Porteus

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Reader supplied reviews for Porteus Average rating 9.1 from 14 review(s) What are your thoughts on Porteus? Please include a few pros and a few cons, along with your overall impression of the operating system. Our FAQ page has tips on writing a good mini-review. Version: -- 5.014.03.2.23.13.0.12.12.01.21.11.0 Rating:    -- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 out of 10 Your review (minimum 250 words): Past reviews - sort by: DateVotes Version: 5.01 Rating: 10 Date: 2023-10-03 Votes: 3 excellent distro for general propouse use. i usingo my void yet, but if i decide change my distro i choose a like Porteus distro becouse is very solid and stable..People used to testing Linux distros soon realize that they are usually very similar and somehow boring. Not just because most of them are based on the same main distros, but also because they do not provide anything really exciting. But Porteus is a different distro, with many unique and powerful features, made for those who want performance and efficiency at their best, without giving up modern hardware and software. In a nutshell, a Linux distro is basically a collection of applications, settings and scripts running on a given version of the Linux kernel. Ubuntu is the most popular distro, followed by some other big players, like Arch, Fedora, Mint, Pop!_OS and Slackware. Porteus 5 (kernel 5.18.8) was released in July 2022 and it is based on Slackware 15.0, but it does not look or behave like Slackware at all. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 5.0 Rating: 8 Date: 2022-12-10 Votes: 7 Pro - Very good live cd for those who like to customize and create their own version. - Good documentation and a forum with responsive and nice people. - Several desktop environments available: KDE, XFCE, LXDE etc... - A custom version with everything I need is present in the Ikki Boot compilation (Firefox with Ublock origin and DuckduckGo as search engine) ^^ Cons - By default no internet browser, despite the presence of a script that allows you to download and install one. - A Slackware based live cd that can be complicated to customize for a newbie. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 5.0 Rating: 7 Date: 2022-11-02 Votes: 3 Delete a large file or many files, yet the file system size doesn't adjust down to allow more files. (yes I emptied the bin, rebooted etc) Bit tricky for newbies learning how to create and save a "save.dat" Keep it simple and save the created save.dat (or what ever you call yours) into the folder "porteus" The saved.dat needs to be outside the OS root folder. I don't add the SDD1 stuff. APPEND changes=/porteus/saved.dat Where's the new software (aka module) installer? Web browser installer is easy, but what about email clients and VLC etc. Hunting around for modules (apps) and plonking them into the modules folder is a pain. The overall look and feel is great. It's light and fast like Puppy, but without the Windows 3.1 feel. It's not my daily, just a spare OS on a spare USB in my draw to play with when bored. Lubuntu's staying on my key chain a bit longer. Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 14 reader reviews of Porteus...