HamoniKR

Reader supplied reviews for HamoniKR Average rating 10 from 5 review(s) Please select 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 HamoniKR? 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: -- 8.07.06.05.04.03.0 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: 7.0 Rating: 10 Date: 2023-12-19 Votes: 30 It really is an improved Linux Mint (but that also makes it a little heavier, but there is no problem because the standard now is 8GB of RAM)... but in itself, it is a distro that is really out of the box (the normal version). , very good, runs well and seems very optimized (first time that lutris works well for me in muffin - cinnamon), I use the edge version for the recent kernel... I loved that it comes with chrome installed (in addition to other browsers), since , linux mint has a dependency problem to install it (but it is easy to solve)... The only strong obstacle is the language, when you boot it it comes in Korean, but it is intuitive, it also uses squid and you can put it in English (and then install it, you can install the language pack you want, in my case Spanish and everything is very good) ... really, if you are bored of Linux Mint, this distro is a prettier, more optimized and more "complete" Linux Mint. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 5.0 Rating: 10 Date: 2023-04-17 Votes: 4 Hamonikr 6.0 Taebaek Been using it for about 3 weeks. This is like Linux Mint on steroids, with better theming and more applications pre-installed and more offered in the Welcome app. Hancom Office is one of such apps, and although it's Beta, I've not run into any issues so far. It has MS-Office style of layout like OnlyOffice, but I enjoyed it more than OnlyOffice, as it has all the essential features (some of which I felt are lacking in OnlyOffice). However, it's completely optional, and you have LibreOffice pre-installed, which is still my preferred office suite. The default browser it comes with is Naver Whale. This is a browser I tried out a couple of years ago and thought it was probably the best Chromium-based browser out there. Personally, I prefer Waterfox and Firefox, but if you're into Chromium, Naver Whale is definitely a better and more feature-rich browser than Chrome or many others. However, Firefox was also pre-installed IIRC. At any rate, it's always easy to install Firefox. Whereas with obscure browsers like Naver Whale, I think it is a good thing that a distro decided to come with it as a default, as this helps to introduce this software to more people. The Cinnamon desktop that the distro comes with is still my favorite, despite having a few rough edges. KDE is more feature-rich and prettier, but every time I use it, sooner or later I run into some critical issues. Whereas Cinnamon is stable and offers just enough customizability, while also retaining great performance and ease of use. This distro comes with an older version of Cinnamon than Linux Mint, but that's good with me, as I've not had the best experience with Cinnamon on the latest Linux Mint (21.1). Perhaps they need another year or so to flesh it out after some radical changes there recently to Mutter and the removal of the Metacity element. As it's based on Linux Mint 20.3, its Ubuntu base is also older than in the latest Linux Mint release, being 20.04 instead of 22.04, but personally this does not bother me at all. If this does bother you, however, you can always manually upgrade, there are plenty of guides online. What's more important to me is that everything just works. So far I've run into zero issues. One thing I love about this distro in comparison to Linux Mint is that it has Nimf pre-installed, which makes a configuration for unorthodox writing systems a breeze. For anyone learning Korean, Chinese or Japanese, this is a very good option to have out of the box, instead of having to go through a less user-friendly IBus or Fcitx configuration. I won't say much more about this distro because for the most part it feels like Linux Mint. And Linux Mint is one of the best distros out there. You can think of this as Mint+, a variation or a special edition of Mint. Some people will undoubtedly find HamoniKR bloated, but I always welcome more pre-installed software, especially when it's good software, which is the case here. While I could deduct points for a lack of originality, the fact of the matter is this distro provides a polished, user-friendly and efficient experience, and is great for work, gaming or casual web-browsing. And is, in my opinion, a better option for the learners of East Asian languages than Linux Mint is. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 5.0 Rating: 10 Date: 2023-03-02 Votes: 9 Update - After 3 solid months of using HamoniKR 6.0 Taebeak on both HP Pavilion and Dell Latitude units I report that it's still a very solid OS. Distro-hopping days are over. Everything just works!! The developers have nailed it and I'm rating this OS a 10. Installation: 10 - Standard Linux Mint-ish installation base, refined with smooth installation and good flavoring by the HamoniKR developers. Desktop Environment: 10 - Cinnamon desktop environment (DE) is the base. It's configured and works beautifully. Comes with Classical and Gnome 2-type layouts along with connection to a database of various Cinnamon themes to choose from. The themes download and change without glitches or breaks to the Cinnamon desktop. I absolutely LOVE the Cinnamon Desktop on this OS. Current Cinnamon Version: 5.2.7 as of this review. Wallpapers: 10 - You get a beautiful selection of wallpapers to choose from and if you're using multiple monitors then the wallpapers will populate all monitors smoothly. No issues. System Updates: 10 - were smooth, no issues and I like the CLI interface detail outputs. The develops configured the CLI to highlight pertinent information in relation to the app installs, changes, updates, etc. Application performance: 10 - I tried and worked with all the major applications that came under the hood with this OS and all work well. All applications that I installed manually - no issues. Productivity: 10 - Priceless on this OS. Priceless!! Studying/research while listening to music and going back and forth between browsing, MS OneNote, making spreadsheets with Excel or Libreoffice applications, taking notes, making mind/concept maps, audio recordings, etc etc ..... all seamless. OS performance: 10 - Although this OS I must say does justice when it comes to stability but even on idle RAM utilization is kinda high hovering over a 1gb - 2gb RAM. You need minimum quad-core processing, 6GB RAM and an SSD is ideal. HamoniKR does have a Taebaek Lite version. Hardware detection: 10 - Detected printer with no issues. After running sudo apt-get install dkms && sudo ./displaylink-driver-.run followed by sudo reboot the OS detected my dell docking station and all 3 monitors flawlessly. Quick, fast, no issues. No issues with audio, internal or external webcams. No issues with wireless or bluetooth. All works well with no issues. Side note: CrossOver Linux works flawlessly in this OS. My Microsoft Office 2010 installation works better on on this OS than on both Windows 10 and Windows 11 easily. That's sad being that it's Microsoft's product. This installation is also comes with the Microsoft Office app for the online apps as well. I strongly recommend using HamoniKR OS as a daily driver with no hesitation. Great for surfing, solid for production, and solid functionality all round. The OS needs more attention for sure. I've been a Linux user for almost 15 years and I must say I'm very impressed. You cannot lose with this OS and it needs to be in the top 10 of Distrowatch. Well done HamoniKR Team. Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 5 reader reviews of HamoniKR...