SolydXK

Reader supplied reviews for SolydXK Average rating 9.1 from 96 review(s) What are your thoughts on SolydXK? Please include a few pros and a few cons, along with your overall impression of the operating system. Our FAQ page has tips on writing a good mini-review. Version: -- 102019029201701201606201411201311 Rating:    -- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 out of 10 Comments (maximum 2,040 characters): Past reviews - sort by: DateVotes Version: 10 Rating: 10 Date: 2019-10-10 Votes: 2 Very good, the most closest to stock Debian I've seen a Debian based distro come. Why go for this rather than stock Debian (unless you love Orange colour schemes)? Well, some people are intimidated by the thought of Debian being tricky to install (it's a myth based on older Debian installs) and the fact not everyone can go find the non-free with firmware unofficial .iso, with SolydXK they don't need to worry about it. I feel I could give this to a reasonable intelligent Linux noob prepared to learn and they'd be OK pretty quickly. It may not be exactly the distro for me but I can't fault it. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 10 Rating: 9 Date: 2019-10-05 Votes: 0 I have used several different versions of linux since 2000, but have come to appreciate the stability and reliability of Debian linux. I just upgraded from Solydk Debian 9 to Soldyk Debian 10 after about a year of use. I was very surprised to learn the upgrade did NOT overwrite my /home/user files as gparted had done when I upgraded from Neptune linux to Solydk 9. Rather, all my ext3 files were still there, unchanged! Amazed I was. And delighted. Try the Solydk 10 after burning it to a Live-DVD. It has a distinct art-deco motif added to KDE, which I have come to like. Its default browser is Firefox ESR. Logging in anew for the day, KDE comes up with a bare screen, with no user application programs active. But when I restart Firefox, all my 59 Firefox windows that were open when I last shut down the system magically reappear loaded with their URLs as they last were. Awesome! By default, logging into Solydk anew each day opens no application program that I neglected to close when I shut down. On the other hand, Soldk doesn't shut down within 30 s if a user application program is open and contains data that I haven't saved, for example, in Libre-Office until i do so. Nice! Soldyk 10, like solydk 9, is solid. Rock solid. And pretty. And better than solyk 9 for the reasons I cited. Haven't yet tried it with xfce. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 10 Rating: 10 Date: 2019-10-03 Votes: 4 SolydK10 is Buster KDE Plasma goodness set up for you without having to do all the heavy lifting! Some good custom utilities are included from the SolydXK repo. The "Discover" package offerings is a nice addition to good old Synaptic, aptitude and apt-get, which are preinstalled for you to also use. Of course it's almost infinitely customizable if you don't like something, but it's a great place to start loving the newest Debian. Personally, I change the theme and the panel layout. I haven't tried the XFCE version, but it's probably even zippier than the Plasma desktop --which is pretty fast already! I did encounter a few glitches in the testing versions over the last six weeks, but I installed a fresh version [UEFI/GPT on an SSD] a week ago and I have nothing whatsoever negative to report. If you don't want to go the Ubuntu -> Mint route but are a Debian fan, this is one Solyd way to go! Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 96 reader reviews of SolydXK...