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5.9 from 19 review(s)
Version: 3.8.34
Rating: 3
Date: 2023-08-17
Votes: 2
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I am retired computer engineer from Uganda now home out of Germany. Recently retire now working to redo old computers to underprivilege people with charity group. So I have many computer to try many Linux on to get best to work and make present to.
My test of Elive not so good.
First, many step to get free download to trial, must register, must wait for link send, must read e-mail. Why is this one? What make Elive special? No other Linux make you do this way. Make sense if Elive much better than other Linux but this not so case.
Second. not install on many computer, install some but raid error on many different computer. Other Debian Linux not have raid error like be Elive. Follow error must be Elive.
Three. Not always run, many reboot. Elive just stop working.
Four. Ask for money many time. Why not just hope donation like other Linux? We charity so not good.
On the good.
First. Old look desktop good for old computer so work for purpose I do with the charity.
Second. Pretty for old type look.
Third. Easy to set wifi. Good for people who no get computer idea.
So this my review.Not so much this good Linux. Not run many computer type. Wen run m any stop working. Reboot many time. When work it nice but not work many of the time. Many better Linux for old computer work best better than Elive. Okay to trial but not good for use.
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Version: 3.8.34
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-08-06
Votes: 3
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I have used Elive for months, and have installed it several times over the years. I think I know the distro and its potential well.My review is about Elive Retrowave (version 3.8.32)
Pro:
-It is stable (very stable), it has its own tools (such as the installer), it is designed for newbies coming from windows and the user account is preformed.The fact of having E16 well configured gives it a retro and original touch, I'm already tired of kde plasma. When I started on Linux, many distros had retro desktops (Antix, Mabox, etc). Nowadays it all boils down to kde plasma and gnome.
-It is not a Debian derivative with two new wallpapers. It is a distro with a lot of work behind it, and it shows.
--comes with persistence and persistence works great. It can be used on USB without problems (a new USB, if the distro is used it runs slow).
Cons:
-For someone who has been using Linux for years, it is a bit "invasive": the installer is, the terminal opens as root most of the time by default, it has not Synaptic installed, the developer asks for money.I have not been able to test version 3.8.34 because they ask for money: for me Linux is a community that grows because it shares freely and believes in a better world. Asking for money reminds me of Window$ or Apple$
-It is stable because the "new" version (even 3.8.34) comes with Debian 11 and E16...I don't know if it's a bit daring to ask for money for a distro that comes outdated, or to announce version 3.8.34 as "new" when it comes with Debian 11. I don't know if instead of making a Retrowave distro it would be worth trying new things: a free Debian Testing version, for example .If you install something that comes with Debian 11, a year from now it will be very outdated.I'm not sure Steam works well with E16 (I haven't tested it). I did do it on Bodhi Linux, with a modified Enlightment, and it doesn't work right.
-It is not oriented to new hardware: in my ideaflex 5 lenovo it does not recognize the sound card, nor does it rotate the screen in tablet mode, or anything at all. In my ideacentre 5 lenovo everything works.
I think it's a good distro for older hardware, that it's well made and that there's work behind it. I encourage the developer/developers to release a free version based on Debian Testing.
Siggi Jepsen
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Version: 3.8.34
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-07-27
Votes: 5
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As other reviewers mentioned raid45 error on installation. This is a known, recurring error wit this distro and you can find work arounds - note, it is not novice stuff. I tested Elive for 2 weeks and it frequently froze when browsing or using a spreadsheet and requiring rebooting.
The snarky multiple requests for money for the distro are unseemly at best. The developers think a lot of their product, why that is escapes me.
On the positive side it was fairly fast when not freezing.I was expecting a more cutting edge look and feel but Elive comes across as dated and tired.
In the end Elive does not live up to the expectations it deliberately sets. It feels like a company split into fiefdoms. One where marketing glib gets all the resources and the actual development team is stuck using bubble gum and baling wire to hold things together. And as for quality control it clearly is next to non-existent. I would love to see their regression and stress testing models.
Elive is by far the worst distro have tested. For a commercial distro (which it actually is,it just masquerades as freeware) it is simply unstable with little to recommend it over other distros that are fully featured and target older hardware. MX Linux runs circles around it as does various desktop flavors of Mint. Q4OS would also be a logical choice as would Sparky.
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Version: 3.8.34
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-07-25
Votes: 1
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A great and lovely Beta follow up of the stable Retrowave version.
It works flawlessly on all my laptops at home.
I like that it uses the "old fashioned" icons again in place of the flashy icons in 3.8.32 Retrowave. My brain just couldn't get used to those and required me to hover and read the "tooltip" to find out what was what.
Everything you need for daily usage is already in there, installed by default and works OOTB.
E16 is a lovely desktop but I would very much appreciate a switch to E25 and see what the Elive devs can do with it in the future.
Great work, thank you.
Keep up the good work.
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Version: 3.8.34
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-07-21
Votes: 3
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Well I would like to review Elive on substance but that is sort of difficult as it throws a raid45 error when loading. That is a debian thing most linux distros get around as it has been known for years.
When I discover an error like that and I wonder what else the developers missed or pushed through untested.
Also the website and e-mails asking for money are a bit over the top. Sign up top get a link to a linux distro that does not even load - no thanks.
The website itself comes across like a Ronco infomercial. Lots of hype - but where is the substance as the boddy install does not work..
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Version: 3.8.34
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-07-18
Votes: 9
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Your Elive experience starts wit the team using annoying marketing strategies from an over hyped website to extract $ from you before you even get to trial the distro like signing up to receive a time delayed download link to try and get you to pony up $- and then the experience goes down from there.
I tried Elive on four different Thinkpads. so not uncommon hardware. It failed to come up in every instance, with the same error, reporting: module dm-raid45 not found in module.dep and then would stop,
Turns out this is an old issue for Elive distros, that Elive use to attribute to new hardware, but I am using older hardware. The point is the Elive "careful testing" obviously reintroduced a known issue once again into their build. A quick search reveals this issue as plagued Elive releases for many years. That type of quality control casts shade on the whole distro.
So much for the hype from Elive marketing:
-- Elive, maybe the best Linux OS ever made
- - And probably the only distro you'll stay with -
- But Elive is not for everyone, are you the exception?
Clearly Elive is not for me; I like distros that actually work.
tfb
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Version: 3.8.34
Rating: 4
Date: 2023-07-15
Votes: 5
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For me it seems, the devoloper puts a lot of work not only in polishing the bells & whistles of his distribution, but also in manipulating reviews and comments about Elive in the Internet. E.g. in the past (?) you got the download link after writing a review about Elive ... So, it's hard to find something like the truth: that you are endlessly asked for giving money for a beta version of his work or something based on an outdated version of Debian. I may understand, that the developer nieeds money, but the untrustworthy way he tries to ask for it ..., is "not so nice". That is a pity, because Elive is different from mainstreem distros and a way interesting. I like the relaunch of good old e16 ... but not in this way ...
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Version: 3.8.32
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-06-13
Votes: 8
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Since version 3.8.32 Elive lets you install sysVinit, making it even more lightweight and faster for my old potato PC.
I like the retrowave idea and design of the system, however, it will take a bit of time to get adjusted to Enlightenment and Elive uses Enlightenment version 16 instead of 25 which I find more modern so some may find its design a bit dated.
For those of you who are looking for a system rich in additional apps and tweaked for easy terminal use, you wlil find a lot to like in Elive, the system comes with a lot of apps for various purposes (music making, surfing the internet, communicating with friends and family, e.t.c., you can choose whether to install them or not) and links and it lets you choose which default browser you want to have. I was a bit disappointed that it wasn't possible to remove some of those links from the menu in plank, perhaps in future versions of Enlightenment there is more customizability, but, overall, the system was snappy, it offered a lot of nice designs and has potential to be a lightweight but feature complete OS not just for the old computers.
As I am more of a barebones, netinstall and build your own system from the ground up kind of guy, although my 2 weeks with it were quite fun and I only encountered one issue where I could not update my applications unless I did it from the console, I will probably jump back to Debian or try to get FreeBSD running on my computer.
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Version: 3.0.4
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-03-19
Votes: 5
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I once put Elive on an old Dell B130. Great old 32bit computer.
Elive ran so well on an old Celeron single core and IDE drive. In fact ran about as fast as any modern computer once booted up. Can't remember how much ram it had though
Especially enjoyed the enlightenment desktop with mac like dock. I wouldn't mind trying the 64 bit version someday with perhaps a spinning sata or even an ssd. It has been a few or more years since I had that old Dell.
Pros-
Very lightweight Distro.
Very attractive desktop (to me)
Very fast on old hardware
A very different distro (coming from a distro hopper that often returned to Linux Mint)
Cons-
It was at first a steep learning curve to use a distro that wasn't friendly to a windows user.
Once you get used to where everything is it's not so bad
Other reviewers state that it's (wheezy) extremely old, but if you like tinkering with old hardware and it's not a daily driver you can have a repurposed computer that will bring life to old hardware and would be less e-waste in a landfill.
I really like this distro. I don't care much about gaming, To me it is a "tinkerer's dream. It looks like a lot of work went into this distro. i don't know why there are some old posted negative comments of how bad it looks etc... I for one also like to stray from the norm. i am a current windows and a mac user using current OS'es on unsupported hardware. One day I'd like for a dedicated Linux laptop and this distro keeps coming to mind
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Version: 3.8.30
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-01-22
Votes: 5
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This is a great distro. Keep in mind the stable version is extremely old (Debian Wheezy) and is no longer updated. Try the Beta version - it looks retro but quite nice at the same time. (Despite the name, the beta version is extremely stable, but a retro desktop environment is used temporarily while under-the-hood changes are made.)
PROS:
- Great configuration
- Friendly support (disclaimer: I am a forum moderator)
- Unique (how many distros use Enlightenment? I can only name one other)
- Doesn't sell your data
CONS:
- Not enterprise-level support
- The interface isn't for everyone
The downloads are sometimes slow, but if you're having trouble hop onto the forum. While the 64-bit version _does_ require you to either donate, write a review, or participate in the forum to download, the 32-bit beta still works flawlessly.
I highly recommend this distro except for gaming. While gaming is possible, it is not designed with it in mind (at least at the moment) since the developer doesn't really game. Which is another disadvantage: there's only one developer and occasional volunteers.
All in all, solid distro!
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Version: 3.8.30
Rating: 7
Date: 2022-07-11
Votes: 7
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It's a good distro, it works well and it's solid because it has an old Debian base.
Pros:
-uses the desktop Enlightment , which hardly anyone uses anymore. It gives it a retro look and is different from the rest of the distros (I'm already sick of kde). Enligthemnt is heavily modified and looks somewhat more modern.
-I have used a 64-bit beta version (3.8.26) and I am surprised how well it works, without errors, it comes with many programs and codecs pre-installed.
-Its installer is "peculiar" and very reminiscent of the Bluestar distro based on arch.
-it has 32 bits version.
Cons:
-Its website is irritating, where they shamelessly ask you for money all the time, especially for the 64-bit version. It doesn't seem to me that the distro has enough quality or novelty to be asking for money. This fact makes me lower the rating. I remember a distro called Modicia Os: first was free, after was $, and now it has come free again in his basic version.
-their versions come out every so often, mine is based on Debian 10 and everything is old, but it works very well for my old PC. It is not oriented to a modern pc.
-it is not possible to make change on themes, when you reboot, it comes again withe the original theme. It is not ugly, but it funny to customizate your distro (if you want alwaaaaaaays the same, take Windows or imac Os).
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Version: 3.8.27
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-04-11
Votes: 1
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I've reviewed Elive before but it's been a while and I see people re-reviewing distros on here all the time sooo
I very much like this distro. It's rock-solid stable, the people on the forum are helpful, and I love the Beta's retro desktop. I've contributed a mirror for it so hopefully the downloads will improve.
It is still a small distro, though, and there's the occasional hiccup (e.g. getting the 64-bit-only Nvidia drivers to work with Steam, of which there is no official 64-bit client. I fixed this by using Steam's unofficial flatpak). If you need enterprise-level support this distro is probably not fit for you, at least for now. It has great potential, though!
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Version: 3.0.4
Rating: 8
Date: 2021-12-15
Votes: 4
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This is a very nice disto. The only problem I have had (on the stable version) is the lack of an up to date, modern browser. Normally this is not an issue, but some websites I use will not allow me to access them due to an "out of date" browser. I have gone into the browser settings to make it appear like I am using a more modern browser... the website registers me as having a new version number, but still tells me the browser is out of date.
I am currently using a dual core, 32 bit laptop. No issues with the OS freezing up. Once in a while, the browser or some other app will freeze up, but the terminal still works fine and the app can be killed and restarted.
I may have to switch to the beta version or maybe another distro for the up to date browser.
I wonder about the security of this distro. The kernel version is old. It is my understanding that linux is more secure in general for several reasons, one of which is that it is open source and therefore there are a lot of people identifying and fixing security holes. This project has one developer, but a good community... so where does that leave Elive in terms of security?
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Version: 3.8.24
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-11-05
Votes: 0
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I love this distro.
It looks great, it's fast and so far totally stable.
The only weird thing I've found is that my memory stick (I'm running live with persistence) reads and write faster on a USB1.0 port than on the USB2.0 port - totally strange.
Enlightenment desktops can be a little too "different" for some people - this one not so much. It's been configured so that everything is that bit easier to find.
Highly recommend this one.
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Version: 3.8.20
Rating: 7
Date: 2021-05-21
Votes: 0
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I am a sucker for Enlightenment and donate, when I can, to get the latest 64bit version, helping the newer enlightenment version come to fruition. It's using E16 at the moment.
I want to warn of a User Id issue, if you're a distro-hopper like me, with an appreciation of a common uid of 1000. Post install will leave the newly created user with uid 1001, luckily you can login graphically as root, delete that user and create a new one with uid1000. This may put off a beginner user, but then again it is still in beta release.
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Version: 3.8.18
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-04-02
Votes: 0
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Hi,
I recently revived a Toshiba NB 250 10.1 netbook with Elive 32 Bit. Work's like a dream.
I have seen many distros with enlightenment. But only here, I have the feeling that I have control over what I do. Despite the BETA version, everything works. Elive has always looked phenomenal, and now it is up-to-date and works like a Swiss Army knife. Well done :)
Next in line is the computer in the garage, but here I need the 64 bit version.
I will write a review after it has installed.
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Version: 3.8.18
Rating: 8
Date: 2021-02-15
Votes: 0
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Love it. A bit unstable and I don't always agree with the methods (i.e. philosophy) used but Hey. It's a good system!
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Version: 3.8.18
Rating: 1
Date: 2021-02-01
Votes: 19
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The site is a joke. All links are broken unless you pay for it. Once you do pay for it, and download it, you find out that the 64 bit version is only partially completed, and is still in beta. You can only get the 32 bit version. This is a scam. No matter what you do, you have to pay for something that is broken, and not complete. You can not even test it first. BIG SCAM....
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Version: 3.8.18
Rating: 1
Date: 2021-01-09
Votes: 4
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I should have paid attention to the reviews.
Got scammed into a donation thinking I could try out the 64bit version at a reasonable download speed.
Download always fails around 1.8G and is painfully slow (6+ hours).
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Latest Reviews
Project: Elive
Version: 3.8.34
Rating: 3
Date: 2023-08-17
Votes: 2
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I am retired computer engineer from Uganda now home out of Germany. Recently retire now working to redo old computers to underprivilege people with charity group. So I have many computer to try many Linux on to get best to work and make present to.
My test of Elive not so good.
First, many step to get free download to trial, must register, must wait for link send, must read e-mail. Why is this one? What make Elive special? No other Linux make you do this way. Make sense if Elive much better than other Linux but this not so case.
Second. not install on many computer, install some but raid error on many different computer. Other Debian Linux not have raid error like be Elive. Follow error must be Elive.
Three. Not always run, many reboot. Elive just stop working.
Four. Ask for money many time. Why not just hope donation like other Linux? We charity so not good.
On the good.
First. Old look desktop good for old computer so work for purpose I do with the charity.
Second. Pretty for old type look.
Third. Easy to set wifi. Good for people who no get computer idea.
So this my review.Not so much this good Linux. Not run many computer type. Wen run m any stop working. Reboot many time. When work it nice but not work many of the time. Many better Linux for old computer work best better than Elive. Okay to trial but not good for use.
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Project: Elive
Version: 3.8.34
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-08-06
Votes: 3
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I have used Elive for months, and have installed it several times over the years. I think I know the distro and its potential well.My review is about Elive Retrowave (version 3.8.32)
Pro:
-It is stable (very stable), it has its own tools (such as the installer), it is designed for newbies coming from windows and the user account is preformed.The fact of having E16 well configured gives it a retro and original touch, I'm already tired of kde plasma. When I started on Linux, many distros had retro desktops (Antix, Mabox, etc). Nowadays it all boils down to kde plasma and gnome.
-It is not a Debian derivative with two new wallpapers. It is a distro with a lot of work behind it, and it shows.
--comes with persistence and persistence works great. It can be used on USB without problems (a new USB, if the distro is used it runs slow).
Cons:
-For someone who has been using Linux for years, it is a bit "invasive": the installer is, the terminal opens as root most of the time by default, it has not Synaptic installed, the developer asks for money.I have not been able to test version 3.8.34 because they ask for money: for me Linux is a community that grows because it shares freely and believes in a better world. Asking for money reminds me of Window$ or Apple$
-It is stable because the "new" version (even 3.8.34) comes with Debian 11 and E16...I don't know if it's a bit daring to ask for money for a distro that comes outdated, or to announce version 3.8.34 as "new" when it comes with Debian 11. I don't know if instead of making a Retrowave distro it would be worth trying new things: a free Debian Testing version, for example .If you install something that comes with Debian 11, a year from now it will be very outdated.I'm not sure Steam works well with E16 (I haven't tested it). I did do it on Bodhi Linux, with a modified Enlightment, and it doesn't work right.
-It is not oriented to new hardware: in my ideaflex 5 lenovo it does not recognize the sound card, nor does it rotate the screen in tablet mode, or anything at all. In my ideacentre 5 lenovo everything works.
I think it's a good distro for older hardware, that it's well made and that there's work behind it. I encourage the developer/developers to release a free version based on Debian Testing.
Siggi Jepsen
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Project: Elive
Version: 3.8.34
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-07-27
Votes: 5
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As other reviewers mentioned raid45 error on installation. This is a known, recurring error wit this distro and you can find work arounds - note, it is not novice stuff. I tested Elive for 2 weeks and it frequently froze when browsing or using a spreadsheet and requiring rebooting.
The snarky multiple requests for money for the distro are unseemly at best. The developers think a lot of their product, why that is escapes me.
On the positive side it was fairly fast when not freezing.I was expecting a more cutting edge look and feel but Elive comes across as dated and tired.
In the end Elive does not live up to the expectations it deliberately sets. It feels like a company split into fiefdoms. One where marketing glib gets all the resources and the actual development team is stuck using bubble gum and baling wire to hold things together. And as for quality control it clearly is next to non-existent. I would love to see their regression and stress testing models.
Elive is by far the worst distro have tested. For a commercial distro (which it actually is,it just masquerades as freeware) it is simply unstable with little to recommend it over other distros that are fully featured and target older hardware. MX Linux runs circles around it as does various desktop flavors of Mint. Q4OS would also be a logical choice as would Sparky.
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Project: Elive
Version: 3.8.34
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-07-25
Votes: 1
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A great and lovely Beta follow up of the stable Retrowave version.
It works flawlessly on all my laptops at home.
I like that it uses the "old fashioned" icons again in place of the flashy icons in 3.8.32 Retrowave. My brain just couldn't get used to those and required me to hover and read the "tooltip" to find out what was what.
Everything you need for daily usage is already in there, installed by default and works OOTB.
E16 is a lovely desktop but I would very much appreciate a switch to E25 and see what the Elive devs can do with it in the future.
Great work, thank you.
Keep up the good work.
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Project: Elive
Version: 3.8.34
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-07-21
Votes: 3
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Well I would like to review Elive on substance but that is sort of difficult as it throws a raid45 error when loading. That is a debian thing most linux distros get around as it has been known for years.
When I discover an error like that and I wonder what else the developers missed or pushed through untested.
Also the website and e-mails asking for money are a bit over the top. Sign up top get a link to a linux distro that does not even load - no thanks.
The website itself comes across like a Ronco infomercial. Lots of hype - but where is the substance as the boddy install does not work..
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Project: Elive
Version: 3.8.34
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-07-18
Votes: 9
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Your Elive experience starts wit the team using annoying marketing strategies from an over hyped website to extract $ from you before you even get to trial the distro like signing up to receive a time delayed download link to try and get you to pony up $- and then the experience goes down from there.
I tried Elive on four different Thinkpads. so not uncommon hardware. It failed to come up in every instance, with the same error, reporting: module dm-raid45 not found in module.dep and then would stop,
Turns out this is an old issue for Elive distros, that Elive use to attribute to new hardware, but I am using older hardware. The point is the Elive "careful testing" obviously reintroduced a known issue once again into their build. A quick search reveals this issue as plagued Elive releases for many years. That type of quality control casts shade on the whole distro.
So much for the hype from Elive marketing:
-- Elive, maybe the best Linux OS ever made
- - And probably the only distro you'll stay with -
- But Elive is not for everyone, are you the exception?
Clearly Elive is not for me; I like distros that actually work.
tfb
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Project: Elive
Version: 3.8.34
Rating: 4
Date: 2023-07-15
Votes: 5
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For me it seems, the devoloper puts a lot of work not only in polishing the bells & whistles of his distribution, but also in manipulating reviews and comments about Elive in the Internet. E.g. in the past (?) you got the download link after writing a review about Elive ... So, it's hard to find something like the truth: that you are endlessly asked for giving money for a beta version of his work or something based on an outdated version of Debian. I may understand, that the developer nieeds money, but the untrustworthy way he tries to ask for it ..., is "not so nice". That is a pity, because Elive is different from mainstreem distros and a way interesting. I like the relaunch of good old e16 ... but not in this way ...
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Project: Elive
Version: 3.8.32
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-06-13
Votes: 8
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Since version 3.8.32 Elive lets you install sysVinit, making it even more lightweight and faster for my old potato PC.
I like the retrowave idea and design of the system, however, it will take a bit of time to get adjusted to Enlightenment and Elive uses Enlightenment version 16 instead of 25 which I find more modern so some may find its design a bit dated.
For those of you who are looking for a system rich in additional apps and tweaked for easy terminal use, you wlil find a lot to like in Elive, the system comes with a lot of apps for various purposes (music making, surfing the internet, communicating with friends and family, e.t.c., you can choose whether to install them or not) and links and it lets you choose which default browser you want to have. I was a bit disappointed that it wasn't possible to remove some of those links from the menu in plank, perhaps in future versions of Enlightenment there is more customizability, but, overall, the system was snappy, it offered a lot of nice designs and has potential to be a lightweight but feature complete OS not just for the old computers.
As I am more of a barebones, netinstall and build your own system from the ground up kind of guy, although my 2 weeks with it were quite fun and I only encountered one issue where I could not update my applications unless I did it from the console, I will probably jump back to Debian or try to get FreeBSD running on my computer.
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Project: Elive
Version: 3.0.4
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-03-19
Votes: 5
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I once put Elive on an old Dell B130. Great old 32bit computer.
Elive ran so well on an old Celeron single core and IDE drive. In fact ran about as fast as any modern computer once booted up. Can't remember how much ram it had though
Especially enjoyed the enlightenment desktop with mac like dock. I wouldn't mind trying the 64 bit version someday with perhaps a spinning sata or even an ssd. It has been a few or more years since I had that old Dell.
Pros-
Very lightweight Distro.
Very attractive desktop (to me)
Very fast on old hardware
A very different distro (coming from a distro hopper that often returned to Linux Mint)
Cons-
It was at first a steep learning curve to use a distro that wasn't friendly to a windows user.
Once you get used to where everything is it's not so bad
Other reviewers state that it's (wheezy) extremely old, but if you like tinkering with old hardware and it's not a daily driver you can have a repurposed computer that will bring life to old hardware and would be less e-waste in a landfill.
I really like this distro. I don't care much about gaming, To me it is a "tinkerer's dream. It looks like a lot of work went into this distro. i don't know why there are some old posted negative comments of how bad it looks etc... I for one also like to stray from the norm. i am a current windows and a mac user using current OS'es on unsupported hardware. One day I'd like for a dedicated Linux laptop and this distro keeps coming to mind
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Project: Elive
Version: 3.8.30
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-01-22
Votes: 5
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This is a great distro. Keep in mind the stable version is extremely old (Debian Wheezy) and is no longer updated. Try the Beta version - it looks retro but quite nice at the same time. (Despite the name, the beta version is extremely stable, but a retro desktop environment is used temporarily while under-the-hood changes are made.)
PROS:
- Great configuration
- Friendly support (disclaimer: I am a forum moderator)
- Unique (how many distros use Enlightenment? I can only name one other)
- Doesn't sell your data
CONS:
- Not enterprise-level support
- The interface isn't for everyone
The downloads are sometimes slow, but if you're having trouble hop onto the forum. While the 64-bit version _does_ require you to either donate, write a review, or participate in the forum to download, the 32-bit beta still works flawlessly.
I highly recommend this distro except for gaming. While gaming is possible, it is not designed with it in mind (at least at the moment) since the developer doesn't really game. Which is another disadvantage: there's only one developer and occasional volunteers.
All in all, solid distro!
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Project: Elive
Version: 3.8.30
Rating: 7
Date: 2022-07-11
Votes: 7
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It's a good distro, it works well and it's solid because it has an old Debian base.
Pros:
-uses the desktop Enlightment , which hardly anyone uses anymore. It gives it a retro look and is different from the rest of the distros (I'm already sick of kde). Enligthemnt is heavily modified and looks somewhat more modern.
-I have used a 64-bit beta version (3.8.26) and I am surprised how well it works, without errors, it comes with many programs and codecs pre-installed.
-Its installer is "peculiar" and very reminiscent of the Bluestar distro based on arch.
-it has 32 bits version.
Cons:
-Its website is irritating, where they shamelessly ask you for money all the time, especially for the 64-bit version. It doesn't seem to me that the distro has enough quality or novelty to be asking for money. This fact makes me lower the rating. I remember a distro called Modicia Os: first was free, after was $, and now it has come free again in his basic version.
-their versions come out every so often, mine is based on Debian 10 and everything is old, but it works very well for my old PC. It is not oriented to a modern pc.
-it is not possible to make change on themes, when you reboot, it comes again withe the original theme. It is not ugly, but it funny to customizate your distro (if you want alwaaaaaaays the same, take Windows or imac Os).
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Project: Elive
Version: 3.8.27
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-04-11
Votes: 1
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I've reviewed Elive before but it's been a while and I see people re-reviewing distros on here all the time sooo
I very much like this distro. It's rock-solid stable, the people on the forum are helpful, and I love the Beta's retro desktop. I've contributed a mirror for it so hopefully the downloads will improve.
It is still a small distro, though, and there's the occasional hiccup (e.g. getting the 64-bit-only Nvidia drivers to work with Steam, of which there is no official 64-bit client. I fixed this by using Steam's unofficial flatpak). If you need enterprise-level support this distro is probably not fit for you, at least for now. It has great potential, though!
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Project: Elive
Version: 3.0.4
Rating: 8
Date: 2021-12-15
Votes: 4
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This is a very nice disto. The only problem I have had (on the stable version) is the lack of an up to date, modern browser. Normally this is not an issue, but some websites I use will not allow me to access them due to an "out of date" browser. I have gone into the browser settings to make it appear like I am using a more modern browser... the website registers me as having a new version number, but still tells me the browser is out of date.
I am currently using a dual core, 32 bit laptop. No issues with the OS freezing up. Once in a while, the browser or some other app will freeze up, but the terminal still works fine and the app can be killed and restarted.
I may have to switch to the beta version or maybe another distro for the up to date browser.
I wonder about the security of this distro. The kernel version is old. It is my understanding that linux is more secure in general for several reasons, one of which is that it is open source and therefore there are a lot of people identifying and fixing security holes. This project has one developer, but a good community... so where does that leave Elive in terms of security?
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Project: Elive
Version: 3.8.24
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-11-05
Votes: 0
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I love this distro.
It looks great, it's fast and so far totally stable.
The only weird thing I've found is that my memory stick (I'm running live with persistence) reads and write faster on a USB1.0 port than on the USB2.0 port - totally strange.
Enlightenment desktops can be a little too "different" for some people - this one not so much. It's been configured so that everything is that bit easier to find.
Highly recommend this one.
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Project: Elive
Version: 3.8.20
Rating: 7
Date: 2021-05-21
Votes: 0
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I am a sucker for Enlightenment and donate, when I can, to get the latest 64bit version, helping the newer enlightenment version come to fruition. It's using E16 at the moment.
I want to warn of a User Id issue, if you're a distro-hopper like me, with an appreciation of a common uid of 1000. Post install will leave the newly created user with uid 1001, luckily you can login graphically as root, delete that user and create a new one with uid1000. This may put off a beginner user, but then again it is still in beta release.
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Project: Elive
Version: 3.8.18
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-04-02
Votes: 0
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Hi,
I recently revived a Toshiba NB 250 10.1 netbook with Elive 32 Bit. Work's like a dream.
I have seen many distros with enlightenment. But only here, I have the feeling that I have control over what I do. Despite the BETA version, everything works. Elive has always looked phenomenal, and now it is up-to-date and works like a Swiss Army knife. Well done :)
Next in line is the computer in the garage, but here I need the 64 bit version.
I will write a review after it has installed.
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Project: Elive
Version: 3.8.18
Rating: 8
Date: 2021-02-15
Votes: 0
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Love it. A bit unstable and I don't always agree with the methods (i.e. philosophy) used but Hey. It's a good system!
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Project: Elive
Version: 3.8.18
Rating: 1
Date: 2021-02-01
Votes: 19
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The site is a joke. All links are broken unless you pay for it. Once you do pay for it, and download it, you find out that the 64 bit version is only partially completed, and is still in beta. You can only get the 32 bit version. This is a scam. No matter what you do, you have to pay for something that is broken, and not complete. You can not even test it first. BIG SCAM....
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Project: Elive
Version: 3.8.18
Rating: 1
Date: 2021-01-09
Votes: 4
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I should have paid attention to the reviews.
Got scammed into a donation thinking I could try out the 64bit version at a reasonable download speed.
Download always fails around 1.8G and is painfully slow (6+ hours).
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