Version: 4.0
Rating: 4
Date: 2019-11-19
Votes: 0
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I use Solus on a daily basis with 3 clients (2 Laptops, one Fat Client).
pros:
- Fast package management
- Modern design
- fast and snappy
Cons:
- lack of Support: little Community, poor documentation, suggestion for improvement will be closed in a harsh manner ("WON'T FIX")
- freezing update process: Download stalls at times, whole progress needs to be killed and restarted to move on
- slow development: New packages (e.g. powertop), or security fixes won't be a availble in the repos quickly (1-3 days delay after publishes cves)
- lack of BTRFS-support
- freezing Desktop at times for no reason (journalctl tells you.....nothing)
- too few packages in the repo
- shorter range of supported hardware compared to the big distros like Debian, Ubuntu, openSUSE
- current iso-files needs definately an update
Conclusio:
After a year of daily using solus I'll sail on to another distro. Solus is fast and snappy but has a lot of disadvantages that makes it not as solid and secure as it seems.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-18
Votes: 2
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If you are looking for a distribution that has a modern feel, run's fast and minimal this is it! I am so impressed with this distribution. It has ended my hopping.
So far this year I have installed Ubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, MX Linux (18.3 & 19), Linux Mint, OpenSUSE, Fedora & Arch-Linux.
I had given up on distro hopping after installing Arch but then I came across Solus... (I got tired of configuring Arch-Linux.. Just reminded me of the days of installing RH from CD-Rom and compiling everything). The live USB started up so fast and the install was a breeze. After logging in for the first time I was just blown away at the speed of this desktop. The only issue I have run into is my Broadcom wireless driver didn't take hold... (Only Ubuntu / MX Linux has utilized it immediately after install). Of course, I expected this and with some patience had that sorted quickly.
Thank you so much to the team at Solus! I really appreciate the effort you have put into this perfect distro.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-11-11
Votes: 7
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Great Distro. Hassle free Installation. Budgie is a real joy, no frills, fast, no bloat. Had some trouble with extensions but everything else just works.
Pros:
- blazingly fast
- no bloat
- uptodate
- Budgie is beautiful and functional
Cons:
- ISO refresh needed!
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-11-03
Votes: 4
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I have been trying a lot of distros lately,and i can say one thing,i love Solus Budgie,it is fast,stable and easy to use.
Fantastic distro,trouble free,i can just have my things done.
Keep the good work Solus devs.
Pros=fast,light,clean,beautiful and easy to use
Cons=so far none
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-10-31
Votes: 0
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I'm using the Solus Plasma Testing version.
Even though the installer was released in March, it was updated and installed correctly.
It runs faster and flawlessly than the Arch Plasma release.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-10-29
Votes: 1
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In the last 6 months, I've moved through FreeBSD (Xfce) -> Ubuntu (Gnome/Budgie) -> Debian (Xfce) -> ArcoLinux (Xfce) -> KDE Neon -> Solus. Beautiful distro. Everything works well and it's very speedy. Running Jellyfin media server in a docker perfectly. Super easy to setup and has great fresh install default settings. Haven't had an issue yet.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 5
Date: 2019-10-27
Votes: 0
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I can't give Solus a good rating, because of the lack of Wifi drivers and not installing Synaptic Software.
If I have to wire for internet and poor software source, I don't use Solus.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-10-26
Votes: 1
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I do indeed enjoy Solus 4 Fortitude. It does not require much tinkering. I must add that in my experience, one shouldn't suspend while updating right after install. However it is a rather speedy fix, as i had not installed any software or data on the drive. It handles gaming well, and never really crashes. It also has snap and flatpak support, as well as a growing repository. The community in reddit and their forums is reasonably active. /as one has said, "install once and forget about it."
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-10-26
Votes: 3
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The fastest linux distro ! Solus is my daily driver on my T450s. Thanks
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-10-22
Votes: 2
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Wow! I'm was looking for a new experience in GNU/Linux World, always are the same: debian/ubuntu , fedora, opensuse, arch linux. Today I decided give a try to SolusOS, and from the beginning was amazing. Nice work guys! I appreciate your faster, confortable S.O
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 7
Date: 2019-10-21
Votes: 0
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Well programmed, fast. But missing some important software like Citrix or Timesghift. Some Software difficult to instal. Not consistent design: login and lock login have different designs. Small community. Much less support then Ubuntu or Manjaro.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 5
Date: 2019-10-20
Votes: 2
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Howdy,
Last year, I rated Solus at 10 - because it was rather polished and made 3rd party applications (like Steam) a breeze to get working.
However, I have had to re-install it 3 times this year due to updates (or failed updates) breaking the distro ...preventing apps like the file manager and web browser from launching.
Solus provides updates (and large ones at that) on a very frequent basis. Since I keep my PC off when not in use (and have a very slow DSL connection) I inevitably get behind on updates--which seems to create issues. If you want to use this on an always-on PC & have fast internet--then give this distro a whirl--otheriwse you might want to look elsewhere.
I will be going back to an XFCE distro (Xubuntu LTS).
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-10-19
Votes: 2
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Stable.
Snappy.
Efficient.
Gorgeous.
Light.
Playing games ? Can be.
Creating games ? Sure.
Developing software ? Of course.
What more would you want ?
10/10
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-10-14
Votes: 1
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Excellent distribution. Very stable, it has fast and efficient package management. However, a lot of documentation is lacking on the manufacturer's website to assist beginners.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-10-11
Votes: 0
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I installed Solus/Plasma in my older computer.
It's stable and fast.
Here, Plasma is more fast than Mate;
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-10-10
Votes: 1
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Works like a dream on my old dual core machine with 4gb ram, Budgie is very eye appealing yet very light at the same time. Kudos to the Solus team.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-10-08
Votes: 0
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My favorite distro evarrrrr!!! The team that's put this system together is top notch.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-10-04
Votes: 2
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Awesome.
Most stable rolling release distro ever.
Great software choice and very fast system.
My primary distro for now.
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Version: 3.9999
Rating: 5
Date: 2019-09-26
Votes: 2
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Aesthetically and structurally, it seems a finely polished product. One that possibly has the potential to be in the ascendant.
However, it was plagued by two bugs which my system encounters on all but two distros. First, GDM is broken. Often, resuming from sleep will result in not being able to type in my password. Second, Libroffice fails to display properly and will also crash if the menus are edited.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-09-25
Votes: 0
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Absolutely great even for beginners. Using it daily full-time, as regular user and web developer!
10/10.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-09-11
Votes: 1
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I have Solus Mate and Solus Budgie full installs on 2 x usb 3.0 64GB sticks and they perform well. I also have a Solus Mate install on a 320GB HDD as a LV install and this works smoothly as well. I have tried many different distros on my test machine that being an HP pro desktop AMD athlon x 2 with 4GB Ram. tried Ubuntu, U Mate, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, LXDE and LXQT, MX Linux, Antix, Manjaro xfce Mint Mate, and Mint xfce, But apart from Antix 17.03 which is very smooth and the beta of antix 19, Solus runs the best by far. Easy to install easy to make changes and the only problem that others have reported as well, is updates getting stuck. Well there is a good work around for that. When alerted of updates install them one group at a time rather than tick all the boxes together and all will be smooth. It even set up trim automatically on my USB installs but that's easy to configure for SSDs via the terminal if you need to. Superb Distro I would recommend it above all the others mentioned above. I would have given it a 10 but nothing is perfect so 9 is about right.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 7
Date: 2019-09-09
Votes: 0
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I really like Solus 4 Mate, but I'll have to uninstall it because I cannot get my HP 1012 Laserjet to work, even with HPLIP installed. In my use, I must have printing capability. I tried the forum, but I could not get any solid assistance. Sorry to leave.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-09-07
Votes: 0
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Easy,light and fast, modern.
it works almost flawlesly out of the box without any thinkering,
i mom can use it without any problem and without me spending some hours setting it up.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-09-06
Votes: 0
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It's easy to use, has the default Gnome interface. I don't like the custom Gnome 3 of Ubuntu, the dock is like a mixed windows with mac os, just wacko. I use gnome tweaks and dash to dock in gnome as it's so easy to use and make it look the way I want. Also the developers who made Solus have done so on there very own, it's not based on another Linux distro at all. So they grabbed the latest Gnome 3 and added there own GUI with it and it's awesome looking even by default. I really like Fedora the most, but every single time I've installed it and tweaked it the way I want and install stuff, video never works, no on youtube, not on facebook, no where, and I can't figure out at all anywhere, nobody has the answer of what to do, what terminal codes to put in for it. But if Fedora video was working I would use it no matter what. But since video doesn't work, Solus is the king for me right now until RedHat fixes Fedora or somebody reads this and helps me with video and makes it work on Fedora.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-09-03
Votes: 0
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Great distro linux,budgie desktop is so amazing and really fast,easy to customization,once installed, don't want try other :)
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-08-29
Votes: 1
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Are you kidding me? This is awesome!!! The Solus team has done a fantastic job.
Installation was smooth, simple and it found all my hardware. I couldn't help but to smile using it for the first time.
This not only looks and feels professional, it's very easy to use.
Many many thumbs up for Solus!
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-08-28
Votes: 2
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Usually i dont comment on any forum. but this os is so wonderful, that it forced me to leave a comment.
i was distrohopping for a while and had used all the major distros.
Pros-
1. while upgrading from terminal, it shows beginner friendly messages regarding what is being installed
2. it is not based on any other operating system. so there is plenty of room for creativity.
3. the desktop budgie is clean and tidy
4. system is quick, and i had found zero lags.
btw i am using intel Pentium p6200 with 6 gb of ram, it is 9 years old. but i had experienced zero lag.
cons:
1. if i will find one, i will edit this post
use it once, and i am sure you are not going back to any other distro.
cheers!!
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 6
Date: 2019-08-27
Votes: 0
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Solus looks tidy, well structured and has a pleasant appearance. The Basis Independent requires additional research when it comes to retrofitting packages.
translated with deepl
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-08-23
Votes: 0
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Beautiful distro that looks very finished and professional. Easy install that was far easier to install the Debian 10 which seems to have problems with my desktop and my notebook.
Runs extremely fast, super stable and no issues as of yet. Love to see where this distro goes in the future.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-08-22
Votes: 0
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Really nice distro, using the budgie desktop. Nvidia drivers are a bit shonky (proprietary). I had fuzzy wallpapers on sleep refresh. But, lib drivers work fine. I'm really interested to see where this distro goes. Its really beautiful and has a bright future.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-08-19
Votes: 7
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One of the best distro currently out there. It just works.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-08-15
Votes: 21
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This distro looks promising at first....but after a while it's a complete letdown.
Let me explain why:
- package manager could be a lot better (dependency issues),
- curated rolling release (good and a bad thing - developers are in charge of what they deem worthy to have in the repositories),
- slow development!,
- no current way to help with the financing,
- not so useful forums and bad developer support,
- a lot of issues with UEFI systems,
- black screens after bigger updates,
- problems with OpenVPN,
- documentation is lacking,
- frequent freezes during updates,
- software store is simply bad (only one update/download at the same time?)...
The good side of this distro is that it blow some fresh air in the Linux distro world... and I really hope it will correct all of the above.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-08-15
Votes: 0
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Easy to add Broadcom drivers. Updates are simple either by GUI or CLI. Haven't found any must have apps that are not available. (Would like WhatsDesk and maybe a user friendly Youtube app, but the website and my phone work for those.) Has brought ew life to my Mac!
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 3
Date: 2019-08-14
Votes: 0
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Solus seems to be promising, but has many issues with UEFI.
New EPS needs to be created if you install it alongside Windows, so that doesn't mess up with Windows update.
Solus doesn't uses systemd-boot for UEFI installs, which has icompatibility ssues with many devices.
Documentation doesn't seems to good, it needs to be updated.
While system update, it gets kind of frozen.
It doesn't have a lot of big repository of software, but they seem to provide proprietary softwares like Chrome as "Third-Party" softwares.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-08-14
Votes: 0
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Testing Solus in live mode was successful: absolutely no problem with any hardware of my old ultrabook (Samsung 900X), it just works out of the box. Fast and simple graphic installation without any pain :) Stable Gnome 3 (like it after using Fedora / Korora). Hope would use Solus as my main operation system for years. Thanks for developers, have written this review to say "thanks a lot" for their work.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-08-12
Votes: 0
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Everything just works. Like the rolling release nature of the OS. Also trying Manjaro Budgie, Elementary, and Fedora SilverBlue. Will most likely settle on Solus.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-08-11
Votes: 0
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Pros:
- Fast
- Stability
- Good design/minimalist
- Community
- Non-free drivers works great
Cons
- The development is (very) slow since the project leader left the project
- Outdated Isos
- Lake of information and a clear roadmap
=> Good distro, but the core team should be a little more communicative and open-minded to suggestions
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-08-09
Votes: 0
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Installation went smooth and every piece of hardware in my computer was detected and recognized, without my intervention.
After the install I wanted to do an update of the system, but apparently eopkg (Solus' package manager) isn't that stable and crashed. I needed to run the update two times in order for it to succeed.
Generally the system is stable and quite consistent in theming. It boots quickly and usage is smooth.
I could connect to my google account easily and there were no trouble in the system using it.
It's easy to install new application through the "Software Center" which is a very user friendly application.
I would have given it a 10/10, but the package manager being apt to crashes during updates is simply not acceptable.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 6
Date: 2019-08-08
Votes: 0
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Pros:
- Fast package management (much faster than dnf in Fedora)
- Modern design (Plata theme based on the Material Design guideline)
Cons:
- Lack of l10n support (I chose Chinese in the installation process but the installed system is not fully localized)
- Lack of BtrFs support
- Not enough packages
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 2
Date: 2019-08-08
Votes: 2
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I'm going back to arch after 30 minutes.
It was buggy. I was only able to open the settings once, it worked perfectly, but it was the last time it opened. I've tried restarting multiple times, but it didn't help.
I started a software update. It locked up on downloading linux-current. I checked in the task manager that it wasn't doing anything, because there was no network activity at all. I quit the software center by pressing the x at the top right corner, because there was no cancel button. I couldn't restart the update process, it just said: everything is up to date. At this point i don't want to reinstall it and try again. I was curious about Solus, since i've heard many great things about it but it's not for me. (Sorry for my english)
System:
Emachines E725
Cpu: Intel Pentium T4300
Ram: 3gb ddr2
SSD: Samsung 850 evo 250gb
Solus 4 Budgie
(I know, my hardware is bad.)
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 7
Date: 2019-08-05
Votes: 2
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So far so good. I’ve been seeking alternative independent Linux distributions to use on my company computers, and this distro passes the test on both performance and stability. In the end, the graphical package manager is lacking in many areas, which isn’t a big issue since eopkg is pretty solid. That may be a major discouragement to beginners who are a little shy of the terminal.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-08-04
Votes: 0
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Solus is the most stable linux distro that i've used in my 5 year old linux journey, I've been using it daily for 3 years now and unlike other distros, it never disturbed me or slowed my work flow.
Solus is not perfect, but it's getting close ! here's the main problems i've had:
* Software Center is not worth using: buggy and frequent crashs BUT this is not a big deal, as i'd rather use the eopkg command from terminal, because it's rock solid
* the development feels slow, this is mainly because the devs do not share much with the community, the last blog post in their official blog as of today was 25 April 2019 that's more then 3 months ago ...
I think those problems will no longer be relevant in the future as those problems are already well known.
Solus has really improved my understanding of linux and i hope it gets more popular so we could all enjoy this wonderful linux experience
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-07-30
Votes: 0
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Solus is solid. The most trouble free Linux I've ever used (using Linux dailiy since 2004).
I have 32 Gb of ram and have +/- 30 windows open in Firefox and Brave for at least 3 weeks. Never a crash or memory leak.
It's amazing responsive.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-07-26
Votes: 0
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Running Solus for 6 month as my daily driver!
- blazing fast (boots to desktop in 3 seconds) Whats the secret???
- rockstable performance (nor kernelpanics whatsoever)
- has all the apps I need uptodate
- driver Installation was a breeze with great oob experience (upotodate Nvidia drivers)
- steam and Lutris gaming performance ist excellent
The Devs are helpful in the forum should you encounter any problems. community is friendly and supportive. I really enjoy the Budgie Desktop experience!!!
I really hope Solus has come to stay for the long term!
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-07-26
Votes: 0
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I spent a long time looking for a decent distro for my old AMD. Solus works flawlessly. Great repositories, great community and fantastic support.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-07-23
Votes: 0
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Solus os is best linux distribution for developers
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-07-23
Votes: 2
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Love love love it!
Stable, responsive, attractive and overall just feels great.
Rolling release is very comforting.
And the fact that it is independent is exciting.
Wish there was a 32-bit version for my older hardware.
Speaking of hardware, I've installed on many machines without issue. It has always found everything.
The repositories have everything I need so there are no issues there. If there's something I can't find, Flathub fills in the gaps.
Can't say enough good things. I'm very happy with it and I recommend it to friends and family.
Thank you Solus Team for all your hard work!
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-07-17
Votes: 3
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I'm a new to Linux and this was the first distribution I really enjoyed using, which was both intuitive and user-friendly. You don't need to mess around with stuff and most of it works out of the box.
One issue are the Wi-Fi drivers (RTL8192EU), which you have to compile every time you update kernel.
Another issue is the default Plata-Noir theme, which is extremely dark and puts a lot of strain on the eyes during day time, so I recommend using Plata-Lumine instead, or download another theme.
But the best part I love about this Solus is that all the terminal commands are fairly intuitive. Install, remove, upgrade etc. are easy to remember and use unlike other package managers.
I moved from Budgie to Gnome as Budgie still has some inconsistencies in user interface on programs I use. So far Solus Gnome has become my daily driver and I almost completely ditched Windows 10.
Good work Solus team!
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-07-15
Votes: 0
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I have installed Solus gnome. I found the install to be quite painless. The stock theme is pleasant to look at. The drivers for my laptop's bluetooth and wifi we installed and work well. There is a good selection of software install by default and plenty more in the repo. The software store is well laid out into catagories and can be easily searched. There is not the widest selection but what is there is good.
The only fly in the ointment is the time the package manager take to finish the installation of new packages. I will search for a fix for that. Hopefully this can be fixed.
There is one other thing you may need to think about with Solus. Solus do not install a bootloader for UEFI systems. This is by design. You are supposed to use the UEFI to select the OS you want. You can install a bootloader yourself if you want. This is not a problem if you only want to use Solus or use a legacy bios.
Solus is worth investigating. I have a feeling my laptop may have found its new OS.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-07-11
Votes: 0
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Rock solid distro, and very exiting that it's built from scratch, it's a new thing! you get it? not a distro based on something else as soo comon, this is really an amazing distro, everything is working , and I was shocked how many packages was added to the repo, it did have everything I needed and that is the normal popular apps out there, it had them all, and some more, the developers have done a great job, I would like to see this distro shoot to the stars as it deserves, but it has one thing, or should I say lack one thing, and that is servers world wide, currently Solus have only one server which is their own I believe to download everything from, updates and apps, and it is painfully slow, it tok me a whole day just to update the system, I don't know why they decided to go with only one server but that just isn't going to work for most people, I swear, if this wouldn't be the case ,I would still be on Solus, it's that good. for the future I hope they will fix some more servers, I would gladly return to Solus then.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-07-09
Votes: 0
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I was looking for a distribution to install on my family computer, which can be easily used by everyone. Solus is the perfect distro for this job ! Indeed, it's fast, up-to-date, easy to use (Gnome Version), elegant and I've found all the software we need. If you are searching for a user-friendly Linux distro, do not hesitate to install Solus !
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 5
Date: 2019-07-06
Votes: 2
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Dunno what to think about it ...
The after-big update after you're done installing is quite like a russian roulette :
-- the repo may give you errors with a package you're downloading for no reasons, it's really a random pattern I can't personally predict (tested multiples times with CLI and Software Center, sometimes it works without interruption, sometimes it simply doesn't.)
-- when finally done, sometimes you're greeted with a great black screen of death so besides using tty to revert the update, GUI is done. And the distro as well, to an extent (from end-user perspective)
Kinda sad to leave that here, but after almost 2 years of using Solus, I can't recommend it anymore for daily-usage because of this, and I'll stick to rock-solid Debian sid.
Without those problems, I'd simply say yes, but I can't put 1/10 as it's a great piece without the problems I gave but yeah, having only one repo for updates is a bad idea since Ikey left (Fastly never gave such problems.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-07-06
Votes: 0
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Didn't found a better linux distro for a daily and average usage. Light, quick, up-to-date, elegant, my favorite distro !
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-07-03
Votes: 1
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After 2 days
Pros
1. installed on asus laptop , the fatsest to boot comparing with Manjaro & Mint.
2. simple and easy to use.
Cons
1. little different in installtion process
2. slow copy and paste specially from a driver to another.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-29
Votes: 0
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Been using Solus for a while now with the budgie desktop. I've mostly used Xfce in the past but I thought I would give budge a try. The installation was smooth and easy. It's been stable as all get out.
I was told Solus doesn't have very many apps in their software center, but that must be an ancient knock. I've found everything I normally use in it. It's bigger than most people might think. They have flatpak and snap support if you need anything else.
All in all, I would recommend Solus to anyone, beginners included.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-27
Votes: 0
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Although the system is far from perfect, I didn't feel this sense of familiarity in a linux distro since Ubuntu 6.06.
The budgie desktop has some problems that need solving but the experience is good and feels lightweight.
I believe because it is a relatively new distro, the package manager has no obsolete or useless packages, which is good for someone who just wants a system that works. For apps not included in the repos it is easy to use snaps or flatpaks.
Everything works out of the box. And for the small issues there is workarounds you can find on their forum.
TLDR; Best experience since Ubuntu Dapper Drake.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-26
Votes: 9
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There is no such thing as a perfect Linux OS however after testing many different distro's I can honestly say that Solus Mate 4.0 is the best I have run so far as a full install on HDD. I also have it installed as a full install on a 32GB Sandisk Ultra and both installs run fast and smooth. Ubuntu Mate has sound issues, MX Linux 18.3 is very good but not as ascetically pleasing, and AntiX is lightening fast but is not for new Linux users. Lubuntu was good as LXDE 18.04. Manjaro would occasionally fail after kernel updates which I got fed up with repairing. Other tried distro's were average in performance. Solus Mate 4.0 just looks good, runs well, no sound issues, boots quickly shuts down quickly and the only minor issue is updates can get stuck downloading if there are too many at one time, but a reboot appears to sort this out. Of course the hardware makes a difference to how things run, and this Solus Mate 4.0 is installed on an HP pro Desktop computer AMD athlon 11 with 4GB RAM which originally ran windows 7, 32 bit but was upgraded to Windows 10 64 bit in an work/office environment but struggled to cope. I now use this old computer as a distro test machine. It runs like a new computer with Solus Mate 4.0 installed. Solus OS is improving with every major upgrade and is a pleasure to use.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-21
Votes: 0
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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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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-19
Votes: 0
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Awesome overall experience.
- Great package manager
- Fast and reliable rolling release distro
- Excellent compatibility and performance for gaming via Steam/Proton
- Hardware (including printers) worked out of the box for me
- Well-sorted and expansive software repostitory
Keep up the good work!
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 2
Date: 2019-06-16
Votes: 3
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I tried to install Solus 4 on my old macbook from 2009 like many other linux distros before. Befor this I had on this macbook Zorin, Linux Mint 18.3 und fedora 30 without any problem. The live session of Solus 4.0 showed no problems, so I decided to install ist on the computer. Then came up an error message about the hdd while the installer partioned or formatted the hdd and I thought I had interrupted this process. When I tried to reboot the macbook with the fedora, which was on the macbook before or with any other distribution on usb-flah-drive, I couldn't see any effort any more. I noticed, that the bios-like-system on the old macbook was damaged and I can't install anything on this macbook any more. This is a sad result.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-15
Votes: 4
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I'm using Solus 4.0 Gnome since many months. I can put my experience in one word : awesome ! Light, fast (very fast, I was very suprised by the boot time of around 10 sec from the moment where I press start button and when I arrive to my desk), stable, up-to-date (Gnome 3.32 is very optimized). I've founded all my favorites softwares, even if I agree they are quite basics. Keep going devs !
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-06-13
Votes: 5
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Budgie was bad. Tried to love it but man what a pita it was. So initially I rated it 4 of 10. Now I am using Mate; way better. All the problems associated budgie are gone. Now I am having a stable system. No more update crash or freeze.
If u want Solus, get the Mate edition or suffer instability.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-12
Votes: 12
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Perfect distribution, Budgie is the best choice at the moment for a modern and responsive desktop manager ( I wish to have mission control by hot corners however the bottom panel is very handy).
Excellent and super fast eopkg, a general balance in all sectors that instills a feeling of stability and speed that I never experienced in other distros, apart from arch.
The fact that it is an independent project is a strength, support and tutorials are excellent.
I installed 4.0 in 15 different computers, all my friends are happy and don't teamviewer as much as before :-)
Thank you Solus
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 5
Date: 2019-06-12
Votes: 0
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Tried it a few days before, looks very pleasant but switched back to MX because I was not able to get any updates, always error messages,
Re-installed Solus a few times but did not get rid of that bug.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-11
Votes: 2
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Awesome distro, my laptop is running cool and seems faster than ever.
Also, the interaction in the Budgie desktop is great (especially the workspace switcher applet works beautifully).
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-11
Votes: 3
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I use Ubuntu on March and start using Solus last month. This is what i think.
I'm using Budgie. It is a very cool desktop. I've tried KDE and MATE live, too many option so I don't like it. I feel Budgie menu is like xfce, but much cooler as I don't have to tinker it already look nice. This is the only reason I use Solus. Plus no problem installing Nvidia driver and I can play on steam. People told me it has small repository but it already cover all I need Spotify Steam LibreOffice Firefox. Fast boot and shutdown.
1. I don't like Software Center as it always make me feel like "is it stucked? is it downloading? freezed?".
2. Windows in dark mode is much appreciated, but should make the boarder in different color imo. Black window stacking on black window with black boarder is not nice.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-10
Votes: 0
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The best distro I've ever tested : fast, up-to-date, reliable and user-friendly. I use it as my daily OS and it's perfect. Continue your work devs !
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-10
Votes: 0
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Solus has become the daily driver on my Dell 7390 notebook. Not only does it run flawlessly, I also get CPU temps lower than on other distros and even Windows 10. I only wish there were NILFS2 and/or F2FS file system support like SolydXK does.
Devs, thanks for all your work.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-09
Votes: 6
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Where to start?
This distro is the reason I have been able to ditch windows completely, its the only distro that has always given me a consistent and reliable update to whatever program I have installed, and has never broken down or hiccuped. Eopkg can be a pain at times, however. Solus team is pretty strict it seems on what they would like to see in their repos, but to me this isn't a bad thing, since any program of quality or worth its weight in productivity I have been able to find. Started with Mate, which is highly recommended for those users who like to have more customization, but Budgie is my current daily driver. Linux Steam Integration is great, and always having the latest drivers whether it be AMD or Nvidia hasn't been an issue.
I wouldn't recommend for the complete novice, but if you've used linux for more than 3 months, Get it and try it out.
Thanks Solus Team, looking forward to Version 5 whenever we get it haha
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-03
Votes: 6
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for me solus is great, it is fast and flexible, also there are some games that run better than other distros
but the problem of packages remains a pain, so you have to compile from source, there are some kernel issues so this distro isn't advised for a beginner
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-25
Votes: 13
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I've been using the Mate version for over one year now and it is still working well. I think they offer the best Mate implementation and their rolling release model is very solid, I never had any problems updating the system. Keep up the good work!
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 6
Date: 2019-05-24
Votes: 1
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Pros:
- Pretty
- Reasonably fast
- Unique
Cons:
- eopkg fails about 1 in 4 times when trying to update packages. Have to continuously start over.
- systemd
- Not very configurable (using Budgie)
Recommendations:
- Should offer XFCE and/or KDE.
- Ditch eopkg for apt. Just give in, it works far more consitently.
Rating:
- 6/10
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-05-23
Votes: 1
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I've been running this distro since shortly after the release of Solus 3, and so far I love it. It runs quite fast, is easy to use, and all-around has given me a very pleasant experience. The software repositories aren't as filled out as some other Linux distros, but so far I've had little need of any software that isn't available for it. If there are packages that you need that aren't present yet, it never hurts to ask the devs about it. Also don't forget, both Flatpak and Snap are supported.
Pros:
Good selection of software that will cover most user's needs
Blazingly fast
Support for multiple DEs
Steam Integration
Helpful community
Cons
Somewhat limited repositories
Installer could be easier to use
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Version: 3.9999
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-05-22
Votes: 2
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I have been using Solus as my daily OS for 1.5 year. I really liked the ideas behind it: it's rolling release, it's working really good out of the box regarding drivers, it's fast etc. What is more the developers are really transparent and they communicate with the community very actively.
Unfortunately in the long run I had to resign from using it. The main reasons:
- Lack of software - sometimes explained by "you already have program X, it makes almost the same as program Y, you don't need Y". Compiling software is an option but sometimes libraries were missing and so on.
- Not to much resources online - I sometimes needed to install a specific version of some library and there is literally no information in the Internet which Solus package is installing it. All the information you can find are for Debian, Ubuntu and Arch derivatives, but they won't work on Solus.
In general I would say it's a great OS with a great potential. It's good for not demanding users that need to browse the web etc, just not for me.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-05-20
Votes: 2
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Solus is the only distro I tried in more than eight years as a GNU/Linux user, which was impossible to run in the live mode.
Since it is designed for the Linux beginners, it can hardly be recommended. Instead of giving advices at Solus forum about how to settle this problem, the developers should settle it themselves and avoid similar failures.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-19
Votes: 1
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Great indipendent distro, fast and stable.
Budgie is best compromise among all DE
Fresh air in Linux world
Thank you Solus :-)
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-15
Votes: 5
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I like Solus because of it's:
Pros:
-> Super Stability
-> Rolling Release
-> Very active support
-> Quick Bug fixing
-> Active Forum
-> **Fastest Boot & Shut Down
-> Performance Remain Same Over time
-> Don't Break whole system (which I faced on - `Ubuntu`, `Linux Mint`, `Manjaro`)
-> Very Straight Forward Documentations
Cons:
-> Less Software Support ( many third party software's are not available directly)
-> Even Some updates remain buggy in Stable Repo (though they are fixed very quickly, still it suffers)
-> Less Desktop Environment support
-> Not noob friendly ( solutions can't be found easily )
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-15
Votes: 3
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I started using Solus 3.9999 at the end Jan. 2019 or beginning of Feb. 2019 I stumbled on to Solus by chance. I had been looking for a solution to MS Win 10 on a laptop due to problems caused by Microsoft updates which made the laptop unusable when it would roll back to the new Win 10 updates.
A friend suggested using Linux Mint or Linux to cure the old laptops problems ....... thought why not try it I have nothing to lose since the laptop is inoperable not like it can make it any worse. After trying a bunch of others suggested "Best Ever" , I tried Solus it did everything I had hoped and ran the 2 games I could not get to work on any other OS I had tried.
Since then I have not found anything Solus is not or can not do as good or better then any MS Win I had ever used since Win 95 to Win 10. With the best part being there is never going to be a need to Buy an End User License from Microsoft ever again.
If you are coming from Windows OS give Solus a try you will be surprised at how easy and how well it is to install and use.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-15
Votes: 0
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Just the best distro i ever tried. Incrible fast, stable and its a rolling release. Just works.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-11
Votes: 4
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I still try other distros from time to time, but I always keep coming back to Solus.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-08
Votes: 5
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Fastest boot and shutdown time of all distros I tried. Rock solid performance for 1 month now. Supports all my Hardware out of the box (Haswell 4790k, GTX 970, 32 GB RAM, Samsung SSD 3x, 2x2 TB WD Black)
Software selection is a little on the slim side but well curated, I see room for improvement here, software center search is a little clumsy (searchbar at the top all the time would be nice), updates are fast and frequnet, never broke the system.
I see a great future for this distro, I hope they can keep up the good work, BUdgie is a charm to work with and look at!
10/10
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-08
Votes: 4
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After trying Kubuntu 18.10, Linux Mint 19.1, Ubuntu 19.04 and Fedora 30, I'm finally staying on Solus OS (gnome version) after 2 weeks of test. The distro is really smooth with gnome 3.32 and I've never seen an OS booting so quickly ! It's really awesome.
Moreover, the packages are often updated and I've never encounter a major bug during my daily and basically use.
The only point that can be improved is the software manager. Even if it's working like a charm, the design can be improved, especially for searching. Good point : it contain all the packages I need.
In my opinion, it's the best distro for a user who wants an simple and efficient OS to go online or work. Less for power users.
Great job !
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-07
Votes: 1
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I was distro-hoping a lot, but I think I found my haven, it's fast & light and the repo almost has all the packages I need
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-04
Votes: 5
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Fast, stable, Modern, works great with Nvidia cards, works great with steam. Given that it's a young Distro it's great. It has a great future ahead
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 4
Date: 2019-05-02
Votes: 1
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It looks good, I like Budgie very much, i wanted to use it much more, but there is a problem.
Solus will not run grub in EFI mode, but i can run along grub when you use your boot-menu (F11 in my case) then you can choose grub or Solus. That is, until grub gets updated, then the system boots into grub, and Solus disappears, also from the boot menu, where it's place is taken by grub.
I haven't found a way yet to have Solus run alongside grub in a stable way on EFI.
The decision to refuse to run grub in EFI mode make that i give Solus a 4.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-02
Votes: 3
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Great philosophy & Great potential
As a long time Slackware user, i always appreciate Distro that follow their own way disregarding crowd pressure.
Their homebrew Budgie DE still need polish but it works and is fast, so far the experience has been one hassle-free and stable.
I was surprise also how fast it does has a portable format (USB external storage).
There could be more package but i don't blame the dev's since they already have a lot on their plate.
So far my experience has been as a development workstation and it does a great job at it.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-01
Votes: 3
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Simply outstanding!
This is a no muss no fuss distribution.
Easy installation, easy to use and easy to maintain.
Would love the Pocillo icon set.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-30
Votes: 0
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The only distro I checked that supports full encryption via LVM and GRUB correctly. On laptops extremly smooth and well-behaving.
I still miss saltstack support, though.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-27
Votes: 1
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I switched from Windows to Linux full time about 4 month ago. I tried several distros to see what each has to offer and if it meets my needs. Distros I tried: Mint, Ubuntu (several flavours), Debian, Manjaro, MX Linux, Solus.
The reasons I stayed with Solus:
- it offers all the programs I need
- it is by far the fastest booting Linux I tried
- installation was hassle free and easy
- it is a rolling release distro with up to date drivers and kernel
- Steam support is stellar
- I experienced the community/ support as friendly and welcoming
- the interface is polished and customizable to my liking without much work
Room for improvement:
- "Timeshift" like implementation for backup
- search in the software center should not be a seperate click (just put an always on searchbar up the top)
- I did not find a way to remove orphaned packages (like for example "apt autoclean" "apt autoremove")
Keep up the good work! This Distro is hassle free, fast, uptodate and polished! THUMBS UP!!!
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-26
Votes: 1
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Stable, fast, sleek and modern looking yet it's lightweight.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-23
Votes: 0
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Stable, fast, sleek and modern looking yet it's lightweight.
Everyone should try Solus.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-20
Votes: 4
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10 or 9, my rating is 9.5 (Budgie).
Fixed some minor bugs with 4, everything is fast and stable, beautiful and elegant. The new Plata style, noir especially, is great (I would like a wider selection of icons, but it's a detail).
Really nice to use, if they keep this way and improve the software center (increasing the number of programs available for example), translating everything for the selected language (some small part is missing, however minor stuff, especially if you understand english) , their destiny is to become one of the best distro out there.
My daily distro certainly..
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-15
Votes: 3
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Very stable, every update ok. I like very much, that I can tweak the budgie desktop in my way.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-11
Votes: 0
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Tried quite a few linux variants over the years, prefer a clean simple contemporary desktop that does what is required and stays out of the way. Absolutely love Solus and Budgie. Have been using it daily for nearly 2 years no reason to change!
Clean, simple, stable - love it!
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-04-10
Votes: 0
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Selected not to install grub, installation went fine then immediately I found it corrupted windows boot loader. I went mad.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-10
Votes: 0
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Budgi environment.
Solid, configurable and functional distribution. very useful for the average and advanced user.
Distribucion sólida, configurable y funcional, muy util para el usuario promedio y avanzado.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-08
Votes: 0
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Friendly community, willing to help contributing and similar things, a working distro, simple enough to use daily, what's else ?
Simply good. Stable too.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-08
Votes: 7
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*** Budgie Edition ***
Started using it since 3.9999 and now 4.0, couldn't be happier.
Love that it is independent and rolling!
I'm a home user so between the repository and FlatHub, I have everything I need.
I’ve tried many, many Ubuntu/Debian/Arch based distros as well as a few other odd balls. They’ve all left me feeling like they weren’t quick complete.
Solus is fast, fresh, stable and very well polished. It found all my hardware on every machine I installed it on. Solus is also beginner and kid friendly.
Wish there was a 32bit to put on my older hardware.
The install was a breeze. Nice clean step by step interface.
My #1 recommendation to friends, family.
Though it may not be for everyone, it completes me… =)
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-04-06
Votes: 1
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Very good except for update problem accepting password to update. gets there after a a bit of coaxing. Old HP laptop . Excellent a better mark, works great and pleasing to the eye. Its definitely up there with the best. Definitely a match for old people messing about with computers with little knowledge.
Foggy77
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 4
Date: 2019-04-06
Votes: 3
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As a somewhat newer Linux User I was impressed with how easy this was to install and set up. This was an excellent juxtaposition to Windows 10, which I have grown to loathe. Solus by comparison is easy to understand and use, easy to update, attractive and very fast. Bottom line this is what most Windows users need to see and experience to make the switch. I did, and I am not looking back. Windows and all of the crazy updates that break your machine get very tiresome. This by comparison is as solid as a rock, fast, attractive and easy to use. It is now my daily driver of choice. If you know someone thinking about making the switch to Linux, encourage them to try Solus, I am very sure they will like as much as I do. Great Distro, please keep up the good work Solus Team!
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