Project: Arch Linux
Version: current
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-23
Votes: 0
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Arch Linux allows you to install what you and when you need it. In other words it bloat free and this is why I like it the most. Secondly, I like the Arch Linux User Repository (AUR) And lastly I like the package manager Pacman.
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Project: Manjaro Linux
Version: stable
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-23
Votes: 0
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Manjaro is a perfect out-of-the-box experience, just like Mint and MX, but what puts it at the top is its AUR integration. Being able to get so many packages that I can't find in other distros' repos without PPAs is a great convenience, and the AUR has to be one of the most comprehensive repos out there.
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Project: deepin
Version: 15.10.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-23
Votes: 4
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15.10.1 way better that any other distro, faster,beautiful,gorgeous, very easy for everyone, for every user, secure once u use it just 2 minutes you will love it :)
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 18.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-23
Votes: 10
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Really newbies friendly. The largest hardware support. A useful offline handbook included. Full of online video tutorial. Systemd free. A friendly and helpful online community. Runs smoothly with 1GB ram imagine the speed with 4GB ram. All the codecs out of the box. Something lacks? To me no but check by yourself.
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Project: Alpine Linux
Version: 3.10.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-23
Votes: 0
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This is an excellent tiny/compact distro that I find very useful and powerful.
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Project: PCLinuxOS
Version: 2019.06
Rating: 3
Date: 2019-06-23
Votes: 0
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Only giving 3 out of 10 because I still enjoy the 2014 Full Monty Edition.
This one (2019.06) unfortunately did not perform at all. The installer quit twice at two different stages of install without a single message on the error. The Live System still continued to run, though, like nothing happened. So, each time I just restarted the installation program and the process. The the installer quit for the third time, this time with an error message. But that was enough already, I made up my mind about trying.
Hope for better luck next time!
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 18.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-23
Votes: 8
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MX Linux really is very stable, fast and good. I have not discovered or seen any bugs so far.
I also like the fact that's MX is based on Systeminit and not on systemd - even when this is not so important for some people. I only wish that MX would be a bit less resource "hungry", but on the other hand, it's really a very good and stable distro. 10 points from me. ;-)
Only one thing could be implimented in MX: the Calamares system installer!
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Project: PCLinuxOS
Version: 2019.06
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-06-23
Votes: 0
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Tried to install PCLinux 3 times, getting closer to a complete install each time by trying the different options on the menu. Once I had a succesful installation, I applied the updates and rebooted then the O/S halted halfway through the boot process. :~(
HP Pavilion 17"
AMD A10-8700P
Radeon R5
16GB RAM
1TB WD Black
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Project: PCLinuxOS
Version: 2019.06
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-06-23
Votes: 0
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Really wanted to use this, but cannot successfully use the Nvidia drivers. Without that driver there's an awful lot of fan noise. It worked in the past, but for some reason there's always a need to break something that isn't broken!
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Project: Fatdog64 Linux
Version: 801
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-23
Votes: 0
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I like that the backlight works with tested laptops.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 30
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-23
Votes: 5
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Cutting edge applications and kernel versions like the same found on the last non LTS Ubuntu. But with better support for a lot of third party packages (Oracle database, ElasticSearch, Docker, ScyllaDB, etc.). For download a third party package usually Ubuntu/Debian are the last LTS, for Fedora is the last version.
Excellent support for non-free network drivers, the only problem is the GPU.
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Project: Clear Linux
Version: 27900
Rating: 5
Date: 2019-06-23
Votes: 0
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Pros:
- Fast
Cons:
- Does not install to non-UEFI
- Does not allow to create own partition scheme with other filesystem than ext4, so it is not possible to install to btrfs or xfs
- Did not boot after install to external USB HD
- Did not install to free partition on internal HD, required to repartition (erase) whole disk
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Project: Clear Linux
Version: 27900
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-23
Votes: 0
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Ok, I'm a stupid newbie, and I try many distros like Ubuntu, Fedora, Deepin, etc. Clear Linux is the really clear, intuitive, and easy to use. Desktop installation ISO contains soft what I want, during installation you can choose others bundles (like soft packages). If you want install anything just type in terminal "sudo swupd bundle-add python3", and python3 environment installed, or use a GUI Software Package Manager. CLOS easy to use, and look glance :)
PS Version - 30040 (not listed above)
PPS Rating 9 - because Flatpak (another way to get packages) is not friendly yet.
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Project: Manjaro Linux
Version: 18.0.4
Rating: 5
Date: 2019-06-23
Votes: 2
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I tried swapping from Linux Mint, but so far it has been a disappointment. It's very slow to boot up, or stop. I have numerous times where an app window freezes, and the only option is to log out and log back in, but, it does seem to keep working in the background and finishes it's task. Grub-customiser refuses to work for me.
I like the idea of using an Arch base, but for me, Manjaro isn't working as I would expect.
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Project: Tails
Version: 3.14.1
Rating: 5
Date: 2019-06-22
Votes: 0
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I am using it as a live medium not on a separate HDD, version 3.12 early 2019, so setting the UEFI-Bios to use it properly an AMD-CPU it seems to have problems with starting due to the graphic driver not starting promptly. But sometimes it works as a live-Medium. Looks as if it needs some improvements to work stable.
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Project: Mageia
Version: 7-rc
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-22
Votes: 2
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Just updated from Mageia 5.1 to 7-rc, the least painful OS update I can recall ever doing. I have been a fan of KDE desktop for many years and Mageia is, in my opinion, the current leader in providing a smooth and fully functioning KDE experience. Only downside for me is that Root log in is not allowed so when I want to "tinker" I have to use a different distro but I rarely felt the need to do so with release 5.1 and the new one seems to be at least as well built. Kudos to the Mageia team on another excellent Linux distro for PC!
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Project: Bodhi Linux
Version: 5.0.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-22
Votes: 1
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The best os because is very light and cpu is down and i love this.
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Project: Voyager Live
Version: 18.04.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-22
Votes: 0
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J' ai testé rapidement et découvert pour la première fois "Voyager" en mode live.
Même si habituellement, je ne suis pas fan de l' environnement "Gnome", je reconnais que c'est une très belle distribution.
La consommation en ressource est très légère, 590 mo de ram pour moi en mode live...sans lancer d' applications.
J' ai eus quelques problèmes de "screen tearing" en lisant quelques vidéos, sur internet, mais rien de méchant.
Je n'ai rencontré aucun bugs, en lançant quelques applications déjà installées.
Pour une utilisation simple: bureautique, internet, vidéos...je n'ai pas testé les jeux vidéos, je recommande cette distribution.
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Project: Lunar Linux
Version: 1.7.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-22
Votes: 0
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A fine Linux distro for a more civilized world.
If you want to learn and know more about Linux, in an easier way than using LFS and as much powerful as Arch you can try Lunar Linux.
It dependency (and optional dependency) system for modules allow you to obtain a KISS Linux install, optimized for your machine. It will take some time (compiling from source have this disadvantage) but you'll get a Linux on your taste.
Good job devs!
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Project: Linux Mint
Version: 3-LMDE
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-21
Votes: 3
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Excellent OS, Stable and not too heavy. Cinnamon is a great office.
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Project: Kwort Linux
Version: 4.3.4
Rating: 7
Date: 2019-06-21
Votes: 0
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Interesting minimalist distribution. It's fairly simple to install though I haven't had a chance to go into configuring with a wm or anything.
Documentation is sparse
Recommend for power users or bored boomers
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 18.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-21
Votes: 0
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Xubuntu was my go to for years, then stopped using it for a while while I distro hopped and tried to choke down Windows 10.
Needless to say, I am back on 18.04.2 and won't be going back.
Everything just works. It's fast, stable, and secure.
I'm using it on a laptop packing an Intel core i3-8130u CPU, Intel UHD 620 iGPU, 16gb RAM, 256gb m.2 and a 1tb Samsung 860 QVO. It's blazing.
Gaming on this is pretty decent too, however, I'm not playing the latest and greatest AAA franchises.
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Project: Solus
Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-21
Votes: 5
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It is highly likely that my distro hopping days are over. The itch may set in again in the future but I am fagged out. I tried about 70 distros in about 10 years giving each one at the very minimum of 2 weeks. Of the lot, the one I feel most at home is with Solus Mate version 4 and Kanotix. I had a few issues with Solus Budgie and Devuan. The last one I tried was Devuan. It was rock solid but there were issues with "/dev waiting to populate" which is confirmed issue with many distros but the poison has not affected Solus Mate. The most important aspect was flawless install of the HP Deskjet printer.
I hope the developers have a net install version in the future since after installing it I had to update 790MB worth of software. Praying IKEA the lead developer gets well sooner than later and the others contribute in lieu of IKEA.
Congratulations to all concerned. Startup times to desktop is about 9 seconds on a 2-year-old Samsung SSD and 22 seconds on an 8-year-old Hitachi HDD, Shut down times are 0.5 seconds on the SSD and 2 seconds on the HDD. Need I say more.
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Project: OpenMandriva Lx
Version: 4.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-21
Votes: 0
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Well done, worked out of the box as expected. Lx is all that remains of Lycoris, and this was like old home week for me.
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Project: Kubuntu
Version: 19.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-21
Votes: 3
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I'm using Kubuntu 19.04 with minimal installation and it is excellent. Can only tell the team behind it to keep up with the good work!
Fast, stable, reliable, resource efficient, visually appealing.
Basically the best of Ubuntu with the awesome KDE environment.
10/10
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Project: Feren OS
Version: 2019.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-06-21
Votes: 0
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I gotta say, coming from Windows, gaming on Feren OS felt very natural. The UI is comparable to windows, but for my machine (CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K | GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti | RAM: 16GB DDR4-3200 | Storage: 1TB SATA SSD), the performance increase was crazy! It's like I have a whole new computer now. Well, actually, I guess I do have extra money since I signed that pre-nup with my ex-wife. Thanks, Feren OS, now I can play CSGO, Age of Empires, and VRChat (to meet a new waifu) with insane graphics and performance!!
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Project: Feren OS
Version: 2019.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-21
Votes: 0
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My wife's son and I really enjoy playing with all the themes that this distro ships with! They make it really easy to make it look exactly how you like it. I also enjoy watching him play games and this is made dead simple by the inclusion of all of the nice gaming tech available on linux! FerenOS is perfect for people like me who aren't very techy but like feeling that they're in control of their operating system! It's the perfect thing for my wife's son and I to play around with while she's out with her boyfriend!! FerenOS has provided me with an easy way to connect with my family and I really value that, 9/10 experience for sure!!
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Project: Tails
Version: 3.14.1
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-06-21
Votes: 0
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Crashes when used with intel hd 515 graphics controller and skylake cpus. Regression causes crashes with intel graphics controller! High priority to be fixed.
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Project: Feren OS
Version: 2019.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-21
Votes: 0
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My only complaint with Feren OS is that it doesn't come with Wayland. I'm not saying that I hate Xorg, but I think Wayland is the future of Linux on the desktop and that someone is holding Linus Torvalds hostage. Linus, if you're reading this blink twice. Feren OS also comes with Steam, so I consider Feren OS the Manjaro for the poorman, like me.
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Project: YunoHost
Version: 3.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-21
Votes: 0
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An awesome distribution to self hosting a lot of tools/services...
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Project: Mageia
Version: 5.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-21
Votes: 2
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Mageia is tops! Loved it from the beginning after very bad Win 8.1, 10 forced update experiences. Now on 6 plus updates. I do annual classic installations on new versions. The main pro is that Mageia does not presuppose what I want to do on the laptop. I can change anything the way I want to suit my work-style.
Their Core Release also allows me to tailor my apps with just what I need. There is no bulk installation of apps as for "general users". The scope of apps that may be installed from the ISO is truly inspiring in its wide range.
This OS is extremely well documented as well.
Cons are that I had to familiarise myself with as goes with anything new. I had to take into account that all machine code will have some "clunky" aspects. this will change only when AI fully kicks in. Mageia is anything but clunky! There were bugs in 6, but the bugtracker works and I have had only positive and prompt responses to that. All updated in 6.1.
Frankly, I do not see any down-side to this OS. Mageia is true Magic!
This OS gets my OWPA. One Wire Pliers Award. Pick it up. Use it. Put it down. No discussion. No surprises. Recommend it any day! 7-rc after this.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 18.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-21
Votes: 1
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18.04.2
Very good. I like this distribution. Fast, stable and rock solid.
Really need Gimp 2.10? AppImage :)
the secret is to wait for the (.2); 18.04.2 for this example.
Default fonts Ubuntu. And roboto Mono for surfing.
I am in quadruple boot and I discover that I spend all my time on this LTS distribution where I do everything in the most total stability.
I can not rate Xubuntu with 11, but if I could, I surely would ...
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Project: Feren OS
Version: 2019.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-20
Votes: 6
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Feren OS is the ultimate distro. I can switch between Mac and Windows 3.1 in an instant. On top of that, it comes pre installed with wine which is pretty neat. im glad it comes w/ vivaldi, so i can brows my favorite website such as hentaihaven.com in peace without having to worry about big brother and Redmond from watching over me.
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Project: openSUSE
Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-20
Votes: 4
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Just installed Tumbleweed today with KDE, and as good as it is with KDE, it is just perfect with Awesome WM, both work great.
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Project: Manjaro Linux
Version: stable
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-20
Votes: 14
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That's what I expected from Ubuntu when installed it first time 13 years ago. Perfect desktop distro.
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Project: KDE neon
Version: 20190611
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-20
Votes: 5
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The WiFi connects on boot, a little slow.
Desktop and whole system is really professional. Kubuntu has bugs for me, even with the mouse animations. But KDE neon works the way it should. It's very good looking and has so many features that make sense. Highly recommended.
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Project: Android-x86
Version: 8.1-r1
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-06-20
Votes: 0
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This is the flakiest system i've ever tried. NOT worth two cents!
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Project: SolydXK
Version: 201902
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-20
Votes: 5
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Elegant, stable distribution. Debian based apt makes it super simple to manage all packages, even if not originally part of the repositories.
I'm very happy using it.
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Project: Feren OS
Version: 2019.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-20
Votes: 0
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Honestly a pretty solid OS. I got it since Windows 7 is becoming EOL soon and I didn't want to run arch. I wanted an OS that looked niced OOTB and just worked. Plan to stick with this for a while. Thanks Feren OS devs!
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Project: SUSE Linux Enterprise
Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-20
Votes: 0
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SUSE is a distribution which I highly recommend. Please embrace it enthusiastically, it won't let you down. From a simple and efficient appearance to a refined and stable core, it is really tempered. From computer rookies to Internet geeks, it can make you feel relaxed. Through the efforts of the company and the community, a lot of work is simplified in the development stage, making it easier for users to use. This kind of action strategy is very moving. And their work is very effective because I feel it.
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Project: Namib GNU/Linux
Version: 19.01
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-20
Votes: 2
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I am a long time Arch user. I downloaded the plasma edition of Namib Linux and installed it on VM and my low-resource daily laptop (Aspire N3050 2GB-RAM 16GB-SSD) and so far I'm totally impressed with settings and default apps.
Highlights:
+ Plasma desktop setup and theme is awesome
+ Low resources required; surprisingly less than Manjaro/ArcoLinuxB
+ Default installed apps are good enough to start with.
+ Arch based
+ Qt 5 dev tools, VLC and all codecs are included
+ text-based boot menu
+ live iso kept my kernel parameters (quiet, etc.) for installation.
Areas that need to be improved:
. up-to-date packages; even though first pacman -Syu handles that!
. wireless should be enabled by default
. yay should be included by default (IMHO)
My personal updates (all went smooth):
. enabled tap-to-click for my touchpad
. removed yay -Rcc python2 (not my need unless kodi is req'd)
. installed youtube-dl, chromium and visual-studio-code-bin
That's it. My experience with Namib Plasma was pleasant and I highly recommend it.
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Project: PCLinuxOS
Version: 2018.06
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-20
Votes: 2
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I've been using PCLinuxOS for several years now, on a variety of hardware, including laptops from Core2 Duo up to Kaby Lake core i7. It's by far the most reliable Linux I've found and it installs when others just won't. I really like that it is systemd free, and is a rolling release. Currently i'm using 2 desktops, TDE and Enlightenment.
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Project: Ubuntu MATE
Version: 18.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-20
Votes: 8
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Ubuntu Mate is the best Linux distribution. Many people underestimate it. The best Linux GUI is stable and easily customizable. Many thanks to the developers for this excellent distribution.Ubuntu Mate 18.04.2
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Project: KDE neon
Version: 20190611
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-20
Votes: 4
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Wasn't expecting to like this non-distro distro so much. Wish they could combine efforts with the Kubuntu team, but until then this seems to be what I'll be running for the foreseeable future.
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Project: Slackware Linux
Version: 14.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-20
Votes: 5
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Out of all Linux Distributions, Slackware is the elder, it is the Titan that rules over all of them, not only in age, but in quality, all these years it remained faithful to the roots of the KISS philosophy and influenced countless distributions that never matched its quality and strength, this distribution should not be, it shouldn't exist in the way that it has been, for long, maintained by a single man, and even today, still majorly is, the fact it is the work of a single man that dedicated 25 years to such an amazing piece of software is enough to make Slackware to my eyes, the best distribution ever made.
Cheers Pat !
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 18.3
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-06-19
Votes: 11
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Boot time is too much. Most bizarre default Xfce layout I have ever seen.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 18.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-19
Votes: 11
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I've been running MX everyday on a USB flash drive since November 2018 with only one issue, but the MX forum guys helped me get it fixed really fast. Btw I'm a Linux newbie, and the forum guys are very friendly and willing to help people like me, that means a lot!
I recommend this OS to any user, it's stable and fast. I think you will love it as much as I do! :)
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Project: antiX
Version: 17.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-19
Votes: 23
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Very good for older PCs, just skip the firefox and install a lite browser and your good to go ...
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Project: Void
Version: current
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-19
Votes: 17
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+ Provides live images with main desktop environments (MATE, LXDE, Cinnamon...)
+ Easy installation - without hardware support issue !
+ Faster than many other, more famous distros
+ No systemd - uses runit instead, very easy to deal with. This is important to me as systemd causes many standards-compliance issues (e.g. with DHCP).
+ Doesn't clutter its repository with outdated or valueless applications (unlike Debian)
+ Repo includes up-to-date versions of useful apps (e.g. Calibre), unlike many other distros.
+ Rolling release BUT doesn't break. I'm very impressed by this !
+ Fast and easy post-installation configuration, unlike all other distros I've tried
+ Provides images for SBC such as Raspberry PI and ODROID C2
- Documentation is overall poor, but:
. Void is well-designed enough so existing documentation is sufficient in most cases
. Arch documentation often applies when Void's is missing
. community support is good, in cases documentation doesn't exist or doesn't help
. the wiki contains a Rosetta Stone to provide equivalences between XBPS and other package managers - I wish other distros would provide the same in their documentation !
Conclusion: If you're looking for a reliable, standards-compliant, user-friendly distro you can use both on a server AND on a workstation, Void Linux is the best choice to date.
Note: International users should use the glibc version (not the musl version)
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Project: Debian
Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-19
Votes: 5
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very fast and stable, I use it on every computer in my house.
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