Vanilla OS

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Reader supplied reviews for Vanilla OS Average rating 6.2 from 24 review(s) What are your thoughts on Vanilla OS? 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: -- 2-beta22.10-r7 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: 22.10-r7 Rating: 1 Date: 2024-01-14 Votes: 7 Using a moderately powered machine with 32GB RAM, AMD Quad core, been test driving it for 3 months - Frequent freeze ups - Inconsistent behavior from media player - having to init APX for every install of APT is frustrating in the length of time this unnecessary step consumes. Installing Flatpaks and interacting with abroot for system packages. It's a hassle keeping track of what's installed where and what can even access the rest of your system. I do not recommend using this distro at this time. It is unfinished and has some critical bugs, is not intuitive or user friendly. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 22.10-r7 Rating: 8 Date: 2024-01-07 Votes: 1 Not sure if my Vanilla 22.10 is r7 or not, but it looks like I might have to reinstall or replace it, because booting has been touch and go and my wired connection to the internet has been useless. I suppose I should update, but we users like to use the computer, not spend half days troubleshooting. I gave Vanilla an 8 rating based on previous experience. I like its access to applications that I prefer to use without having to search for installation documentation. I have a 2 TB HDD that I use exclusively as an external drive for Linux. The desktop is a Dell Optiplex mini tower 9020, refurbished, with 16 GB RAM, with 4 cores, speed 3700 MHz. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 22.10-r7 Rating: 1 Date: 2023-10-24 Votes: 15 Download: The download of the distro ISO file went well. Installation: My friend helped me to install the distro. The installation process was straightforward, but there was no documentation or help available, which made it a bit difficult. First impressions: The distro looks unfinished and unpolished. There are some bugs and glitches, and the overall user experience is not very good. WiFi: Unfortunately, the WiFi on my laptop did not work with the distro out of the box. I tried to install the necessary drivers, but I was unsuccessful. Overall recommendation: I do not recommend using this distro at this time. It is unfinished and has some critical bugs, such as the non-functional WiFi. Suggestions for improvement: The developers should focus on polishing the distro and fixing the critical bugs. They should also provide better documentation and support. Additional notes: I am aware that the distro is still under development, but I believe that it is important to be honest in my review. I hope that the developers will take my feedback to heart and make the distro better. Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 24 reader reviews of Vanilla OS...