Rxart

Rxart is a Linux distribution developed in Argentina and based on Debian GNU/Linux. Its origin dates back to 1999, when the founder and CEO of Pixart, Gabriel Ortiz, decides to develop a friendly and easy-to-use distribution intended mainly for hardware assemblers. This is the way that Pixart SRL company commenced the development.

3.0 version includes 3D desktops.

History

They begin commercializing in Argentina, basically in the more important wholesale channels: Garbarino, Fravega, Carrefour, Jumbo, Megatone, Sicsa, Pcarts, New Tree, Compumundo, among others. Developed on the base of Debian 3,1 "Sarge" and with propietary components, the company that develops it has contacts with Sun, IBM, Intel, AMD, PChips, Smartlink, Biostar among other companies. "Rxart" was the GNU/Linux distribution in sold Spanish in Latin America more reaching in the 2005 the amount of 350,000 units.

In August of the 2006 Rxart it was chosen like operating system in Classmate PC of Intel that works in the plan pilot of the government of Venezuela, Developing and adapting different functionalities for this equipment From the month from June of the 2007 AMD initilese the distribution of their equipment UVC from different countries from the world with Rxart preloaded for their demonstrations. Also in the month of Pixart June it signs an agreement with Sun Microsystem to integrate Star Office in native Rxart in his distribution.

In Pixart laboratory, several companies collaborate sending hardware for the development of drivers, among them Lexmark, Epson, Intel, AMD, PCtel, Miro, HP, Dell.

Rxart is named one of the escenciales collaborators for project MANCOOSI of the European Union.

In 2007, Under pact of Lenovo-Pixart, they presents a new Notebook with Rxart 3.2.