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NimbleX is a small and highly customizable distribution designed to be used for anything. The coolest thing you can do with the current version is create your own version. In fact, you don’t even need to install NimbleX to make your own version. All you have to do is go to the NimbleX site and go through the slick-looking wizard and you get your own customized distro with whatever applications and artwork you want.

Aside from this slick feature, NimbleX is basically a very slim and customizable distro. Although I cannot say for sure, I would guess that this distro would be good for older computers.

The upcoming version (NimbleX 2008, now in beta) will feature a new way of installing that is supposed to let users currently running Windows install NimbleX with one click without messing with their current data. I decided I would try it out by creating a NTFS partition and trying to install NimbleX, but I could never make it install at all. Of course, it is a beta so this sort of thing is pretty standard. In addition, the new version will also include 9 desktop enviroments for you to choose from. Talk about customizability!

If you are looking for a distro that you can customize to have exactly what you need and nothing else to slow you down, you should definetly check out NimbleX.

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