Vinux Downloads.

Welcome to the downloads page! Here, you can Download the latest Vinux live CD/USB image from your nearest mirror. If you’re unsure which version to download, a brief description follows after the information regarding updates to assist you in your choice. The latest stable version is Vinux 3.0.2 based on Ubuntu Lucid 10.04.4.

Please Read: We do not recommend installing updates!

We do not recommend that users update any packages after installing Vinux unless you have a very good reason to do so. Please refer to the relevant section on the about page for more information.

A description of releases.

The latest stable versions of Vinux are versions based on Ubuntu Lucid. These are long term releases. This means that these versions are as bug free as possible and recommended for most users. Vinux 3.0.2 is our latest stable release with bug fixes and feature enhancements.

Vinux 3.2.1 is our current experimental release and is built using the latest bleeding edge code. Although hardware support may be improved, Things may break and new software is tested for inclusion in the next LTS release so if you’re feeling brave, give it a try.

The USB versions marked as Linux are for copying Vinux to a 2GB or 4GB pen drive using the DD tool included in Linux. The versions marked as windows are for creating a Vinux pen drive using windows.

The boot CD for older computers is for computers where booting from a USB stick is not supported, but booting from a CD is.

We also offer a Virtual edition of Vinux. This simply means you can use vinux by installing a program on your computer inside windows. You can then switch back and forth between windows and Vinux and have both running at the same time. This has the added advantage of Vinux running without making changes to your hard drive or files so you don’t have to worry about messing anything up! It’s a great worry free way of trying out vinux for the first time.

Warning: The DVD and Plus Editions contain some non-free codecs and packages. Using these versions in the USA, Japan and countries where the legislation allows patents to apply to software and distribution of restricted technologies may require the acquisition of 3rd party licenses.

A note about mirrors and other releases.

By default, we offer 2 primary mirrors as listed below for each supported release of Vinux. Both of these are currently based in the US.  Please try the US servers first as they seem to be faster for people.  However, we also offer other servers around the world.  To make it easier when navigating, these alternative servers are listed last on the page, as well as links to access the downloads directory if you prefer to browse a directory listing.

Previous and development releases can be obtained by clicking the relevant links further down the page. We have listed the current stable version first on the page for your convenience. This version is currently based on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid and is our current stable version. We do try to release development releases to keep up with the 6 month release cycle currently followed by Canonical, but please note as mentioned above that these releases are experimental releases for testing new software so although they work, they may contain bugs. If you’d like to try out other versions based on the latest development/experimental release, you can do so from the “More downloads” section below.

Vinux 3.0.2 (stable) Downloads.

Vinux 3.0.2 X86 CD - Based on Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS.

File Size: 698MB.

MD5Sum: 405bba1ee1f2a4a363c04302c4283dfe

Click here to downloadfrom the main server based in the US.

Vinux 3.0.2 X64 CD - Based on Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS.

File Size: 679MB.

MD5Sum: 0dcc134a5b52b85217a75c709a368c92

Click here to download from the main server based in the US.

Vinux 3.0.2 X86 DVD - Based on Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS.

File Size: 1.39GB.

MD5Sum: 7e88ea08f4bd889d01f2a39df77c3423

Click here to download from the main server based in the US.

Vinux 3.0.2 X64 DVD - Based on Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS.

File Size: 1.44GB.

MD5Sum: 38823614a51843e155cfc082048a9a56

Click here to download from the main server based in the US.

Vinux 3.0.2 USB standard edition.

File Size: 723MB.

MD5Sum: 042f4db21de79b7e162eaec73a4f20f6

Built using the standard x86 CD iso. Minimum recommended pen drive size is 1GB.

Click here to download from the main server based in the US.

Vinux 3.0.2 Virtual edition.

File Size: 717MB.

MD5Sum: a9129b9b270ec2f734b059bfdcbb7756

Click here to download from the main server based in the US.

What packages are included?

Click here to access a text file containing a list of packages included in Vinux 3.0.1.

Make your own USB Edition.

To make a USB edition of Vinux using your own custom iso, simply extract the file linked too below, and place a file named os.iso in the root folder i.e the extracted folder that contains backend-CD2USB, CD2USB.bat, etc. then, simply run CD2USB.bat and follow the instructions contained in the readme file. This may also work with other distributions, though persistence may not work. We are working on a fix that will enable persistence.

Click here to download the custom USB zip file.

USB boot CD for older computers.

This CD is used when a computers bios does not support booting directly from a USB stick, or if you generally just want to boot from CD instead of USB to save enabling USB booting. Simply plug your pen drive in to the PC after burning the boot manager to a CD and restart your computer. When your pc restarts, press any key to boot from CD. Then, assuming CD booting is enabled and your pen drive is plugged in, the CD will boot vinux from your USB drive.

 Click here to download the boot CD.

We do also have another boot CD based on another boot manager. This CD when inserted and booted from requires you to press enter before it boots from USB. If the first one doesn’t work for you if you have an older version of Vinux, give this one a try (only as a last resort).

Click here to download the older boot CD.

More Vinux Downloads.

Below, you can download our current development/testing release which is based on Ubuntu 11.04 Natty. You can also download our previous releases. Some of the older releases for example vinux 2.0 and 1.51 are not supported, however you can still submit questions to our support list as there are still some people using older releases who may be able to help.

Vinux 3.2.1 X86 CD Based on Ubuntu 11.04.

File Size: 675MB.

MD5Sum:  fe9db27b1f992db1779f66513f08786c

Standard Vinux iso for 32bit systems

Click here to download from the main server based in the US.

Click here to download from the alternative US server.

Vinux 3.2.1 X64 CD Based on Ubuntu 11.04.

File Size: 699MB.

MD5Sum: f7841486863fedcf8da45c1e701651b9

Standard Vinux iso for 64bit systems.

Click here to download from the main server based in the US.

Click here to download from the alternative US server.

Vinux 3.2.1 X86 DVD Edition based on Ubuntu 11.04.

File Size: 977 MB.

MD5Sum: ce3519f2614844764cc60970cf00dd33

Standard edition of Vinux with extra packages installed including office and free codecs for 32bit systems.

Click here to download from the main server based in the US.

Click here to download from the alternative US server.

Vinux 3.2.1 X64 DVD based on ubuntu 11.04.

File Size: 1.02 GB.

MD5Sum: 0554a35bba89f9c7dad2ce1b1f1c59ba

Standard edition of Vinux with extra packages installed including office and free codecs for 64bit systems.

Click here to download from the main server based in the US.

Click here to download from the alternative US server.

Vinux 3.2.1 X86 DVD+ edition based on Ubuntu 11.04.

File Size: 2.73 GB.

MD5Sum: 84e67279377fccdf46143f8db12d8082

Same as the DVD edition with additional packages for sighted users (for 32bit systems.

Click here to download from the main server based in the US.

Click here to download from the alternative US server.

Vinux 3.2.1 X64 DVD+ edition based on Ubuntu 11.04.

File Size: 2.82 GB.

MD5Sum: 067e9e601fc0e7a8fd6786ed1fd62e5a

Same as the DVD edition with extra packages for sighted users (for 64bit systems.

Click here to download from the main server based in the US.

Click here to download from the alternative US server.

Vinux 3.2.1 standard USB edition based on Ubuntu 11.04.

File Size: 705 MB.

MD5Sum: 3ab0ea4b41d4ac98adf2c05a6fab31f8

Built using the standard 32bit Vinux 3.2.1 iso.

Click here to download from the main server based in the US.

Download previous releases.

The following is a list of all previous vinux releases available for download. The earlier releases are no longer officially supported. When you click on one of the following links, you will be taken to the relevant directory. A text file containing MD5Sums should be available for all previous releases. The releases are listed in the order that previous versions were released.

Click here for Vinux 3.2.1 downloads (based on Ubuntu 11.04).

Click here for Vinux 3.2 downloads (based on Ubuntu 11.04).

Click here for Vinux 3.01 downloads (based on Ubuntu 10.04.2).

Click here for Vinux 3.1 downloads (based on Ubuntu 10.10).

Click here for Vinux 3.0 downloads (based on Ubuntu 10.4).

Click here for Vinux 2.1 downloads (based on Debian Lenny).

Click here for Vinux 2.0 downloads (based on Debian Lenny).

Click here for Vinux 1.52 downloads (Based on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex no longer officially supported).

Alternative Servers and directory listings.

People have very kindly donated server space to the vinux project from around the world. These alternative servers are listed below, as well as a link to access the downloads directory on the main US based server.  If you would like to mirror Vinux, please contact us and we will add your link to this page!

Please Note: we can’t guaranty that every image and release will be available from the alternative servers, so if you can’t find the image you’re looking for in your area of the world, please use one of the primary servers as listed above.

Click here to visit the downloads directory.

Click here to visit another US server provided by Sina Bahram.

Click here to visit the server based in China.

Click here to visit the server based in France.

We also have a server based in africa, you can access this by visiting the following FTP Sites.

ftp://ftp.is.co.za/linux/distributions/vinux

rsync://ftp.is.co.za::IS-Mirror/vinuxproject.org

Some of the Vinux images have also been uploaded to RapidShare.

Click here to visit the RapidShare downloads page.