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Neptune Linux is geared toward multimedia but offers more.
Casual and advanced users will appreciate this distribution.
Neptune Linux can be downloaded and used for free.
There are plenty of niche Linux distributions on the market, some of which you've probably never heard of or would never use. Then there are those with a purpose that might entice you to consider them as your daily desktop OS.
Consider this: How much multimedia do you consume? I'm talking videos, music, images, YouTube, podcasts, you name it. If you spend a good amount of time with multimedia (either listening/watching or creating), why not use an operating system that was created specifically for that purpose? After all, you don't want to have to take the time to install the applications you need or the codecs required to consume all of that multimedia, right?
That's why there are Linux distributions such as Neptune on the market.
According to the Neptune website, "Neptune focuses on providing an elegant out-of-the-box experience for users. Therefore, we ship a nice and simple overall look and feel as well as a whole bunch of multimedia tools, like codecs, Flash player, audio, and video player."
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