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Project: Ultramarine Linux
Version: 43
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-30
Votes: 0
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I'm surprised this distro isn't more widely used. Fedora is a good base, and with UM having extra tweaks/repos already in by default, all I had to do to install NVIDIA drivers was to simply do "sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia". The rest was history. That being said, disable secure boot. I had issues with it working right when secure boot was enabled.
Other than that, this is a fantastic distro! I'm very, very happy with it. All of my games are running with it with the exception of one very niche game that's been retired since Dec of 2011. But I haven't had any luck with ANY distro (SWG Restoration). So I just use a VM for that one game. No issues there.
I like this better than Fedora for some reason. Think I'll be staying here a while!
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Project: Pardus
Version: 25.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-29
Votes: 1
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Hello. I updated Pardus 23.5 Debian 12 to version 25 using the Pardus update application itself. And everything went very well. All previously installed programs and tools were maintained and are working perfectly. Without a doubt, it's an excellent distribution. And even better now with the Debian 13 base. I thank the Pardus team for making this excellent operating system available. I recommend Pardus to anyone looking for a lightweight, stable, responsive, and fast distribution. It's well worth it. Sincerely.
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Project: Pardus
Version: 25.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-29
Votes: 0
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I am very positively impressed by this distro.
I often do distro hopping and among the most stable and user-friendly distros I give the highest rating to mint LMDE and Pardus.
For beginners who are looking for a fast, responsive, stable and well-configured system out of the box.. in order to obtain a quick usability and productivity, Pardus is one of the best distros
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Project: Loc-OS
Version: 23
Rating: 5
Date: 2025-11-29
Votes: 0
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The distribution works very well overall; it is fast, stable, and genuinely recommended for computers with low resources because it delivers good performance without requiring modern hardware. However, the main issue is the lack of updates. While most distributions based on Debian have already moved to Debian 13, this distribution is still stuck on Debian 12, which makes me think it has been abandoned, at least in terms of active development. Even so, it appears that basic support is still present, but the absence of major updates raises concerns about its long-term future and how reliable it will remain over time
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Project: AnduinOS
Version: 1.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-29
Votes: 1
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I don't usually do reviews, but I think AnduinOS deserves one. Have only recently installed this distribution, but I'm really impressed with it.
Installation was quick and straight forward. The software already included was mostly what I would install anyway, so only a couple items of were removed and a couple of flatpaks installed, and I was ready to go. So far AnduoinOS has been running very smoothly and efficiently, no lags or screen freezing.
I know certain Linux users say if you want the 'Windows 11' look then install Windows. I no longer want to use Windows, it's far too overwhelming. However, I do like the new Windows 11 theme, layout, icons etc. Now I can have that desktop layout but have the freedom of knowing my computer belongs to me and I can install or uninstall software as and when I choose. I think installing AnduinOS will be fairly easy for the average user to do. You can also try it in 'live mode' before installing. After doing much distro hopping over the years I think I will be calling AnduinOS a 'keeper' Many thanks to the developer.
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Project: Linux Mint
Version: 22.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-11-29
Votes: 2
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Hi, I've been using Mint for about a month, but not every day. I come from Microsoft systems (client and server). I appreciate Mint's minimalism, speed, and robustness. It's also more ‘clean’ in terms of personal data organization. I appreciate Timeshift, and I'm using Deja Dup for data backup. Both are set and forget. Very good!
The only problem was during the final installation. In the first installations, I tried manual mode, but I'm not yet experienced enough with Mint/Gnu Linux and wasn't sure I had done it right. I had doubts about the correctness and optimization of the configured partitions and was not sure of the correct result (even though it worked). So I did an automatic installation: I used an image from Ventoy on an external SSD with a larger capacity than the internal NVMe in the laptop. The installer thought that the disk to be installed was the external one and deleted Ventoy and all the ISOs it contained... (It was also my fault for not checking the installation path...). Apart from that, Mint convinced me to switch from Microsoft to Gnu Linux (but I still keep a partition with MS Windows to finish the migration/config and until I am sure of the configuration and stability). Thank you!
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Project: SparkyLinux
Version: 8.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-29
Votes: 0
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i have used sparky several times on different HWs but it really excels with older stuff. I had mainly used Q4os for such situations, but what makes sparky better for me is APTus, I suppose most people would say isn't this just another synaptic package manager no better than say OctoXBPS ?.
In that i like to use multiple Desktop environments (DEs ) on the same distro APTus makes that easier. Previously i had to use debians' ancient tasksel which never seems to get the installed DEs quite right. Sparky's implementation of package management of aptUS makes many DE's under lightdm (sddm slim etc) possible.
For example enlightenment which is only available natively on some distro like Bodhi just works (and is not an option for tasksel). As a further test case; i have never been able to get Trinity to install/work right (thinking q4OS & exegnu distros), but on sparky installed with aptUS it just works !!. I find Bodhi interesting, but the Budgie Desktop is just as lightweight as E17 on older HW perhaps slightly better than xfce, but i suppose lxQT is my go to. Forget gnome, gnome flashback. kde, etc on anything less than 8G imho.
I have used sparky on Toshiba's (both 32 & 64 bit) and thinkpad 470's along with dell [57]480s with absolutely no issues.
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Project: Solus
Version: 4.7
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-29
Votes: 3
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I've been using linux or over 20 years now. Started with Ubuntu, loved it and distrohopped ever since. I tried Ubuntu's derivatives, Linux Mint, Lmde, Debian, Elementary, Opensuse, Sparky linux, Solus, Fedora, Manjaro, Endeavouros, Kali linux, Big Linux, MX linux, Anduinos, .... But in the end I returned to Solus. At a certain moment I thought Solus would stop as the team behind it was small and in heavy waters. But they survived. Why choose Solus?
It is independent, light, fast, semi-rolling, stable, consistent and fairly complete. I find the Budgie desktop one of the best. It is simple, yet customizable enough, light and responsive.
Also all the apps on the budgie desktop on Solus open up quickly and run smoothly. The eopkg management is straightforward and fast. Installing and removing packages without leaving rubbish behind is a piece of cake and with the latest development where the software centre is replaced by either discover or gnome software with flatpak preinstalled, the software choice is nearly unlimited.
The developing team listen to the users and actually do what they promised to do. So, all in all, a nearly perfect distro.
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Project: Zorin OS
Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-29
Votes: 4
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I installed this on a AMD A10-7800 with dual graphics AMD R7 and 8GB of RAM. The Installation went through without problems. Had some screen flickering in Chromium though, which was solved by switching to X11 as default display protocol.
Zorin OS is a great alternative to Windows. It's over, M$! Finally, we are free!
It is beautifully designed, polished, works flawlessly, fast, predictable, installs necessary software in a few clicks, the search works brilliantly, it's just a joy to use!
Several Windows applications work without any customization needed, which is astonishing. The System installs the necessary tools for this automatically. I used Irfanview, which is directly available through the integrated Software App.
I want to encourage anybody frustrated especially of Win11 to come over and try it out. You'll be in love instantly.
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Project: MODICIA O.S.
Version: 6.12.57
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-29
Votes: 0
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Modicia O.S. is the best! I was looking for a Linux distro that was actually ready to go (like, out of the box), and this system is a bomb. First off, it's super smooth. The Cinnamon interface is fire it looks super premium and doesn't have those annoying bugs. It's fast as lightning, even on my old laptop, and the optimization for multimedia stuff is insane. If you do video editing or music production, this is your goto OS. You already have a ton of pro-level apps pre-installed, like, you don't have to hunt all over the internet to find the right software. It's all right there!
It's not a geekonly system, you know? It's userfriendly to the max. The installation was easy peasy, and everything worked right away. Zero hassle with drivers or configurations. It's exactly what you need if you want to stop tinkering and start creating. Bottom line? Modicia O.S. is legit. If you're looking for a complete, fast, and stylish Linux distro that's perfect for creative work, there's no contest. It slaps!
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Project: Pardus
Version: 25.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-29
Votes: 2
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I tried Pardus version 25 and was quite pleased with it.
The system is quite fast, with no apparent bugs.
The only thing that caught my eye was the themes, which I changed immediately. After that, it started looking great. The store update manager, Pardus tools, and other useful tools. As someone who hated the Xfce desktop, I can say that Pardus made me love it. I've always loved fast computers. Pardus is both fast and a polished Linux distribution. Since it's based on Debian, it's quite robust and stable. Pardus 25 is simply amazing.
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Project: CachyOS
Version: 250825
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-11-29
Votes: 2
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Fresh Windows convert here, been using Cachy for about a month now. I think a strong 8 to a light 9 is a pretty accurate rating for this.
Got sick of Microsoft's cyberpunk dystopia grindset, so i hard dropped off from it and blind switched to Linux. Haven't regretted it, and with how good the space currently is and only getting better, i likely never will.
I actually went to Mint first. Used that for about a week, and i liked it. Apparently, distro-hopping is highly virulent even amongst total newcomers, as i was reading through Cachy's wiki detailing all the high-tech stuff it was doing, and it piqued my curiosity. I was still getting stuff together on Mint, but i also figured testing out different OSes like this is something i've never done before, so i took yet another leap of faith and switched to Cachy.
I tempered my expectations - this thing's supposed to be fairly user-friendly, but it's still an Arch distro, so probably some level of wrangling i'll need to do to make it work how i want.
Honestly? it's actually been *easier* than i expected. Either i'm more tech adept than i think i am or Cachy is friendlier than i was anticipating, or possibly both. Well, i've also only been using it for a whopping single month, but in that month i haven't really come across any notable problems. Plasma froze up once and i didn't know how to restart it, so i had to restart the system, but that's about it.
As is natural for 2025 Linux, every game i've thrown at it works totally fine - granted, i haven't tried that many yet. One game i tried wouldn't let me load into it, kept complaining about a bad Steam session. Looked around for a few minutes, couldn't find any solid leads, so i switched the Proton version from Cachy's own to 9.0.4, and that fixed it. I imagine that's similar for most games, it "just works" while needing very little tweaking, if any.
My use case is pretty basic (gaming, music, browsing, 3D modeling + texturing) but Linux so far has been able to do basically everything i did on Windows. Either the programs i use also had native Linux versions, or there was an equally good alternative available. Even *that one thing* in the form of the Windows-exclusive XCOM 2 modding tools i managed to get working, albeit with some guidance.
Also incredibly fast and snappy, obviously. Windows is bloatware at this point, so it's not THAT impressive - even the more "bloated" (relatively speaking) Linux distros would still outperform Windows 11. Cachy's probably a touch or two faster than other Linux distros, though.
SPECS:
Motherboard - MSI Z370
CPU - Intel i9-9900k
GPU - Nvidia GTX 1070
Memory - 32 GB
Installed on an SSD
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Project: Linux Mint
Version: 22.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-11-28
Votes: 2
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Having been an MS-DOS and MS-Windows user for more than 40 years, Linux Mint 22.2 is very easy and straightforward to use. I bought a recycled Lenovo ThinkPad 480 with Linux Mint 21.3 installed and everything worked out of the box. The only exceptions were wireless headphones and wireless printing, which for some reason did not work. However, that is not a problem for me and I havenøt done anything to correct it.
I have found software solutions for practically all of my needs now, and only miss a few dedicated MS-Windows programs that I used at work. Since I have retired now, this is a minor problem. On the other hand, it is a bliss to use FOSS software only and the amount of advertisements and garbage information received is very small. Privacy and protection seems quite adequate.
I really appreciate all of the software being updated automatically whenever it needs to be, and the entire system seems very stable and work flawlessly. When I use it outside of its home set-up, it also works flawlessly with whatever wifi and presentation hardware are available.
The hardware (Lenovo ThinkPad 480) is of course slightly dated now, but absolutely sufficient for running Linux, and for running most standard tasks. Screen resolution is 1920x1080/1200, which is fine for most tasks. All considered, I couldn't be happier :-)
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Project: Pop!_OS
Version: 24.04-beta
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-11-28
Votes: 0
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This is a really strange situation with PopOS_beta_24.04 development. The beta version is out a few months, and during this time period there is nothing like significant progress.
1. many, I mean really many, bugs remains still unresolved
2. announced excellent performance is still a dream, not a reality
3. many apps does not work at all
4. some basic functionality is still missing ... mounting ISO file via file manager
5. graphic glitches, instability, etc
6. many standard apps complain on graphic engine incompatibility
7. etc, etc ...
In general, PopOS_COSMIC_beta 24.04 is still in development phase and there is no chance to use this OS on regular basic as is announced by many people here.
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Project: openSUSE
Version: 16.0
Rating: 3
Date: 2025-11-28
Votes: 1
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After being a dedicated OpenSUSE user for eight years, right up to version 15.6, I was deeply disappointed with the upgrade to version 16. The installation process itself revealed significant issues, most notably with sound driver configuration that I couldn't easily resolve. This was compounded by numerous other minor bugs that disrupted my workflow. My overall impression is that this release feels underdeveloped; even the official repositories seemed incomplete or "raw." Due to this unstable experience and the time required for troubleshooting, I made the difficult decision to migrate to a different, more stable Linux distribution.
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Project: Pop!_OS
Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-11-28
Votes: 0
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I honestly can’t live without Pop!_OS’s Tile Windows feature. It’s the main reason I stick with this OS, even though I actually prefer Linux Mint for its stability and how well it works out of the box. With Pop!_OS, I have to manually update my older NVIDIA driver to fix suspend/sleep issues, and I need to install extra packages just to get video thumbnails working.
Pros:
Tile Windows is incredibly useful for multitasking on a large display. It automatically arranges all open windows, and although occasional gaps appear between them—which can be a bit annoying—it generally works very well.
Cons:
Having to manually install packages for video thumbnails and update the NVIDIA driver.
The GNOME desktop feels more intuitive and offers better universal file search indexing, something the COSMIC desktop in Pop!_OS currently lacks.
Overall, I am happy it works for my needs so far. I will test drive it daily and see if something else breaks and perhaps hop to another distro...
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Project: Aurora
Version: 43.20251125
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-27
Votes: 0
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really have no complaints with this distribution, previously i was using ubuntu 25.10, which i also liked, i have tried others, but i am very happy staying right here with aurora, i wish all the best to the developers and hope everyone gets behind them, all the apps i use, i also found here in bazzar, their software app, everything works very well, and is well polished, have not come across any problems, the install is kind of slow, but well worth the wait, i think you should try it out, immutable, and very, very cool.
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Project: CachyOS
Version: 250825
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-27
Votes: 12
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Beginner/ Intermediate user here.
After roughly 3 months of use for daily driving, I can say that I'm very happy with Cachy so far.
Before, I previously had relative exposure to Linux in general during university, mainly through Debian (main server OS) and Ubuntu (WSL).
I wanted something with access to the newest software packages (hence the Arch-ecosystem was targeted) and giving me something that can work "out-of-the-box", while still offering me to freely tinker around If I so choose to. Also, being suited for gaming (without having that as it's "core identity") was a plus as well.
CachyOS performs swiftly and IMO feels nicely optimized/ extended as an Arch derivative, offers good documentation/ information through various channels and felt quite accessible to me throughout exploring it. It has given me quite a stable/ reliable impression so far for being rolling-release oriented.
With only a few exceptions, applications and other software seem to "just work" for the most part, without much of a hastle.
(else, the wikis for Cachy and Arch are your friends)
Problems so far merely revolved around re-installing specific packages or re-doing system updates, in case some dependencies or a certain application didn't make it into the update-list the first time.
I get why some people might prefer to go straight to the source instead of this distro (i.e., base Arch), and I'll probably try that too in the future on a different machine. However, Cachy generally offers a great product (performance- and accessibility-vise) that feels like more than just Arch with an easy install-process. This will likely stick as my daily-driver for the foreseeable future, and I can definitely recommend it (maybe not for *absolute* beginners on Linux though).
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Project: Cyrethium
Version: V1R
Rating: 6
Date: 2025-11-27
Votes: 0
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Frankly, I have to admit that I used to see hope in this distribution, but now I'm a bit undecided. Technically, Cyrethium is a really solid distribution with strong routing, browser configurations, and system hardening. It has nice tools that set it apart from other operating systems, such as its own sandbox tool, Plaztek, and its own exploit detection framework, Anti-Exploit Suite. On the downside, the distribution is lacking in terms of AppArmor profiles, and it comes with quite a lot of pre-installed firmware, which increases the attack surface. Additionally, the developer stated they would regularly release a Warrant Canary, but failed to follow through on this promise. Interestingly, the distribution's GitHub location shows a game map that doesn't actually exist, and its website is filled with game characters???? This makes me question the distribution's seriousness; it feels more like a game distribution than a privacy-focused one. Overall, the distribution is technically sound, conceptually very different, and has potential. However, I cannot recommend this distribution at the moment because its future is quite uncertain and the developer is not active...
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Project: Q4OS
Version: 6.3
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-11-27
Votes: 1
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I've been eyeing on this distro for a long time. Trinity looks interesting even tho the UI is not my taste. KDE looks better and customizable like Gnome but I am still worrying about using it.
My old laptop has Celeron N2840 and 2GB RAM (soldered). It's too sluggish to run Windows 10 and Gnome. So I ended up using XFCE (of a few distros) for a while. Latest version of XFCE consumes at least 600 MB of RAM after boot. Turns out Q4OS with Trinity also consumes similar amount of RAM after boot.
I ended up staying in Q4OS for a while. Its smoothness is comparable to Windows 8.1 that my old laptop used to be have. If only there is Systemd-less version...
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Project: Fedora
Version: 43
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-26
Votes: 9
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Originally using Ubuntu, I have switched to Fedora ~10 years ago (KDE spin) and have upgraded to the next versions without reinstalling ever since. I'm gaming a lot (Cyberpunk 2077, Witcher 3, Endless Sky, Starfield, Among Us) with GOG and Steam (depending on the game), on an AMD GPU, using Proton. Most software I need is directly available in the repos, the remainder can be found on flathub. I never had any major issues. For all problems there is a solution online thanks to the excellent documentation. I strongly recommend this distro.
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Project: Vincent OS
Version: 1.1
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-11-26
Votes: 3
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So far, the rating is 1. The distribution couldn't even boot in any way: not as a live CD, not as an installer, not through GRUB, not in Normal Mode. Each time, the system starts and checks services and settings, which takes quite a while, after which it tries to connect to the network and update mirrors and repositories, and at this stage an error occurs that repeats endlessly. I waited 10, 15 minutes... But this error loops: the system can't establish a network connection, WITHOUT EVEN OFFERING SUCH OPTIONS to the user, and it freezes, with no possibility of interruption at all. Over and over again. I don't have cable internet; I have a laptop with Wi-Fi.
It looks like you guys did something unnecessary or incorrect. I've tested several dozen different distributions, but this is the first time I've encountered such a case.
Perhaps bugs and optimizations will be worked on in the future, but for now I can't even give this distribution a cursory review.
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Project: SME Server
Version: 10.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-26
Votes: 0
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I've been using SME server for more than 20 years, and I am very grateful.
SME Server is easy to install with a graphical installation process with options for language and keyboard setup. Provides a centralized management system for server services of file sharing, mail, DNS and web. Works as a server-gateway with security features and firewalls.
Has an easy management interface via a web interface or command line without manually editing config files.
Allows domain and multiple user management simply, suitable for businesses with multiple email domains.
Good documentation, how-tos and community support.
Waiting for 11 version.
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Project: Ubuntu Cinnamon
Version: 24.10
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-11-26
Votes: 0
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10 year old Lenovo Z70 won’t play ball with windows 11 so made the call to jump ship. After a couple days dual booting to Ubuntu LTS, I didn’t get along with gnome so went with one of the flavours instead, Ubuntu Cinnamon LTS. 2 months later have got along fine with this. Escaped the need to distro hop by using gnome boxes and have found everything relatively simple for my fairly basic use case (browsing, YouTube, occasional gaming). Had a fiddle setting up reclone to automatically backup documents (before realising Deja dup was a thing…). Had no stability issues so far and enjoy the customisation available in cinnamon (KDE is a little OTT). Would recommend for any Linux newbie.
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Project: CachyOS
Version: 250825
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-26
Votes: 7
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I have tried so very many distros in the past, the majority of which suffer from terrible documentation and lousy reliability. CachyOS has excellent documentation and gives clear information about what changes/improvements have been made and the rationale behind the changes is. Compared to my past experiences with distributions like MX Linux, CachyOS stands out as a system that offers noticeably better stability and speed, all while remaining accessible and user-friendly. The developers seem to be really making a big effort to produce a very snappy, high quality but reliable distro. Their passion shows. Since it is coming off an Arch base this is notable. This is one of the very few distibutions I would heartily recommend as worth financially supporting.
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Project: Loc-OS
Version: 23
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-26
Votes: 0
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I’ve been using LOC OS for a while now and honestly, it’s one of the fastest light distros I’ve tried. Everything works right out the box, no need to mess with settings. The LXDE desktop is really well optimized and runs super smooth, even on older hardware. I installed it on a laptop with only 2GB of RAM and didn’t notice any slowdowns. Best part is it doesn’t come with any bloatware, just the essentials like LibreOffice and a media player, so everything I need is already there. I also really like the design, it’s simple but still looks good. Overall, it’s a no-fuss distro that just works and does its job well.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 24.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-25
Votes: 3
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After years of distro hopping with various rolling-release distributions, including Arch Linux (including EndeavourOS), CachyOS, as well as openSUSE Tumbleweed and Fedora, I've returned to my roots and reinstalled Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. The installation was very easy and went quickly. It is, or rather was, the first Linux distribution I ever installed; my journey into the Linux world has begun. Unlike the rolling releases, Ubuntu runs very smoothly and stably on my 10-year-old PC with an Intel i3-6100 on an Asus H170M-PLUS motherboard. With the rolling-release distributions, I always experienced occasional glitches, which I don't have with Ubuntu; it runs perfectly. My HP OfficeJet 3831 was also recognized and works perfectly; it prints, scans, and copies flawlessly. Snap and Flatpak don't bother me at all; I have absolutely no problem with them. I can highly recommend Ubuntu, especially for beginners, as it's ideally suited for them. I can highly recommend Ubuntu, especially if you have older hardware.
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Project: Alpine Linux
Version: 3.22.2
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-11-25
Votes: 1
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I have installed Alpine on both a raspberry pi 4 as a server and on my thinkpad laptop with KDE.
Installing as a server was great, except I didn't realize that choosing sys (install on disk) can fail, so after doing lots of work with installing software and settings after a reboot they were all gone due to not having sys for some reason and not having done lbu commit (because I thought I had sys). Anyway, it somehow fixed itself after I did a lbu commit once so after the first lbu commit I never needed to do it again.
Running the server was also great, and I really like the environment and the apk package manager. However, I am trying to install LDAP and it would get stuck on SSL/TLS issues which made me unable to continue (it was working fine without SSL/TLS). So I decided to try kanidm (inside a docker container) instead of LDAP and that had the same issues with SSL/TLS. So I suspect that the SSL/TLS issues are related somehow to musl. SSL/TLS was working fine with nginx however. Unfortunately, this means I can't stick with Alpine on my server because I need to use SSL/TLS.
Installing on my laptop was a bit of a nightmare. Well, it installs fine, and on the laptop sys did stick on the first try. However, running setup-desktop it doesn't have any option for KDE, only lxqt. So installing KDE means figuring out every single package that should be part of the installation (which are sometimes named differently on Alpine than on other distributions, so you can't just copy a list from somewhere else). It took some effort, but once I managed to install everything, Alpine has been a joy to use on the laptop. Unfortunately, not being able to run Alpine on my servers means I won't stick with Alpine on the laptop because what's the point of that really. I don't want to remember that "oh I'm on this computer so I need to use this package manager"; I want the same basic system on all my instances.
Best of luck to the Alpine team - you have a very good thing going, but missing some crucial components for me.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-11-25
Votes: 2
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My daily driver for a decade. Desktop, multi-OS bootable laptop, revamped old Chromebooks, you name it. Efficient and stable. Not as flashy as less technical people like an interface, but so usable. Traditional keyboard shortcuts work. Rarely used tools are put into usable MX groupings.
My key features are stability, ability to work on older hardware, and good package management. The Debian base provides a lot of the compatibility. The thoughtful assembly of controls into MX applications makes it much easier to find the controls to change interfaces and manage all aspects of the system. When I have to use or fix Microsoft Windows, I feel I'm taking a step down from what MX has brought me to expect from a PC operating system. All of that goodness before brining up the fact that its free!
Testing v25 now but have loved MX's XFCE distro since the teens. Keep up the good work!
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Project: Pop!_OS
Version: 24.04-beta
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-11-25
Votes: 1
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Tested on the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 5 Intel Core i9-12900H, 64GB, NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti.
Unfortunately, I experienced a couple of bugs with Bluetooth (the system tries to re-acquire the device every couple of minutes, so I can't connect my headphones to my smartphone - Pop!_OS just keeps re-acquiring them back). I also had issues with system apps often crashes, overall app speed is slow despite super huge amount of resources.
Firstly, I installed 22.04, when I experienced those bugs I think maybe upgrade will fix them, I upgraded to 24.04-beta, but the experience with system apps became worse. As I understand problem lies in new DE, slow system apps become slower, but less crashes to be honest.
List of things I was frustrated with:
1. Software sources could be managed from the Pop Shop in 22.04, but in 24.04 only Flathub sources can be managed.
2. COSMIC Files app performance is super poor; I had to switch back to the Files app from the previous version.
3. The Bluetooth bug is still there.
4. The sound bar doesn't display when I change volume from the keyboard.
5. Telegram application stops working entirely after upgrade.
On the positive side, Alacritty works perfectly well with Neovim; I can program and run my Docker apps comfortably. The Nvidia card works great — from my experience, training models is actually faster now. Also, LM Studio works well with GPT OSS 20B; no bugs spotted there.
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Project: Tsurugi Linux
Version: 2024.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-11-25
Votes: 1
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Top distro for forensicators, stable and user friendly, rich of tools well ordered, you’ll find everything were you expect it should be. Plus: the switch to osint mode, prevents from errors due to distraction or hurry. Even the Vento distribution is a must have in the toolbox of first responders and dfir expert. I appreciate in particular that it comprends natively the gui for every tool it is available, don’t need further installation. The passage from debian to ubuntu has increased, according to me, the stability of the system
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Project: CachyOS
Version: 250825
Rating: 4
Date: 2025-11-25
Votes: 1
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My installation on MSI with Ryzen 5 CPU and with modern hardware, failed to detect the touchpad and the system was choppy. I tried also the hyprland wayland - it has taken huge storage size -supposed to be small. I don't see any performance improvement as some people are saying compared to my good old Debian (Gnome). So, I switched back to Debian. Even the unstable version I use, the Debian is very stable and up to date. I use Tiling Shell and Search Light extensions for speed and to mimic Hyprland.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-25
Votes: 9
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Installed by way of my desktop MX snaphot to replace an Ubuntu based distro that was not handling one of my essential programs very well. It was a surprisingly painless installation and all my programs are working as they should.
The installation is the KDE desktop running perfectly on Wayland and not X11. Video and audio is smooth and crisp. The latptop memory idles at around 1.1G on boot.
This distro is so perfect for this laptop, that it will never be replaced or upgraded...this is it for the life of this laptop...
Highly recommend....great job by the devs..
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Project: Vendefoul Wolf
Version: 181125
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-25
Votes: 2
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I came from winfows a year and a half ago when
I found Vendefoul and i probe it.
With the help of the Telegram group and of the head master Guerrero de luz, i felt that whas my place.
Vendefoul Wolf is intuitive and easy to work. Very confortable to the windows users that are looking for something very easy to use and intuitive.
It' very easy to use.
As it has a free init and NO SystemD you are free.
Now with XLibre and OpenRc it is faster and seems to fly.
I had abandoned completely windows and his way of acts.
I feel that i'm free.
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Project: Linux Mint
Version: 22.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-24
Votes: 23
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Beginning two decades ago Mint's developers have consistently 'nailed it' with what 'daily driver' users recognize as the 'sweet spot' they're looking for with a 'provide everything you'll need while staying out of your way' desktop operating system.
Linux Mint 22.2, built on the latest Ubuntu LTS base, adds Mint specific apps, modern UI's with a 'traditional look and feel, and unique Minty improvements that set it apart as the 'Best of the best' when it comes to a daily use desktop OS, is quite simply without equal in the highly competitive world of Ubuntu based distros.
If you're a new user just moving away from the 'in your face hot mess' that Windows 11 has become, and you're looking for a desktop OS you can depend on to work quietly and efficiently in the background without ads, intrusive pop-ups and all kinds of unwanted and unneeded bloatware constantly 'in your face' while you try to go about your daily computing chores, there's nothing better than what you'll find in the 'get right to work out of the box' balance and unmatched capability that Linux Mint provides its desktop OS users.
Sure, there's lots to choose from 'out there' in the world of open-source distros, and on occasion, in you're spare time, it's kinda fun to explore other approaches to what a Linux desktop OS can be.
But for the rock solid, no surprises, 'Daily Driver OS' that most of us want and need, Linux Mint provides its users with an unrivaled degree of adaptability to whatever their desktop needs may be, ..the sort of year after year dependability that has set Mint apart from the Ubuntu based crowd for as long as Mint as been around - and still does today!
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Project: Lingmo OS
Version: 3.0.5
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-11-24
Votes: 0
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Lingmo OS 3.05 is much better and more stable than predecessor Cutefish. Unfortunately, the software repositories show that Lingmo OS is still based on DebIan 12 Bookworm X11 instead of current Debian 13 Trixie with Wayland.
While Cutefish had its own software store (that worked poorly), Lingmo OS uses the well-liked KDE Discover software store.
Both KDE and Lingmo OS use Kwin as window manager and compositor.
Lingmo OS has a few of its own apps but you may want to replace them with other better Qt-based ones.
If you click on downloaded *.deb file, it will open into Discover for installation.
I replaced Lingmo Terminal with QTerminal, Chromium with Min browser, Ktorrent with Transmission-QT.
Some preinstalled apps: Kate text editor, Only Office productivity suite, VLC media, Elisa music player, Gnome Boxes VM, Krita, Inkscape and Gwenview graphics, Kdenlive AV recording media production, Gparted partition manager, and Thunderbird email.
From KDE Discover or Debian .deb files, so far I added Filezilla, XnViewMP and XnConvert, Fastfetch and Stacer,
You can get to your SETUP by clicking "About this PC" from upper left blue button or the gear button on the panel.
The panel's rocket ship button reveals all the software apps. You can right-click an app and pin it to the panel.
Note "software update" link/app never worked for me but you will see updates at the bottom of Discover's left column.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-11-24
Votes: 0
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Relative newbie. Had used Red Hat at work, and Mint 32 bit on ancient hardware at home in the 2017-2020 era. Since then, Win10. Processor Intel Core I5 2500, 8GB, Intel integrated graphics.
In preparation, I had switched to Libre Office and Thunderbird in Win10. Firefox has been my default browser for over a decade. Opening a Mozilla account allowed me to transfer all my Firefox and Thunderbird settings, passwords, etc, pretty seamlessly to Linux.
Tried Mint Cinnamon and XFCE, Ubuntu Budgie, Zorin Core, Pop OS, and MX Linux 25 KDE.
MX Linux 25 is my #1 due to GUI system utilities, ease and understandable settings, standard software matches my preferences. Wish it had a tiling screen manager, but Zorin's tiling didn't work.
Zorin and Pop OS had limited configuration options - at least that I could figure out. Pop OS defaulted to my inclinations so Pop OS was my 2nd choice. Zorin had touted features like tiling that didn't work. Or got in my way.
Ubuntu Budgie was OK, but much more difficult to find what I wanted. Discovered Ubuntu support is actually quite fragmented across its different flavors. Wanted to try Ubuntu Studio, but realized my hardware wasn't really good enough for that kind of work. Nor is long term support for some of the flavors a given.
Mint, although highly touted, seemed limited in configuration options unless one learned and practiced command line. Same with Mint support, you really need to know and understand command line to understand what support is telling you.
None of the 5 could find make my 2 wireless USB adapters work out of the box. Getting nowhere on installing Linux drivers from command line, I gave up and bought a PCIe wireless card from ThinkPenguin, which worked great on both Win10 and all flavors of Linux.
Same was true of my ancient USB HP 1020 Laserjet. Fortunately, updating to HP unified drivers in Win10 came across to Linux, and printer now works with all distros.
Bottom line: the GUI understandable configuration options and system utilities, along with included well-written manual makes MX Linux better than Win 10. System is faster, no crashes. Points taken off rating for inability to work with USB wireless cards.
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Project: Pop!_OS
Version: 24.04-beta
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-11-24
Votes: 0
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Pop OS Cosmic is a nice change to the repetitive linux distros full of Gnome and KDE spins. Customizing feels comfortable and the DE is easy to navigate. My only complaint (though it's still in beta) is that it does not have night time settings and currently I can't use Input Leap/Barrier/Desk Flow. I think it's due to wayland. I use 2 PCs. One for gaming and one for recording and producing videos. I need to be able to share my mouse and keyboard between the PC's to get stuff done. Once this is resolved I can see myself running this as my daily. I'm looking forward to their final release. Good job so far PopOS team!
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25
Rating: 7
Date: 2025-11-24
Votes: 2
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Equipment used: Thinkpad X1 Carbon (2023) dual boot with Win 11.
Objective: replace previous version of MX Linux (23.6) with version 25.
Distribution iso used: KDE Plasma
MX Linux has a new installation choice called Replace where you can choose to replace a previous version of MXLinux.
The installer correctly identified the previous version but it should be mentioned that MX Linux cautions us that this feature is still experimental and advised that things could go sideways.
And it did. Unfortunately, the Replace option did not work for me. The Home directory from MX Linux 23.6 was preserved as advertised but the desktop was badly broken especially the menu and panel. I gave up trying to fix things and decided to start over from scratch. I chose the custom install option and things went more smoothly from there.
Note: MX Linux is not for beginners unless you choose the installer option to take over the entire disk. Someone coming over from Windows would come to a screeching halt at the installer partitioning screen and try to figure out what symbol stands for root or manually have tell MX Linux where the EFI partition is. The installer could not detect or choose unallocated free space on my drive. I think this part of the installer needs work. Give the user simpler options to choose from.
Considering this is the KDE Plasma edition there is no mention of KDE's package manager Discover. It is not on the taskbar and a beginner would be steered to use the somewhat utilitarian MX Linux package manager. However once you pin Discover to the taskbar it was nice to see the option of enabling Flatpaks and Snaps with a couple clicks.
PROs: blazing fast install times and bootup times and generally snappy performance.
CONs: installation process is not beginner friendly.Would advise to be wary of the Replace option for now. Use backups prior to clicking that button.
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Project: Bazzite
Version: 43.20251118
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-24
Votes: 8
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For anyone just getting started with Linux, Bazzite is an awesome alternative and a really great place to begin. Thanks to its immutable concept, there’s not much you can accidentally break, and Bazaar as a Flatpak app store makes installing programs super simple. I’ve been using Bazzite for a few months now and everything just works. To be fair, I’m also lucky enough to have an all-AMD system (CPU/GPU), which probably causes far fewer headaches than PCs with an Nvidia GPU.
I mainly use my PC for gaming and office work and it runs perfectly fine on Bazzite. Even my little coding adventures don’t cause any trouble. All my Steam games work out of the box, and even new releases like Arc Raiders were playable right away! I’m honestly extremely happy and will definitely stick with Bazzite for the next few months.
There is one small thing I’d love to see in the future, though: compared to Faugus Launcher, Lutris is really hard to use. Especially when it comes to the Battle.net launcher, Lutris was a complete disaster to configure. Faugus handles everything so much better and easier. So it’d be pretty cool if, at some point, Faugus came preinstalled as a second game launcher alongside Steam, instead of Lutris.
Other than that, it’s a full recommendation from me for anyone just getting into Linux and wanting to dip their toes in the water. Even as a full desktop system für daily work and other usage.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-24
Votes: 13
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The main reason for me to use MX is the ability to snapshot a running system and generate a new iso from here.
This allows me to use MX on a usb drive on (almost) amy computer, which is great for recovery and access in case of failure of the installed system.
Another usecase is to install software for testing without modifying an installed system which leaves no traces or config chunks in case of uninstall or rollback as I run MX with the copy2ram functionality.
Having done different isos with different software(-topics) like online-banking, audio, video, office, desktops, ... allows me to have small isos with specific usecase small enough to run in ram ( which I consider especially useful for online-banking to leave no traces at least on my pc )
So I created a USB stick with ventoy which at boot shows me a list of my isos and allows me to select which one I would like to boot.
Using MX since MX17, I did not find any other distro that fits my needs as described above, especially when it comes to configure installed packages, browser bookmarks and configurations in my personal iso.
My personal rating is 10 of 10, as I don't miss anything and I did not run into any issue.
Christian
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-24
Votes: 6
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Have been using MX-Linux for quite a few years. Very stable. I had a problem of trying to get Nvidia drivers to work with Nvidia graphics card. Solved that problem by pulling out the Nvidia card and putting in a AMD Radeon graphics card. I'm not a big gamer, but the AMD Radeon card worked right out of the gate with the supplied AMD drivers. If I truly wanted Nvidia graphics to work, I would have downloaded and installed an Ubuntu based distro, but I don't like Ubuntu based. I have tried many other distros for the past 20 years and I have always come back to a Debian based distro and finally settled on MX Linux and I have not looked back. They make a fantastic distro.
As far as MX Linux 25, I will wait for awhile until they get all the kinks out of it before I decide to install it, if I decide to. I also prefer to stay away from any distro that uses SystemD as an init. What's nice about MX Linux 23.6, I can boot into sysv init or systemD if I so choose to. Some after market applications, such as, Citrix For Linux, now require SystemD as an init in order to install it. I just boot into MX Linux with SystemD from the Grub Menu, install it, then reboot back into MX Linux with sysv init.
Overall, can't think of any other Linux dsitro that's stable and works great.
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Project: CachyOS
Version: 250825
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-11-23
Votes: 0
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This thing is just… yeah, not great.
It’s yet another Arch-based distro stuffed with a bunch of “why does this even exist here” packages. And for some reason the terminal greets you with fastfetch every time you open it - like, thanks, but I already know what my PC hardware. I don’t need a daily fastfetch, lol.
And of course it’s getting hyped by TikTok kids who are still in their “try a new distro every 24 hours” or “Windows is trash, install Linux” phase.
Honestly, just install plain Arch. And if you don’t feel like wrestling with the Arch Wiki, use archinstall or go with something actually solid, like Manjaro or EndeavourOS.
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Project: Bodhi Linux
Version: 7.0.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-23
Votes: 4
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A complete Linux novice, fed up with using Windows, I was looking for an alternative. I tried Mint, Lite, PopOS, and Lubuntu, but finally settled on Bodhi Linux; it's fantastic.
I've installed it on the following machines:
a) AMD Ryzen 5 4600g with 16 GB of RAM: Hardware Enablement Edition.
b) Intel Celeron N3060 with 4 GB of RAM: Standard Edition.
Both have performed flawlessly, very stable and minimalist. It includes an app store that makes installing applications easy, a forum where users are always supportive, an elegant desktop environment despite its low resource consumption, extensive Moksha customization, and many other features that give Bodhi Linux its own unique identity. I really don't understand why it isn't more popular.
For me, it's a 11/10. I'm thrilled to be writing this review from my copy of Bodhi Linux on my PC, and I'm sure my PC loves using this operating system too.
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Project: iDeal OS
Version: 2025.08.07
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-11-23
Votes: 0
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English (Canada) :
No, it's no, I don't recommend it at all. What's this junk,... Frankly, those who think and say that it's better than the original MX Linux, well they say anything.
I know it well the official and original Linux MX, I have been using it since 2021.
And this iDeal version is no better than the original, it's even worse than the original, go put the KDE plasma desktop on it is a very bad idea. This iDeal version consumes 4 GB of RAM.
While the original as 1.2 GB with the XFCE interface.
By installing the KDE Plasma interface, they have degraded performance, it's heavy, it's slow.
for those who are looking for something light and efficient, do not imstall this version all the.
French (Canada) :
Non, c"est non, je ne le recomande pas du tous. C'est quoi cette cochonnerie la....Franchement, ceux qui pense et dise que c'est mieux que le MX Linux original, et bien ils disent n'importe quoi.
Moi je le connais bien le MX Linux officiel et original, je l'utilse depuis 2021.
Et cette version iDeal, c'est pas mieux que l'original, c'est encore pire que l'original, allez mettre le bureau KDE plasma la dessus c'est une très mauvaise idée. Cette version iDeal consomme 4 Go de mémoire RAM.
Alors que l'original comme 1,2 Go avec l'interface XFCE.
En installant l'interface KDE Plasma, ils ont dégradé les performances, c'est lourd, c'est lent.
pour ceux qui cherche de quoi de léger et performant, n'imstaller sourtout pas cette version la.
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Project: Linux Mint
Version: 21.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-11-23
Votes: 1
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I am still using an Acer Aspire One 725 laptop that was produced in 2011, because this hardware is too old to use the newer 6.x kernel version. Linux Mint 21, which uses the 5.x kernel, still supports this laptop's hardware, especially the VGA card. Of course, this laptop is not really used for work, but as a multimedia server using a Samba server connected to a smart TV, and it works really well. Naturally, some hardware upgrades have been made, including adding RAM up to 4 gigabytes and replacing the hard drive with an SSD.
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Project: Elive
Version: 3.8.48
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-23
Votes: 0
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I'm old and gray and not computer literate at all. I was able to install it with no difficulty at all. It is fast and stable. It runs all the Photo editing software perfectly. The elive community is very helpful and patient and are happy to answer any questions.
I can highly recommend to anyone, even a beginner. It's a beautiful, easy to adapt environment which is a pleasure to work in.
I'm running it on a Lenovo X200Tablet, and it is fast and stable.
There is a forum which is very friendly and most questions can be looked up, however if you can't find an answer someone will be happy to point you in the right direction.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25
Rating: 5
Date: 2025-11-23
Votes: 0
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I am disappointed with version 25, because I have found, that there are developmental errors and programming, in this version.
I use MX linux since 2021 and I have seen several versions and the progress and evolution of the operating system, I really like the version of 2023: (version 23.0 to 23.6), it was very well designed and worked wonderfully.
Aside from a few improvements that would need to be done like: (making the hard drive management better manage to stop all the time leaving to read and write more to finish for genre between 15 minutes 60 50 minutes to read. After copying a file left her and it was long before it stopped.
And also there are the vulnerabilities of the system that would have been to be corrected.
If the ZRAM would have been activated in version 23.6, I would continue to use it again, put since it is not the case, I seek to find an ultra light distribution: (between 500 MB and 1 GB of RAM use), in Debian of preferences or which supports Debian and that I also be able to install the Discrord client and the STEAM client and my other Linux software in (.
The problem I had with version 25 of MX linux is, a problem with the settings of power management and screensaver settings.
I play on STEAM and I chat on Discord every day, I am online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The problem with power and screensaver settings is that the screen turns off on its own, even if it has l,just so that it does not turn off the session disconnects alone after two hours, even if it has the use.
I was playing on STEAM and I all lost my game progression, I was about 30 seconds to save the game, but the session is disconnecting on its own automatically and that closing the game, the STEAM client, the Discord client and all the rest that was open. That really upset me.
When it is produced, I tried to fix the problem, but nothing to do, only the developer can correct the problem, I know nothing about development and programming, to fix this.
So after it happened, I decided it was time to start again for the second time, after a few years since the first time.....recommend to go around all the list of distributions on: Distrowatch, read and download and test all the best on the list.
To find the rare pearl that will correspond to all my needs. I'll find out...when they search found...( Searching and you will find, knock and have opened you, ask and you will receive).
There you go! all I had to say, thank you very much for reading and having a good day to all those who will have read my message;)
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Project: extrox
Version: 2.0
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-11-23
Votes: 0
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Version of extrox :
Better time for anyone who likes this modified version of MX Linux, but there is only one thing I like about this version.
The only thing he did well and that I like about this modified version of the original is that he turned on the ZRAM, in the Live section, I find it very useful to use the live on USB drive, to download (.iso) from Linux.
But other than that, the rest of it has changed, in the operating system, I hate it.
It has changed the appearance of all the system, the menus, the taskbar and all the software, in addition to all the sounds it has to add, I also hate are inversion of the window buttons, to (enlarge, reduce, minimize, close) the window.
And also when moving the mouse over the top of the screen its reduces the window as if have would be on Android.
And I found that all the changes he made to the aesthetics of the system, the effects, the animations, the sounds, the menus, bars, functions, his does not improve the performance of the system, not the facts to degrade them, a little.
In the unmodified official version of : MX Linux XFCE x64, after logging, on the desktop, the system it consumes 1.2 GB of RAM.
But in the version modified by : extrox, the system it consumes 2.0 GB of RAM memory, it is 0.8 GB = 800 mb of additional RAM memory, waste unnecessarily in aesthetics.
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Project: Devuan GNU+Linux
Version: 6.0.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-23
Votes: 17
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Devuan 6 Excalibur is a pleasant surprise for anyone who, like me, prefers a stable system without the hassle of systemd. The installation is straightforward, and it feels light and fast, even on older machines. I appreciate the focus on keeping a clean, customizable environment, with XFCE doing its job without unnecessary extras. It’s not perfect, but solid and reliable—ideal for those wanting a simple yet functional Linux.This version emphasizes stability and control, which you can feel in everyday use, with improvements in audio quality and package management thanks to PipeWire and APT 3. Perfect for users who like everything under their control without unnecessary compromises.
Devuan 6 Excalibur is a refreshing choice for users wanting a stable, systemd-free Linux. Installation is easy, and it feels lightweight even on older machines. XFCE is clean and customizable, with other desktops available like KDE and Cinnamon. The Linux 6.12 kernel adds real-time support and better hardware compatibility. One standout is the new merged-/usr filesystem and tmpfs for /tmp, giving a noticeable boost to speed and system consistency. APT 3.0’s smarter package handling makes updates smoother. It’s not perfect, but solid, efficient, and ideal for those craving control without the extra complexity. PipeWire improves audio quality with low latency, rounding out a well-thought-out system for everyday.
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