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1 • $diff Bedrock Vanilla (by Dennis on 2023-02-20 02:40:02 GMT from Hong Kong)
Bedrock Linux sounds really interesting! IIRC last DW weekly mentioned Vanilla OS which can do similar things, i.e., install Ubuntu, Fedora, or Arch Linux packages inside containers. Can someone share some insights on the differences between these two? If anyone is interested, I also link a post with my very personal experience on different distros.
2 • Hidden Gem of Last Year (by mnrv-ovrf-year-c on 2023-02-20 02:50:15 GMT from Puerto Rico)
In the fall of 2022 times were hard. Some people couldn't boot due to a regression with GRUB or something like that, especially those on Arch and Arch-based distros. For me, it was a weather problem which left my area without electrical power for five days. When I was able to return to online, I picked up this distro called Spiral Linux which I think is awesome! It has awakened me to what Debian could have been. It also dropped many of my reservations about KDE Plasma, at least up to and including v5.24, could look neat without overdoing it and without sucking up a lot of system resources. It has become my daily driver, and I have installed it on more than one computer. Because of it I was more willing to try OpenSUSE, in the form of Gecko Linux. Spiral has been the hidden gem for me.
3 • Underrated Distro (by CorpSouth on 2023-02-20 03:28:49 GMT from United States)
I'd have to give a shout to EasyOS. I keep a cheap pen drive with it handy in case I need to do a disk recovery for someone, or need to satiate my minimalism cravings. It's a very unique approach to Puppy Linux, which I am forever grateful for providing a solid rescue base.
4 • Hello System (by ThatChris on 2023-02-20 03:44:57 GMT from United States)
The helloSystem is definitely rough around the edges but there actually used to be a dock at the bottom that couldn't be moved, resized or hidden, it just stayed in one place, it would cover the bottom of open windows. I'm glad its gone.
5 • All the News (by artytux on 2023-02-20 04:17:54 GMT from Australia)
Add one remove some,
Has the idea of having an extra column on the of the existing front page that is adding in the Headlines page as a column those stories are also on the left sidebar that could be one to remove so it would still be big enough to read and have more content on that one the opening page,
leftside small column - gone moved to rightside
Two large wide columns
one - Headlines page stories as they happen
two - news of distribution releases
rightside - Adverts and Latest Distros and then the Ranking
Screenshots x4 multi layers in gimp re-arrange layers overlap
Made a quick image in gimp using screenshots and yeah my 2cents worth
add a column and remove duplicate information on page, best part it's still readable.
Two-cents from artytux
6 • Underated Distros and Void (by Mrkrell on 2023-02-20 05:03:37 GMT from Tajikistan)
void linux also just works in ways only perhaps fedora does.for example: Try installing openjdk-8(needed for some games) in any Ubuntu based system. Guess what? you can't . On void(and fedora) packages for this exist.
It should be mentioned that they now have a forum up and running.
As for the rolling release, I don't get the complaints. In Fedora you can do a dnf upgrade as you can on void. If you want. If something does break, it is easy to revert and the boot menu gives u preovious kernels to try if that is where the breakage happened.
The only thing it really can't really do is install snaps because it is not sytemd based. So in the rare case that you need a package you can't find in any format but snap, this is a no-go.
7 • Underrated distributions (by nsp0323 on 2023-02-20 05:18:45 GMT from Sweden)
Just a short comment on Void. Yes, it's a rolling release but, it's not bleeding edge.
Been using Void musl since 2017 without any breakage. Not saying it couldn't happen but, so far it hasn't.
8 • crouching snail, hidden goblin (by NotSure on 2023-02-20 06:33:33 GMT from Germany)
@2,
I've tried several Debian based distros like Spiral, but in the end it's always Debian I return to.
OFFICIAL Debian, BTW, not a "spinoff."
9 • Underrated Distro (by Torsten on 2023-02-20 07:23:19 GMT from Germany)
Well, in my view, Xubuntu is a VERY underrated distro. OK, I also do not like some things (example Snap), but in general, Xubuntu is a very solid, fast and stable system. In my opinion, Xubuntu runs much better, faster than Ubuntu itself. My 4 cents....
10 • re:$diff Bedrock Vanilla (by Çağlar on 2023-02-20 09:26:47 GMT from Turkey)
@1
Bedrock Linux offers mix & matching of the a bit more low level stuff, including the kernels & bootloaders. See Bedrock Linux' website for what components from what distros are safe to mix & match with what from others.
VS the others aren't necessarily as capable on the lowest level stuff but still as useful for many.
For example blendOS (by the same young person that made Ubuntu Unity Remix) aims to offer a similar ability by providing an Arch base, along with other major distros via tightly integrated containers (Podman, so one could run their desktop from some other distro container while installing their apps from various others etc). It's been undergoing a major rewrite-ish phase for a while now though so, watch out for the new cool stuff. It seems to be shaping up quite nicely looking at the progress the developer is regularly sharing.
And lastly, I'm not going to tell much about the VanillaOS but only mention it as it seems to be recently covered here already (and I don't like GNOME so, meh) so read the weekly that had it if you're into it.
11 • News and website design (by DachshundMan on 2023-02-20 09:37:07 GMT from United Kingdom)
I think that the news does not need to be on the front page, most of it is not so important that it has to be read immediately. For this reason I never go to the headlines page.
A high percentage of internet accessing is now done on mobiles so if you are wanting to update the front page of distrowatch then I would vote for making it responsive.
12 • Headlines Page (by Bob on 2023-02-20 10:09:56 GMT from United States)
When I visit DistroWatch, I always read the left colume first, top to bottom. Some news articles will get my attention...right click...open link in new tab.
I prefer that it stays as it is.
If it isn't broken, don't fix it.
13 • Void Linux (by Pecka on 2023-02-20 10:44:55 GMT from Sweden)
I appreciate Void as an independent systemd-free distribution. However it lacks polish in some areas. For example it doesn't remember the keyboard layout and time zone selected in the installation.
14 • helloSystem and macOS (by Uncle Slacky on 2023-02-20 11:13:40 GMT from France)
It should be pointed out that helloSystem is not aiming to mimic macOS, but to follow the original Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines published 30+ years ago: https://hellosystem.github.io/docs/developer/ux-guidelines.html
From https://github.com/helloSystem/hello:
"Following the published Human Interface Guidelines, and First Principles of Interaction Design liberally re-interpreted for today.
For mere mortals. Welcoming to switchers from macOS. Not just a theme. Not a clone of anything, but something with which the long-time Mac user should feel instantly comfortable. The latest technologies, without the complexities of Linux distributions. Without lockdown. Without Big Brother. The user in full control."
15 • Xbuntu (by ET on 2023-02-20 11:58:05 GMT from United Kingdom)
@9 Xubuntu has become my daily driver on the desktop PC as it works better than Gnome for me with regard to switching between many windows and virtual desktops. I'm not sure if it's faster than Gnome/Ubuntu or not but certainly satisfying to use and the default config/look is good.
16 • Gnoppix (by Wil on 2023-02-20 12:53:02 GMT from Netherlands)
Gnoppix 23.2
Looks great but there is no Desktop installer on board.
Noboddy seams to nottist it.
Why???
17 • Front Page Headlines (by Rick on 2023-02-20 15:41:16 GMT from United States)
Tough one. On the one hand I did not pay attention to the left side, for years. There were Headlines? Huh. Now I will. So I want to change my vote to no. But having news mixed into the middle would make browsing easier with the morning coffee how much scrolling would be needed before the next days comes into view? How much teaser info per item is too little, too much? A box per day for that days headlines?
18 • hidden gems (by thim on 2023-02-20 17:10:07 GMT from Greece)
My votes are for Void and Salix.
I agree that Void is a highly underrated distro. I ve used for about a year and i found it extremely fast and very stable. Xbps is very flexilble nad vey fast too. I also found my way very easily when using the xbps-src bsd-like package builder. Flatpaks are an option too -worked well in my case (tried zoom). Developers were friendly enough - by judging from a couple of interactions.
I am not running Void anymore: one reason is that usually i do not opt for bleeding edge (or "fast" drolling distros.
I prefer also to have installed more than one app per task (same for desktops, xfce plus kde). Plus i want to avoid flatpacks, appimages etc when possible. Plus i had to build a few packages myself. All those combined with the rolling nature were a bit time consuming,
I first installed Salix 11 years ago. Was very impressed back then with it's stability. Felt very light and responsive, boring predictable, gslapt performed very fast.
A couple of months ago, i checked again Salix and installed it in the very same laptop. It performs exactly as i remembered it from the past: lean, fast, stable. Plus a ton of preinstalled packages (with automatic dependency resolution).
It's performance, the home made tools, it's repos, can cover a lot of user cases. Just it happens to prefer another. more known distro, in my main box.
19 • Underrated Sparky (by Yosoyese on 2023-02-20 17:42:51 GMT from Spain)
Sparky stable with Xfce is in my opinion the most underrated distro. IMO it is the best Debian Xfce derivative. It offers other desktops aswell.
But the same time Sparky offers the same but based on Debian Unstable (rolling versions). And a version for gaming.
And last but not least, a gem: a rescue system that works like a charm with infinity of gui and cli tools (even clonezilla is included).
What distro gives you such a lot of staff working like a charm?
20 • Under-rated distros (by Bryan M on 2023-02-20 20:43:43 GMT from United Kingdom)
In terms of under-rated distros, Artix deserves a mention. I've no axe to grind over systemd, but they offer a choice of init systems (runit/s6/openRC) and all of them seem faster & more reponsive than the more mainstream distros. I also agree with Yosoyese about Sparky - it's by far the best Debian derivative I've tried, and the principal developer seems like a decent guy who cares about what he's doing. The project definitely deserves more support.
21 • Under-rated distros (by JBal on 2023-02-20 21:41:25 GMT from United States)
Salix - easy to use, fast, small footprint
22 • Ubuntu Mate (by Heinrich on 2023-02-20 21:52:44 GMT from United States)
I definitely consider Ubuntu Mate underrated. The different layouts you can choose from are top-notch (Cupertino is especially slick if you like a Mac-style DE), and it’s full of thoughtful touches, including a checkbox list of a wide range of open-source and proprietary web browsers you can choose to add automatically during the installation process.
And once it’s installed, it’s light on resources and rock-solid reliable.
23 • Underrated distros and poll (by Dan on 2023-02-20 22:47:29 GMT from Australia)
Sparky semi-rolling has been my daily driver for the last 5 years, love it. @19 Agreed on your points, it's also very solid, though a distro for those that want a good base to tweak to their liking. It's not quite as 'out of the box' as Ubuntu/Mint etc, but it's fast, efficient, semi-rolling and Debian.
I voted to have news on the main page, but I think it's important that it can either be filtered or there are clear tags or something indicating what is news vs distro releases.
24 • Underrated Distro (by saburov on 2023-02-20 23:42:16 GMT from Italy)
I think the most underrated distros are the ones without systemd: Devuan and Parabola first and foremost.
25 • Enough advertising! (by Bart on 2023-02-21 00:14:11 GMT from Netherlands)
Can we please stop with the "sock puppet" advertising for Sparky Linux? At least two posts by apparently different people refer to it as a "gem." You might want to work on your grammar a bit and not put duplicate unique words in your "recommendations."
This is not the first time people have spammed ads for Sparky and it probably won't be the last. This isn't the way you go about advertising.
@19:
> Sparky stable with Xfce is in my opinion the most underrated distro.
I disagree. Under used? Okay.
> IMO it is the best Debian Xfce derivative.
I disagree. MX and even Mint offer a better desktop.
> It offers other desktops aswell.
No kidding? Just like the hundreds of other distros as well.
> What distro gives you such a lot of staff working like a charm?
Well Mr. Advertisement, quite a few! MX even has a tool to make your own custom image.
@23:
> it's fast, efficient, semi-rolling and Debian
It is NOT Debian. Want to argue this point? Try posting about it on the Debian User Mailing List and/or Reddit's /r/debian site and see how quickly others will point out that IT IS NOT DEBIAN. They will likely refer you to the respective distro's sites for support/chatter. I thought we went over this a few comment sections past here on DW. If you want Debian, you run Debian.
You can do a minimal install of Debian and customize it to your liking. It has always been there, while spinoffs come and go. I put my trust in Debian, not a spinoff, and especially not anonymous developers who hide behind a nickname and refuse to identify themselves.
26 • Devuan under-rated? (by AdamB on 2023-02-21 01:01:16 GMT from Australia)
I wouldn't initially have thought of Devuan as being under-rated, but now I come to think about it, I hear very little about it.
Much as I like Void, and much as I respect Arch, I have several installations of Devuan, all of them reliably performing essential tasks. And I can get some useful uptime, not having to constantly reboot after updates.
The biggest problem with Devuan, for me, is that search engines seem to translate 'devuan' into 'debian', and rarely provide any links specific to Devuan. The Debian links are often inappropriate because they assume a systemd environment.
27 • under-rated distributions (by Titus Groan on 2023-02-21 02:33:31 GMT from New Zealand)
quote from Jesse's response:
"The other tricky aspect about this question is it's highly subjective and I find people mostly talk about distributions they're using. After all, if thy like it, the project is obviously good (for them) and therefore (in their mind) deserves attention from others."
just read the above comments.
Each to their own. what works for you(brilliantly) may not work at all on almost identical hardware.
I try not to evangelize, but if someone asks me, I would preface my reply with, "this (distro) works for me, why are you wanting to try something different from your usual one?"
do have a read of the user reviews, some are quite funny, paraphrasing: I'm looking for another distro! this (distro x) doesnt do: g, h,or i, that my usual (distro v) does, so its not as good. I'm going back (to distro v) and will continue using it.
28 • @26 Devuan searches; also my bit on Void and Bedrock (by Andy Prough on 2023-02-21 02:46:44 GMT from United States)
@26 - >"The biggest problem with Devuan, for me, is that search engines seem to translate 'devuan' into 'debian', and rarely provide any links specific to Devuan."
Yes, I've run into the same problem so often that I've gone to using +"Devuan" in my search phrase so that the search engines know I am specifically asking for Devuan results.
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Void and Bedrock - I used Void, Bedrock, and Devuan Unstable for about a year recently for my main production machine. So I had the great stability and lightness and speed of Void combined with the massive library of latest software from Devuan Unstable. And no systemd anywhere. Very nice combination, highly recommended.
29 • 16 Gnoppix by Wil (by artytux on 2023-02-21 02:57:17 GMT from Australia)
@16
Gnoppix by Wil
Why did you not bother to read the Gnoppix home page ?
This bit_
Gnoppix is a rolling release distribution designed for penetration testing and reverse engineering with focus on Web Application and gaining access. It is optimized to protect your digital rights. With focus on security, it can of course also be used as a regular desktop.
mm
it can of course also be used as a regular desktop.
30 • Star Linux, (by El Guapo on 2023-02-21 05:22:16 GMT from United States)
Star Linux is so underrated it's almost invisible. It's a nice little distro running Devuan XFCE, openbox or i3. Small download (740 MB), small footprint and light on resources. (XFCE uses 240 MB at idle.) Calamares installer. Last install media is from July '22 but since it runs Devuan stable it's not much of a download to bring up to date. (199 MB today for XFCE) For those wanting light with no Systemd it's an excellent option.
Honorable mention: Sparky
31 • @25 (by Yosoyese on 2023-02-21 07:01:21 GMT from Spain)
"Can we please stop with the "sock puppet" advertising for Sparky Linux? (...) This is not the first time people have spammed ads"
It wasn't an ad, it is MY OPINION. If you don't like other opinions, what are you doing here?
"You might want to work on your grammar a bit "
Yes, I might want, Mr Shakespeare, but I have no time: I've got a hamster to feed!
32 • News preference (by AdamB on 2023-02-21 08:48:47 GMT from Australia)
I am happy with the existing arrangements for news.
I consider that once a week is often enough to check the news, however, the News section of DistroWatch Weekly is the first part that I read.
The Headlines Page is handy for accessing an item which appeared in a previous Weekly.
33 • helloSystem and underrated distros (by tomas on 2023-02-21 13:03:01 GMT from Czechia)
In the 1005 issue of Distrowatch helloSystem was added to database.
The info seemed to me interesting so I downloaded the ISO and ran the distro from USB.
I was rather disappointed to find out it is not a finished product - some things missing and not in repository.
In this weeks feature story Jesse confirmed my opinion.
I wonder if adding helloSystem to database was not a mistake.
IMHO it should have been added to the waiting list and only after better results in testing added to database.
As far as underrated distros I strongly agree with what have been said about users considering their favorite distro underrated when it is not placed in top ratings. From this point of view I see the rating by number of visitors misleading - when you search for a suitable distro and filter them by any criteria the most visited distros are placed to the top of the list and this makes you have a look at them in the first place. This gives them again a higher rating.
Maybe it would be better to do the rating by reader supplied reviews (or at least add this value to the items displayed).
From this point of view it would be interesting to know the most overrated distros.
34 • Under-overrated... (by Friar Tux on 2023-02-21 13:37:24 GMT from Canada)
@33 (tomas) "As far as underrated distros I strongly agree with what have been said about users considering their favorite distro underrated when it is not placed in top ratings."
I have to agree with that. I don't think any of the distros, here, are actually underrated. All distros are rated important by someone or they wouldn't exist. IF, and that's a big if, I were to consider a distro underrated, it would be Haiku, though at this point, I would never use it as a daily driver. It's a great toy, but as yet, not a production OS, though I'm sure there are a few folks using it as such.
In my own, humble, opinion, the only person that can actually find an underrated distro, is the person that has tried each and every distro out there and can point to a "gem" or two that the rest of us have missed.
35 • @24 (by Ken on 2023-02-21 16:26:07 GMT from United States)
"I think the most underrated distros are the ones without systemd: Devuan and Parabola first and foremost."
I'd agree, if Parabola worked better. Don't get me wrong, I use it on my laptop and am committed to keeping it. But different packages are updated at widely different intervals, some don't get updated for months or years at a time, leaving whole swaths of common packages unable to be updated because of dependency issues. The installation media is frequently broken (and good luck installing the OpenRC version).
Parabola's mission is exactly what I want: a libre software-only Arch. But I really struggle to recommend it to anyone.
36 • Underrated Distro (by Derek Taylor FunClub on 2023-02-21 23:41:52 GMT from Turkey)
Haiku, Because it is completely independent, it looks like a beta version right now, If Firefox is added, I will install it directly
37 • News location (by Otis on 2023-02-22 14:28:14 GMT from United States)
I found myself contemplating the two choices way too long. I could not truly settle on either way very much. The new suggestion seems like it'd be worth a try as an experiment. Feedback as time goes by might be interesting and might tell us what the choice should be. What is already interesting is that it's a subject, that there's a bit of fall off as to usage of the News area. Good on ya to put it out there for us.
38 • Underrated (by Justin on 2023-02-22 18:27:02 GMT from United States)
I'm interested in a review of IIAB (Internet in a Box). I like the idea of offline networks and it was inspired by the One-Laptop-Per-Child movement. It is like going back in time pre-Internet but still with wifi, etc., to help provide access to information in developing countries where internet access isn't fast or guaranteed (something that comes up on this forum from time to time). It's one way that Linux and Open Source make a real difference in the world (donating M$ software or a bunch of iPads help, too, but it's just throwing money at problems, not actual problem solving). Maybe we can see something in the future on another off week like we had earlier in the year. The documentation seems to be aging a bit, so I wonder if it's died in the pandemic or the conversation has just moved to Github.
I'll throw this one into my "underrated" list. The project has been around for several years, but I completely missed it.
39 • where to put the news stories (by Simon Plaistowe on 2023-02-23 05:10:31 GMT from New Zealand)
I voted to keep the news on it's separate page, however I think it ought to be moved to the top of the left sidebar so people will see it more readily (ie: put "latest headlines" above "latest distributions"). Most of the latest distros are already shown centrally on the front page anyway.
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| • Issue 1004 (2023-01-30): OpenMandriva ROME, checking the health of a disk, Debian adopting OpenSnitch, FreeBSD publishes status report |
| • Issue 1003 (2023-01-23): risiOS 37, mixing package types, Fedora seeks installer feedback, Sparky offers easier persistence with USB writer |
| • Issue 1002 (2023-01-16): Vanilla OS 22.10, Nobara Project 37, verifying torrent downloads, Haiku improvements, HAMMER2 being ports to NetBSD |
| • Issue 1001 (2023-01-09): Arch Linux, Ubuntu tests new system installer, porting KDE software to OpenBSD, verifying files copied properly |
| • Issue 1000 (2023-01-02): Our favourite projects of all time, Fedora trying out unified kernel images and trying to speed up shutdowns, Slackware tests new kernel, detecting what is taking up disk space |
| • Issue 999 (2022-12-19): Favourite distributions of 2022, Fedora plans Budgie spin, UBports releasing security patches for 16.04, Haiku working on new ports |
| • Issue 998 (2022-12-12): OpenBSD 7.2, Asahi Linux enages video hardware acceleration on Apple ARM computers, Manjaro drops proprietary codecs from Mesa package |
| • Issue 997 (2022-12-05): CachyOS 221023 and AgarimOS, working with filenames which contain special characters, elementary OS team fixes delta updates, new features coming to Xfce |
| • Issue 996 (2022-11-28): Void 20221001, remotely shutting down a machine, complex aliases, Fedora tests new web-based installer, Refox OS running on real hardware |
| • Issue 995 (2022-11-21): Fedora 37, swap files vs swap partitions, Unity running on Arch, UBports seeks testers, Murena adds support for more devices |
| • Issue 994 (2022-11-14): Redcore Linux 2201, changing the terminal font size, Fedora plans Phosh spin, openSUSE publishes on-line manual pages, disabling Snap auto-updates |
| • Issue 993 (2022-11-07): Static Linux, working with just a kernel, Mint streamlines Flatpak management, updates coming to elementary OS |
| • Issue 992 (2022-10-31): Lubuntu 22.10, setting permissions on home directories, Linux may drop i486, Fedora delays next version for OpenSSL bug |
| • Issue 991 (2022-10-24): XeroLinux 2022.09, learning who ran sudo, exploring firewall tools, Rolling Rhino Remix gets a fresh start, Fedora plans to revamp live media |
| • Issue 990 (2022-10-17): ravynOS 0.4.0, Lion Linux 3.0, accessing low numbered network ports, Pop!_OS makes progress on COSMIC, Murena launches new phone |
| • Issue 989 (2022-10-10): Ubuntu Unity, kernel bug causes issues with Intel cards, Canonical offers free Ubuntu Pro subscriptions, customizing the command line prompt |
| • Issue 988 (2022-10-03): SpiralLinux 11.220628, finding distros for older equipment and other purposes, SUSE begins releasing ALP prototypes, Debian votes on non-free firmware in installer |
| • Issue 987 (2022-09-26): openSUSE's MicroOS, converting people to using Linux, pfSense updates base system and PHP, Python 2 dropped from Arch |
| • Issue 986 (2022-09-19): Porteus 5.0, remotely wiping a hard drive, a new software centre for Ubuntu, Proxmox offers offline updates |
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