Distro Roundup (May 20, 2019) - OpenIndiana, OpenMandriva, ArcoLinux, Peppermint, RoboLinux DistroTube
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Date: 2022-03-30
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R.a.
I am going to sound opinionated here (nothing new I guess) but MandDriva and Robo seem really helpful but way overly bloated and clunky. I am really all about the unix philosophy. Do one thing and do it well. Having multiple applications and links to things like VMs just seems awfully clumsy. The company behind Ubuntu honestly gets this right. I am certainly not a fan of Gnome 3, it's flow is clumsy, the included applications however strike a balance between useful utility and bloat. Mint mirrors much of this but offers a much more traditional, and honestly logical desktop. I think both distros seem to be more bloated then otherwise would need to be. The theming and consistency could be greatly improved easily this way. Back in the day of limited internet it was practical to include a lot of stuff. Now days, not so much. But that's really my only complaint here, as a gui designer that just pops out at me. Thank you as always Derrick.
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I am going to sound opinionated here (nothing new I guess) but MandDriva and Robo seem really helpful but way overly bloated and clunky. I am really all about the unix philosophy. Do one thing and do it well. Having multiple applications and links to things like VMs just seems awfully clumsy. The company behind Ubuntu honestly gets this right. I am certainly not a fan of Gnome 3, it's flow is clumsy, the included applications however strike a balance between useful utility and bloat. Mint mirrors much of this but offers a much more traditional, and honestly logical desktop. I think both distros seem to be more bloated then otherwise would need to be. The theming and consistency could be greatly improved easily this way. Back in the day of limited internet it was practical to include a lot of stuff. Now days, not so much. But that's really my only complaint here, as a gui designer that just pops out at me. Thank you as always Derrick.
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Tobias
Idk man, this whole distro review format is kinda weired. Wouldnt it make more sense to focus on distro specific quirks,
instead of what version of what software they currently ship with? Simply pointing out weather or not they run recent
packages would be totally sufficient, and leave more time for talking about things that are actually different on xyz.
Not intended as a rant or anything, just an observation and constructive critique...
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Idk man, this whole distro review format is kinda weired. Wouldnt it make more sense to focus on distro specific quirks,
instead of what version of what software they currently ship with? Simply pointing out weather or not they run recent
packages would be totally sufficient, and leave more time for talking about things that are actually different on xyz.
Not intended as a rant or anything, just an observation and constructive critique...
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Tony
Thanks for these reviews!
I'm interested in trying Arco Linux now that Antergos is dying/forking.
Also I often recommend Peppermint OS to friends and family who are new to Linux...but (as unlikely as it is) I'd love to see that project merged with Linux Lite. With their combined resources I'm certain they could create the perfect modern welterweight Linux OS for beginners.
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Thanks for these reviews!
I'm interested in trying Arco Linux now that Antergos is dying/forking.
Also I often recommend Peppermint OS to friends and family who are new to Linux...but (as unlikely as it is) I'd love to see that project merged with Linux Lite. With their combined resources I'm certain they could create the perfect modern welterweight Linux OS for beginners.
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rednight
You can call Open Indiana Unix. You can also call the BSDs Unix. You are allowed to call any Unix descendant system Unix. You can't call them UNIX without certification though. You can't call Linux Unix though as it is not a Unix descendant. Yes it's purely semantics but there is no such as a Unix distribution, they are complete systems.
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You can call Open Indiana Unix. You can also call the BSDs Unix. You are allowed to call any Unix descendant system Unix. You can't call them UNIX without certification though. You can't call Linux Unix though as it is not a Unix descendant. Yes it's purely semantics but there is no such as a Unix distribution, they are complete systems.
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Bartek
I tried OpenIndiana in VM. At GUI start have xbk error, Firefox doesn't run, it's very very slowly.. I give it 12 vcores and 8gb RAM - nothing's changed.. VM is on SSD Crucial... Guests addition installed.. maybe Arch kernel not DKMS is doing that? W7, W10, other Linux VM works flawlessly..
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I tried OpenIndiana in VM. At GUI start have xbk error, Firefox doesn't run, it's very very slowly.. I give it 12 vcores and 8gb RAM - nothing's changed.. VM is on SSD Crucial... Guests addition installed.. maybe Arch kernel not DKMS is doing that? W7, W10, other Linux VM works flawlessly..
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Aurthor
I used to use Peppermint on my Acer GZ5 netbooks but I always ran into problems after a few weeks. P.probably something I did or something I added but I never figured out what caused it to flake out.
I think I'll give it another shot because it is so different.
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I used to use Peppermint on my Acer GZ5 netbooks but I always ran into problems after a few weeks. P.probably something I did or something I added but I never figured out what caused it to flake out.
I think I'll give it another shot because it is so different.
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Grayson
34:15 I really cracked up -- laughed out loud when I saw the list of Windows releases. And a $10 gift? That's rather too strange to me. Sorry, but no distro-hopping for me. Linux distros do not matter to me. Only Arch matters, by the way. :)
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34:15 I really cracked up -- laughed out loud when I saw the list of Windows releases. And a $10 gift? That's rather too strange to me. Sorry, but no distro-hopping for me. Linux distros do not matter to me. Only Arch matters, by the way. :)
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Clive
I think you missed a trick here, we all know what software is available in the big distros, but anyone not familiar with OpenIndiana and OpenMandriva might like to have seen the package manager and a quick sniff of what software is available.
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I think you missed a trick here, we all know what software is available in the big distros, but anyone not familiar with OpenIndiana and OpenMandriva might like to have seen the package manager and a quick sniff of what software is available.
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Robin
Now I get it ...after watching tons of videos on Qtile ...I really understand why you chose it and way Arcolinux Qtile 19. 6 is my new digital weapon of choice... My new brother of arms.
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Now I get it ...after watching tons of videos on Qtile ...I really understand why you chose it and way Arcolinux Qtile 19. 6 is my new digital weapon of choice... My new brother of arms.
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Izaic's
Openmandriva LX 4 RC is a lovely release. Bit buggy right now, but it will hopefully be worked out before release. I'm also looking forward to their plans for a rolling release of OM.
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Openmandriva LX 4 RC is a lovely release. Bit buggy right now, but it will hopefully be worked out before release. I'm also looking forward to their plans for a rolling release of OM.
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