Reader supplied reviews for Elive
Average rating
5.1 from 30 review(s)
Version: 3.8.34
Rating: 1
Date: 2024-01-28
Votes: 0
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Wow. The first time I have ever thought of distro as a lie. From the website you would think Elive was some superfast, elegant, technological eyecandy that magically transforms old computers into viable.modern workstation and the technology was such a cut above other ditros you would happily pay for it. Instead of that magical distro we get Elive, a cludgy rust bucket of old apps held together by a desktop you might have thought created by child on a sugar high back in the 70s. Elive is subject to random freezes, crashes, and bloat. And then there is the obnoxious download process and repeated request for funding. I never hated a ditstro before but Elive manged to change that. Don't waste your time with Elive.
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Version: 3.8.34
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-01-17
Votes: 2
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I recently downloaded and tried Elive and I'm glad I did.
I went with the freely offered Synthwave edition first and then finding it to my liking, paid a small sum for the latest Beta and used it to upgrade.
It turns out to be the perfect fit for my not al too modern rig: Fast, flexible, stable and a pretty Desktop that allows easy changing to how I like it.
The download was fairly large compared to other distributions but I must say that I found it to be fully filled with all the programs I want and need.
Most other distributions that call themselves light-weight don't offer very much in their default installation image but Elive does. It's always quite daunting, after a fresh installation, to have to find and install everything needed for a fully working machine again but Elive already has them on the live image.
Running everything and the proverbial kitchen-sink from a flash-disk in live mode is nice, especially when traveling. Having a persistence mode available to keep personal stuff and settings made that a great option.
Installing to a hard disk wasn't the usual installer most distributions use but was simple enough, including the always dangerous partitioning section which was helpful and precise. You can't really go wrong there if you just stick to the default settings.
On booting from a fixed disk, there's an extra option called 'impermutable mode' which actually allows you to experiment as much as you like without risking totally bricking your existing installation. Just reboot, log in and all the changes are gone. Really good thinking, a tinkerers delight.
why don't other distributions have this?
It's not like it takes up loads of extra storage space.
Normally I don't give 10/10 for distributions but this one really deserves it.
You can't go wrong on Elive. Download it, write to flash-disk and use or install it.
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Version: 3.8.34
Rating: 1
Date: 2024-01-04
Votes: 4
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It is kind of hard to say much about a Linux distro that fails it most basic modern task: installation.
If this was 15-20 years ago, sure I would say you need to have Linux specific admin skills to install a desktop, probably you would have to chose your own desktop and select your apps, and know about repositories, maintenance etc. But we are no longer in that world for the average ex-Windows home desktop user. We are in the world of clean, do it for me installations, with a desktop that magically appears filled with preselected/vetted applications. The hardest tasks in most modern Linux distros is putting in your wifi password.
And this is what Elive purports to do, in fact, Elive takes it many steps further and boasts not only does it do this but it does it better than any other distro - now give me money!!!! Problem is, Elive does not even install cleanly. After reading the reviews below I now know why - old errors crept back into the installation, a sure sign of slipshod testing. That little tidbit tells you all you need you about Elive. Indicative of the issues around one man shops distros or thinly supported distros.
I spun up the latest Mint XFCE and it installed cleanly and consumed 683 MB RAM with wifi running at boot. I also tried Bodhi which weighed in at 263 MB RAM with wifi running. The latest MX Linux ran fine but came in weigh to heavy on RAM for my tastes but still it runs well, I was surprised to see how much heavier it was than Mint XFCE. The difference - Mx-Linux. Linux Mint and Bodhi works, Elive doesn't.
My suggestion, don't waste your time with Elive, Look for a distro with a support base. Mint has a massive support base, Bodhi has a small, but dedicated support base, and MX Linux is also very well supported. Or try one of the many other distros out there that work and have adequate support.
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