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RebornOS
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Reader supplied reviews for RebornOS
Average rating
8.2 from 44 review(s)
Version: 2024.07.27
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-11-18
Votes: 0
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Installed it yesterday on a virtual machine first. Lots of error during installation on both ext4 and btrfs file system. Downloaded a fresh ISO again and have not looked back since. Went from Zorin OS to Reborn on my Lenovo Thinkpad immediately after using it on the virtual machine for a day. It was finally down to between Cachy OS or Reborn OS. Both were similar in GNOME experience. App management in Reborn is better. Runs fast and efficiently. Will keep it as my daily driver. Finally on a Arch based distro which I have wanted to do for a long time. Reborn comes with the latest firmware and GNOME 47. All that made me choose a very under-rated distro.
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Version: 2023.08.17
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-07-15
Votes: 11
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Latest release is: 2024.03.21. After testing Endeavour, Arco, Manjaro, Catchy, Garuda, and Reborn; I can say that Reborn is an excellent distro. It is well worth your time.
First is the offline minimal install or online full install. Both work well. If you used Arco's online install you know it can be daunting with the number of choices. Reborn full install is a trimmed down version. Much less intimidating. The important option of using a zen-kernel is there. So is most options you would likely want.
Running the distro after install also goes smoothly. I've tried the xfce, gnome, and cinnamon desktops.
In the near future,I hope Distrowatch will update the site with the latest release info.
Finally congratulations to RebornOS developers on a well thought out Arch distro.
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Version: 2023.08.17
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-07-08
Votes: 2
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Distro hopped a lot these past few weeks, fedora, opensuse tumbleweed, manjaro, kubuntu, mx linux, endeavour, pop_os; So far, I am pretty happy with Reborn's xfce. It just works with steam, codecs....Fire is kinda different but I like it.
Anyways, worth a shot....was one of the few Distros' so far where Elden Ring didn't have issues initializing, the controller worked on steam integrated games without having to install things like gamescope, and it hasn't crashed within the first 30 min like the others.
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Version: 2023.08.17
Rating: 4
Date: 2024-04-16
Votes: 2
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Reborn OS (16 April 2024)
When I heard how "fast" it was I immediately got a copy and installed it.Standard XFCE desktop. First order of business, update. That kept failing & cashing and hanging the whole system. OK I thought, new download and install. same crap, so I tried a third time and guess what... It wasn't the charm. I doubled the amount of RAM and still the same. I did appreciate the boot messages scrolling past slow enough to read, unlike other arch distro's where they zip past so fast, they may not have been there at all.
PRO'S:
Nice clean desktop.
Cons:
Unstable, hangs for no reason, updater will just bomb out running "post installation hooks".
If the update bombs on the kernel, system is un-bootable, no rescue.
For me the question was, what did it bring to the table that say, Manjaro or Arco did not?
That answer was nothing, and while I am glad to see new Linux distro's, this ticked no boxes for me.
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Version: 2023.08.17
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-03-04
Votes: 28
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This is a sadly under-rated distro. Its cousin EndeavorOS ranks is the top 10. They do much the same but in repeated testing and using them for any length of time, THIS one, RebornOS is the winner for me.
Pros - flexible as you can choose from a dozen desktops at install. Once installed you have all the goodness of Arch at your fingertips. It is easy to customise, making it a home not just a house - best I can explain it. So many other distros lock you to some look-n-feel with things breaking if you change. Not the case here - stable and very useable. It also starts up and shuts down very quickly. Exhaustive tests on the exact same hardware showed it 8x faster than the "big" release of a very well known distro. So guess which one is going to stay on my machine ..RebornOS of course.
Cons - not enough people seems to know about this distro.
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Version: 2023.08.17
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-01-10
Votes: 10
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I installed Version 2023.10.23 over a month ago. The installation process was super-easy. I really like that they made it simple for me to pick-and-choose exactly what components I what installed. I don't need an extremely customized system. I just don't want any bloat. I found RebornOS is definitely light and fast. Also, I only use the command line when I absolutely have to...I'm a simple GUI person...and I am using RebornOS as my daily driver. That should tell you something. 10 out of 10 for me. I would definitely recommend RebornOS for those interested in an Arch-based distro.
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Version: 2023.08.17
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-11-20
Votes: 6
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Been using Manjaro with KDE Plasma for 5+ years. I chose it because it's fast a user friendly. Lately I've had a problem with Manjaro not properly mounting USB drives. I'm sure there is a fix, but I couldn't figure it out. Plus, I've had the itch to distro hop lately. I've wanted to try pure Arch, but I'm too lazy. So I narrowed my options to EndeavourOS and RebornOS and eventually decided on the later. Installation on my laptop was a breeze. I also like their Fire application. Overall I'm happy. I think I'll be sticking with RebornOS for the next 5+ years.
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Version: 2023.08.17
Rating: 2
Date: 2023-11-16
Votes: 0
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Well 2023.10.23 actually.
Created a bootable USB stick using UZL-10 and rebooted to the stick.
Selected the first (default) option.
Boot system started up and go to "Reached target graphic interface" or some such.
Waited.
Waited.
Waited 10 minutes.
Rebooted into UZL-10 and wiped USB sick using Gparted.
" points for having a great selection of boot options.
Nil points for everything else. If I can't use it, how can I say its great?
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Version: 2023.08.17
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-11-13
Votes: 3
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Just another Manjaro flavor!
Albeit a much better distro than some of the other options out there.
Its light, chalk full of install options, and lots of filesystems to choose from.
I would recommend this over Endeavouros which I found full of bugs and red flags.
Its also nice to be able to choose alternative kernels, this distro definitely makes things easy. Unfortunately I found the kernel manager doesn't work as intended, luckily you can use the app manager just fine so no big loss there.
I like how this distro doesn't throw stuff at you, you are able to carefully select your options. Similar in appeal to mainline Arch, where everything is a choice Rebornos just makes the transition much easier.
Many of the other distros have their quirks, some break easily, some have missing things or packages out of the door like Endeavouros. Rebornos feels like a middle ground, its just right with the rest left to user options rather than bloat.
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Version: 2023.08.17
Rating: 5
Date: 2023-09-12
Votes: 2
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I used RebornOS with a Cinnamon desktop for over a year and was very impressed. Then it slowly fell apart as it got updated and eventually I replaced it with another distro. I revisit RebornOS as it is one of the distros I think has great potential and is underrated. The ISO I tried (a year ago?) was very unstable - could not even get it to install, but I now downloaded their latest 2023 August ISO. It seems a lot is issues were addressed and I could get it installed Ok.
One thing about RebornOS is how ridiculously FAST it boots and shuts down! Anyway, so I found the Cinnamon a bit fragmented this time around. The cinnamon menu looks like an early xfce from about MX Linux v14. Some items have icons, others not. The themes - desktop, icons, buttons are incomplete and inconsistent.
I tried out the Reborn Fire application. The idea is wonderful - install desktops, WMs, software. Well, not one desktop could install, they all failed (after burning a bunch of internet bandwidth). I tried 3 or four across the spectrum - KDE, xfce, Trinity and Openbox - all failed to install. The apps sometimes installed, but most of the time did not actually install or uninstall. I got more predictable results directly with pamac and yay.
THis is a distro that I want to see succeed, but it keeps having potholes, so 5/10 for the 2023 edition.
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Version: 2023.01.20
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-07-11
Votes: 11
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It is one of the best Linux distros I have tried, its hardware recognition and driver compatibility is incredible, stable and efficient for the development of WEB applications, KDE customization does not ask any favors from other distros, I have been working for 5 years now with RebornOS and I can't say that I haven't had more than one problem, but I have managed to solve them, it's Linux, one has to be willing to not give up, and that makes it great, thanks RebornOS team for making one of the best distros I've used, I'll look for options, but just out of curiosity
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Version: 2023.01.20
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-06-20
Votes: 0
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I have 2 machines with Reborn OS on them. One is a desktop older i3 HP computer and the other is on an external drive using a Dell i7 sff. I had a harder time installing on the Dell i7 sff than the other but was finally able to accomplish the install using the offline install. I like Reborn OS. I am enjoying learning more about it. I am 2 years into Linux, and have tried at least 20 different distros. Arch is at the top of my list (Manjaro, Garuda, Endeavour, Reborn OS, Mabox with Bluestar being my least favorite of the bunch). Reborn is easy to use & installing via sudo pacman -U was smooth. Setting up was smooth. I like it as much as Manjaro.
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Version: 2023.01.20
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-04-27
Votes: 0
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Been running RebornOS in a VM in VirtualBox, and been mostly loving it. I specifically wanted an Arch based distro that allowed me to use LXQt off the bat. I had already tried Manjaro on another computer and I still enjoy Manjaro. I've been using *buntu since 2007.
1. The Reborn OS installer is top notch. Full GUI, hand-pick the apps you want, along with the desktop environment. Couldn't be better
2. While enabling Snap and Flatpak via CLI is easy enough, the default Pamac doesn't support them for GUI installations. I did manage to swap the Pamac app for another one (lolz the same one used in Manjaro), but obviously uninstalling Pamac within Pamac didn't work. Did get the help of the Reborn OS forums, and they've been great
3. Looks like VirtualBox guest additions are in the AUR and was installed by default, which is really nice!
4. On the flip side, enabling shared folders (VirtualBox feature) was harder in Reborn OS than in Debian based distros based on my experience. Once it's done, it's "set and forget", but still, seemed to be more challenging than necessary (can't blame Reborn for that, it seems to be the process for Arch distros as guest)
I'll admit that LXQt is less user friendly than Gnome or KDE. I was looking for the sweet spot between light-weight for use in a VM yet still more feature-rich than a window manager like OpenBox. I typically use Qt apps more than Gtk apps, so LXQt was the obvious choice...and Manjaro doesn't seem to have an install disc that ships with LXQt.
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Version: 2023.01.20
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-03-17
Votes: 11
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First time trying this. Very pleasantly surprised. The installer works fine. Can choose desktop environment. Its preinstalled with Firefox and Pamac and other tools.
Pros
-easy install
-install went smoothly
-come nice clear selection menus during install to customize it
-light OS
-the RebornOS Fire app is great easy way to install apps via a simple GUI
cons
-I have to nitpick to find some cons..but here a few small ones
-a bit spartan but this is not a major issue as you can customize it
-the wallpapers as very basic
-the environment is not as aesthetically beautiful as EndeavourOS but functionally Reborn great.
overall a 9/10
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Version: 2023.01.20
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-03-04
Votes: 10
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I liked arch based systems and was using Manjaro, then I got a an AMD Zerphrus 14 with the AMD GPU in Dec of 2022. I tried to install Manjaro with no joy, and several other distros.
Reborn OS had no issue, and then I discovered the other utilities for optimization, the multiple gui's, etc. and I found the installation experience to be very pleasant and the interface very well done.
I would highly recommend Reborn OS for those who are moving from "arch like" to arch...
I would like to thank the team for their hard careful work.
Cheers
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Version: 2022.11.13
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-01-16
Votes: 6
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Afraid to run Linux? Not sure if you'll be supported while learning how to become less dependent on Windows? Well, my friends, you've come to the right distro. If you're looking for an easier to use Arch distro, then you might have found it.
First of all, I've been a Linux 'user' propeller-head for a long time, I've tried many distros and used different ones in production environments i.e. RHEL, CentOS, SuSE, to name a few. I used to run pure Debian on my laptop at work. I also have tried and used a variety over VMs and bare-metal (Mint, Ubuntu, Elementary, Zorin, etc.) so i'm not afraid, nor should you. Not sure what it is about using a rolling distro, but it can be a boon and blessing, but don't let any of that dissuade or discourage you. The hardest part about starting out, is taking that first step and then committing to it.
I've been running RebornOS over a variety of systems, even before when it was the distro 'Antergos' and I must say that because it is Arch and it stays closer to the true Arch out of the box experience with a little more 'options' available from the ISO, it makes it a good choice too. When something goes wrong, and believe me, it will, but you don't have to be afraid or worry, as there is always someone to help, but that's up to you to not be afraid to roll up your sleeves and want to ask for help.
I found a welcoming, fun, productive, home here with the RebornOS folks. They care about your experience, good, bad and everything in between; from just testing out the Live ISO by booting up from USB and testing out the XFCE desktop, or to running UKUI on a VM, they truly want your experience to be theirs hence the saying, "Made for you. Made with you." One look at the variety of Desktop environments and the community support, you can tell this is the one Arch distro to make your new 'home'. If you don't like running Deepin desktop because you found it too buggy, or just want to switch, you can. But, the caveat is, are you willing to ask for help when you need to or if you get stuck? The community support is really good, in fact, it's probably why you should want to try it out and decide if you will stay, and stick with it, and honestly I think you will once you take that first step into RebornOS.
Not sure you'll like running Arch Linux? Well, if you look at the landscape, recently Arch has become the distro of choice for the widely renowned, game development company, Valve Software. They know that having a community of open source, like minded folks they will succeed to bring Linux gaming to the forefront and be less dependent on Windows, for everyone to enjoy. They chose to use Arch along with KDE Plasma Desktop Environment for their highly acclaimed SteamOS, hand-held gaming system, the Steam Deck.
This is not a bug free distro, and I don't think any open source, community supported distro is. If you're willing to take the first step, try the ISO off a bootable USB then decide if it's worthy of consideration. I'm certain what you will experience along your Linux journey, is a community of very smart, sometimes funny, sometimes sarcastic, and mostly more willing to help, willing to go the extra effort to make your RebornOS Arch Linux experience as pleasant and trouble-free as possible. The RebornOS distro is good, it can be better, and it is striving to get better with every release. I am glad I found a nice welcoming home for Arch Linux, where I have choices, and friendly interactions with the community, and i'm certain you can too.
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Version: 2022.11.13
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-01-14
Votes: 2
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Afraid to run Linux? Not sure if you'll be supported while learning how to become less dependent on Windows? Well, my friends, you've come to the right distro. If you're looking for an easier to use Arch distro, then you might have found it.
First of all, I've been a Linux 'user' propeller-head for a long time, I've tried many distros and used different ones in production environments i.e. RHEL, CentOS, SuSE, to name a few. I used to run pure Debian on my laptop at work. I also have tried and used a variety over VMs and bare-metal (Mint, Ubuntu, Elementary, Zorin, etc.) so i'm not afraid, nor should you. Not sure what it is about using a rolling distro, but it can be a boon and blessing, but don't let any of that dissuade or discourage you. The hardest part about starting out, is taking that first step and then committing to it.
I've been running RebornOS over a variety of systems, even before when it was the distro 'Antergos' and I must say that because it is Arch and it stays closer to the true Arch out of the box experience with a little more 'options' available from the ISO, it makes it a good choice too. When something goes wrong, and believe me, it will, but you don't have to be afraid or worry, as there is always someone to help, but that's up to you to not be afraid to roll up your sleeves and want to ask for help.
I found a welcoming, fun, productive, home here with the RebornOS folks. They care about your experience, good, bad and everything in between; from just testing out the Live ISO by booting up from USB and testing out the XFCE desktop, or to running UKUI on a VM, they truly want your experience to be theirs hence the saying, "Made for you. Made with you." One look at the variety of Desktop environments and the community support, you can tell this is the one Arch distro to make your new 'home'. If you don't like running Deepin desktop because you found it too buggy, or just want to switch, you can. But, the caveat is, are you willing to ask for help when you need to or if you get stuck? The community support is really good, in fact, it's probably why you should want to try it out and decide if you will stay, and stick with it, and honestly I think you will once you take that first step into RebornOS.
Not sure you'll like running Arch Linux? Well, if you look at the landscape, recently Arch has become the distro of choice for the widely renowned, game development company, Valve Software. They know that having a community of open source, like minded folks they will succeed to bring Linux gaming to the forefront and be less dependent on Windows, for everyone to enjoy. They chose to use Arch along with KDE Plasma Desktop Environment for their highly acclaimed SteamOS, hand-held gaming system, the Steam Deck.
This is not a bug free distro, and I don't think any open source, community supported distro is. If you're willing to take the first step, try the ISO off a bootable USB then decide if it's worthy of consideration. I'm certain what you will experience along your Linux journey, is a community of very smart, sometimes funny, sometimes sarcastic, and mostly more willing to help, willing to go the extra effort to make your RebornOS Arch Linux experience as pleasant and trouble-free as possible. The RebornOS distro is good, it can be better, and it is striving to get better with every release. I am glad I found a nice welcoming home for Arch Linux, where I have choices, and friendly interactions with the community, and i'm certain you can too.
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Version: 2022.11.13
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-01-09
Votes: 3
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Reborn is an "install Arch in a friendly manner with as little change as possible" distribution and, to that end, it does so with little fuss using Calamares.
It has a huge choice of desktop environments including some unusual ones such as Cutefish and UKUI. I chose Budgie, as a Budgie admirer.
The Calamares configuration is unusually powerful as everything available can be picked from, although there are defaults set for each desktop environment. You could mix in tools from another desktop environment if wanted, although that would be potentially risky.
Reborn's striking difference from other Budgie-based distributions is that the supporting applications are GNOME, most notably Nautilus. There has been a recent tendency to substitute those with alternatives (e.g. Nemo) because a big issue with GNOME applications is that those based on gtk4 libraries - more and more as time passes - cannot take themes from Budgie. So, here, I have a Materia dark theme with Nautilus, Calculator etc. white. This is not Reborn's fault; it is an intrinsic feature/failure (take your pick) of gtk4. A few gtk4-based GNOME applications soften this, such as Text Editor which has a white/black switch.
Budgie is standard, with the big weakness in that being the poor Desktop; you have to open two Nautilus windows to move a file to or from the Desktop! I hope the speedup in development caused by Budgie becoming a Fedora spin will improve that, as it is the one glaring weakness in an otherwise excellent desktop environment.
Other than the use of GNOME applications Reborn is a pretty standard Arch distribution. Unlike EndeavourOS there is a graphical package manager (pamac) which shows that there is an extra repository, Reborn-OS, which offers a lot - themes aplenty, firmware blobs for what looks like every Broadcom chipset ever produced and even standard utilities at newer versions than in the Arch repositories or AUR, such as 7zip v21.
Reborn adds two applications of its own; Welcome, an introductory popup window on boot (which can be turned off) and Fire, an extra control centre. It allows kernels to be switched between, display managers similarly, and secondary desktop environments to be installed (potentially dangerous - I wonder what a cross between GNOME and KDE would look like). It also allows a number of the "big" proprietary applications to be installed, such as Steam or Wine.
Overall? Now my daily driver as it is pretty close to standard Arch and the theming and general configuration is good. I had to do very little to get a decent desktop appearance. We shall see how the use of GNOME applications stands up, given GNOME's determination to take a very particular view of how its applications interact with everyone else and its dislike of theming.
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Version: 2022.11.13
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-11-29
Votes: 7
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Pretty close to the best Linux distro ever used.
Once you get it installed and then tweak the crap out of it.. WoW!
Used and tried prob 30+ Distro's and this is a GEM.
Quick and great performance as well and many tools as well options.
Gaming so far has been stable and crisp. Everything is super-fast and quick.
I have basically been using the runs low on system resources too and will cache storage space and then it seems to be running
turbo.
Hard to think of a complaint??
"It's a Heavenly Experience!"
Thank You ;)
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Version: 2022.11.13
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-11-26
Votes: 3
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The new RebornOs release from 2022.11.13 is fantastic and all funcional. Simply perfect. I already had used RebornOs before but I nedded move. I had a matter with the pc and the avaliable iso was not working to me. I stayed lose on this time. But now ReborOs is back and I'm using again. It's a perfect arch, almost there is not additional packages what is wonderful. Kde, gnome, cinnamon, budgie, ukui, mate, lxqt, xfce, and anymore. The online install finishes about 12 or 15 minutes. I said 'wow' about this. How is possible? But it's true. I liked so much that I moved the operational system on my 3 pcs. And two of these were with windows and windows is working without no problem after ReborOs. I'm very happy and I desire a very long life to RebornOs project. I will make my projects using the project os yours.
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Version: 2022.04.10
Rating: 4
Date: 2022-09-17
Votes: 1
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It might be working for some people but generally speaking it has too many problems.
1. Not only that it's UEFI is not working in Virtual Box but even if you go legacy you still have to go from a boot manager process of trying to find the right option to boot it.
2. I installed KDE Plasma but right out of the box it didn't even have the system tray and task manager widgets in the bottom panel.
3. Repos are also missing, it install flatpak directly although the installation showed it does have AUR support. Did not see any option to activate it, at least not from a GUI.
4. It is very laggy (in the VM) not sure how performs on bare metal.
It might be an option for some people, an okay choice if lacking any other option but even so, even for tinkerers, I don't see why would chose this over EndeavourOS or Arcolinux.
It does have a nice installer and a big variety of DEs.
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Version: 2022.04.10
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-09-08
Votes: 1
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I have had RebornOS running on my main production laptop for nearly 2 years now. This is one very under-rated distro! From the installer to heavy daily usage, this has become the benchmark for me to measure my other machines against. All the goodness of Arch, a wide choice of desktops (I chose Cinnamon), and all very customizable as one would expect. Being Arch it is not quite for the new user or Windows refugee - a couple of years Linux experience is recommended before trying out Arch and this, RebornOS. I have had no problems, just a few minor glitches with dependencies and those came from stuff building out of the AUR. A great and solid distro which stays very, very updated. The updates can get annoying on some days, hence the 9 not a 10 rating.
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Version: 2022.04.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-07-06
Votes: 2
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If command line and days of setting things up is not an option, Reborn is a breeze. I found the system installation super easy and fast. The distro set of packages is HUGE. In the end I had to download from browser just one(1) app, a microsoft one. This distro is fast. I felt XFCE desktop with "plank" as snappy as MacOSX on an M1 machine. I can't believe I run a clean Arch Linux with a pure GUI interface. Although at first I was worried about that "rolling release" thing, finally found it stable.
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Version: 2022.04.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-07-05
Votes: 1
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It is one of the friendliest linux distributions I have ever used. The need to use the terminal/"command line" is even less than a windows system. Easy and fast installation. Very easy to use graphical package/software manager. Really fast times on installations and updates. Fast boot and shutdown procedures. Handy welcome screen to help you setup everything in your environment.
The big gun is the software repositories. I found everything in there. This saved me hours, even days of setting up my music production pc.
The only negative is that you have to schedule frequent backups with timeshift because some installations can break the system. But with timeshift it's easy to get it back up and running. Of course, this does not only apply to rebornOS, but also to other linux distributions and windows systems.
Thank you Reborn.
Keep up the good work!
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Version: 2022.04.10
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-06-09
Votes: 0
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Another Arch distro I had hoped would have what I wanted. Downloaded LTS kernel version. It loaded easily enough from USB into what appears to be Gnome window manager with a green and purple "install icon's" on the base panel. No explanation as to what each one offers. Clicked one and then the other, nothing happened. Searched for some kind of install option in the menu, nothing obvious on offer. First time I've ever had this much trouble trying to figure out how to install an operating system and I started in network support with DOS 1!!!! . Walking away and wont be back.
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Version: 2021.10.18
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-03-10
Votes: 4
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I normally use Arch or Endeavour, however this distro was interesting enough for me to try. It installed super easy. Endeavour is more like Arch in the repository department, but RebornOS is more like Manjaro in having their own repository. I was very much impressed by how much was installed without my intervention. I found the installed packages were useful and for the most part: up-to-date. I chose KDE for the DE, so I could play around with customization and found it to be so close to EndeavourOS it was almost a deja vu system. I wonder if the same team players put it together with the same ideology. I haven't found any serious quirks with this distro. You could say it's a good beginner Arch based system much like Manjaro. Try it!
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Version: 2021.10.18
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-01-19
Votes: 3
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I love Gnome. (please don't throw tomatoes at me)
I also love Arch.
Reborn is the only rolling release distro I'm aware of to embrace Gnome desktop as their flagship. If you want an out-of-the-box rolling Gnome that isn't just a community flavor/secondary version, Reborn might be the choice for you.
The installation is superb compared to other Arch based distros that use Calamares. It is a little more time consuming, but as a result, you get a much more lean and personalized Arch system.
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Version: 2021.10.18
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-01-09
Votes: 2
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One of the nicest installers there is, you can pretty much have any desktop and display manager there is. If your after a noob friendly gui based arch install then reborn is highly recommended.
Only negative point there website forum is fairly quiet but I believe their discord server is more active
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Version: 2021.10.18
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-12-26
Votes: 0
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I Absolutely love this os. very stable and i love gnome. I almost forgot i love arch
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Version: 2021.10.18
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-11-20
Votes: 69
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To me, one of the best distro's out there. Fast, flexible, and an easy way to take advantage Arch, without the complexities that can come up during installation.
In comparison, Manjaro is good, but has let me down numerous times with broken updates etc. Reborn sees to be more stable over all.
Pros:
- Arch based.
-Stable, fast, flexible and easily configured.
- Plenty of in house tools to work with as well.
Cons:
- a little lengthy on the install, but you're up to date on your first boot.
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Version: 2021.06.09
Rating: 1
Date: 2021-09-15
Votes: 2
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I wanted a base installation and it also installed pamac-all named as pamac-aur. Of course, I would install pamac-aur, but the regular version without the support for Snaps and Flatpaks.
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Version: 2021.06.09
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-07-22
Votes: 15
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I think I have a new favourite distro in RebornOS. I've used Mint for many years, but started to go towards Manjaro the last 2 years or so. I just lost my Manjaro laptop to a hardware issue, went back to Mint and started finding all sorts of shortfalls. Several things I run for stats which I produce refused to work (python and geo data issues). RebornOS passed the test - it is all the goodness, minus all the bloat that seems to be drowning several of the older, more 'established' distros.
Pros:
- Arch repos
- stable, fast, light
Cons:
- ....?
A computer is a tool for getting jobs done. Which distro gets all of those jobs done gets the vote.
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Version: 2021.06.09
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-07-15
Votes: 3
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everything just works. Arch with excellent add-ons to assist system mainteneance. I highly recommend RebornOS.
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Version: 2021.05.02
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-05-24
Votes: 1
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Excellent distro! Of all I've tested, Reborn has been the snappiest and the one with best battery life. The installer does take a looooong time tho, and my phone had to stay tethered to it the whole time since it doesn't use the wifi-card before it is fully installed.
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Version: 2021.05.02
Rating: 1
Date: 2021-05-20
Votes: 0
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After updating deepin desktop the distro is destroyed and can not boot anymore !!
Also i tried pantheon desktop ......the same result after last update ....it is destroyed and can not boot anymore !
this distro not safe and waste your time !!
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Version: 2021.05.02
Rating: 8
Date: 2021-05-04
Votes: 1
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Very long install times - I thought it had hung more than once. Despite the large download size of the ISO it appears to do an online install by default, if you have a network connection, and the mirrors I had were very slow.
The installer is pretty basic but appears to cover needs. I was able to install to an SD card, including setting up an EFI partition, without touching my fixed disk - that can be hit and miss with some distributions.
I'll test it in Virtual Box for a while before deciding whether it should replace Manjaro. As with most things it will be the value-added features, and ease of getting the boring stuff done that determines whether a particular OS helps or hinders me.
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Version: 2021.04.22
Rating: 8
Date: 2021-05-01
Votes: 5
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I have an old laptop in a box Lenovo (all laptop components in a small tower case) which I keep for testing 'lite' Linux distros. Coupled with a small SSD it remains usable for most lightweight distros. The install was interesting with the ability to choose or more importantly not to have certain types of software installed - something I'd like to see in all distros which keep trying to force Firefox on me and a number of 'must have' programs that I don't use/want.
I picked games for some reason, and didn't check what games it was adding either. I assumed it would be the smaller ones, but it's actually most of the bigger ones and adds a significant amount to the downloads required. Something to avoid unless you're a keen gamer.
I went for the LXQt desktop to give this old machine the best chance of running smoothly with only 4 GB RAM and an old laptop quad core CPU.
Good news it's probably the fastest to login screen I've ever seen on that old Lenovo - by a significant amount at around 10 seconds. Obviously helped by the SSD, but I don't think it will be too painful on a mechanical drive either.
I do a very basic acid test on all old machines to see if they're still viable and that is - can it run YouTube videos in full screen smoothly? It passed that test with flying colours and seemed plenty fast enough for other programs too.
For an old machine that couldn't possibly run Windows 10, or even 7 without a struggle, it's now a more than adequate general surfing machine.
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Version: 2021.04.22
Rating: 7
Date: 2021-04-26
Votes: 1
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An updated RebornOS was released on April 22 and I decided to give it a go on a Dell Vostro 470 with 8 gb ram. First of all: there were several issues with the live dvd (including a complete system freeze) and after a couple of reboots I did not tinker about anymore with the live disk but immediately installed on bare metal. It was a exemplary install this time, with a very helpfull Cnchi installer.
The party trick for Reborn is the choice out of a myriad of desktops! The chief conclusion after install: everything worked just fine, from the network connection, to the different configurations, adding the sofware packages, Grub (and my triple boot install), even the wireless keyboard bindings and yes, even Netflix on Firefox 88.0! The system idles at around 496 mb ram on the desktop.
+ positive: extensive choice of desktops, impressive pacman/pamac package management, highly configurable system
- negative: issues with live cd, a certain lag in launching apps and a sometimes annoying shearing in the screen when browsing
Reborn is definately worth a try if you are curious about an Arch based distro without the steep learning curve that comes with vanilla Arch. Just avoid complicated desktops like i3, Openbox or other exotic ones. Go for the popular KDE, Gnome or Cinnamon, that come very slick and polished. Is it a keeper, even a daily driver? Too soon to tell as there are still a lot of configs and functions to test. That is probably the difference with the likes of Mint, Ubuntu or Manjaro. Those feel much more like a 'ready to go' system. Reborn feel more like "a project".
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Version: 2020.12.27
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-02-03
Votes: 9
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Tried many distro's.
Also Arch based distro's like Arco, Endeavour and Manjaro.
Before Reborn OS I tried MX linux but was a bit disappointed about speed en stability.
Now I am running Reborn OS with XFCE 4.16 on an "old" Lenovo T520 laptop (with SSD , 8 GB RAM)
No problems whatsoever, great speed and stability and no " bloatware"/
I am not going back to Ubuntu based ones that's for sure.
Even though I am a "newbie" at Linux, I can recommend it even for starters.
Because of AUR all the software you ever need is available, or you can turn to flatpak.
Almost daily updates (some people will find that annoying).
So happy camper here with Reborn OS!
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Version: 2021.01.23
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-02-02
Votes: 6
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SWEET!
I can't remember the last time I gave a 10 start rating, and never before for something not indie. RebornOS deserves it!
The only downside (which is not really a flaw) was the install took FOREVER- three hours, if you can believe it! Was it worth the wait? You bet!
Everything works well "out of the box". Customisation is effortless. LOVE the package manager! Synaptic has been my forever fav, but I have found at least an equal here. Decent choice of pre-installs, easy to remove what you may not want. Looks great. Runs fast on my middle aged machine.
As someone else said, why is this not in the top ranking? I think they are afraid of Arch. Don't be. I distro hop among all Linux flavors quite frequently- this one is definitely staying as my forever daily.
WELL done, devs! Thank you.
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Version: 2020.12.27
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-01-27
Votes: 3
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Very stable and offers bleeding edge repos like arch.
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Version: 2020.12.27
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-01-22
Votes: 2
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This is the best distro I have ever used. Everything just works. I am using Gnome because of its great scaling of the desktop with my 4K monitor.
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Version: 2020.12.27
Rating: 5
Date: 2021-01-20
Votes: 0
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A system that can not complete the installation, because the installer gives the same errors as always that there were in Antergos! My experience was this: After an hour downloading tons of packages, the infamous installer gives an unexpected network error, and puts everything to lose! Even the word "Antergos" is on one of the screens. Even that didn't have the ability to fix it! Reborn is actually a "redied"! I don't recommend it. You're going to waste your time!
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Version: 2020.12.27
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-01-05
Votes: 7
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RebornOS has One ISO with over 10 Desktop Environments to choose from! I'm using KDE, but there is GNOME, Deepin, Budgie, Cinnamon, MATE, OpenBox, i3, Xfce, Enlightenment and LXQT. On the past I tested Cinnamon, mate and Openbox. For those who love the terminal, there is even the option of a Base install, allowing you to bypass the Desktop Environment entirely. RebornOS gets out of the way and lets you decide, not the other way around. Besides this, the ISO has over many optional features to choose from as LibreOffice, WPS Office, Steam, Wine, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi, or Brave – it has it all. And all of this can be accompanied by a light, simple, easy to use system that comes with pamac enabled and the possibility to install packages in snap or flatpak without requiring the user to go through a high knowledge curve. It is really an Arch Linux ready and easy to use.
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Latest Reviews
Project: RebornOS
Version: 2024.07.27
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-11-18
Votes: 0
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Installed it yesterday on a virtual machine first. Lots of error during installation on both ext4 and btrfs file system. Downloaded a fresh ISO again and have not looked back since. Went from Zorin OS to Reborn on my Lenovo Thinkpad immediately after using it on the virtual machine for a day. It was finally down to between Cachy OS or Reborn OS. Both were similar in GNOME experience. App management in Reborn is better. Runs fast and efficiently. Will keep it as my daily driver. Finally on a Arch based distro which I have wanted to do for a long time. Reborn comes with the latest firmware and GNOME 47. All that made me choose a very under-rated distro.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2023.08.17
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-07-15
Votes: 11
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Latest release is: 2024.03.21. After testing Endeavour, Arco, Manjaro, Catchy, Garuda, and Reborn; I can say that Reborn is an excellent distro. It is well worth your time.
First is the offline minimal install or online full install. Both work well. If you used Arco's online install you know it can be daunting with the number of choices. Reborn full install is a trimmed down version. Much less intimidating. The important option of using a zen-kernel is there. So is most options you would likely want.
Running the distro after install also goes smoothly. I've tried the xfce, gnome, and cinnamon desktops.
In the near future,I hope Distrowatch will update the site with the latest release info.
Finally congratulations to RebornOS developers on a well thought out Arch distro.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2023.08.17
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-07-08
Votes: 2
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Distro hopped a lot these past few weeks, fedora, opensuse tumbleweed, manjaro, kubuntu, mx linux, endeavour, pop_os; So far, I am pretty happy with Reborn's xfce. It just works with steam, codecs....Fire is kinda different but I like it.
Anyways, worth a shot....was one of the few Distros' so far where Elden Ring didn't have issues initializing, the controller worked on steam integrated games without having to install things like gamescope, and it hasn't crashed within the first 30 min like the others.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2023.08.17
Rating: 4
Date: 2024-04-16
Votes: 2
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Reborn OS (16 April 2024)
When I heard how "fast" it was I immediately got a copy and installed it.Standard XFCE desktop. First order of business, update. That kept failing & cashing and hanging the whole system. OK I thought, new download and install. same crap, so I tried a third time and guess what... It wasn't the charm. I doubled the amount of RAM and still the same. I did appreciate the boot messages scrolling past slow enough to read, unlike other arch distro's where they zip past so fast, they may not have been there at all.
PRO'S:
Nice clean desktop.
Cons:
Unstable, hangs for no reason, updater will just bomb out running "post installation hooks".
If the update bombs on the kernel, system is un-bootable, no rescue.
For me the question was, what did it bring to the table that say, Manjaro or Arco did not?
That answer was nothing, and while I am glad to see new Linux distro's, this ticked no boxes for me.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2023.08.17
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-03-04
Votes: 28
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This is a sadly under-rated distro. Its cousin EndeavorOS ranks is the top 10. They do much the same but in repeated testing and using them for any length of time, THIS one, RebornOS is the winner for me.
Pros - flexible as you can choose from a dozen desktops at install. Once installed you have all the goodness of Arch at your fingertips. It is easy to customise, making it a home not just a house - best I can explain it. So many other distros lock you to some look-n-feel with things breaking if you change. Not the case here - stable and very useable. It also starts up and shuts down very quickly. Exhaustive tests on the exact same hardware showed it 8x faster than the "big" release of a very well known distro. So guess which one is going to stay on my machine ..RebornOS of course.
Cons - not enough people seems to know about this distro.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2023.08.17
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-01-10
Votes: 10
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I installed Version 2023.10.23 over a month ago. The installation process was super-easy. I really like that they made it simple for me to pick-and-choose exactly what components I what installed. I don't need an extremely customized system. I just don't want any bloat. I found RebornOS is definitely light and fast. Also, I only use the command line when I absolutely have to...I'm a simple GUI person...and I am using RebornOS as my daily driver. That should tell you something. 10 out of 10 for me. I would definitely recommend RebornOS for those interested in an Arch-based distro.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2023.08.17
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-11-20
Votes: 6
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Been using Manjaro with KDE Plasma for 5+ years. I chose it because it's fast a user friendly. Lately I've had a problem with Manjaro not properly mounting USB drives. I'm sure there is a fix, but I couldn't figure it out. Plus, I've had the itch to distro hop lately. I've wanted to try pure Arch, but I'm too lazy. So I narrowed my options to EndeavourOS and RebornOS and eventually decided on the later. Installation on my laptop was a breeze. I also like their Fire application. Overall I'm happy. I think I'll be sticking with RebornOS for the next 5+ years.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2023.08.17
Rating: 2
Date: 2023-11-16
Votes: 0
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Well 2023.10.23 actually.
Created a bootable USB stick using UZL-10 and rebooted to the stick.
Selected the first (default) option.
Boot system started up and go to "Reached target graphic interface" or some such.
Waited.
Waited.
Waited 10 minutes.
Rebooted into UZL-10 and wiped USB sick using Gparted.
" points for having a great selection of boot options.
Nil points for everything else. If I can't use it, how can I say its great?
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2023.08.17
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-11-13
Votes: 3
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Just another Manjaro flavor!
Albeit a much better distro than some of the other options out there.
Its light, chalk full of install options, and lots of filesystems to choose from.
I would recommend this over Endeavouros which I found full of bugs and red flags.
Its also nice to be able to choose alternative kernels, this distro definitely makes things easy. Unfortunately I found the kernel manager doesn't work as intended, luckily you can use the app manager just fine so no big loss there.
I like how this distro doesn't throw stuff at you, you are able to carefully select your options. Similar in appeal to mainline Arch, where everything is a choice Rebornos just makes the transition much easier.
Many of the other distros have their quirks, some break easily, some have missing things or packages out of the door like Endeavouros. Rebornos feels like a middle ground, its just right with the rest left to user options rather than bloat.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2023.08.17
Rating: 5
Date: 2023-09-12
Votes: 2
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I used RebornOS with a Cinnamon desktop for over a year and was very impressed. Then it slowly fell apart as it got updated and eventually I replaced it with another distro. I revisit RebornOS as it is one of the distros I think has great potential and is underrated. The ISO I tried (a year ago?) was very unstable - could not even get it to install, but I now downloaded their latest 2023 August ISO. It seems a lot is issues were addressed and I could get it installed Ok.
One thing about RebornOS is how ridiculously FAST it boots and shuts down! Anyway, so I found the Cinnamon a bit fragmented this time around. The cinnamon menu looks like an early xfce from about MX Linux v14. Some items have icons, others not. The themes - desktop, icons, buttons are incomplete and inconsistent.
I tried out the Reborn Fire application. The idea is wonderful - install desktops, WMs, software. Well, not one desktop could install, they all failed (after burning a bunch of internet bandwidth). I tried 3 or four across the spectrum - KDE, xfce, Trinity and Openbox - all failed to install. The apps sometimes installed, but most of the time did not actually install or uninstall. I got more predictable results directly with pamac and yay.
THis is a distro that I want to see succeed, but it keeps having potholes, so 5/10 for the 2023 edition.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2023.01.20
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-07-11
Votes: 11
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It is one of the best Linux distros I have tried, its hardware recognition and driver compatibility is incredible, stable and efficient for the development of WEB applications, KDE customization does not ask any favors from other distros, I have been working for 5 years now with RebornOS and I can't say that I haven't had more than one problem, but I have managed to solve them, it's Linux, one has to be willing to not give up, and that makes it great, thanks RebornOS team for making one of the best distros I've used, I'll look for options, but just out of curiosity
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2023.01.20
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-06-20
Votes: 0
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I have 2 machines with Reborn OS on them. One is a desktop older i3 HP computer and the other is on an external drive using a Dell i7 sff. I had a harder time installing on the Dell i7 sff than the other but was finally able to accomplish the install using the offline install. I like Reborn OS. I am enjoying learning more about it. I am 2 years into Linux, and have tried at least 20 different distros. Arch is at the top of my list (Manjaro, Garuda, Endeavour, Reborn OS, Mabox with Bluestar being my least favorite of the bunch). Reborn is easy to use & installing via sudo pacman -U was smooth. Setting up was smooth. I like it as much as Manjaro.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2023.01.20
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-04-27
Votes: 0
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Been running RebornOS in a VM in VirtualBox, and been mostly loving it. I specifically wanted an Arch based distro that allowed me to use LXQt off the bat. I had already tried Manjaro on another computer and I still enjoy Manjaro. I've been using *buntu since 2007.
1. The Reborn OS installer is top notch. Full GUI, hand-pick the apps you want, along with the desktop environment. Couldn't be better
2. While enabling Snap and Flatpak via CLI is easy enough, the default Pamac doesn't support them for GUI installations. I did manage to swap the Pamac app for another one (lolz the same one used in Manjaro), but obviously uninstalling Pamac within Pamac didn't work. Did get the help of the Reborn OS forums, and they've been great
3. Looks like VirtualBox guest additions are in the AUR and was installed by default, which is really nice!
4. On the flip side, enabling shared folders (VirtualBox feature) was harder in Reborn OS than in Debian based distros based on my experience. Once it's done, it's "set and forget", but still, seemed to be more challenging than necessary (can't blame Reborn for that, it seems to be the process for Arch distros as guest)
I'll admit that LXQt is less user friendly than Gnome or KDE. I was looking for the sweet spot between light-weight for use in a VM yet still more feature-rich than a window manager like OpenBox. I typically use Qt apps more than Gtk apps, so LXQt was the obvious choice...and Manjaro doesn't seem to have an install disc that ships with LXQt.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2023.01.20
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-03-17
Votes: 11
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First time trying this. Very pleasantly surprised. The installer works fine. Can choose desktop environment. Its preinstalled with Firefox and Pamac and other tools.
Pros
-easy install
-install went smoothly
-come nice clear selection menus during install to customize it
-light OS
-the RebornOS Fire app is great easy way to install apps via a simple GUI
cons
-I have to nitpick to find some cons..but here a few small ones
-a bit spartan but this is not a major issue as you can customize it
-the wallpapers as very basic
-the environment is not as aesthetically beautiful as EndeavourOS but functionally Reborn great.
overall a 9/10
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2023.01.20
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-03-04
Votes: 10
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I liked arch based systems and was using Manjaro, then I got a an AMD Zerphrus 14 with the AMD GPU in Dec of 2022. I tried to install Manjaro with no joy, and several other distros.
Reborn OS had no issue, and then I discovered the other utilities for optimization, the multiple gui's, etc. and I found the installation experience to be very pleasant and the interface very well done.
I would highly recommend Reborn OS for those who are moving from "arch like" to arch...
I would like to thank the team for their hard careful work.
Cheers
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2022.11.13
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-01-16
Votes: 6
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Afraid to run Linux? Not sure if you'll be supported while learning how to become less dependent on Windows? Well, my friends, you've come to the right distro. If you're looking for an easier to use Arch distro, then you might have found it.
First of all, I've been a Linux 'user' propeller-head for a long time, I've tried many distros and used different ones in production environments i.e. RHEL, CentOS, SuSE, to name a few. I used to run pure Debian on my laptop at work. I also have tried and used a variety over VMs and bare-metal (Mint, Ubuntu, Elementary, Zorin, etc.) so i'm not afraid, nor should you. Not sure what it is about using a rolling distro, but it can be a boon and blessing, but don't let any of that dissuade or discourage you. The hardest part about starting out, is taking that first step and then committing to it.
I've been running RebornOS over a variety of systems, even before when it was the distro 'Antergos' and I must say that because it is Arch and it stays closer to the true Arch out of the box experience with a little more 'options' available from the ISO, it makes it a good choice too. When something goes wrong, and believe me, it will, but you don't have to be afraid or worry, as there is always someone to help, but that's up to you to not be afraid to roll up your sleeves and want to ask for help.
I found a welcoming, fun, productive, home here with the RebornOS folks. They care about your experience, good, bad and everything in between; from just testing out the Live ISO by booting up from USB and testing out the XFCE desktop, or to running UKUI on a VM, they truly want your experience to be theirs hence the saying, "Made for you. Made with you." One look at the variety of Desktop environments and the community support, you can tell this is the one Arch distro to make your new 'home'. If you don't like running Deepin desktop because you found it too buggy, or just want to switch, you can. But, the caveat is, are you willing to ask for help when you need to or if you get stuck? The community support is really good, in fact, it's probably why you should want to try it out and decide if you will stay, and stick with it, and honestly I think you will once you take that first step into RebornOS.
Not sure you'll like running Arch Linux? Well, if you look at the landscape, recently Arch has become the distro of choice for the widely renowned, game development company, Valve Software. They know that having a community of open source, like minded folks they will succeed to bring Linux gaming to the forefront and be less dependent on Windows, for everyone to enjoy. They chose to use Arch along with KDE Plasma Desktop Environment for their highly acclaimed SteamOS, hand-held gaming system, the Steam Deck.
This is not a bug free distro, and I don't think any open source, community supported distro is. If you're willing to take the first step, try the ISO off a bootable USB then decide if it's worthy of consideration. I'm certain what you will experience along your Linux journey, is a community of very smart, sometimes funny, sometimes sarcastic, and mostly more willing to help, willing to go the extra effort to make your RebornOS Arch Linux experience as pleasant and trouble-free as possible. The RebornOS distro is good, it can be better, and it is striving to get better with every release. I am glad I found a nice welcoming home for Arch Linux, where I have choices, and friendly interactions with the community, and i'm certain you can too.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2022.11.13
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-01-14
Votes: 2
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Afraid to run Linux? Not sure if you'll be supported while learning how to become less dependent on Windows? Well, my friends, you've come to the right distro. If you're looking for an easier to use Arch distro, then you might have found it.
First of all, I've been a Linux 'user' propeller-head for a long time, I've tried many distros and used different ones in production environments i.e. RHEL, CentOS, SuSE, to name a few. I used to run pure Debian on my laptop at work. I also have tried and used a variety over VMs and bare-metal (Mint, Ubuntu, Elementary, Zorin, etc.) so i'm not afraid, nor should you. Not sure what it is about using a rolling distro, but it can be a boon and blessing, but don't let any of that dissuade or discourage you. The hardest part about starting out, is taking that first step and then committing to it.
I've been running RebornOS over a variety of systems, even before when it was the distro 'Antergos' and I must say that because it is Arch and it stays closer to the true Arch out of the box experience with a little more 'options' available from the ISO, it makes it a good choice too. When something goes wrong, and believe me, it will, but you don't have to be afraid or worry, as there is always someone to help, but that's up to you to not be afraid to roll up your sleeves and want to ask for help.
I found a welcoming, fun, productive, home here with the RebornOS folks. They care about your experience, good, bad and everything in between; from just testing out the Live ISO by booting up from USB and testing out the XFCE desktop, or to running UKUI on a VM, they truly want your experience to be theirs hence the saying, "Made for you. Made with you." One look at the variety of Desktop environments and the community support, you can tell this is the one Arch distro to make your new 'home'. If you don't like running Deepin desktop because you found it too buggy, or just want to switch, you can. But, the caveat is, are you willing to ask for help when you need to or if you get stuck? The community support is really good, in fact, it's probably why you should want to try it out and decide if you will stay, and stick with it, and honestly I think you will once you take that first step into RebornOS.
Not sure you'll like running Arch Linux? Well, if you look at the landscape, recently Arch has become the distro of choice for the widely renowned, game development company, Valve Software. They know that having a community of open source, like minded folks they will succeed to bring Linux gaming to the forefront and be less dependent on Windows, for everyone to enjoy. They chose to use Arch along with KDE Plasma Desktop Environment for their highly acclaimed SteamOS, hand-held gaming system, the Steam Deck.
This is not a bug free distro, and I don't think any open source, community supported distro is. If you're willing to take the first step, try the ISO off a bootable USB then decide if it's worthy of consideration. I'm certain what you will experience along your Linux journey, is a community of very smart, sometimes funny, sometimes sarcastic, and mostly more willing to help, willing to go the extra effort to make your RebornOS Arch Linux experience as pleasant and trouble-free as possible. The RebornOS distro is good, it can be better, and it is striving to get better with every release. I am glad I found a nice welcoming home for Arch Linux, where I have choices, and friendly interactions with the community, and i'm certain you can too.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2022.11.13
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-01-09
Votes: 3
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Reborn is an "install Arch in a friendly manner with as little change as possible" distribution and, to that end, it does so with little fuss using Calamares.
It has a huge choice of desktop environments including some unusual ones such as Cutefish and UKUI. I chose Budgie, as a Budgie admirer.
The Calamares configuration is unusually powerful as everything available can be picked from, although there are defaults set for each desktop environment. You could mix in tools from another desktop environment if wanted, although that would be potentially risky.
Reborn's striking difference from other Budgie-based distributions is that the supporting applications are GNOME, most notably Nautilus. There has been a recent tendency to substitute those with alternatives (e.g. Nemo) because a big issue with GNOME applications is that those based on gtk4 libraries - more and more as time passes - cannot take themes from Budgie. So, here, I have a Materia dark theme with Nautilus, Calculator etc. white. This is not Reborn's fault; it is an intrinsic feature/failure (take your pick) of gtk4. A few gtk4-based GNOME applications soften this, such as Text Editor which has a white/black switch.
Budgie is standard, with the big weakness in that being the poor Desktop; you have to open two Nautilus windows to move a file to or from the Desktop! I hope the speedup in development caused by Budgie becoming a Fedora spin will improve that, as it is the one glaring weakness in an otherwise excellent desktop environment.
Other than the use of GNOME applications Reborn is a pretty standard Arch distribution. Unlike EndeavourOS there is a graphical package manager (pamac) which shows that there is an extra repository, Reborn-OS, which offers a lot - themes aplenty, firmware blobs for what looks like every Broadcom chipset ever produced and even standard utilities at newer versions than in the Arch repositories or AUR, such as 7zip v21.
Reborn adds two applications of its own; Welcome, an introductory popup window on boot (which can be turned off) and Fire, an extra control centre. It allows kernels to be switched between, display managers similarly, and secondary desktop environments to be installed (potentially dangerous - I wonder what a cross between GNOME and KDE would look like). It also allows a number of the "big" proprietary applications to be installed, such as Steam or Wine.
Overall? Now my daily driver as it is pretty close to standard Arch and the theming and general configuration is good. I had to do very little to get a decent desktop appearance. We shall see how the use of GNOME applications stands up, given GNOME's determination to take a very particular view of how its applications interact with everyone else and its dislike of theming.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2022.11.13
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-11-29
Votes: 7
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Pretty close to the best Linux distro ever used.
Once you get it installed and then tweak the crap out of it.. WoW!
Used and tried prob 30+ Distro's and this is a GEM.
Quick and great performance as well and many tools as well options.
Gaming so far has been stable and crisp. Everything is super-fast and quick.
I have basically been using the runs low on system resources too and will cache storage space and then it seems to be running
turbo.
Hard to think of a complaint??
"It's a Heavenly Experience!"
Thank You ;)
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2022.11.13
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-11-26
Votes: 3
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The new RebornOs release from 2022.11.13 is fantastic and all funcional. Simply perfect. I already had used RebornOs before but I nedded move. I had a matter with the pc and the avaliable iso was not working to me. I stayed lose on this time. But now ReborOs is back and I'm using again. It's a perfect arch, almost there is not additional packages what is wonderful. Kde, gnome, cinnamon, budgie, ukui, mate, lxqt, xfce, and anymore. The online install finishes about 12 or 15 minutes. I said 'wow' about this. How is possible? But it's true. I liked so much that I moved the operational system on my 3 pcs. And two of these were with windows and windows is working without no problem after ReborOs. I'm very happy and I desire a very long life to RebornOs project. I will make my projects using the project os yours.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2022.04.10
Rating: 4
Date: 2022-09-17
Votes: 1
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It might be working for some people but generally speaking it has too many problems.
1. Not only that it's UEFI is not working in Virtual Box but even if you go legacy you still have to go from a boot manager process of trying to find the right option to boot it.
2. I installed KDE Plasma but right out of the box it didn't even have the system tray and task manager widgets in the bottom panel.
3. Repos are also missing, it install flatpak directly although the installation showed it does have AUR support. Did not see any option to activate it, at least not from a GUI.
4. It is very laggy (in the VM) not sure how performs on bare metal.
It might be an option for some people, an okay choice if lacking any other option but even so, even for tinkerers, I don't see why would chose this over EndeavourOS or Arcolinux.
It does have a nice installer and a big variety of DEs.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2022.04.10
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-09-08
Votes: 1
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I have had RebornOS running on my main production laptop for nearly 2 years now. This is one very under-rated distro! From the installer to heavy daily usage, this has become the benchmark for me to measure my other machines against. All the goodness of Arch, a wide choice of desktops (I chose Cinnamon), and all very customizable as one would expect. Being Arch it is not quite for the new user or Windows refugee - a couple of years Linux experience is recommended before trying out Arch and this, RebornOS. I have had no problems, just a few minor glitches with dependencies and those came from stuff building out of the AUR. A great and solid distro which stays very, very updated. The updates can get annoying on some days, hence the 9 not a 10 rating.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2022.04.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-07-06
Votes: 2
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If command line and days of setting things up is not an option, Reborn is a breeze. I found the system installation super easy and fast. The distro set of packages is HUGE. In the end I had to download from browser just one(1) app, a microsoft one. This distro is fast. I felt XFCE desktop with "plank" as snappy as MacOSX on an M1 machine. I can't believe I run a clean Arch Linux with a pure GUI interface. Although at first I was worried about that "rolling release" thing, finally found it stable.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2022.04.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-07-05
Votes: 1
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It is one of the friendliest linux distributions I have ever used. The need to use the terminal/"command line" is even less than a windows system. Easy and fast installation. Very easy to use graphical package/software manager. Really fast times on installations and updates. Fast boot and shutdown procedures. Handy welcome screen to help you setup everything in your environment.
The big gun is the software repositories. I found everything in there. This saved me hours, even days of setting up my music production pc.
The only negative is that you have to schedule frequent backups with timeshift because some installations can break the system. But with timeshift it's easy to get it back up and running. Of course, this does not only apply to rebornOS, but also to other linux distributions and windows systems.
Thank you Reborn.
Keep up the good work!
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2022.04.10
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-06-09
Votes: 0
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Another Arch distro I had hoped would have what I wanted. Downloaded LTS kernel version. It loaded easily enough from USB into what appears to be Gnome window manager with a green and purple "install icon's" on the base panel. No explanation as to what each one offers. Clicked one and then the other, nothing happened. Searched for some kind of install option in the menu, nothing obvious on offer. First time I've ever had this much trouble trying to figure out how to install an operating system and I started in network support with DOS 1!!!! . Walking away and wont be back.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2021.10.18
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-03-10
Votes: 4
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I normally use Arch or Endeavour, however this distro was interesting enough for me to try. It installed super easy. Endeavour is more like Arch in the repository department, but RebornOS is more like Manjaro in having their own repository. I was very much impressed by how much was installed without my intervention. I found the installed packages were useful and for the most part: up-to-date. I chose KDE for the DE, so I could play around with customization and found it to be so close to EndeavourOS it was almost a deja vu system. I wonder if the same team players put it together with the same ideology. I haven't found any serious quirks with this distro. You could say it's a good beginner Arch based system much like Manjaro. Try it!
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2021.10.18
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-01-19
Votes: 3
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I love Gnome. (please don't throw tomatoes at me)
I also love Arch.
Reborn is the only rolling release distro I'm aware of to embrace Gnome desktop as their flagship. If you want an out-of-the-box rolling Gnome that isn't just a community flavor/secondary version, Reborn might be the choice for you.
The installation is superb compared to other Arch based distros that use Calamares. It is a little more time consuming, but as a result, you get a much more lean and personalized Arch system.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2021.10.18
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-01-09
Votes: 2
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One of the nicest installers there is, you can pretty much have any desktop and display manager there is. If your after a noob friendly gui based arch install then reborn is highly recommended.
Only negative point there website forum is fairly quiet but I believe their discord server is more active
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2021.10.18
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-12-26
Votes: 0
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I Absolutely love this os. very stable and i love gnome. I almost forgot i love arch
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2021.10.18
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-11-20
Votes: 69
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To me, one of the best distro's out there. Fast, flexible, and an easy way to take advantage Arch, without the complexities that can come up during installation.
In comparison, Manjaro is good, but has let me down numerous times with broken updates etc. Reborn sees to be more stable over all.
Pros:
- Arch based.
-Stable, fast, flexible and easily configured.
- Plenty of in house tools to work with as well.
Cons:
- a little lengthy on the install, but you're up to date on your first boot.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2021.06.09
Rating: 1
Date: 2021-09-15
Votes: 2
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I wanted a base installation and it also installed pamac-all named as pamac-aur. Of course, I would install pamac-aur, but the regular version without the support for Snaps and Flatpaks.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2021.06.09
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-07-22
Votes: 15
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I think I have a new favourite distro in RebornOS. I've used Mint for many years, but started to go towards Manjaro the last 2 years or so. I just lost my Manjaro laptop to a hardware issue, went back to Mint and started finding all sorts of shortfalls. Several things I run for stats which I produce refused to work (python and geo data issues). RebornOS passed the test - it is all the goodness, minus all the bloat that seems to be drowning several of the older, more 'established' distros.
Pros:
- Arch repos
- stable, fast, light
Cons:
- ....?
A computer is a tool for getting jobs done. Which distro gets all of those jobs done gets the vote.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2021.06.09
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-07-15
Votes: 3
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everything just works. Arch with excellent add-ons to assist system mainteneance. I highly recommend RebornOS.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2021.05.02
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-05-24
Votes: 1
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Excellent distro! Of all I've tested, Reborn has been the snappiest and the one with best battery life. The installer does take a looooong time tho, and my phone had to stay tethered to it the whole time since it doesn't use the wifi-card before it is fully installed.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2021.05.02
Rating: 1
Date: 2021-05-20
Votes: 0
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After updating deepin desktop the distro is destroyed and can not boot anymore !!
Also i tried pantheon desktop ......the same result after last update ....it is destroyed and can not boot anymore !
this distro not safe and waste your time !!
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2021.05.02
Rating: 8
Date: 2021-05-04
Votes: 1
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Very long install times - I thought it had hung more than once. Despite the large download size of the ISO it appears to do an online install by default, if you have a network connection, and the mirrors I had were very slow.
The installer is pretty basic but appears to cover needs. I was able to install to an SD card, including setting up an EFI partition, without touching my fixed disk - that can be hit and miss with some distributions.
I'll test it in Virtual Box for a while before deciding whether it should replace Manjaro. As with most things it will be the value-added features, and ease of getting the boring stuff done that determines whether a particular OS helps or hinders me.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2021.04.22
Rating: 8
Date: 2021-05-01
Votes: 5
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I have an old laptop in a box Lenovo (all laptop components in a small tower case) which I keep for testing 'lite' Linux distros. Coupled with a small SSD it remains usable for most lightweight distros. The install was interesting with the ability to choose or more importantly not to have certain types of software installed - something I'd like to see in all distros which keep trying to force Firefox on me and a number of 'must have' programs that I don't use/want.
I picked games for some reason, and didn't check what games it was adding either. I assumed it would be the smaller ones, but it's actually most of the bigger ones and adds a significant amount to the downloads required. Something to avoid unless you're a keen gamer.
I went for the LXQt desktop to give this old machine the best chance of running smoothly with only 4 GB RAM and an old laptop quad core CPU.
Good news it's probably the fastest to login screen I've ever seen on that old Lenovo - by a significant amount at around 10 seconds. Obviously helped by the SSD, but I don't think it will be too painful on a mechanical drive either.
I do a very basic acid test on all old machines to see if they're still viable and that is - can it run YouTube videos in full screen smoothly? It passed that test with flying colours and seemed plenty fast enough for other programs too.
For an old machine that couldn't possibly run Windows 10, or even 7 without a struggle, it's now a more than adequate general surfing machine.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2021.04.22
Rating: 7
Date: 2021-04-26
Votes: 1
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An updated RebornOS was released on April 22 and I decided to give it a go on a Dell Vostro 470 with 8 gb ram. First of all: there were several issues with the live dvd (including a complete system freeze) and after a couple of reboots I did not tinker about anymore with the live disk but immediately installed on bare metal. It was a exemplary install this time, with a very helpfull Cnchi installer.
The party trick for Reborn is the choice out of a myriad of desktops! The chief conclusion after install: everything worked just fine, from the network connection, to the different configurations, adding the sofware packages, Grub (and my triple boot install), even the wireless keyboard bindings and yes, even Netflix on Firefox 88.0! The system idles at around 496 mb ram on the desktop.
+ positive: extensive choice of desktops, impressive pacman/pamac package management, highly configurable system
- negative: issues with live cd, a certain lag in launching apps and a sometimes annoying shearing in the screen when browsing
Reborn is definately worth a try if you are curious about an Arch based distro without the steep learning curve that comes with vanilla Arch. Just avoid complicated desktops like i3, Openbox or other exotic ones. Go for the popular KDE, Gnome or Cinnamon, that come very slick and polished. Is it a keeper, even a daily driver? Too soon to tell as there are still a lot of configs and functions to test. That is probably the difference with the likes of Mint, Ubuntu or Manjaro. Those feel much more like a 'ready to go' system. Reborn feel more like "a project".
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2020.12.27
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-02-03
Votes: 9
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Tried many distro's.
Also Arch based distro's like Arco, Endeavour and Manjaro.
Before Reborn OS I tried MX linux but was a bit disappointed about speed en stability.
Now I am running Reborn OS with XFCE 4.16 on an "old" Lenovo T520 laptop (with SSD , 8 GB RAM)
No problems whatsoever, great speed and stability and no " bloatware"/
I am not going back to Ubuntu based ones that's for sure.
Even though I am a "newbie" at Linux, I can recommend it even for starters.
Because of AUR all the software you ever need is available, or you can turn to flatpak.
Almost daily updates (some people will find that annoying).
So happy camper here with Reborn OS!
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2021.01.23
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-02-02
Votes: 6
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SWEET!
I can't remember the last time I gave a 10 start rating, and never before for something not indie. RebornOS deserves it!
The only downside (which is not really a flaw) was the install took FOREVER- three hours, if you can believe it! Was it worth the wait? You bet!
Everything works well "out of the box". Customisation is effortless. LOVE the package manager! Synaptic has been my forever fav, but I have found at least an equal here. Decent choice of pre-installs, easy to remove what you may not want. Looks great. Runs fast on my middle aged machine.
As someone else said, why is this not in the top ranking? I think they are afraid of Arch. Don't be. I distro hop among all Linux flavors quite frequently- this one is definitely staying as my forever daily.
WELL done, devs! Thank you.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2020.12.27
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-01-27
Votes: 3
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Very stable and offers bleeding edge repos like arch.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2020.12.27
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-01-22
Votes: 2
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This is the best distro I have ever used. Everything just works. I am using Gnome because of its great scaling of the desktop with my 4K monitor.
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2020.12.27
Rating: 5
Date: 2021-01-20
Votes: 0
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A system that can not complete the installation, because the installer gives the same errors as always that there were in Antergos! My experience was this: After an hour downloading tons of packages, the infamous installer gives an unexpected network error, and puts everything to lose! Even the word "Antergos" is on one of the screens. Even that didn't have the ability to fix it! Reborn is actually a "redied"! I don't recommend it. You're going to waste your time!
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Project: RebornOS
Version: 2020.12.27
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-01-05
Votes: 7
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RebornOS has One ISO with over 10 Desktop Environments to choose from! I'm using KDE, but there is GNOME, Deepin, Budgie, Cinnamon, MATE, OpenBox, i3, Xfce, Enlightenment and LXQT. On the past I tested Cinnamon, mate and Openbox. For those who love the terminal, there is even the option of a Base install, allowing you to bypass the Desktop Environment entirely. RebornOS gets out of the way and lets you decide, not the other way around. Besides this, the ISO has over many optional features to choose from as LibreOffice, WPS Office, Steam, Wine, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi, or Brave – it has it all. And all of this can be accompanied by a light, simple, easy to use system that comes with pamac enabled and the possibility to install packages in snap or flatpak without requiring the user to go through a high knowledge curve. It is really an Arch Linux ready and easy to use.
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