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Neptune


Last Update: 2023-02-22 09:23 UTC



Neptune is a GNU/Linux distribution for desktops. It is based on Debian's Stable branch, except for a newer kernel, some drivers and newer versions of popular applications, such as LibreOffice. It also ships with the latest version of the KDE desktop. The distribution's main goals are to provide a good-looking general-purpose desktop with pre-configured multimedia playback and to offer an easy-to-use USB installer with a persistence option.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 85 (140), 6 months: 85 (146), 3 months: 108 (113), 4 weeks: 102 (104), 1 week: 91 (102)

Average visitor rating: 9.57/10 from 21 review(s).


Neptune Summary
Distribution Neptune
Home Page http://neptuneos.com/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums https://forum.neptuneos.com/
Alternative User Forums
Documentation http://neptuneos.com/en/tutorials.html
Screenshots http://neptuneos.com/en/screenshots.htmlDistroWatch Gallery
Screencasts
Download Mirrors http://neptuneos.com/en/download.htmlDistroWatch Torrent Archive
Bug Tracker --
Related Websites  
Reviews 7.x: DistroWatch
5.x: DistroWatch
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3.x: Blogspot
2.x: DistroWatch
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2023-02-21: Development Release: Neptune 7.9 Beta 1
 • 2022-08-20: Distribution Release: Neptune 7.5
 • 2022-01-01: Distribution Release: Neptune 7.0
 • 2020-07-08: Distribution Release: Neptune 6.5
 • 2019-08-17: Distribution Release: Neptune 6.0
 • 2018-11-05: Distribution Release: Neptune 5.6
 • 2018-07-22: Distribution Release: Neptune 5.4
 • 2018-03-10: Distribution Release: Neptune 5.0
 • 2016-01-29: Distribution Release: Neptune 4.5
 • 2015-07-20: Distribution Release: Neptune 4.4
 • 2015-03-21: Distribution Release: Neptune 4.3
 • 2014-06-25: Distribution Release: Neptune 4.0
 • More Neptune releases...

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 • 2018-03-20 Neptune provides repo of new KDE packages
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Feature 7.9-beta1 7.5 6.5 5.6 4.5.4
Release Date 2023-02-19 2022-08-20 2020-07-08 2018-11-04 2017-04-06
End Of Life          
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 2900-3000 2600-2700 2400-2500 2100-2200 1900-2000
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma
Package Management DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS
Multilingual          
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- --
Full Package List 7.9-beta1 7.5 6.5 5.6 4.5.4
Package 7.9-beta1 7.5 6.5 5.6 4.5.4
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.2.9) 1.2.8 1.2.4 1.1.8 1.1.3 1.0.25
amdgpu (23.0.0) 22.0.0.0 19.1.0 18.1.99 18.0.1 --
bash (5.2.15) 5.2.15 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.2
bind (9.18.15) -- -- -- -- --
chromium (114.0.5735.106) 110.0.5481.77 104.0.5112.79 83.0.4103.116 70.0.3538.67 57.0.2987.98
cups (2.4.3) 2.4.2 2.3.3 2.2.10 2.2.1 1.5.3
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3-P1 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.3.5 4.2.2
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.46.6 1.45.5 1.45.5 1.44.4 1.42.5
firefox (114.0) -- -- -- -- --
freetype (2.13.0) 2.12.1 2.10.4 2.9.1 2.6.3 2.4.9
gcc (13.1.0) 12.2.0 10.2.1 8.3.0 6.3.0 4.7.2
gimp (2.10.34) 2.10.32 2.10.22 2.10.8 2.8.18 2.8.2
glibc (2.37) 2.36 2.31 2.28 2.24 2.19
gnome-shell (44.2) -- -- -- -- --
gnucash (5.1) -- -- -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.55) -- -- -- -- --
grub (2.06) 2.06 2.04 2.02 2.02beta3 2.02beta2
gtk (4.10.4) 3.24.36 3.24.24 3.24.5 3.22.11 3.4.2
httpd (2.4.57) -- -- -- -- --
inkscape (1.2.2) 1.2.2 1.0.2 1.0 0.92.1 --
k3b (23.04.1) -- -- -- -- 2.0.2
kmod (30) 30 28 26 23 21
krita (5.1.5) -- -- -- -- --
libreoffice (7.5.3) 7.4.5 7.0.4 6.4.5 6.1.3rc1 4.3.3
linux (6.3.6) 6.1.8 5.18.2 5.6.14 4.18.6 3.18.48
Package 7.9-beta1 7.5 6.5 5.6 4.5.4
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- -- -- --
mariadb (10.11.3) -- -- 10.3.22 -- --
mate-desktop (1.26.1) -- -- -- -- --
mesa (23.1.1) 22.3.3 20.3.5 18.3.6 18.1.9 13.0.4
mysql (8.0.33) -- -- -- -- 5.5.54
nautilus (44.2.1) -- -- -- -- --
NVIDIA (530.41.03) -- -- -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- --
openjdk (20.0.1) 17.0.6 11.0.16 11.0.7 8u181 7u121
openssh (9.3p1) 9.2p1 8.4p1 7.9p1 7.4p1 6.7p1
openssl (3.1.1) 3.0.8 1.1.1n 1.1.1d 1.1.0f 1.0.2d
perl (5.36.1) 5.36.0 5.32.1 5.28.1 5.24.1 5.14.2
php (8.2.6) -- -- -- -- --
plasma-desktop (5.27.5) 5.26.90 5.20.5 5.14.5.1 5.12.0 4.11.14
postfix (3.8.0) -- -- -- -- --
postgresql (15.3) -- -- -- -- --
Python (3.11.3) 3.11.1 3.9.2 3.7.3 2.7.13 2.7.9
qt (6.5.1) 6.4.2 5.15.2 5.11.3 5.7.1 4.8.6
samba (4.18.3) 4.17.5 4.13.13 4.9.5 4.5.12 4.1.17
systemd (253.5) 252.5 247.3 245 239 227
thunderbird (102.11.2) 102.7.2 91.12.0 68.10.0 60.2.1 45.6.0
vim (9.0) 9.0 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.4
vlc (3.0.18) 3.0.18 3.0.16 3.0.11 3.0.3 2.2.4
wayland (1.22.0) -- -- -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- -- -- -- --
xorg-server (21.1.8) 21.1.7 1.20.11 1.20.4 1.19.6 1.17.2

Reader Ratings
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Average rating
9.6
from 21 review(s)



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Version: 7.5
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-04-23
Votes: 1


Good :

-Nice windows like desktop running KDE
-good basic apps to cover a range of needs.

Bad:

There web site Neptuneos.com shows features that do not exist in the 7.4 version. Example is the snapshot manager. It is not installed in the default Netptune OS, this feature woul of been interesting to test as it appears to allow the OS to be placed on a USB for booting.

-No suport for secure boot


Neptune uses systemD but has a good set of system information apps for the typical user from music to graphics. However the fact there web site listed a special feature like snapshot manager but there is no application in the installed version is concerning. They should not list apps that are not preinstalled.


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Version: 7.5
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-04-21
Votes: 1


Neptune came as a pleasant surprise. I was having a few problems with Debian on an old laptop and quite by chance, came across Neptune. As a Debian derivative it looked like it could make for a decent alternative and it certainly is.

Pros: Fast and resource light.
Stable.
Sensible range of default applications included, out of the box.
User friendly. I use the command line a lot but for those who don't, this is an accessible option.
Easy, guided, GUI install.


Cons: Not overly taken with the default "look" but that can be changed, through settings.
Will they last? I hope so,as this is a really decent Debian based distro and it deserves a lot of praise.




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Version: 7.5
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-04-08
Votes: 43


Great for beginners like me, You don't have to even use a cd or usb to get the whole thing downloaded! (Shrink Windows and get about 4GB or more of storage and then format those 4GB in Fat32. Then get 7zip then just copy the stuff into that

Pros:
Fast
Debian 11 base
Beginner Friendly (More then ubuntu if you ask me)
Very Similar to Migrating Windows Users
Has an even lighter desktop environment available
4 Desktops
Many apps to choose from in discover

Cons:
Desktop environment may not be for migrating macos users.


Otherwise I would recommend this for migrating Windows users over ubuntu and I am currently using it right now at the time of this review




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