Project: Solus
Version: 4.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-03-21
Votes: 0
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Somwhat newbie here. Out of the box, the OS felt smooth and cohesive (I used the GNOME edition). I would give it a 10 but Steam feels slightly wonky despite the awesome Linux Steam Integration capability.
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Project: Kubuntu
Version: 18.10
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-03-21
Votes: 0
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Installed from scratch as i returned to linux after 10 years on windows....
KDE 5.13 was installed from the ISO and it didnt look so good! I always loved KDE and tried many distros but Kubuntu was always in my heart from the first day i got those free Ubuntu CDs as Student... Anyway. KDE 5.15.3 fixed everything!!! Stable amazing! Everything except the god damn Discover! not that many bugs as the version that comes in the ISO but still the program seems laggy and a little outdated. I used the terminal for updates and Muon... Without the ubuntu backports i would give a 7.5 but with the latest updates its a straight 9.0. KDE has matured so much Ubuntu core is so stable these days (had to competely remove SNAP though! I hate this sandboxes showing up as seperate disks , Sorry Cannonical!) oh and one more thing, gaming is absolutely so much better in Linux these days. System only takes 800mb RAM can you believe that? Linux mint cinnamon takes 1,2GB and Ubuntu (Gnome) takes 900mb-1GB. All tested on my machine just after first boot
Daily driver PC used for Internet Browsing, media streaming, Games (steam, lutris), Office apps, Virtual Machine testing other distros.
PS: HUGE TIP: Do minimal install and then install what you want from the package manager, so many programs installed for no reason!
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Project: Zorin OS
Version: 15-beta
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-03-21
Votes: 0
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Very good looking and smooth running OS, have always liked it and how it looks and feels. Haven't found problems so far, even on BETA now.
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Project: Manjaro Linux
Version: stable
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-03-21
Votes: 0
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It's that simple. I love it to save my work (USB!) and to use Manjaro. All I need is there and even if something might go wrong (very, very rarely!) - just a few mins and the whole OS can be reinstalled. Really, it's so easy and fast.
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Project: Antergos
Version: 18.12
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-03-21
Votes: 0
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I used Antergos (Xfce) for over a year. It was GREAT. It was stable with super up-to-date apps. Then I got the itch to try KDE. It was good, but not quite as stable as the Xfce version. Little bugs would pop-up from time to time. I didn't have the patience to chase those, so I switched. Antergos and Xfce may be a perfect pairing.
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Project: Scientific Linux
Version: 7.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-03-21
Votes: 0
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Very great distro, does all my scientific computing preddy gud
10/10 would program again
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Project: Linux Lite
Version: 4.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-03-21
Votes: 0
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Linux Mint (Xfce) is good but Linux Lite is faster and more intuitive...particularly if you are new to Linux and coming from Windows.
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Project: Manjaro Linux
Version: stable
Rating: 5
Date: 2019-03-21
Votes: 1
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How I rate this is I start at 10 and work my way down from there depending on certain factors such as usability, stability, privacy, security.
A perfect substitute for windows users, I'd recommend the KDE version. Very user-friendly while cutting edge in developments for those that want the latest and greatest.
Can still be considered unstable https://forum.manjaro.org/t/why-do-manjaro-stable-updates-break-the-system-is-it-bad-testing/21095/3
If you care about privacy and security; look elsewhere. Proprietary software always introduces freedom, security and privacy concerns.
From a privacy perspective, it may or may not be tracking you. It's not entirely open source because of the kernel's "binary blobs." Of course, there is cause for breakage/issues of certain hardware that doesn't have a free software replacement available.
The developers aren't knowledgeable enough about security.
References can be made to some of the issues below about how they handled such problems and have yet to learn from:
Plenty of times where they had infrastructure downtime.
Careless handling of / expired certificates
More awful security practices
Freezing packages by simply not updating them
Bad dependencies
With that said. If you care about privacy and security, I'd look elsewhere. I wouldn't put trust in any kind of company, organization, group, or individual, with the lack of knowledge to do even the most basic infrastructure and security tasks.
If you want to stick with Arch, I would suggest you have a look at Antergos.
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Project: Netrunner
Version: 18.03
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-03-21
Votes: 0
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Manjaro (KDE) is good. Netrunner is better. Just saying.
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Project: Solus
Version: 3.9999
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-03-21
Votes: 0
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Awful package manager; a limited number of packages and forked from a crappy pkm.
Slow development.
Not very customizable.
Not very well documented, i.e not for new users as most claim.
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Project: blackPanther OS
Version: 18.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-03-21
Votes: 0
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Seems like a pretty good linux only release is taking a long time.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 18.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-03-21
Votes: 0
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Xubuntu got me into Linux circa 2007, I was a disloyal distro-hopper for a few years, but the grass wasn't greener over the fence and I soon came back.
Xfce may look dull, old or unappealing out of the box, but it is almost as them-able as KDE, so you can soon make it look beautiful and functional to your liking.
A rare 10/10 from me.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 18.10
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-03-21
Votes: 0
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Almost perfect.
A pity pgp signing not working in LibreOffice.
Regards,
Miguel
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Project: deepin
Version: 15.9
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-03-21
Votes: 4
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One of the best, fast, light and beautiful distros I've ever try. Like DDE. Having now install on my laptop. Grats for developers. Regards from Croatia.
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Project: KDE neon
Version: 20190314
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-03-21
Votes: 2
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I've been searching for a lightweight distro for my decidedly underpowered Dell Inspirion 3180 and KDE Neon seems to fit the bill. With only 4gb of ram and a clock-capped AMD A6-9220e processor there's not a lot of horsepower but this latest version of Neon runs like a champ.
I've tried just about every "lightweight" distro under the sun but the vast majority are so crude and unpolished that Windows XP looks good. Not so with Neon. I get all the all the slick eye candy that KDE offers with none of the bloat of Kubuntu in a modern, well performing package.
No real complaints after 2 months of use but Discover is still a bloated, mostly useless mess.
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Project: Void
Version: current
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-03-21
Votes: 2
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I've dropped Arch and switched to Void. This is probably my best decision since I've started to use Linux as a desktop 10 ago. Void rolling release model is solid rock. I'm using up-to-date packages without sacrificing stability. It is light weight. In Arch, viral dependency tree of most packages probably include systemd. But this is not the case for Void. Default init is runit and does a very good job out-of the box. I couldn't be more satisfied. Void has done an absolutely good job..
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Project: Zorin OS
Version: 12.4
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-03-21
Votes: 3
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It is a Okay version for Windows newbies that experiment Linux. In my case I was a fan with the LXDE version on the Zorin Lite. That was taken down and is now a XFCE version much more heavier which is (and this is my opinion of course) a mistake. That is why I give it a 8.
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Project: ToriOS
Version: 1.5
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-03-21
Votes: 0
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As one who still wants to see development for older computer gear...ToriOs appears to be an option that is more full featured than something like puppy, tiny core, dsl, or slitaz. I personally have never ran across this particular installer and found it to be pretty simplistic. The default wm is not something I'd want to live in but I can could deal with it for sure.
Hopefully this project will continue
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Project: Solus
Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-03-20
Votes: 0
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Beautiful interface and everything running effortlessly. It needs a Linux friendly, as well, that installed all the drivers without complication and finally I found!
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Project: Mageia
Version: 7-beta2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-03-20
Votes: 0
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Lot of updates coming per day, but it works perfecet all the time.
Mageia is my favorite distro.
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Project: Linux Mint
Version: 19.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-03-20
Votes: 0
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here a very good and light desktop, higly configurable
work perfect on laptop
thanks
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Project: Zorin OS
Version: 15-beta
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-03-20
Votes: 13
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Just moved from Windows to ZorinOS 15. It's amazingly fast and beautiful. Haven't experienced any bugs.
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Project: Puppy Linux
Version: 7.5
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-03-20
Votes: 1
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everything is nice working
most other new linux distros have evil bugs
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Project: Minimal Linux Live
Version: 2017-01-20
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-03-20
Votes: 0
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every kernel config change I made worked both in QEMU as well as bare metal via BIOS and UEFI.
no quirks or problems.
but the completed ISO does not contain much of course, even the python bundle misses some libraries. Still most amazing.
My netrunner modified kernels gave me far more trouble.
Now someone needs to adapt the GUI lib explored by the puppyLinux guy Mr Kauler so it works in MLL too.
Also the Ivan guy who made MLL should enable the wiki in github so people can share cool kernel .config files or little scripts.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 18.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-03-20
Votes: 16
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I've been looking for something like this for a long time.
I have installed many different Linux systems to try them.
This is a Great operating system for multiple experience users or new users. Fast, stable, simple, solid and reliable.
Looks like MX runs great.
It's awesome!
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Project: Slackware Linux
Version: 14.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-03-20
Votes: 6
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It was inevitable that I would end up here ever since my Linux journey started with Ubuntu back in 2010.
Slackware is indeed very stable. It keeps everything very simple following the KISS and Unix principles very closely. If you choose a full installation from the DVD, it installs the full repository which is not very large. Still, it comes preloaded with something for almost every needs you might have. If something you need is not found on Slackware, have a look at SlackBuilds.org and see what you can find there. There are other repositories, including AlienBob's and Salix's.
At first it might seem difficult, though if you know a little of Linux you'll find that it's simplicity is what makes it one of the easiest distros to use and maintain. So I have to thank Debian and Salix in particular for everything they taught me about Linux and the shell. Eventually, I ended up on Slackware, a well thought out distro which is a pleasant surprise to find out I only had to follow a straight forward install procedure and it comes with everything I need. Just upgrade new packages when they are out and that's it! Slackpkg is an easy way to update all the packages for the first time, since as of 2019, there are many pending updates for a fresh install.
A perfect 10/10.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 18.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-03-20
Votes: 19
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I wanted to stick to Manjaro.. but tried MX Linux after reading so many reviews.. Gotta say its so compatible smooth and error free... better than Manjaro in Stability.. Complete package.. to everyone reading this review.. do give this OS a try..
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Project: Solus
Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-03-20
Votes: 0
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Hopped to Solus Budgie from Pop!_OS, zero regrets
Budgie is a superb DE which is minimal and polished like GNOME but also much faster. Default theme looks ok, but there're better IMO, for example, elementary
Solus has a decent amount of software available, though Ubuntu has more. So far I could install everything I needed, and Flatpak support is a big plus too
Rolling release model for me is a good thing too, although there're people who need stable release
This distro is perfect for me and I'd recommend it for everyone, except maybe for science or server guys
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Project: SolydXK
Version: 201902
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-03-20
Votes: 0
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I am using Solydx, I am satisfied!
Positive:
- Good selection of apps
- Easy to use
- Fast
- Stable
- Updating is smooth
- Installation is easy
Negative:
- Wallpapers are ugly. Fortunately they are easy to change.
- Firewall rules might need tweaking.
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Project: ReactOS
Version: 0.4.11
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-03-20
Votes: 0
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I had hoped that ReactOS would be a good alternative to Windows, but so far I have not been able to get it working. I tried the last two ReactOS version, both Live and Install and it only worked one time on only one computer. I tried ReactOS on at least eight(8) different computers and it started correctly just one single computer for one time. I tried the second time on that computer and ReactOS failed to work. Remember that the compute I am saying this about is the computer where it did work that one time.
I get a boatload of ReactOS errors regardless of which computer I use. ReactOS will not book in all but one of my computers and when it does boot, the desktop locks. The single time it did work briefly only happened as I mention above. I'll still try each new future version of ReastOS with the hopes it will finally work.
I work on computers and I can tell you that Windows regardless of the version crashes a lot of computers. Most of the time this is due to Windows updates. Microsoft as added in an uninstaller for Windows 10 updates just in case the update fails. This extra process to remove updates does not work as good as you may think. Just last month I had to reinstall Windows 10 for a friend just because of a failed update.
The reason I brought up Windows OS's is because ReactOS seems to be a good alternative to install and use Windows based programs. If only the ReactOS developers could get it to actually work. Right now, ReactOS is broken and I cannot recommend it to anybody. When I tried to use ReastOS for the first time, I was hoping that a OS would be developed that could run Windows programs, but to do that, ReactOS has to work before I can try using any Windows software. That's why I only gave it a one rating. Maybe someday it will work, but until then, it does not work for me on at least eight(8) different computers. Sorry...
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Project: Antergos
Version: 17.12
Rating: 4
Date: 2019-03-19
Votes: 0
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It was the only distro family I could find which supported the NVidia fakeraid on my motherboard properly. I tried more than a dozen I'm sure before settling on Reborn which is based on Antergos. I really liked it out of the box and I have used it for about a year now on my desktop. I also managed to customise everything the way I wanted it.... BUT it was WORK. Even something as simple as installing VMWare turns into a tail chase of missing packages and dependencies, manual startup scripts to trigger needed services, etc. You want live wallpapers? You gonna have to work for it! But I had everything just as I wanted ... and then....
the package manager, is just ..... woeful. Saw GUI package manager whinging about updates, so went to update ... nope. Can't do it. And not for ONE reason, but for many reasons. Had to uninstall ffmpeg3.8, had uninstall vivaldi browser, had to explore why so many PGP keys were whinging, had to figure out why PACMAN will not overwrite existing unsuitable but trivial files on the system, but is perfectly happy to break ITSELF and leave you with a non-upgraded system AND no package manager. On top of that, half the programs and libraries you want/need are in AUR not official and THEY get broken as well. And the community while knowledgeable, are in Apple-Mac class denial about the sheer number of problems this type of thing causes and just how unbelievably tedious it all becomes. While I was tentative to go with an Arch distro in the first place, it did support my hardware much better than any other distro (it seems pathetic that pretty much no other distro can handle an Nvidia raid controller) and did seem to just work at a basic level.Unfortunately though after struggling through everything library by library to get a working system last year, that same system after hours and hours of troubleshooting and multiple restores (yes I have a backup), is now a burden. I just don't have time for this anymore - shame.
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Project: Pop!_OS
Version: 18.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-03-19
Votes: 2
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Pop!_OS is a lifesaver for all owners of the small, budget priced 2 in 1 laptops.
I have a Lenovo 320 101CR and love the size and weight, but not Windows 10.
Installation of Ubuntu and many other Linux distros was not possible.
It is a breeze with Pop!_OS, I was done in about 20 minutes installing it.
All the function keys work, sound is just great, orientation in landscape perfect except for login screen is portrait, will fix that soon.
Not a big fan of the cartoonish desktop, but that can be quickly fixed in a one click.
Kudos to the System76 developers, they know what they were doing with super distro..!!
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 18.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-03-19
Votes: 0
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Much prefer the unity desktop environment to gnome. Unity has more features and certainly more customizable.
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Project: Solus
Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-03-19
Votes: 0
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This is my first Budgie experience, so I am not sure how much of my review is specific to Solus and not just Budgie itself.
Very impressed. The eopkg manager was a very easy shift from apt. just put the eopkg --help output up on one screen and was able to do everything. Actually I would probably be faster with eopkg than apt if I had as much experience with it.
It is actually a pretty configurable UI. I am used to XFCE, and when I right-clicked on the panel I was worried there was no configurability. Once I figured it out though, I think it is actually a cleaner way of handling things.
Overall it is a very smooth experience. Light enough for speed, yet looks nice. The most impressive part for me is the lack of miniscule glitches. This just hasn't happened to me in any other DE. Slight changes in XFCE or KDE constantly break things or make them act weird. This just feels so much more solid. Although it is at the cost of some configurability, I think I would rather adjust to a stable DE than tweak the hell out of a glitchy interface so it fits my current way of thinking.
Very big fan, going to keep running in a VM for a while looking for issues before wiping out my base MX OS.
May the force be with you
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Project: ROSA
Version: R11
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-03-19
Votes: 3
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Desktop XFCE
HW: Intel Atom 1.66GHz, 2Gb RAM, 120Gb HDD
Stability, fast running.
Overall, I am satisfied, I can only recommend.
Thanks to ROSA developers.
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Project: Artix Linux
Version: 2018.10.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-03-19
Votes: 1
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Ok. A further update on the review below a week later. The gremlins installs we have are still solid. So the coffee lake gtx1060 laptop and my haswell-based pc gtx1050 are working fine. The upgrade to various kernels works great with the nvidia driver piece just working when the kernel is upgraded via pacman. I am on kernel 5.0.2 now from the installed 4.20. No issues to report. You can also use runit as well as openrc for your init instead of systemd (openrc was my choice, there may be others?). Anyway, you can use the openrc rc-update tools to add installed software into openrc to start on boot (i.e. rc-update add ntpd default). Or start manually with rc-service. Pretty straight forward. Note the openrc and runit packages are separate from the actual software packages. I was wondering where the start/stop scripts were initially in comparison to other distros but it makes sense. So if you install openssh you have to install openssh-openrc for the start and stop scripts to be installed as well. There is also a openssh-runit as well. So yes that way you can choose your init system pieces separate from the software. A nice setup. I have now added various base tools and sw easily; alsa-plugins, traceroute, netstat, rsync, xfe, pcmanfm, leafpad, htop, mplayer, mupdf, audacious + plugins, openntpd or syslog-ng or similar. All work fine with their corresponding start scripts. Proprietary Steam, wine/gw2 and teamspeak are all working well through many updates via pacman. No broken packages or issues so far. Kernel metric stuff like cpu temperature is working well too. Make/gcc compiles under /opt all as expected. Sounds via alsa still good. Improved quality from audacious with the alsa-plugins package and mpg123. I forgot to mention the installer which is basically a bunch of shell commands run from the live image. I am used to that and like it but I forgot to mention that for others. No big deal. For me a nice simple clear quick install. :)
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 18.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-03-19
Votes: 21
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Finally, I found a distribution that gives me what the last few years I can not find elsewhere.
After upgrading from version 17.1 to 18.1 I can definitely say MX is my favorite distro.
-Live-USB with Persistence is really awesome for those who go from one PC to another.
-Debian Stable based, but with backports though.
-Lightweight with XFCE
-Responsive.
-Easily tweakable.
-For new Linux and experienced users.
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Project: ROSA
Version: R11
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-03-19
Votes: 1
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LXQT: very stable compare to other versions. The only thing is having problems installing VLC and Etcher. Otherwise, very good. Thanks or Tovarish.
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Project: Linux Mint
Version: 19.1
Rating: 7
Date: 2019-03-19
Votes: 1
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Some Windows, e.g. during install and the Program manager to add or remove programs, cannot be resized and are simply too big for use on low resolution screens. The Program Manager is unstable when asking to install too many programs simultaneously. It is still too difficult to add certain hardware, like printers, scanners, some Wi-Fi adapters.
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Project: deepin
Version: 15.9
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-03-19
Votes: 1
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Muy buena distribución y muy estable, tiene un buen foro en español y también en Telegram y facebook donde resuelven las dudas y colaboran de forma activa a sus usuarios. Me gusta que trae como suite ofimática a WPS que tiene una compatibilidad casi perfecta con la suite de MS, además se le pueden instalar muchas aplicaciones desde su Web Store; lo único malo es que son versiones antiguas las que se instalan y luego toca actualizarlas manualmente.
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Project: Ubuntu MATE
Version: 18.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-03-18
Votes: 5
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A good all around distro for everyone newbies to Pros users
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Project: Q4OS
Version: 2.7
Rating: 4
Date: 2019-03-18
Votes: 1
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Tries hard but finds subject difficult.
I'm not a Linux noob but I could not get XPQ4 to work correctly for the life of me. I wanted a Windows Classic theme but it doesn't appear as an option after I install XPQ4.
Q4OS has weird bugs like the lowercase letter "m" disappeared from the entire OS.
This OS is obviously just a hobby for a small group of people and is not a serious full-fledged Linux distro.
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Project: CentOS
Version: 7-1810
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-03-18
Votes: 4
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CentOS is a great choice, if you are a Red Hat admin or if you want to learn RHEL (or prepare yourself for RHCSA / RHCE), but it is a good desktop too.
- Installation: Very straightforward and many options to choose from.
- Configuration: You need at least some basic skills to play around with the command line to get the most out of this system. If you are a RHEL admin, there will be no surprises.
- Stability: If you know what you are doing, CentOS is very stable. The only problem I encountered with so far is with the Nvidia driver (not nouveau, but the official Geforce one). If I set vsync on ("Force Composition Pipeline" in nvidia-settings), the OS hangs at the login screen. By switching to console (CTRL+ALT+F2) and back to the GUI, the OS starts without any more issues. I did not experience any crashes though.
- Usability: If you know your desktop (KDE, Gnome, MATE, XFCE etc.), the things here are almost the same as with other distros. I mainly use my PC for learning, development and as a (mediocre) gaming rig. I know, CentOS (and RHEL) was not designed for gaming in mind - Ubuntu and other distros may be more suitable for that, but this one works for me just fine. Also there are many additional community approved repos, if you want to install VLC, (S)MPlayer or whatever you need for your entertainment.
- Gaming: I have about 20 games currently on my rig. Few Linux ones and lots of Windows ones under Wine and Steam (with Proton). Mind you, I had to build Wine from source to get my gaming going (though there is a version in EPEL) and most of those games are older ones (DX9, I did not play around with DXVK for DX10/11 support yet). For Steam games, everything runs smoothly - there are lots of Linux supported ones by default (WarThunder for example) and I was able to get many of my Steam Windows games running with Proton.
HW Specs: i5 2400K 3.1 GHz, GF 1050Ti, 8 GB RAM
OS Config: LightDM, MATE Desktop
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 18.1
Rating: 7
Date: 2019-03-18
Votes: 0
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Slower than current Debian testing even with systemd renegade and than Devuan testing also.
Higher memory consumed than the two pure Debian systems, bugs also.
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Project: Manjaro Linux
Version: stable
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-03-18
Votes: 5
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Great release (18.0.4, Stable, KDE). Updating via TTY works perfectly. Helpful friendly forum.
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Project: Devuan GNU+Linux
Version: testing
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-03-18
Votes: 3
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I was delighted with the speed and low memory consumption.
But the current version of "Debian testing" exceeds Devuan both at speed and memory consumption, even with the systemd renegade...
So I went back to Debian testing, especially as at Devuan I had same trouble making functional persistent live usb - mkusb.
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Project: openSUSE
Version: 15
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-03-18
Votes: 0
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Few days ago i wrote that SUSE 15 is fast system. However, today i had to install ROSA 10 on the same Virtualbox machine. It was running much much faster than SUSE 15. Two years ago they were nearly equal at speed when the SUSE version was Leap 42..
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 18.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-03-18
Votes: 13
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With Xfce desktop is fast and efficient on resources. Installs quickly and easily.
- Simple configuration
- Repo with third-party applications
- Fast response
- Debian stable based
- Lightweight operating system
Thanks MX team
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Project: Solus
Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-03-18
Votes: 7
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Amazing. Solus is simply amazing.
My main laptop runs Fedora Workstation (Vanilla Gnome). In my opinion, Fedora is the most stable and secure version operating system available but it isn't the most intuitive or easy for people new to Linux. I've always seen potential in the Solus Project but until today I could never make it my daily driver or evangelize this distro to others the way I wanted.
Solus 3 and Solus 3.9999 were both really good but for the last several months I have been struggling, seriously, struggling, to find ways to install it on a Desktop Computer that has weird Secure Boot Bios settings (despite having having installed it on two other platforms) and I absolutely could NEVER get Solus to run in a virtual machine without tons of tweaking. In some cases, no amount of tweaking worked.
Solus 4 changes all of that. Solus 4 doesn't have potential. It has reached it's potential. Solus 4 is amazing. Solus 4 is the operating system I have been waiting for all of my life. It is easy, it is beautiful, it is fast, it is simple, it is user friendly, it is AMAZING.
With this current release, suddenly there isn't a single issue to be found trying to run Solus in Gnome Boxes. It starts up faster and easier than most ISOs I have installed in VMs. I don't have any of the problems installing it on a PC.
Seriously, the day has come when it makes far more sense to install Linux on grandma's PC or Mom's laptop than Windows. Linux, for casual users, is far more secure and easy to use in almost all cases.. when the distro can be installed.
I truly hope that Solus 4 is able to be the OS that brings open source to the masses with the Windows 7 end of life so close.
For me, I couldn't be more pleased with everything I've seen so far. GREAT JOB DEVS!!
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Project: Arch Linux
Version: current
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-03-18
Votes: 4
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Thank you, Arch Linux! System always up-to-date and never broken.
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