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8.0 from 1 review(s)
Version: 26.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2026-06-08
Country: United Kingdom
Votes: 1
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I’ve used this one and off for years, as a second distro or in an VM. It’s light, snappy and really polished, especially this latest version. It helps if you are comfortable in the terminal, familiar with the Ubuntu / Debian base and happy editing dot files, but if you are, it’s easily configured and stable. Overall I’d say it is worth giving this a go.
The Pros, well it is similar to Mint in that it is based on Ubuntu but with all the bloat removed (including Snap packs), so very lightweight and a perfect base to install whatever you want, and whatever package managers you want. I just go with deb packages plus flatpaks. As I said, it is really polished and looks good (in traditional Ubuntu style), and is a delight to use. This is one of the very few, pre-configured TWM Ubuntu distros out there, though a shout out to Salim Zaidi and his installation script on GitHub for i3 on Debian or Ubuntu (Debian-Z). Both brilliant. UbuntuSway takes the whole Distro approach, Salim has installation of dot files, both offer really nice TWM front ends for Ubuntu / Debian.
Cons, it is not noob friendly, not really. There is a key binding hint page and you probably don’t have to configure much unless you like messing (as I do), but this isn’t exactly Windows. That said, I can’t see that many people wanting a TWM if used to Windows, or Ubuntu for that matter. The other con is political (sorry Aleksey) in that this is a distro with a very small team based in Russia, so the usual political caveats apply. It is also that much harder maintaining if you are a single developer or part of a very small team. That goes to show just how good it is, but for long term stability, probably better look elsewhere. That’s the only reason I gave it 8 and not 10, purely for politics / stability.
Overall I think it is really good and I’m stunned, and saddened that nobody has left a review before. It might be a narrow user case, but it is brilliantly executed and well worth a look.
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Latest Reviews
Project: Ubuntu Sway Remix
Version: 26.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2026-06-08
Votes: 1
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I’ve used this one and off for years, as a second distro or in an VM. It’s light, snappy and really polished, especially this latest version. It helps if you are comfortable in the terminal, familiar with the Ubuntu / Debian base and happy editing dot files, but if you are, it’s easily configured and stable. Overall I’d say it is worth giving this a go.
The Pros, well it is similar to Mint in that it is based on Ubuntu but with all the bloat removed (including Snap packs), so very lightweight and a perfect base to install whatever you want, and whatever package managers you want. I just go with deb packages plus flatpaks. As I said, it is really polished and looks good (in traditional Ubuntu style), and is a delight to use. This is one of the very few, pre-configured TWM Ubuntu distros out there, though a shout out to Salim Zaidi and his installation script on GitHub for i3 on Debian or Ubuntu (Debian-Z). Both brilliant. UbuntuSway takes the whole Distro approach, Salim has installation of dot files, both offer really nice TWM front ends for Ubuntu / Debian.
Cons, it is not noob friendly, not really. There is a key binding hint page and you probably don’t have to configure much unless you like messing (as I do), but this isn’t exactly Windows. That said, I can’t see that many people wanting a TWM if used to Windows, or Ubuntu for that matter. The other con is political (sorry Aleksey) in that this is a distro with a very small team based in Russia, so the usual political caveats apply. It is also that much harder maintaining if you are a single developer or part of a very small team. That goes to show just how good it is, but for long term stability, probably better look elsewhere. That’s the only reason I gave it 8 and not 10, purely for politics / stability.
Overall I think it is really good and I’m stunned, and saddened that nobody has left a review before. It might be a narrow user case, but it is brilliantly executed and well worth a look.
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