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Reader supplied reviews for Exton Linux
Average rating
1.5 from 4 review(s)
Version: OpSuS
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-09-03
Votes: 2
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as others have said, grub failed.
used my distro to fix it
repository was wrong
fixed that
updated and broke refracta
installed penguins eggs and that worked
why bother with exton
Just go with opensuse tumbleweed
I created my own distro with a custom kernel and no initrd or initramfs
it boots in six seconds after bios on a 7 year old nuc i5 with nvme drive
here is my grub.cfg
set default=0
set timeout=0
menuentry 'Tiny initramfs' {
linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 ro rootfstype=ext4 quiet
}
if you think it wont work you have been wrong on 6 computers for several years now
heavily modified refracta tools
backup and restore using fsarchiver gui in yad
offline devuuan repository
it suits me perfectly but I got bored and wanted a rolling respin
opensuse pleased me the most
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Version: OpSuS
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-07-08
Votes: 9
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I was interested in continuing my reviews of openSUSE derivatives. Exton OpSuS caught my eye and I decided to install for testing.
The installer is somewhat similar and confusing to what I found with Deuvan, which is a blend of cockamania and guess work. Once through all that mess it installed just fine. Except that it didn't install a boot loader. I had to go to the command line and update GRUB.
Then I tried to boot up Exton for testing. Except that, it booted only so far and then stopped dead with the cursor just blinking at the line to load my Logitech M325 mouse. Then it eventually went into a message loop, repeating the same message over and over. Then it went into an "Emergency Shell" mode. After which I quit, rebooted and wiped it from my drive.
Arne Exton is way over his head by trying to bring out 9 separate Linux flavors (Arch, CRUX, Debian, deepin, Fedora, Gentoo, openSUSE, Puppy, Slackware) within a period of less than 6 months. Apparently, his M.O. seems to be to create an end-all set of distros for Linux users. In regards to OpSuS, he has failed miserably and should seriously consider going back to the drawing board and eliminating most of the 9 distros and getting a couple of them to actually work!
With that said, I nominate Exton OpSuS as the "worst distro"!
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Version: exGENT
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-07-04
Votes: 1
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Laptop did not even detect the usb as bootable. Used same usb for installing expirion directly after with the same write process as I used for exgent. That will tell you immediately.
Even on the worst distros, i have never had an issue where the usb was not detected as bootable outside a faulty usb which was clearly not the case here. Maybe the dev should focus on getting one working perfectly first before branching into 8 others.
Redcore is a perfect example on how to do a user friendly distro with gentoo, they just dont offer xfce.
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Version: OpSuS
Rating: 3
Date: 2025-06-23
Votes: 2
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I tested the Slackware version, hoping that Exton revitalized the oldest flavor of Linux, which I loved during the Vector OS years. With great anticipation I downloaded and booted the live version with the XFCE environment. However, I was disappointed to realize there was no software mechanism to use my computer's wi-fi connection. I can't understand why anyone would make a distro that's not wi-fi enabled in this day and age, but it does happen. So, I plugged into my Ethernet port to use the internet, but was met with another more stunning surprise. There was no software to install this distro, I'd have to figure that out on my own. I asked myself if it was worth all the trouble, and if I wanted to spend my whole day working on this. So, with this version of XFCE looking like it was from the early 2,000's, I made the decision to go no further.
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Latest Reviews
Project: Exton Linux
Version: OpSuS
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-09-03
Votes: 2
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as others have said, grub failed.
used my distro to fix it
repository was wrong
fixed that
updated and broke refracta
installed penguins eggs and that worked
why bother with exton
Just go with opensuse tumbleweed
I created my own distro with a custom kernel and no initrd or initramfs
it boots in six seconds after bios on a 7 year old nuc i5 with nvme drive
here is my grub.cfg
set default=0
set timeout=0
menuentry 'Tiny initramfs' {
linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 ro rootfstype=ext4 quiet
}
if you think it wont work you have been wrong on 6 computers for several years now
heavily modified refracta tools
backup and restore using fsarchiver gui in yad
offline devuuan repository
it suits me perfectly but I got bored and wanted a rolling respin
opensuse pleased me the most
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Project: Exton Linux
Version: OpSuS
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-07-08
Votes: 9
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I was interested in continuing my reviews of openSUSE derivatives. Exton OpSuS caught my eye and I decided to install for testing.
The installer is somewhat similar and confusing to what I found with Deuvan, which is a blend of cockamania and guess work. Once through all that mess it installed just fine. Except that it didn't install a boot loader. I had to go to the command line and update GRUB.
Then I tried to boot up Exton for testing. Except that, it booted only so far and then stopped dead with the cursor just blinking at the line to load my Logitech M325 mouse. Then it eventually went into a message loop, repeating the same message over and over. Then it went into an "Emergency Shell" mode. After which I quit, rebooted and wiped it from my drive.
Arne Exton is way over his head by trying to bring out 9 separate Linux flavors (Arch, CRUX, Debian, deepin, Fedora, Gentoo, openSUSE, Puppy, Slackware) within a period of less than 6 months. Apparently, his M.O. seems to be to create an end-all set of distros for Linux users. In regards to OpSuS, he has failed miserably and should seriously consider going back to the drawing board and eliminating most of the 9 distros and getting a couple of them to actually work!
With that said, I nominate Exton OpSuS as the "worst distro"!
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Project: Exton Linux
Version: exGENT
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-07-04
Votes: 1
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Laptop did not even detect the usb as bootable. Used same usb for installing expirion directly after with the same write process as I used for exgent. That will tell you immediately.
Even on the worst distros, i have never had an issue where the usb was not detected as bootable outside a faulty usb which was clearly not the case here. Maybe the dev should focus on getting one working perfectly first before branching into 8 others.
Redcore is a perfect example on how to do a user friendly distro with gentoo, they just dont offer xfce.
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Project: Exton Linux
Version: OpSuS
Rating: 3
Date: 2025-06-23
Votes: 2
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I tested the Slackware version, hoping that Exton revitalized the oldest flavor of Linux, which I loved during the Vector OS years. With great anticipation I downloaded and booted the live version with the XFCE environment. However, I was disappointed to realize there was no software mechanism to use my computer's wi-fi connection. I can't understand why anyone would make a distro that's not wi-fi enabled in this day and age, but it does happen. So, I plugged into my Ethernet port to use the internet, but was met with another more stunning surprise. There was no software to install this distro, I'd have to figure that out on my own. I asked myself if it was worth all the trouble, and if I wanted to spend my whole day working on this. So, with this version of XFCE looking like it was from the early 2,000's, I made the decision to go no further.
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