Reader supplied reviews for Netrunner
Average rating
7.5 from 13 review(s)
Version: 25
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-11-17
Votes: 0
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My worst experience on Linux thus far. First, the only browser I use was unavailable, Brave. Second, the terminal couldn't upgrade after the first install. I had to upgrade through Discover. Which only took about an hour or more. Then as I couldn't wait to get away from this distro, downloaded new distros of course. But using Dolphin trying to transfer the distros to my Ventoy USB, it took forever. Needess to say I flashed a distro to another USB and it took forever. The distros didn't even finish transferring in Dolphin so I deleted them and booted the USB. There is one good thing I can say about this distro. Riseup VPN worked. That's about it. Other than that, the distro seemed full of bloatware. A lot of applications pre-installed I never use on any distro. So in short, I wasted a couple of hours of my life messing around with this distro. If it works for you, I'm happy for you. But I will avoid this distro like covid lol.
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Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-02
Votes: 1
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Netrunner has for a longtime been a fallback for me as I venture into the forest of Linux distros. Its very handsome and intuitive as well as innovative. I like the spin on the Desktop and it has shown a lot of practicality together with usefulness. In the installation its straight forward even the choice of keyboard variants which sometimes can be a language issue and hassle, is workable. The adding of software and apps runs smooth and is easily workable and the access is great. One con tough is the alternatives stay very rigid but that on the other hand means they are consistent. Im not a Linux pro and never will be but as an average user that dislikes win and its dominant character. I wish the same could be done with Googles imprints everywhere ! So whatever your approach to Linux is this distro will keep you rather well . Viktori in Malmö, SE
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Version: 25
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-02-14
Votes: 5
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Overall a great job with this distro but even with all the positives there are some minor niggles. Most Debian based distros have auto-detect for printers. This wasnt the case with 25 and you end up adding system-config-printer and printer-driver-all and doing it manually. Then theres the going to Konsole as mentioned in the post below mine, to do an upgrade right after installing(not newbie friendly). 25 also doesnt use Pipewire but instead uses PulseAudio and for you Wayland fans, youre out of luck, as they offer X11. Thankfully Snap isnt installed by default, and Flatpak is installed, all youll need to do is add Flathub in Discover.
No software center additionally nor any welcome center for newbies. Appimage launcher is installed which is a nice touch.
The theme for 25 is really nice and the custom wallpaper a nice touch but overall almost no unique features outside of their use of a full page menu, which can be changed in KDE. The overall desktop GUI is a mimic of Windows 11 and overall looks and feels nice to work with.
I had no issues with detection of wifi or ethernet, nor bluetooth. Im on a legacy device so I dont know how it fares with UEFI and secure boot needs to be turned off.
Im not sure what separates 25 and makes it a must have compared to other Debian based distros like MX Linux and Q4OS, let alone just using Debian itself. At least MX Linux and Q4OS have many added features and additional software centers and tools.
I had no issues installing it, the Calamares installer works fine and the supplied software was a good choice with Libreoffice, Thunderbird and Firefox included. They didnt go overboard with software but provide everything you need to get started.
This is a distro you should definitely give a try and see if it suits your needs
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