Fatdog64 Linux

Reader supplied reviews for Fatdog64 Linux Average rating 8.4 from 11 review(s) Please selecting a rating in the range of 1-10. Please write at least a few sentences about the distribution while limiting your review to 4080 characters. What are your thoughts on Fatdog64 Linux? 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: -- 903814813812810720710 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: 901 Rating: 8 Date: 2024-02-15 Votes: 1 I do not know why it uses sh by default instead of bash, or why a broken copy of dpkg is included on the system, lacking the /var/lib/dpkg* folder is missing, since its supposed to be using slackware's package management. From my Test, at Idle it only uses 219 MB of RAM, and with its included browser open, with a few tabs, and a few other things, it used about 660 MB of RAM out of the 2 GB of RAM my system has. The Installer was kinda hidden away in a menu inside of the control panel. Also the Firefox downloader didnt work for me, i got an 'Exec format error' when launching firefox using the lastest downloader, however this might be a me issue and not a fatdog issue. Overall, this kinda goofy pile of Puppy-like functions, a decent palette of built in programs, and a decent package library (in terms of independent Distro standards), I think this is a fairly decent, albeit kinda unclean distro Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 900 Rating: 10 Date: 2023-09-28 Votes: 3 I've had no issues with 900. For wifi I just clicked the tray wifi icon, located my SSID, entered my password and saved that configuration. The extra ram usage even on my old laptop is well managed and goes unnoticed. Programs seem quicker. And the as-is install pretty much covers my needs excepting I install/use chrome. Much of the bloat isn't down to Fatdog, but rather the likes of Libre and extra libs in general. Bloat isn't the right word however as its still very lean compared to alternatives. The developers are active on the message board, are pleasant and quick to help. 10 rating from me Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 900 Rating: 5 Date: 2023-09-14 Votes: 12 Wow, FatDog64 now if officially fat. FatDog64 ballooned from a very impressive 239 MB RAM at idle with WIFI connected in v814 to 1036 MB RAM without internet connected in v900. Where as WIFI was easy to establish in v814 it became a dark, arcane art in v900. Heck I still don't know how I eventually got WIFI connected in v900. Simply put the v900 version of FatDog is truly fat and for what? I am missing the dramatic difference between v814 and v900 other than your RAM goes bye-bye. It seems FatDog64 has now drifted so far from its minimalist Puppy roots that it really should consider rebranding; may I suggest a bloated pig as the trademark? What a way to kill a once fine distro. This is just sad. Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 11 reader reviews of Fatdog64 Linux...