright future. I really appreciate their views about the Linux world and their strong position against Age Verification.

I see myself recommending Vendefoul Wolf more in the future, after a little more polishing.

So yeah, very solid small distro with a nice basis.


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