Platypux was a French Linux distribution of the Slackware family, developed by Pierre-Aimé and Jacques-Olivier.

Despite Platypux being a Slackware derivative, it was built using the source code provided by the Linux From Scratch project (LFS) that enables the developers to learn the internal workings of a Linux-based system,[1] in order to build a custom Linux distro, so it can naturally fit on its intended audience and purposes.

Platypux V8.0 is only supported by x86 (32bits) platforms, both desktop and laptops, it is available for install from a live-DVD.

Its kernel supports PAE in order to enable full access to RAM memory over the 4GiB limit.

A platypus is an exotic animal which despite being a mammal shares oviparity with amphibians an others, making it an exotic Linux distro with parts from "penguins", a GNU and other third party components.