Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-07-18
Votes: 0
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I’m running two SolydXK systems and find both systems stable, functional and very capable of doing all I need to do with a computer.
SolydX 9 is running on an older HP laptop. Debian stable as a base, xfce for the desktop interface, and a very functional default application selection. I’ve only needed to change a few of the default settings and add a couple of additional applications. The community is small but very helpful. SolydX has been my stable workhorse operating system since I left Windows 7 back in the year 14.
I also enjoy SolydK EE on a secondary desktop system. This is the community supported enthusiasts edition based on Debian testing and a great way to run KDE Plasma. A lot of regular updates but very few minor problems over several months of using it. Not for beginners or those looking for greater stability.
SoldXK 9 is enthusiastically recommended for beginners and experienced Linux users.
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Version: 201807
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-07-11
Votes: 6
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Great os . very nice. I found a little problem a apt-get error was cause by snort click on. I uninstall the problem. It was given a lock to not get in software package manager.I had to go into the terminal to weed out . Less than 5 minutes. Everything is working right! Impressive. Thank you for removing Google, facebook, other spys. No microsoft trash.
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Version: 201807
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-07-07
Votes: 2
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Solid, easy to use Debian semi-rolling release distro. I really am just tired of having to do major version upgrades with Mint and even MX (another fine distro).
The only downsides: a bit slow in comparison, and systemd.
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Version: 201807
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-07-07
Votes: 1
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Having used other distros, finally found in SolydK the stable and powerful environment I need.
Debian is a warranty, but Solydk puts it at maximum.
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Version: 201807
Rating: 5
Date: 2018-07-04
Votes: 2
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Just another me too Debian fork. Heavy on resources, to many questions to answer during setup and performs worse as a VM.
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Version: 9
Rating: 8
Date: 2018-07-02
Votes: 2
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Looks very nice, good graphic design, feels solid (sorry), rustic to the eyes. I'am rather pleased with it and will keep it installed on my desktop (and RaspberryPi).
Albeit it's not the only one.
Website itself could be better, but the SolidX is great!
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Version: 201801
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-06-04
Votes: 5
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Like many reviewers here I have spent a long time (and many DVD-Rs in the early days) distro-hopping to try and get one for a specific purpose. I use Arch for my dev box and MX Linux on my main device, but I also have an ultra-portable that I use for my business needs, so the primary demand is reliability as well as a sensible workflow environment. If my Arch install breaks then it's a minor annoyance, if my business box breaks then it is potentially a catastrophe. Therefore I have been using SolydX for nearly two years, and it really is as bulletproof as others say, no updates or upgrades to date have managed to corrupt it.
GNU/Linux is fun to mess with, but it also has a serious side, if Honda made a distro then it would be SolydX(K).
My only 10/10 distro to date.
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Version: 201801
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-05-25
Votes: 3
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ROCK SOLID !!!
Fast and smooth even when installed on and run from an USB - Amazing !!!
I have tried em all but this is so far the NR. 1
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Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-05-08
Votes: 8
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After having tried dozens of distros I keep coming back to SolydX and SolydK. Just tried Ubuntu Mate 17.04 for 4 or 5 months and although very polished it was very buggy. After an update broke it to the point of being unrecoverable, I had enough of it and went to SolydK 9 plasma. Much superior to Ubuntu Mate - it ran significantly lighter and was more robust with a very pleasant polished experience. Then I decided to put SolydX 9 on another partition for a dual boot - what a delightful experience! This runs even lighter than SolydK 9 and is absolutely rock solid. Also I absolutely love the orange theming and Evolver icon set - very nice. SolydX 9 has been a fantastic experience - everything seems to work fine - there have been no crashes at all and it works perfectly. One tip - if you want to use dual monitors you need to download Arandr since there is a bug in XFCE - yes, 1 bug - then it should work fine. This has to be one of the very best implementations of XFCE, and I would hope that many more will try this wonderful distro(or SolydK 9 as well). There are other distros much more popular that get a lot more press, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they are the best.
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Version: 201801
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-04-08
Votes: 4
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Perfect distro for my needs. What I want:
-Stability
-KDE Plasma
-Somewhat nice looking OOTB
-Codecs for everything installed
SolydK does that perfectly. If you like the KDE Plasma desktop and prefer stability over newer packages then this is for you.
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Version: 201801
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-31
Votes: 6
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A great Distribution. Maybe the best Debian based.
When you say "not as simple as Mint.", then its only true when you want a full disc encryption with lvm. The installer does not build this itself. You create it and can mount it as target.
All other is working out of the box.
The name SolydX / SolydK is program. X is for XFCE, K is for KDE. The official releases are Debian stable, the Debian testing is supported by the community. Also 32bit for older hardware available.
http://downloads.solydxk.com/
(in directory /ce = community edition)
Many thanks to the team.
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Version: 201801
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-08
Votes: 3
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It's not as simple as Mint for beginners, but a great Distro for experienced users. It's rock solid and has a friendly and helpful forum.
It's based on Debian stable, but you can switch to the community version and and testing if you want.
It's fast on my SSD with full disc encryption, btrfs and discard. But you should have skills for cryptsetup. Nothing strange for an experienced user, but maybe for a beginner with default installer.
I have some VM's and 16 GB and all is fast.
Sound over HDMI with Radeon works out of the box. HP-Printer and Canon-Printer over LAN works out of the Box.
I use Numix Theme over "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/numix/ppa/ubuntu bionic main", AppArmor. Boxcrypter via Java, IntelliJ IDEA, Kotlin installed with SDK, Ultraedit, Telegram Messenger, Signal Messenger, Master PDF Editor, AnyDesk for Remote Support, calibre etc. All is working fine and stable.
I love this distribution. I tried some others, but always came back to SolydX.
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Version: 201801
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-26
Votes: 1
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During the past three years I tested (and used to a certain extent) different OS (all Debian based) in my main desktop and two laptops.
But every test finishes coming back to SolydK (the KDE spin). SolydK gives convenience between easy of use, power and, overall, stability. Yes, SolydxK is 'rock solid'.
On an old Acer One ( 10" netbook) SolydX (the Xfce version) runs like a champ.
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Version: 201801
Rating: 8
Date: 2018-02-04
Votes: 1
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Pro's
Fast, easy to use, all the right software installed.
Con's
Hardly beginner friendly if you have to setup the partitions, it could use a install using entire disk.
It is not a distro I would recommend to users switching from windows.
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Version: 201801
Rating: 6
Date: 2018-01-24
Votes: 0
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SLOW!! I have a quad core Intel 6th gen, 8 gb mem and an SSD. Too slow for me.
Plus, this OS does NOT have the up to date HP printer drivers. How ridiculous!!
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Version: 201701
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-01-17
Votes: 11
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I have always been in a state of mind where I can't decide if SolydX or MX is the very best distro. I have a longer relationship with Mx (Mepis), but when the chips fall, I have to hand it to SolydX for the overall best out of the box distro I can recall using.
Now I have a few legacy pieces of hardware - 20 year old HP deskjet connected with a parallel to usb adaptor, a 25 year old ps2 Gateway keyboard connected with a usb adaptor, usb floppy drive - all work flawlessly under SolydX at first boot.
For me SolydX just works. It is the kind of distro that I like - it does it's job without getting in the way of you doing your job. And being XFCE, the tools are readily at hand to make the distro your distro, painlessly.
The only con that I can come up with is one that applies to most distros - I would like a version without all the included software. Offer me a base running X with internet connectivity, and let me add the apps that I have found work best for me. (Of course, most of those apps I have 'discovered' by seeing the apps that distros have included in their live versions.)
Oh yeah, the fact that they still 'support' 32 bit through the community editions is a big thumbs up in my book.
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Version: 9
Rating: 6
Date: 2018-01-06
Votes: 8
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+ easy installation
+ no noticeable bugs
- installation takes a very long time because updates are downloaded
- system feels a bit slower compared to other xfce distros I have tried
- selection of installed software is not impressive
- looks are not to my personal taste
- updates notification is annoying
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Version: 201701
Rating: 8
Date: 2017-12-13
Votes: 1
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Easy ti install
Fast
Package Manager need to be more user friendly
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Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-12-01
Votes: 3
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SolydX is probably the best Debian+XFCE-based distro. Period.
After trying a dozen or so lightweight distributions (based mainly on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS) to power my 5-year-old laptop I found this to be the first one to do the job and I have *nothing* to complain about.
Everything just works out-of-the-box, the pre-installed software selection is sane, the desktop-environment is super-light yet fully functional for my purposes.
Strongly recommended!!!
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Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-11-25
Votes: 0
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Thats the best Deb based distro !
Its the only one that makes bumblebee + nvidia works without tearing and without any complication with just one click!
everything works out of the box, i also dont have any bluetooth problem as i seem to have on ubuntu and others!
This is an masterpiece! trust me! this is wonderful! love ya
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Version: 9
Rating: 9
Date: 2017-11-25
Votes: 0
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Very good Debian base solid rolling, with very good custom theme. Easy Debian experience, install and working, all that i needed.
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Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-11-19
Votes: 1
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After Mint announced to drop KDE I started distrohopping trying KDE Neon (Plasma unstable), KaOS and Manjaro KDE (both stable but lack some essential software for me like Teamviewer for example)
Next I tried SolydK and I'm pretty sure this is my KDE distro for the coming years!
Installation went fine and easy, also with keeping my extra ext4 data partition. It's a fast, stable and non bloated KDE distro. Only thing I did not like is the default Solyd theme (bit ugly, not refined) so I switched to Breeze. My first generation Core i5 laptop is just used as a daily workhorse machine so I need absolute stability which is guaranteed by this Dutch distro based on Debian stable.
It includes also some nice things known from Mint like the Synaptic package manager which is far superior to managers like Pacman in my honest opinion.
Support is given by an active forum, fast response also from the SolidXK team itself!
This distro deserves a higher ranking! Kudo's to the developers.
BTW, I tried the Xfce version too just to get an idea. Nicest looking Xfce distro I have ever seen! Based on the same Debian stable. However, as a KDE fan Xfce has not enough options for me and it uses more memory!
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Version: 9
Rating: 3
Date: 2017-08-15
Votes: 0
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Started SolydX 9 from disc. All went well to live Desktop. Everything as I anticipated. I tried a few things live and everything worked fine, just what I wanted. I started Install, it takes longer than most, probably due to Upgrade, but no trouble. Re-start and what a disappointment. Nothing like the 'Live' desktop. Panel and Application list misplaced and flakey, nothing like the excellent Live layout which I would have been happy with. So back to Sparkey, at least they fulfil their promise.
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Version: 9
Rating: 6
Date: 2017-08-13
Votes: 4
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SolydX was my everyday workhorse for several years. Updating to SolydX 9 (Debian Stretch based) was disappointing. Many of the applications showed an ugly interface (extreme example: galculator where the buttons disappeared, only plain text on a grey background, that is no interface any more), the same machine, which worked seamlessly before began to lag every some minutes and, most bothering, the system time turned to be inaccurate. Some of the distribution's own tools have been deleted and also the Raspberry Pi edition. I' am not sure, if the interface problems really are a SolydX issue, maybe GNOME/GTK should be adressed instead. But in general I think one of the Youtube reviewers of SolydXK is right: For some reasons this distribution seems to decline. It deserves a rating of 6, because, though ugly and strange, but eventually I got my programming environment running on it. Debian netinstall wasn't able to do that due to some apt respectively ?file system problems.
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Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-07-31
Votes: 2
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With SolydK 9 I can enjoy two steps forward: the new version of Debian (Stretch) and the newer Desktop Environment Plasma 5, faster and lighter. Also, very easy to incorporate your preferred applications, no need for a bloated 'All inside'.
For me, it is the best incarnation of Stretch + KDE up to now. Kudos to the developers.
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Version: 9
Rating: 9
Date: 2017-07-21
Votes: 1
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Not everything works correctly in both environments .
The previous release was just not killing ...
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Version: 9
Rating: 1
Date: 2017-07-20
Votes: 0
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Very interested but disappointed. It can't be installed in my Acer Aspire E15 E5-553G-T03K, AMD A10-9600P, AMD Radeon R8 M445DX.
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Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-07-20
Votes: 3
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I've been looking for a Debian based KDE OS for some time. Have used Netrunner (not bad). Neon (very good). Then I tried SolydK. I've tried hard but cannot fault it. It's fast, stable, themed nicely, & has a good set of Apps out of the box. Also pleased to see that it's shed some of the weight of other conventional KDE OSs.
So far this is a keeper. Keep up the good work.
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Version: 201701
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-07-19
Votes: 0
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Pros:
It's stable, fast and it doesn't require large amount of ram.
It runs on my on my old pentium 4 smoothly.
The interface is user friendly, both windows and linux users will find it easy to use.
I can do things that i couldn't do in windows , games run fast even with a browser open, in windows i had to close everything to make quake 3 playable, now i can set the quality to the highest settings and it's still fast!
Comes with everything you need to get started working (require zero extra downloads).
Very Customizable.
Feels like home.
Cons:
it doesn't have bsod.
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I don't see my self moving from SolydXK in the near future.
I use SolydX8, Downloading 9.
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Version: 201701
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-07-18
Votes: 5
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I suspect that distro-hoppers would find SolydXK boring. Dull. Out of date. That's fine. In three years experience I've gone through several Debian distros, beginning with Mepis, then Antix, Mint Debian edition, Crunch Bang (loved it, until the developer abandoned it), and Manjaro. I've had several installs destroyed by update flaws and grub errors. My machines are old: a Dell Inspiron 5000 (my first laptop, 23 years ago, that still runs SolydX 'Jessie'; a set of Thinkpads: T-60, T400, X130e, running SolydX 'Jessie' and the T-400 just updated to SolydX 9 64-bit. And a desktop machine, Compaq S4000T running SolydX 'Jessie'. Old, obsolete, solid machines that don't show their age running Linux.
One laptop, the T-400, has dual-boot with Windows 7. Windows has been wiped from all the others.
The SolydXK team is dedicated to stable, quality work. It shows in their releases. I trust them. As the old Apple Macintosh slogan said, "It just works!" That's the boring part, I suppose. The updates go smoothly, the distro runs and runs, and I can always count on getting solid work done every time I boot one of the machines.
I run the latest stable version of WINE straight from the WineHQ repo; same for the latest builds of LibreOffice (5.3.4 at the moment); and my browser of choice, Palemoon, the latest stable release direct from their website. I simply don't have package breaks or conflicts with SolydX, despite this abuse. Backports also work well; I've not had a problem. So, if you want a boring, dull, and slightly backwards Stable distro... dip into the hidden world SolydXK. And let it run 24/7 for 180 days, like my desktop machine. No problem.
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Version: 9
Rating: 9
Date: 2017-07-17
Votes: 0
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After installation the KDE-version all was pretty good...ok, but one thing was wrong:
The akonadi-server does'nt work and so kmail also was not working.
Solved:
changing /home/.config/akonad/akonadiserverrc 'StartServer=false' to 'true'
and then was it working after a reboot.
Good for SSDs lifetime: The mount option 'noatime' is standard preconfigured.
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Version: 201606
Rating: 9
Date: 2017-07-05
Votes: 4
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I have been running SolydK on one of my machines for three years in different versions. Until the hard drive consumed itself last week it was running nearly as fast as my laptop (Fedora 25, i5 with 8GB ram) while on a desktop running C2D on 4gb ram. Admittedly, both were on SSD's. Since I will be rebuilding this box I will load SolydK again. The look and feel are great and it seems to run a lot lighter than Fedora, but I put a lot of stress on my Fedy box. Absolutely zero driver issues across multiple printers and my NVidia graphics card. Lucky I guess.
Only issue I have, and it's been mentioned before, is changing volume with the mouse wheel. Solved it using a higher end Logitech mouse but didn't configure out of the box that way. Just a thought.
Solid and stable. Just the way I like them.
Thank you.
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Version: 9-beta
Rating: 9
Date: 2017-06-27
Votes: 3
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This could potentially be the best kept secret of KDE distros. Just test drove the Beta and I am so impressed that I am contemplating switching completely. I also need to mention that the themeing and font rendering is absolutely superb.
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Version: 9-201703
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-06-04
Votes: 6
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SolydK is probably the best KDE distro out there at the present. It is one of the few, if not the only one, where "korganizer" works and it works well on top of that. It has a wonderful and very comprehensive repository with 70 000 entries to choose from. I didn't encounter any error messages, no dependency clashes or any other heart-stopping advices. It is Debian based. I found it it to be a little slow, but that's a very small price to pay for the stability and functionality you get in return.
Simply wonderful !! Many thanks to the developers for a job well done. Youse deserve a medal :))
5 out of 5 !!
10 out of 10
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Version: 201701
Rating: 9
Date: 2017-05-31
Votes: 0
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If, (for whatever reason) my mouse didn't adjust the volume, (on multiple installations on different systems) that would be great. Otherwise, it's a great distro.
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Version: 9-201703
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-05-20
Votes: 3
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Been running SolydX on Dell Inspiron 1500 for two years. Rock solid, no fuss, no gotchas. Have wine (PlayonLinux) to run some windows gear, and play around with various distros with VirtualBox. Nothing has tempted me to switch. (Debian and I think alike.)
Original hardware had Broadcom wireless card which I couldn't make drivers work for, so I swapped in an Intel card ($A18!) and was online straight away.
Maybe Solydx is passed over for other distros with pretty makeup, but this is my work machine (code, words and images) and with SolydX is totally reliable and a pleasure to use.
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Version: 201701
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-05-06
Votes: 4
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The Debian Stable for everybody. Convenient additions and easy to install and update.
Furthermore, in two flavours: Xfce (light but useful DE) and KDE (stable branch too, 4.14).
And, if you are brave enough, there are the 'Enthusiasts Editions' (SID based) and even a Raspberry PI version.
It is a shame that this excellent distro remains hidden under the first 100 'Premium' at Distrowatch. Have not tried it yet?
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Version: 9-201703
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-05-03
Votes: 2
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just migrated from my own spin of debian stable
added respin
got rid of that stupid uuid in grub and put in qt4-fsarchiver
love the extra software
device manager especially
love how well everything works
love it being rolling because i am so tired of dist-upgrade issues
looked at them all and this is best for me
this respun very easily
bright and colourful not dark and dead like many distros
Love the vision of the development team
thank you
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Version: 201701
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-04-17
Votes: 0
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I have probably stayed with this distro longer than any other. I put the version at 201701, but started with 201411. It has just been a pleasure to use, as it is stable, and basically stays out of the way of the software that I run - and the software runs without any OS issues. Haven't had hardware issues with either computer using it (1 old 1 new), and was shocked when OTB it had no issues printing to an OLD HP deskjet connected via a parallel 2 usb cable.
SolydX is now the distro that the others that I still look at have to beat. The grass may be greener on the other side, but so far I haven't had the urge to jump the fence.
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Version: 201606
Rating: 9
Date: 2017-03-22
Votes: 2
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What I like most about SolydX is that out of all the Debian based distros I have tried, including many in the Ubuntu family, SolydX has required the least amount of effort to customize it the way I like. I also like how it is not bogged down with unnecessary software. The rolling release is very nice too as I no longer have to bother with redoing my whole system every 6 to 9 months. I can keep upgrading and not have to reset everything.
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Version: 9-201703
Rating: 8
Date: 2017-03-21
Votes: 0
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Although SolydXK is a very solid Linux distro that's been around now for about 4 years, I only discovered it a few days ago and it is now my destop OS. I'm writing this from inside SolydX, the xfce version.
I was bored of my dependence on Ubuntu, even inside Linux Mint, so I decided to look around for versions of LMDE, or Linux Mint Debian. This is Mint built directly on Debian, leaving Ubuntu out of the picture all together. Such a distro exists as described, but as my preferred DE is xfce, I discovered that the LMDE xfce distro had forked over to SolydX.
It's got a good feel to it. I like it. I'm using it. I'm inside it.
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Version: 201701
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-03-10
Votes: 0
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A very good and rock solid distribution. I've installed Solydx a week ago
and I'm very impressed. I used MX-16 and Point linux before, which are
also great, but I don't miss them now. I also really recommend Solydx.
It's great :-)
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Version: 201701
Rating: 9
Date: 2017-02-27
Votes: 2
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A very good and rock solid distribution. I've installed Solydx on my Elitebook Folio 9480m two weeks ago and I'm very impressed. I used Peppermint OS before, which is also great, but I don't miss it now. I really recommend Solydx :-)
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Version: 201701
Rating: 8
Date: 2017-02-21
Votes: 0
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As the name says, this is a solid distro alright.
The update manager while great, does seem sluggish.
The distro is very user-friendly and the driver manager is a vital feature.
~ R
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Version: 201411
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-02-20
Votes: 0
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I use it for years now and it is great!!
No frills. No problems here.
So tranquilising for nerves and hyper stable. I still love it.
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Version: 201606
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-02-20
Votes: 0
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Great distro, friendly community.
Reliable KDE
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Version: 201701
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-02-17
Votes: 1
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With no previous knowledge of linux I instaled it with ease.
Like for stability, security, low hardware req and best of all it supports drivers for all my office stuff.
Easier setup of drivers then on win7! Great work!! Gonna recommend!
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Version: 201701
Rating: 9
Date: 2017-02-08
Votes: 0
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Highly impressed by SolydX
Very stable, easy to install.
Good mix of preinstalled software. Nice graphics.
Good job from our Dutch neighbors.
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Version: 201606
Rating: 9
Date: 2017-02-07
Votes: 0
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Great distro, rock solid, friendly community.
The default theme is poor, but acceptable.
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Version: 201701
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-02-03
Votes: 0
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everybody looking for a stable debian should take a look at this distribution
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Version: 201701
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-01-30
Votes: 1
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Pro: I use SolydK since 3 years, its really "Rock solid"! And the community is excellent!
Con: None
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Version: 201701
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-01-29
Votes: 1
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It is the perfect Distro, based on a rock solyd Debian and added to it a great user interface. It just works
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Version: 201701
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-01-27
Votes: 1
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What a nice surprise! Stable and fast!
Great work!
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Version: 201606
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-01-26
Votes: 1
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my ONLY quibble is that its default look is a little bland. Everything else...JUST WORKS.
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Version: 201701
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-01-26
Votes: 1
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Rock solid!
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Version: 201701
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-01-25
Votes: 1
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fast and debian 8
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Version: 201606
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-01-24
Votes: 1
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Pro: It is rock and rock solyd (based on Debian), it is snappy, looks good, it's the perfect distro.
Con: ???
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Version: 201606
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-01-24
Votes: 3
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Excellent stability, great community!
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Version: 201606
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-01-21
Votes: 1
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Reliable and fast.
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Version: 201606
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-01-20
Votes: 4
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I've used many distros this one SolydK is a really good rolling release it lacks a few printer and or scanner drivers apart from that very customizable , user friendly , and its a secure rolling release , use four virtual desktops ,one for search and launch the other three for difference e.g. one music player ,2 files and tags sorting ,3 gimp and shotwell and gwenview , the biggest drawcard is no more reinstalling its a rolling release
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