Project: PCLinuxOS
Version: 2018.06
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-11-17
Votes: 1
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I've been using PCLinuxOS for many years on most of the machines in my home. It is the best overall distro I have ever used, and I especially like the ability to make .iso backups with MyLiveCD. It has saved my bacon many times. I use the Mate version, only because I don't need most of the apps available on the KDE version. In my experience, the KDE version also tends to be a little bit fragile on the older machines I use compared to Mate.. I have tried other distros, including the 'most popular' ones, but I always come back to PCLOS. The forum support is outstanding.
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Project: IPFire
Version: 2.23-core137
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-17
Votes: 0
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Install IPFire on a PC and use it as a front end to all your PC's.
Doing so will protect your Linux, Windows, and Unix environments.
Simply the smartest Firewall to use.
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Project: BunsenLabs Linux
Version: helium-5
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-16
Votes: 0
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Excelent distribution, a pleasure to use it, works in old comps and in hight-end's as well, a good work of the team.
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Project: FreeBSD
Version: 12.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-11-16
Votes: 0
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Not much to say really, probably tried it out at just the right time. Beeing a late bloomer has it's advantages just like with linux..hardware just works out of the box etc.
I've set up the desktop just like i had it on debian and all the apps are more or less the same.
So yeah..boringly stable and uneventful really :P
Seeing as it has to compete with the linux juggernauts and still manages to deliver i have to atleast give it a 9.
It's very close to beeing a 10 but there's still the little stuff that holds it back, you know..the spit and polish stuff.
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Project: Devuan GNU+Linux
Version: 2.0.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-16
Votes: 0
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I have some pretty basic desktop needs, and I love Devuan. No crap (systemd), blazing fast, straightforward.
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Project: ExTiX
Version: 19.10
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-11-16
Votes: 0
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I booted from a DVD. No networking and low res video because the Nvidia driver was not compatible with my system. I fixed the networking and managed to load Nouveau so my video was fixed. But, it's slow as hell, even when run from ram. Gave the Refracta tools a go to save a session so I could burn it to a DVD and not have to go through the video and networking issues every time I boot. There's no DVD burning app in ExTix, so I copied the files off to another partition. Refracta didn't work. I got only a 0 byte SHA256 file. I give up. I was looking for a speedy, Puppy Linux like distro that runs in ram, but was more polished.
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Project: Point Linux
Version: 3.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-16
Votes: 3
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I was a Windows user and I wanted to "try" Linux. I don't want know anything about it-jargon, I don't want to write ancient Greek (sudo--abr--ka--dabra). I don't want to know anything about any codes, syntaxes or that kind of things. I am happily married, I prefer the company of my wife to caressing a keyboard.
I accidentally downloaded Point Linux. And there is no return. Absolutely fantastic. Stable, fast, a workhorse, care free, great for a first timer. I don't even think about "Windows", "Linux", "Operating System". I just open my laptop and use it.
I wish that somebody would "save" this distro for the future. But no news for many years...
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Project: KDE neon
Version: 20191031
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-16
Votes: 3
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I found the KDE desktop on both Manjaro and Mint buggy and frustrating. On KDE neon it's a different animal and it seems to work perfectly. Runs very snappy on an old i5-4570 off-lease HP office drone. Coming from XFCE there's not much of a learning curve. It's very intuitive. Great distro for general desktop usage & office productivity. Easy to install, easy to use, easy to configure, nice theming...what's not to like?
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Project: PCLinuxOS
Version: 2019.11
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-16
Votes: 1
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using it since first edition
tried many others
found no "better" one
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Project: Raspbian
Version: 2019-09-26
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-16
Votes: 0
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Raspbian did it again! The newest desktop version for PC, the RPD Buster, is actually a full-blown Linux distro that fires up quickly on a number of hardware, be it Dell, HP and Toshiba laptops or the mini-MAC Apple box and many PC desktops.
This user has been tinkering with the Raspberry Pis, from Pi1B/B+, Pi2, Pi3B/B+ and Pi4 and has seen some issues with each version of the Raspbian release. But all the problems were resolvable very easily thanks to the tremendous community support. There were even some problems with Raspbian Buster when it first came out for the Pi4 in July 2019.
No longer with the September 26, 2019 releases, especially impressive for RPD Buster for PC/MACs.
Cons? Not sure of any after more than a month of using the new Raspbian Buster!
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Project: Bodhi Linux
Version: 5.0.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-16
Votes: 0
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I like Bodhi 5.0.0 as it runs on my old Fujitsu C Series Lifebook which uses an Intel Penitum 3.
The old Intel CPU support PAE but not SSE. Bodhi is one of the few OS that will run on this old Laptop.
I am surprised that the web browser works so well. This old 32 bit box lives on, thanks to Bodhi.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 19
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-16
Votes: 7
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Mx Linux gives the user the choice to decide what they want with all the many MX Tools. The distribution does not think for you, but gives you the means to do all important configuration yourself without the need to become a nerd.
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Project: Minimal Linux Live
Version: 2018-01-28
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-16
Votes: 0
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MLL offers a pleasant experience for learning how to build the Linux OS from scratch and about Linux OS as a whole. It has a great narrative on the inner workings of Linux complemented by an easy-to-follow flow of flawless scripts. As a beginner, one is often tempted to just running the scripts and waiting for a working system and move on without learning much. But MLL has it differently: whether the scripts work or not, one is tempted by the author's text/narative to tinker and dig deeper - to the Dao through doing and experimentation!
MLL is THE Linux at its core: community learning at its best!
About the cons, this user finds some lack of system (host)-specific information, especially possible compilation errors that might be encountered for building the MLL package from source...
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Project: Linux Mint
Version: 19.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-11-16
Votes: 1
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I've been using Linux Mint on and off since 18.3. I was also using Manjaro (and Windows 10 at need), but on balance I prefer Mint, partly because I don't like Bumblebee and/or Microsoft.
Mint uses Prime and just seems snappier than Manjaro. On the other hand its a pain having to download and install recent software when the repository version is older e.g. I need HPLIP version 3.19.8 to get my printer recognised in Mint (the Repo version is 3.17).
I recently inherited an old AMD based PC from my son. It was his old gaming computer with Win 7 installed, but it no longer booted. After fixing it I installed Mint 19.2 on an SSD and upped the Ram to 16Gb. I was really surprised that all the devices were recognised and installed easily. This PC is still more than good enough as a daily driver (in fact it seems just as fast as my i5 Lenovo laptop).
Of all the Mint versions I've used I *really* like 19.2. Its solid, stable and fast and doesn't get in the way when you want to do something. The dark theme is particularly nice. It has all the usual software (although they seem to be planning to drop VLC for 19.3)
I'll be sticking with 19.2 for the forseeable future.
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Project: antiX
Version: 19
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-16
Votes: 3
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My mother gave me her old Dell B110, which is a Celeron D with 512mb RAM. It had Windows XP installed on it, which I deleted. I set about installing various small distros. I tried Puppy, LXLE, and Lubuntu. Every one of them failed in some form or another to install. I had issues with Lubuntu crashing. Puppy, the Grub4DOS installer didn't work. LXLE, it kept locking up. I tried Tiny Core, which worked, but I wanted something a little more robust.
I decided to try AntiX. It just worked. I give it a solid 10 for that alone. It comes with everything I wanted installed and it runs great on this old PC.
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Project: elementary OS
Version: 5.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-11-16
Votes: 0
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I have tried just about all the Ubuntus out there, and this one worked the best on what were decent notebook computers about 7 years ago. Instead of trying to make the transition to Win 10, I ditched MS on most machines and went Linux. A typical experience was that a particular distro went well at first, and then just got progressively worse and worse. Getting updates and basic software is often a problem. I really need a system that allows me to do Japanese language input and has all the Asian fonts for reading Japanese language texts and webpages. But I do not need full Asian language support where everything on the GUI etc. is in Japanese. It did not take long to get the Elementary OS to get the right fonts, keyboards, input tools installed. Some versions of Linux and Ubuntu just killed me on that, so I appreciate that Elementary was indeed elementary.
I think this is about as good as a novice-type version of Linux and Ubuntu gets for the PC. I think Windows users could make the transition in minutes.
pros--easy to install on somewhat old computers, easy to update and install apps to, proved more stable than all the other flavors of Ubuntu I tried , and I tried damn near all.
cons--not for the power user, which I am not, but in the past year I have learned a lot about Linux for use on personal computers and can see this OS is not really meant for the sort of Linux user who can take control and customize most aspects of their computing experience.
Bottom line is I think this is better than Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Mint, Manjaro, and MX, all of which I tried.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 19
Rating: 4
Date: 2019-11-16
Votes: 0
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This version is dissapointing. I have problems - I have problems with booting. Boot time is ~5 times slower than ver.18.3. I like MX but I will stay with previous version.
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Project: KDE neon
Version: 20191031
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-16
Votes: 3
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After thirteen years of annual linux distro changes, the choice became obvious. KDE Neon is beautiful, convenient, understandable, stable, and does not cause a desire to change something. I work and not looking for the best distro. This one is the best.
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Project: Slackware Linux
Version: 14.2
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-11-16
Votes: 0
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After installing b43-fwcutter and firmware-b43 for wifi, then rebooting later I was not able to login to my user account. This is not acceptable for a system that has been around so many years.
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Project: Mageia
Version: 7.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-15
Votes: 2
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I've found a raspberry PI image. I put it on a raspberry PI2 on get a lxqt desktop running. I've been able to install lazarus and to program the GPIO port. The PI2 is not very powerful but everything run smooth and well. Perfect!
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Project: Linux Lite
Version: 4.6
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-11-15
Votes: 3
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Excellent! Lite since 2.0. The few issues I have had were resolved quickly via their support forum.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 19
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-11-15
Votes: 1
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Today I experimented with sound and recording in general after the install of the system. This is all right now but it was a little like hell. Levels were wrong and virtual connections were not right between PulseAudio and applications (Mhwavedit, Audacity, Sound-recorder for instance etc,)?!?; so no recording. Or recording of noise or levels too high (clipping). Some things in Pulseaudio don't work as it belongs it looks like. All this was much better when I started two years back with the really fantastic MX 17/18. But like I wrote: all is okay now. None the less: disappointing.. I really don't see why there are upgrades if thing are not at least as good as in the previous versions. And that is something I have had with more distributions. It looks like a Linux-thing isn't it?
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Project: Slackware Linux
Version: 14.2
Rating: 7
Date: 2019-11-15
Votes: 1
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Installed on a EeePC Asus 105 -1G Ram- Desktop Xfce ( no cholesterol ! )
Install is not so easy than Calamares , launching requires to type "startx" , perhaps it's in documentation but where , no time to review it ........thanks to forum
Management of users and password not so obvious..
Settings of Wifi & ethernet take too much time ......Langage change through terminal .....
Local time ( France is wrong ) and impossible to change !
Firefox 45 quite old , without possibility to add Ublock and other langage then english....
Sound in mute position at each reboot : require to unmute on Alsamixer through the terminal !!!!!! Like plenty others distros ( Mint , Lubuntu , Mx ....); this matters exist since 10/15 years it seems....
All the rest seems OK ,but without solution on sound muted at each start and correct local time , I could not use it .
Not designed /not recommended for Europeans Linux beginners.....
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Project: Linux Mint
Version: 19.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-11-15
Votes: 1
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I have been using windows ever since 3.1 remember 3.1..lol.. anyways.. for about 6 months now I have slowly moved from windows to linux.. Yes a true learning experience but fun.. I have tried many distros from armbian for sbc's to many true desktop distros.. and Linux Mint ever since 19.0 I have dabbled into the free world.. Out of all the distros Mint has been the one I keep going back too.. For a windows user it may not be a total equal but it is a lot better than windows once you get a hang of it.. many other distros that I have played with in the past have been command line to do anything.. install command line.. update command line.. yes it is awesome to learn, but there are a lot more commands then just sudo and other basic commands.. Linux Mint has made me happy with performance and reliability, I went from cinnamon to mate to xfce... now just xfce.. because of the hardware it is on.. Linux Mint I would recommend to anyone that is ready for the switch from windows.. they have compiled and made a well thought of distro for windows users.. will I go back to MS windows.. NO.. I have found my choice of OS.. one day.. I will turn into a GreyBeard.. but at this moment.. Im just going grey.. lol.. good luck..
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Project: Debian
Version: 10
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-15
Votes: 16
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Debian 10 Buster KDE Plasma is great, a little bit outdated but great. I wish Debian switched to KDE / Qt, because IMO Gnome is so messy and KDE is almost perfect out of the box. If Debian did this, many other distros would follow...
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Project: XigmaNAS
Version: 10.3.0.3
Rating: 7
Date: 2019-11-15
Votes: 0
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Good system, but I'm still forcefully stickled on an old version because developers have interrupted availability for 32 bit and for Arm (Raspberry). For 32 bit I might understand, instead it's a pity that a version for Raspberry Pi 4 is not released. :(
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Project: Debian
Version: 10
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-15
Votes: 9
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Debian: non-free friendly distro, has tons of free and contrib soft too, supports 32 and 64 bits and many mre architectures, you can install it on any device, it is fast and stable and you can choose Gtk or Qt based DE. Gives me freedom of choice, I can use flatpaks and snaps if I want, and they work fine, appimages too. I do not like that ubuntu made snaps obligatory (and hiddenly installed) and snap-store closed source, well, it is strange. On other hand Linux needs standards, solutions, one standard for app install, but closed source? Debian in this matter I trust the most, by the way it is one of the most trusted distributions by the whole Linux world. Great job to all Debian contributors!
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Project: KDE neon
Version: 20191031
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-15
Votes: 3
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very simple and very comfortable operating system.
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Project: Linux Mint
Version: 19.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-11-15
Votes: 0
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I use Linux Mint since version 16.04.
As many Linux Users I sometimes tried another distribution - coming back to Linux Mint.
It's the most stable distribution for my laptop (Lenovo g70-70), featured with everything for my daily useage incl. multimedia codecs. It also supports my favorite ppas for I like to be update with i. e. LibreOffice. But: I really miss a good PDF-Reader&Editor included in the repositories. I currently use Masterpdf-Editor 4.
Sometimes I wished to have some more options for customization ouf the box. But that's just a play. There are a few pretty options on www.cinnamon-look.org which I could use if they are really compatible with LM Cinnamon.
All in all: 9 of 10. Nothing is totally perfect ;) But LM is great for me.
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Project: Debian
Version: 10
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-15
Votes: 7
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Rock solid. Installed on all family computers with unattended-upgrades. Fast and reliable. Huge thanks to everyone involved with the Debian Project
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Project: deepin
Version: 15.11
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-11-15
Votes: 5
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Really Cool Linux Distro
But I found only one issue, I guess it is already solved in V20 as it is gonna be a big upgrade.
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Project: ArcoLinux
Version: 19.11.3
Rating: 5
Date: 2019-11-15
Votes: 0
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Distro to learn and "have fun", but in two months that I have used it, it has broken the updates of aur packages twice. Not recommended in production environments or for end users. The update system requires the use of 4 different "alias" commands in the terminal.
In short, it is not a normal distro to use, it is loaded with many unnecessary packages.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 19
Rating: 5
Date: 2019-11-15
Votes: 4
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Dissapointing version 19. I think the biggest problem is the new Xfce 14. My favorite themes and icons doesn't work properly now. There are a lot of ugly aspects in my system, glitches and antifacts. It seems amateurish, buggy and not finished.
18.3 version was the #1. It is difficult to rate this one over 4.
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Project: Parrot
Version: 4.7
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-14
Votes: 0
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My favorite distribution over the last 18years of Linux experimentation trying everything from Debian, Redhat, Mandrake, Mandriva, Storm Linux, Linux From Scratch, Manjaro, Blackarch, Kali, SuSe, Caldera OpenLinux, Slackware & others. Really, everyone no matter their goals should give Parrot Linux a try! :)
I really love the fact they made a penetration testing distribution secure enough to be a daily driver (sandboxed app customization, firejail etc) but also one that offers its own privacy tools like Anon Surf
Anon Surf allows you to route ALL your traffic including ICMP ping packets through tor network (at will, not required; turn off and on whenever you want) while preventing DNS cache leaks etc. They have also incorporated OpenNIC that helps keep your DNS resolves more private as well from ISP snooping (very common).
Sweet tool! Makes it easy to surf/connect in confidence.
Give it a try! You can try it live before you install to make sure you like it. I love Parrot!
My thanks out to the team :) I will be sticking with Parrot (btw it is beautiful to look at)
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Project: Fedora
Version: 31
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-11-14
Votes: 0
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Fedora has always been stable and 30/31 are lightening fast. This is my goto Linux distro. And I have tried all flavors.
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Project: Void
Version: 20191109
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-14
Votes: 1
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It just works and no Systemd. Yay. Better waifu than arch
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 18.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-14
Votes: 0
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a Lean(small foot print), Mean(fast and stable) and
with Synaptic Package Manager its totally customizable, & maintainable.
I don't use the "Snap Store", I removed the snap files.
For some programs I use Imageapps(can be hard to find), on a SD flash card.
I came from 17.10 ubuntu-gnome(ie last version), witch is no longer maintained or even downloadable. why?
On multiple "Dell" systems, right out of the box, desktops & XPS laptops(5+3), and a "Intel NUC" all of witch never booted "Windows".
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Project: Linux Kodachi
Version: 6.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-11-14
Votes: 0
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I've been using Kodachi in VMs for a while now, and even have it installed on another machine. I've used it since 6.0 and I'll say this, there are scant few distros that put so much into them. It has a mountain of stuff many will never even use, but options are there preloaded. If security is your concern, I have to say, I like Kodachi better than Tails. It's simple to get going.. just install into a VM, use from USB (intended for) or install it onto metal. There are some videos on Youtube of Warith al Mawaali (creator) explaining all of it's features, and it's quite excellent. I'd suggest watching it before getting started, as you'll find it both interesting and useful.
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Project: SolydXK
Version: 10
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-14
Votes: 2
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I use the EE edition, I never had a problem and I have the last software based in debian testing and work OK, 3 of 4 PCs uses Solydxk EE for more than a year
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Project: openSUSE
Version: 15.1
Rating: 6
Date: 2019-11-14
Votes: 1
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I have used linux since 2001, starting from suse, redhat, fedora, slackware, fedora.
I used 42.3 last years and I was really happy with that version. I had some minor issues with some software but more-less everything was correct.
Because of end of maintenance I decided to install fresh 15.1. The system is more stable compared with 42.3, there are a lot of newer versions of packages, but there are number of issus which drive me crazy. In general "you cannot install X because you do not have Y in repo. You cannot install Y because you do not have Z. You cannot install Z, because version on some lib in the system is old".
The good example is VLC and vlc-codecs. Forget about pakman repo. The glibc in 15.1 is "old". Whatever I touch in 15.1 I have some smaller or bigger issues. If you use chrome, gimp and some default stuff, no problem.
Similar issues with virtualbox/
I have serious doubt whether linux e.g. opensuse is still serious OS for desktop and for users with some non-standard needs. I have separate installation of FreeBSD and I have less problems with it compared with openSuse 15.1. OpenSuse was always for me a reference Linux, but this time I am really disappointed.
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Project: OpenBSD
Version: 6.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-14
Votes: 1
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Unsurpassed operating system, routers built on a bare pf a million times better than a variety of mikrotik, kerio and other analogues. It's hard at first, though.
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Project: elementary OS
Version: 5.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-11-14
Votes: 1
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Elementary elegant, everything works without problems. I installed it on the first partition of the Samsung Portable SSD T5 500 which I divided equally.
The second partition is for data. Connected via thunderbolt works like a charm and Huawei Matebook X Pro and this distro slowly becomes my main photography computer.I use Darktable to avoid monthly tribute for Adobe and similar imposition systems.Minor complain - bluetooth - working but not so smooth.
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Project: KDE neon
Version: 20191031
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-14
Votes: 5
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KDE Neon is stable, fast and just plain reliable. As of 08/26/20 I'm running bleeding edge 5.16.04, frameworks 5.61.0 and Qt, 5.12.3 without any issues. KDE gets better and faster with each new release and I don't see me switching to another DE.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 19
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-11-14
Votes: 3
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This version is not so good /stable as 18.3. I have problems with bluetooth, nvidia and
usb-ports. None with 18.3. I really like MX but I will stay with previous version for awhile.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 19.10
Rating: 3
Date: 2019-11-14
Votes: 0
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Ubuntu is a decent distro, but the reason for the low score is the way the distro places itself in the UEFI table.
I removed Ubuntu in favor of parrot, but the UEFI entry was still present. Apparently ubuntu decided to put the UEFI entry in the windows boot manager table rather than on the first sector of the linux drive.
Because of this, you can't simply use efibootmgr to remove the entry. You also have to go into the UEFI partition on windows to remove it. This is super lame.
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Project: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Version: RHEL-7.7
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-11-14
Votes: 0
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We use RHEL 7.7, and find it is stable and easy to customize as a server. We also utilize Docker and Rancher to supply services (wiki, OCSP, chat, OpenLDAP, SonarQube, GitLab, etc) rather than install them on the base OS. This allows us to have a stable OS, but deploy various services with more up to date packages independent of the OS and Dependency Hell. It also allows us to scale services to multiple hosts depending on loads. Having a stable base OS is very important in this case, and RHEL provides a secure stable base OS for our purposes.
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Project: Debian
Version: 10
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-14
Votes: 14
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I am using Linux on my old Toshba Tecra-S1 laptops. These machines work perfectly even if already 17 years old
I started with Ubuntu which now is not any more awaylable for 32-bit machines.
So I "downgraded" to Debian which will hopefully continue 32 bit (Many Thanks therefore)
But the surprise: It is not a "downgrade" at all:
Installation is most easy; Hardware is completely supported; I can keep "my" Mate-Desktop; All programs DO run more stable.
NOT ANY problem so far.
So it was a really good idea to come back to the base (of all further distros).
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Project: Slackware Linux
Version: 14.2
Rating: 4
Date: 2019-11-13
Votes: 0
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14.2 stable works better than current and is easy to install using cfdisk. After checking some of the security settings I was surprised how lacking in security Slackware is. The ssh and php is very unsecured. The ntp is not working and not connecting to the ntp pool server. The system is missing a firewall. My router has a firewall, however I prefer some extra security with a system firewall. Firefox says it is out of date when it first starts.
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Project: Peppermint OS
Version: 10
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-13
Votes: 9
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The best feature light distro i tried, the crossover between LXDE and XFCE is perfect, everything worked out of the box like a dream.
I'm using a old laptop and everything is fast in Peppermint OS.
The same computer with other distros is very slow.
Peppermint is much more friendly and easy to use.
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Project: Peppermint OS
Version: 10
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-13
Votes: 2
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I use this on my production competer now. It is stable and all works fine. Peppermint is also very fast.
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