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Average rating
8.3 from 10 review(s)
Version: 23
Rating: 5
Date: 2025-11-29
Votes: 2
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The distribution works very well overall; it is fast, stable, and genuinely recommended for computers with low resources because it delivers good performance without requiring modern hardware. However, the main issue is the lack of updates. While most distributions based on Debian have already moved to Debian 13, this distribution is still stuck on Debian 12, which makes me think it has been abandoned, at least in terms of active development. Even so, it appears that basic support is still present, but the absence of major updates raises concerns about its long-term future and how reliable it will remain over time
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Version: 23
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-26
Votes: 0
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I’ve been using LOC OS for a while now and honestly, it’s one of the fastest light distros I’ve tried. Everything works right out the box, no need to mess with settings. The LXDE desktop is really well optimized and runs super smooth, even on older hardware. I installed it on a laptop with only 2GB of RAM and didn’t notice any slowdowns. Best part is it doesn’t come with any bloatware, just the essentials like LibreOffice and a media player, so everything I need is already there. I also really like the design, it’s simple but still looks good. Overall, it’s a no-fuss distro that just works and does its job well.
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Version: 23
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-05
Votes: 6
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This is a great example of a lightweight distro, the touchpad, tap to click, volume and brightness controls work straight out of the box and are assigned to the correct buttons which from my experience with an LXDE desktop, is rare.
Means its LXDE the memory usage was 256mb so you could run it on a potato and its fast and responsive. LXDE when done right is an excellent desktop environment that many distros fail to adapt which I think is a shame.
Cosmetically it looks great, it has some very surreal penguin artwork through out, the giant penguin on top of a mountain on startup springs to mind. It comes with application that you will actually use like LibreOffice, PDF reader, media player but doesn’t have any bloatware.
I installed Flatpak, removed libre wolf and install Flatpak version of Firefox with no problems at all an it only increased the memory usage to around 520mb
Definitely a 10, and definitely one of the best lightweight distros I've tried.
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Version: 23
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-10-19
Votes: 2
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This is really a gem among the lightweight non-systemd distros !!. The only reason i did not give it a 10 was if one is installing it last in a dual boot situ, one would need to reinstall grub from the other distro since this one will not employ os-prober (as most distros do) to find that original os. Not wild about librewolf over firefox, but firefox-esr 140 was available in the default respositories. There is a respository tool in the pull down to set the country you are in.
The reason it is so much superior to the other lightweight devuan spins' is not just the LXDE (funos does a decent enough jwm), but the color schemes, wallpapers, themes etc are not something the user needs to add as an afterthought (crowZ), but sufficient ones were used in forethought. To me this system appeared nothing like AntiX which i could only barely get going on this setup. I have Not yet tried adding a 2nd desktop environment, but it appears to have a pulldown menu like lightdm if one were to do that. i did end up adding physical swap since system lags from login to desktop appearing.
Bluetooth audio also worked well after adding pipewire (which seems to have to happen for all devuan's crowZ expirion etc).
The wifi worked well out of the box as well.
Another tool from the pulldown is plank which appears to add a 2nd cairo like panel (center bottom) whose main function seems be to add something like a task switcher (think whisker) within easy reach. The 2 preconfigured workspaces with their switcher installed on the main panel is what i usually do anyway so i appreciated their thinking. While i don't use synaptic pkg manager that, and a LKPG graphical tool are available. Another light touch which may be on all lxde's is the HotKey's window which shows all mapping together rather than as subcategories like on a gnome, or pantheon DE.
With this particular HW ie. Techra r480 w/4G ram, uefi is not an option ( CSM legacy boot only ) so many of the distro's had trouble when choosing the manual partitioning from calamare. When trying to use a separate boot partition install was flagging errors not even halfway through install; so i chose the replace partition option instead. Otherwise i would get rsync 11 errors while unpacking squashfs which might be HW, but i have taken to running calamare from the command line ( sudo -E calamares -d ) which changes the timing, and let's me watch what is happening... Also on such ancient HW i can't see the point in using strong passwords which i can disable via user.conf for distro's like Voyager which is a heavyweight Devuan like distro that run's gnome.
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Version: 23
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-08-05
Votes: 5
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A good distribution for lightweight notebooks, it has very low RAM usage and very affordable requirements for any type of computer. Reviving the use of the LXDE desktop environment and a very accessible and user-friendly help center for communicating with the technical staff, LOC-OS offers a good experience for Linux users looking for a low-resource system.
Although it would be nice if it were easier to use at first, it's still fine given that it has a precise philosophy. Good work by the LOC-OS team.
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Version: 23
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-06-29
Votes: 23
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This is totally subjective: This is the perfect distro for me!
Light and fast as HECK! JUST the correct selection of pre-installed software! (it comes with a Calculator at least) And a very polished repository and such a good attention to software updates.
It's ideal for my minilaptop. The only problem I've found is that even if it uses LXDE and has some utilities that make your life easier, it's not perfect on being beginner friendly (how do i change the system language after installing?) so if you are a totally unexperienced user I wouldn't recommend it. But if you want to try it dont worry, from MY perspective I find it easier than Debian (as you don't have to configure anything before it gets ready to use)
Overall, an AWESOME option for old machines.
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Version: 23
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-27
Votes: 10
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The best distro I've ever used. It's simple, lightweight, super customizable, and based on Debian Stable (not antiX), which makes it super robust. I use it daily on all my computers and I highly recommend it. The 5.10 kernel is very lightweight and sufficient for my current hardware, and if you need it, there's a version of the latest LTS kernel for more modern hardware. Loc-OS considered everything when it was created; its philosophy is perfect for GNU/Linux, unlike other more well-known distros. "Vamo lo pibe"
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Version: 23
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-26
Votes: 4
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I have tried this distribution on various computers with limited resources and I am really impressed and grateful to Nicolas (the creator) as he has allowed me to revive olds Laptos IBM and use them again giving them new life, the distribution is Debian base #nosystemD and works for 32 and 64 bits requires a minimum of knowledge of Linux but on his Youtube channel there is a lot of help related to this selfless and great project. I write from my Thinkpad T61 with locos 23 con tutti and custom kernel 5.10.237-loc-os !
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Version: 23
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-05-26
Votes: 0
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Installed on a Core2duo E8400 - 4 Gb Ram and a GT 630 GPU, for basic use (internet, multimedia viewer, basic office envroment) and works flawlessly. no issues so far.
Previously, a year ago I made an attempt to use it but I had problems with the repositories, I gave up; the current version looks more polished.
Sigue siendo una versión ligera que utiliza pocos recursos y permite su instalación en un muy modesto hard; no la testeè en un ambiente laboral intensivo.
In summary, it left me with a very good impression (I am a fan of minimalist distros).
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Version: 23
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-05-23
Votes: 0
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Site does mot have a English option that actually works(though it is there). Tried to run the 32-bit Live iso only to find out it loops on the menu screen indicating if you do not hit enter it will default to Live session in 20 seconds. It counts down 20 seconds and then starts the 20 second countdown again in an endless loop. It does not respond to the enter key to change options.
After digging around on the Internet, it appears this is not a Debian base but a uncredited antiX respin.
So in summary, no English docs that work, Live session does not work, and probable uncredited respin of someone else’s work. Not impressed!
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Latest Reviews
Project: Loc-OS
Version: 23
Rating: 5
Date: 2025-11-29
Votes: 2
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The distribution works very well overall; it is fast, stable, and genuinely recommended for computers with low resources because it delivers good performance without requiring modern hardware. However, the main issue is the lack of updates. While most distributions based on Debian have already moved to Debian 13, this distribution is still stuck on Debian 12, which makes me think it has been abandoned, at least in terms of active development. Even so, it appears that basic support is still present, but the absence of major updates raises concerns about its long-term future and how reliable it will remain over time
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Project: Loc-OS
Version: 23
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-26
Votes: 0
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I’ve been using LOC OS for a while now and honestly, it’s one of the fastest light distros I’ve tried. Everything works right out the box, no need to mess with settings. The LXDE desktop is really well optimized and runs super smooth, even on older hardware. I installed it on a laptop with only 2GB of RAM and didn’t notice any slowdowns. Best part is it doesn’t come with any bloatware, just the essentials like LibreOffice and a media player, so everything I need is already there. I also really like the design, it’s simple but still looks good. Overall, it’s a no-fuss distro that just works and does its job well.
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Project: Loc-OS
Version: 23
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-05
Votes: 6
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This is a great example of a lightweight distro, the touchpad, tap to click, volume and brightness controls work straight out of the box and are assigned to the correct buttons which from my experience with an LXDE desktop, is rare.
Means its LXDE the memory usage was 256mb so you could run it on a potato and its fast and responsive. LXDE when done right is an excellent desktop environment that many distros fail to adapt which I think is a shame.
Cosmetically it looks great, it has some very surreal penguin artwork through out, the giant penguin on top of a mountain on startup springs to mind. It comes with application that you will actually use like LibreOffice, PDF reader, media player but doesn’t have any bloatware.
I installed Flatpak, removed libre wolf and install Flatpak version of Firefox with no problems at all an it only increased the memory usage to around 520mb
Definitely a 10, and definitely one of the best lightweight distros I've tried.
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Project: Loc-OS
Version: 23
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-10-19
Votes: 2
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This is really a gem among the lightweight non-systemd distros !!. The only reason i did not give it a 10 was if one is installing it last in a dual boot situ, one would need to reinstall grub from the other distro since this one will not employ os-prober (as most distros do) to find that original os. Not wild about librewolf over firefox, but firefox-esr 140 was available in the default respositories. There is a respository tool in the pull down to set the country you are in.
The reason it is so much superior to the other lightweight devuan spins' is not just the LXDE (funos does a decent enough jwm), but the color schemes, wallpapers, themes etc are not something the user needs to add as an afterthought (crowZ), but sufficient ones were used in forethought. To me this system appeared nothing like AntiX which i could only barely get going on this setup. I have Not yet tried adding a 2nd desktop environment, but it appears to have a pulldown menu like lightdm if one were to do that. i did end up adding physical swap since system lags from login to desktop appearing.
Bluetooth audio also worked well after adding pipewire (which seems to have to happen for all devuan's crowZ expirion etc).
The wifi worked well out of the box as well.
Another tool from the pulldown is plank which appears to add a 2nd cairo like panel (center bottom) whose main function seems be to add something like a task switcher (think whisker) within easy reach. The 2 preconfigured workspaces with their switcher installed on the main panel is what i usually do anyway so i appreciated their thinking. While i don't use synaptic pkg manager that, and a LKPG graphical tool are available. Another light touch which may be on all lxde's is the HotKey's window which shows all mapping together rather than as subcategories like on a gnome, or pantheon DE.
With this particular HW ie. Techra r480 w/4G ram, uefi is not an option ( CSM legacy boot only ) so many of the distro's had trouble when choosing the manual partitioning from calamare. When trying to use a separate boot partition install was flagging errors not even halfway through install; so i chose the replace partition option instead. Otherwise i would get rsync 11 errors while unpacking squashfs which might be HW, but i have taken to running calamare from the command line ( sudo -E calamares -d ) which changes the timing, and let's me watch what is happening... Also on such ancient HW i can't see the point in using strong passwords which i can disable via user.conf for distro's like Voyager which is a heavyweight Devuan like distro that run's gnome.
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Project: Loc-OS
Version: 23
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-08-05
Votes: 5
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A good distribution for lightweight notebooks, it has very low RAM usage and very affordable requirements for any type of computer. Reviving the use of the LXDE desktop environment and a very accessible and user-friendly help center for communicating with the technical staff, LOC-OS offers a good experience for Linux users looking for a low-resource system.
Although it would be nice if it were easier to use at first, it's still fine given that it has a precise philosophy. Good work by the LOC-OS team.
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Project: Loc-OS
Version: 23
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-06-29
Votes: 23
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This is totally subjective: This is the perfect distro for me!
Light and fast as HECK! JUST the correct selection of pre-installed software! (it comes with a Calculator at least) And a very polished repository and such a good attention to software updates.
It's ideal for my minilaptop. The only problem I've found is that even if it uses LXDE and has some utilities that make your life easier, it's not perfect on being beginner friendly (how do i change the system language after installing?) so if you are a totally unexperienced user I wouldn't recommend it. But if you want to try it dont worry, from MY perspective I find it easier than Debian (as you don't have to configure anything before it gets ready to use)
Overall, an AWESOME option for old machines.
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Project: Loc-OS
Version: 23
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-27
Votes: 10
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The best distro I've ever used. It's simple, lightweight, super customizable, and based on Debian Stable (not antiX), which makes it super robust. I use it daily on all my computers and I highly recommend it. The 5.10 kernel is very lightweight and sufficient for my current hardware, and if you need it, there's a version of the latest LTS kernel for more modern hardware. Loc-OS considered everything when it was created; its philosophy is perfect for GNU/Linux, unlike other more well-known distros. "Vamo lo pibe"
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Project: Loc-OS
Version: 23
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-05-26
Votes: 0
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Installed on a Core2duo E8400 - 4 Gb Ram and a GT 630 GPU, for basic use (internet, multimedia viewer, basic office envroment) and works flawlessly. no issues so far.
Previously, a year ago I made an attempt to use it but I had problems with the repositories, I gave up; the current version looks more polished.
Sigue siendo una versión ligera que utiliza pocos recursos y permite su instalación en un muy modesto hard; no la testeè en un ambiente laboral intensivo.
In summary, it left me with a very good impression (I am a fan of minimalist distros).
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Project: Loc-OS
Version: 23
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-26
Votes: 4
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I have tried this distribution on various computers with limited resources and I am really impressed and grateful to Nicolas (the creator) as he has allowed me to revive olds Laptos IBM and use them again giving them new life, the distribution is Debian base #nosystemD and works for 32 and 64 bits requires a minimum of knowledge of Linux but on his Youtube channel there is a lot of help related to this selfless and great project. I write from my Thinkpad T61 with locos 23 con tutti and custom kernel 5.10.237-loc-os !
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Project: Loc-OS
Version: 23
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-05-23
Votes: 0
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Site does mot have a English option that actually works(though it is there). Tried to run the 32-bit Live iso only to find out it loops on the menu screen indicating if you do not hit enter it will default to Live session in 20 seconds. It counts down 20 seconds and then starts the 20 second countdown again in an endless loop. It does not respond to the enter key to change options.
After digging around on the Internet, it appears this is not a Debian base but a uncredited antiX respin.
So in summary, no English docs that work, Live session does not work, and probable uncredited respin of someone else’s work. Not impressed!
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