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7.1 from 17 review(s)
Version: 3.5.7
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-10
Votes: 0
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may be one of the best for most users.
Install it on office notebook (Core i5, 4GB RAM) and works like a charm. stable, beautiful, never gets in my way. My 10 y.o. daughter can use it for research and study purpose also. It is fun to use. Great!
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Version: 3.5.4
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-02-11
Votes: 5
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Endless OS is nice looking and may be useful for linux beginners and students, coming from Windows. Cannot install the update to version 3.5.4, because the small EFI system partition is too small to handle the update. After having resized this partition, e.g using Gparted with a live linux system booted from USB, the update runs fine the bigger EFI system partition.
Regards
GSM
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Version: 3.5.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-10
Votes: 0
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Endless OS has breathed a new lease of life into this laptop I’m using - the spec is broadly similar to many of the cheap ‘lapbook’ clones made in China - Intel Atom x5 Z8350 quad core processor, 2GB RAM, 64GB eemc mass storage and it came with Windows 10 pre-installed.
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Version: 3.5.4
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-02-05
Votes: 6
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OK, if you are one who likes to tinker under the Linux hood, have a "sudo apt get" tat on your arm, this distro ISN'T for you.
Endless OS started life as a sort of third-world OS fir use in places where internet connections were scarce or expensive. They actually sold units that could plug into TVs and were crammed with alll kinds of open-source material for education, health and entertainment.
The more common versions is the "base" which lets you add all the oter stuff later...if you need it.
Included apps are "curated," which means they work properly with the OS. Libre Office, photo apps, music players, games...all work with tweaks or needing to get to the command line. Again, this is not a distro fi hands-on enthusiasts.
I have it on a big Acer Cloudbook, like the ones all kind of schools bought. 2 GB memory and only a mediocre amount of storage. Insane long battery life, mediocre keyboard.
It works fine..Volume controls work, trackpad works, resume works, etc.
Now, if I want esoteric apps, I am out of luck. If they do not come as a Flatpack, same thing. I have a second Acer that I use as a crash-test dummy for all the other distros.
This is a good choice for someone who has a PC that bogs down with Windows, has modest needs (isn't designing websites or 3D printing, etc.) and is not planning on making Linux a hobby.
The average Windows users will find it very comfortable. The Linux bleeding-edger will find it annoying.
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Version: 3.5.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-05
Votes: 3
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Quick, Responsive, Fantastic. Really like the resources. Useful for students of all ages.
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Version: 3.5.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-01
Votes: 1
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Fantastic. Quick, responsive. Really like the educational resources and applications. Useful for students of all ages.
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Version: 3.5.4
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-01-28
Votes: 1
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27Jan2019 version 16gb eos-eos3.5-amd64-amd64.190111-204710.en
Looks lovely, runs fast on Microsoft Surface pro 4 from Sandisk 32gb slim usb.
Faults:
1. wifi jumps on and off on 2x different wifi conenctions so can not really go online.
2. Please see hwo we used to do it at Gentoo for the last 20+ years to squashfs 16gb into 1.8gb iso, loopmount, docache and other tweaks.
3. Could not load and unload the wifi modules or fix it as the type of linux used is a sad excuse of Windows vista or relative of ubuntoo Linux, so no logical commands as used in civilized Gentoo / Funtoo based distro's.
Can confirm this could be the 1st linux replacement for Windows / OSX vs normal amateur linux distro's.
Great job, learn from Pro linux / Gentoo / Funtoo and replace this other linux distro's
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Version: 3.5.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-28
Votes: 0
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Fantastic. Quick, responsive. Really like the educational resources and applications. Useful for students of all ages.
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Version: 3.5.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-27
Votes: 4
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Just dropped Win10 for Endless OS.
Installation was a breeze, all devices are recognized.
OS is snappy and fast on a SSD and 8GB laptop and PC.
For simple family use this OS is a lifesaver.
Multimedia content is enormous and kids love that.
Installing a wireless printer is a no-brainer, no hassle affair, WOW, other distros need to take notice about this excellent feature.
This Endless OS has a potential to become no.1 on the Distrowatch rankings.
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Version: 3.5.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-26
Votes: 0
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Friendly and usable. I really like the educational slant, very useful. Other comments claim this distro is slow. I'm running it on my laptop, with absolutely no problem.
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Version: 3.5.4
Rating: 3
Date: 2019-01-21
Votes: 1
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Not so much endless as useless,
Takes forever and achieves absolutely nothing,
It is totally inflexible.
A complete waste of time.
I suggest, much a the previous commentator that the developer goes back to basics and produces something light, simple, and usable.
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Version: 3.5.4
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-01-20
Votes: 4
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While I am a huge fan of the "offline" concept, in practice, it leaves much to be desired.
Others have stated better than I the shortcomings, so I'm not going to rehash from the other negative reviews, except to say: You guys are right on the money.
The biggest issue I have with Endless is speed. This distro is slow, slow, slow. It is probably the slowest one I have tested in the last 10 years. Completely unresponsive at times. I have tried it on old equipment and brand new top of the line equipment. Slow.
The interface blocks any attempt to speed this thing up, or at the very minimum, makes it a hassle. It is just a bloated mess. It also has a tendency to want constant updates and freezes quite regularly. Laptops, Desktops, new, old... it doesn't matter. If you try this out, remember that it is not your hardware failing but rather a weak attempt at an "Endless Phone" that is causing your headache.
My STRONG recommendation is to avoid the time it takes to download this monstrosity because there is no payoff. I really tried with this distro as I have a need for offline equipment in a location with little to no internet, I just could not get a responsive desktop.
In the end, I like what they are attempting to do. In fact, I love it. Tons of content available offline at your fingertips for when you need or want it most. It is unfortunate that they have paired it with a very heavy desktop that seems tuned to go as slow as possible.
I believe they could fix this by dumping the desktop mess and tuning a light/fast desktop in its place. I mean, really, anything would be an improvement. Avoid this one until they can lighten up the desktop and background processes while still keeping the massive offline data collection they have included. If they can do that, I'll gladly download the 20 GB image.
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Version: 3.5.4
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-01-20
Votes: 0
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Endless OS is a very impressive "kiosk" type of operating system, for how it is running currently.
The Basic, 1.7 GB image was downloaded and burned onto a 16 GB USB stick, using Rufus for the purpose of running a "Live" session before installing to the computer hard drive.
Rufus made me select the DD format burning option to make it bootable from the USB, however after some trial and error, it copied with no issues.
Endless OS booted right away on my i5 laptop and runs very fast from a USB stick. There have been no crashes, video queuing or hangups. The system recognized my wireless system and was able to connect to dual/band, 2.4 and 5 GHz, with no problems.
Chromium had an issue playing videos from a news page, but that was corrected by just installing Google Chrome from the App Center and syncing to my account. I could probably install the non-free codecs to correct that, but I am impatient at times.
The developers may want to look at a "persistance" option for being able to save your changes, either onto the USB stick or perhaps a "save" file like Puppy Linux uses.
Overall "Very Nice!!!"
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Version: 3.5.4
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-01-18
Votes: 2
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The sad part is that this is available preinstalled on some laptops for sale. Imagine getting first hand on this system as newbie, you sure will hate linux for life because of this.
Seems like a bad android alike system imitation.
Possibilities are quite limited, i came from ubuntu-world, i've used to customize my os, and i am struggling to understand what "endless" stands for.
Probably my grandma could use endless os for solitaire or browsing the internet.
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Version: 3.5.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-18
Votes: 1
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Beautiful OS!
It doesn't need to be flexible, fast, light,... Because there are already many OS in this field. What would be the point of making another
I use ArchLinux and FreeBSD and I love them for what they are and what they teach me.
Endless is made for people that doesn't want or need to tweak/torture their OS all the time.
Everythings works right away: wifi, no stupid tearing, speakers,...
Endless is meant to be used, that's it.
I love the look and the feeling.
Go ahead developers, keep beeing modern and efficient, please.
Teletype machines a great, the old way is great, I agree. But building new things is great as well.
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Version: 3.5.4
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-01-17
Votes: 25
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Tough to know where to start with this review, but Endless OS does seem an appropriate name for something that takes virtually forever to download at a grotesque IMG size of 16.2 GB.
This massively bloated distro is one of the most difficult to classify that I've come across in 12 plus years with Linux on the desktop. It's buggy in ways it shouldn't be, difficult to get a handle on to say the least, and has little if any relationship to traditional desktop computing environments as we've come to know and appreciate their many options and extreme flexibility over the years.
Endless OS developers are testing the often failed tactic of making their desktop OS look and feel like some sort of smartphone, something they obviously hope masses of people will gravitate to. If it didn't happen with Windows and its failed Metro desktop, nor with Ubuntu's now abandoned Unity DE, or with other lesser attempts to 'dumb down' the the desktop while severely limiting its options and flexibility, there's little hope this latest attempt with Endless OS will succeed where all the rest have failed.
Not that I wish to see Endless OS fail, only that I hope, like Ubuntu did with Unity and Windows did with Metro, that the developers take a step back and review in the cold light of reality how realistic their attempts to create a terribly bloated distro with a desktop environment virtually no one wants or needs actually are. Nor do I think suggesting such a move on the part of Endless OS will make any immediate difference in their approach. Once you start down a path it's tough to stop and reevaluate the direction you're heading. Ubuntu took years before laying Unity to rest, and I expect Endless OS will pursue much the same course, if on a lesser scale.
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Version: 3.5.4
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-01-17
Votes: 0
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Not so much endless as useless,
Takes forever and achieves absolutely nothing,
It is totally inflexible.
A complete waste of time.
I suggest, much a the previous commentator that the developer goes back to basics and produces something light, simple, and usable.
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