During the intervening time Bodhi has crept upward from No. 22 to No. 18 on DistroWatch's list of page-hit rankings, where it currently resides, and it's added a raft of new features. Not only that, in fact, but it's also launched versions for both 32-bit and 64-bit PCs.

Bodhi features the beautiful and lightweight window manager, and it's especially notable for its excellent customizability. Ready for a rundown? Here are some of the highlights you'll find in the new Bodhi Linux 2.0.

1. Built on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Whereas previous versions of Bodhi Linux were based on Ubuntu 10.04, version 2.0 is built on top of the latest instead. Accordingly, the release's overriding goal "is to allow our distro to transition to the next major Ubuntu LTS as a distro base," lead developer Jeff Hoogland explained in a earlier this year.

2. 64-Bit Support