Project: LXLE
Version: 16.04.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-15
Votes: 0
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Excellent distro for low end hardware .Stable and fast,but not for Linux newcomers and those who expect eye candies
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Project: Arch Linux
Version: current
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-15
Votes: 0
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- Rolling
- Update
- Light
- simple
- community (site, wiki, planet ...)
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Project: Solus
Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-10-15
Votes: 0
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The best desktop interface yet.
Great design, nice wall paper, fast and responsive.
Most impressive it installed google earth pro.
The problem is the package management is not mature and does not have a full repository of packages and since you cant use apt or the like there is no work around. the user
help is not very robust as well.
If all you need to do is surf the web and run some graphics apps or
music, etc. then great for a newbie who enjoys a great esthetic,
quickness, and ease and useability.
For system admins, power users, those that use many varied applications
and build from source you will be frustrated.
Great for mom or pop.
Other wise not mature but still one of the most promising distros.
The Budgie interface is best of all the window managers.
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Project: Pop!_OS
Version: 18.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-10-15
Votes: 0
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Great OS especialy for programmers.
Beautifull icons and gnome 3 type of interface.
The in house package manager is very nice and has a usefull selection especially programming packages. Some smart people worked on the distro.
The reason I hesitate to put it back on my older machine is random memory lockups.
I would suggest a quadcore chip at least 2.2 and 8 gigs of memory.
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Project: Zorin OS
Version: 12.4
Rating: 4
Date: 2018-10-15
Votes: 0
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the install and upgrade/updating procedure is a nightmare with this release/OS.
run it live for a while and seemed ok BUT,,,,,,,,,,,, see above
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Project: KaOS
Version: 2018.10
Rating: 3
Date: 2018-10-15
Votes: 0
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I really like the KDE desktop, however, the install on this is useless as it does not give you an option at install to chose English GB. I hate the menu on the right-hand side it is annoying to say the least and is a nightmare trying to drop it to the bottom. Something such as this should be an easy option to perform. This does nothing to encourage Windows users to switch to Linux.
I love the look and feel of KDE but this OS fails to impress with its usability. Libre office should be installed by default which it is not.
So many things that are annoying with it that should be easy to change. I will stick with my Windows install for the moment.
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Project: openSUSE
Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-15
Votes: 0
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My system: Desktop: Xfce 4.12.4 Distro: openSUSE Leap 15.0
SAMSUNG product: 300E4C / 300E5C / 300E7C v: 0.1 serial: N / A
Graphics: Card-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
Card-2: NVIDIA GF117M [GeForce 610M / 710M / 810M / 820M / GT 620M / 625M / 630M / 720M]
I fully subscribe to the evaluation of September 29, 2018 regarding version 15.
As for the codecs, you have to add the Packman repo and turn it on to install the codecs for displaying movies. No movie player works (compare to Debian stable there works at startup but again you have to work with gmtp so that you can rip files from your mobile phone )
As for printers, there are problems in every system, even on windows. And strangely, my Laserjet P1102w Laserjet Hewlett Packard was installed the first time without a problem, which rarely happens. Currently, I do not see other systems except Debian and OpenSuse Leap.
Both very stable, fast and secure.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 28
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-10-14
Votes: 0
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Great distro. Uses dnf instead apt.
If you don't like workstation you can download the spins such as XFCE, MATE, Cinnamon, KDE....
Sometimes desktop effects can be a little annoying.
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Project: PCLinuxOS
Version: 2018.06
Rating: 5
Date: 2018-10-14
Votes: 0
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This seems to be a decent distro. I like the MATE desktop with the dark gray menus.
However, installation is not that easy and the LIVE desktop takes too long to load. Rebooting after installation is also a pain, it takes so looong.
I give it a 5 because seems sudo is NOT enabled by default. It says "sudo command not found" when trying to run sudo apt-get update.
You have to first run apt-get install sudo.
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Project: Peppermint OS
Version: 9
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-10-14
Votes: 3
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Manjaro was nice but I needed a deb environment so I downloaded Peppermint OS, installed and updated. Have been using for a few days and everything works great including wifi on an older Dell Inspiron 1720. Seems fast and responsive to everything I throw at it. So I guess I found a keeper . . .
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Project: Linux Kodachi
Version: 4.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-14
Votes: 0
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10/10
Best distro ever I must say, this Operating System comes with everything that a user needs to be secured.
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Project: deepin
Version: 15.7
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-14
Votes: 0
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Great looking distro with smooth UI and thoughtful user features. Hoping for further enhancements and minor stability tweaks in the future!
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Project: Antergos
Version: 18.10
Rating: 1
Date: 2018-10-14
Votes: 0
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Cnchi have lots of problems, i see users all around the globe complaining and the problem still goes on and on and on...i keep asking myself what are the devs doing?!
This used to be my number one distro, but im not even able to install it these days as far as it provides users soooo much problem during install...their installer is a shame and should be replaced by calamares or something else.
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Project: Redcore Linux
Version: 1806
Rating: 1
Date: 2018-10-14
Votes: 0
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Thats the worst distro ive ever used, its just unusable, slow as hell, full of bugs, worst than windows...dam...
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Project: Peppermint OS
Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-14
Votes: 0
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The best of Xfce, LXDE and MATE in a lightweight and very beautiful linux enviroment that no need customizations. Its all right, just use and be happy. Thanks Peppermint team for the work.
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Project: Bodhi Linux
Version: 4.5.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-10-14
Votes: 0
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Bodhi Linux is very compact and light-weight OS. So, I could revive several legacy desktops and laptops with Bodhi Linux. Though Enlightenment-17-based desktop environment needs some adaptation periods, it's very simple and convenient environment once you get used to it. Good luck !
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Project: Debian
Version: 9
Rating: 4
Date: 2018-10-14
Votes: 0
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Debian was my favorite distro for many years, made my transition from Windows to Debian while it was with Wheezy, couldn't ask for anything better to do it.
Every since Jessie Debian has been on a decline with its stability and difficulty of maintaining since Stretch have left Debian for Openrc and freeBSD. Think it would be wise to at least have a working distribution before moving onto Buster.
Just as a trial to see if Stretch was installable it failed, installation went fine but mbr failed with grub as it did last time. Not sure if that is the old fstab issue left over from sid.
Would like to move back to my old favorite, and Devuan is certainly a great replacement but not yet for me.
Hope Debian works through their very long absence of being a rock solid and a stable distribution.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-14
Votes: 21
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I have been using Linux Mint from 12 (Lisa) to 18.3 (Sylvia) and stopped before 19 (Tara) because LightDM guest accounts no longer work properly and neither do encrypted (home) directories - all because of systemd (according to their release notes). Having previously used Red Hat/Fedora, Mandrake/Mandriva/Magia, SuSE/openSUSE, Ubuntu and other lesser known or specialty distributions, I am pretty familiar with the kinds of environments each supports well and where weaknesses may lie. I want a distribution that is capable and full featured while requiring minimal effort to support deficiencies. I prefer to get applications from the supported repositories and it's better if the maintainers keep them up-to-date, but I also like to know that if I must download applications from a developer's repository or hosting site, my distribution will be supported. I found that Mint 19 repositories dropped some important applications and one (Aegisub) couldn't even be compiled for it from source (neither on the upstream Ubuntu). To my surprise, MX Linux supported everything I was missing and even had later versions of applications. While I was a bit annoyed by the need to switch repositories to complete searches, I can't really complain. Another new problem with Mint is they've switched to an update plan that requires system backups between updates. While the backup scheme is fairly nice, it never-the-less introduces more resource issues that aren't really optional if you are going to allow updates. This plan isn't much different from the rolling release model as it introduces the same pitfalls and really isn't best for a user that doesn't enjoy constant administrative repairs or to worry about such. I believe the user base for Mint may have to change if they don't re-assess their new model. Meanwhile, MX has none of these problems though I have only tested for a few months so far. I also like the flexibility they offer for USB systems and re-mixes.
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Project: PCLinuxOS
Version: apt
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-13
Votes: 3
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This is a wonderful rolling upgrade distribution with almost flawless performance. The only items causing any problems was the rollout from KDE v.3 to KDE v.4, and now once again, to KDE Plasma.
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Project: Debian
Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-13
Votes: 6
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For over 2 years with linux. With windowssem from windows 95. I have made up debian and derivatives (ubuntu, mint, mxlinux ...),
based on arch (manjaro, antergos ..), most recently opensuse. Everyone has something inside but I'm going back to debian, I like gnome but I prefer xfce.
It is stable, it has everything I need, safe and with long support. After fine adjustment it looks nice and is very fast, light and reliable. Generally after uploading and updating:
1.contrib non-free, 2.theme arc, moka icons and login screen streamline. I am uploading google-chrome. Keepass, filezilla and the end. Every now and then apt-get update, apt-get upgrade and nothing more. I just open and I know it will work.
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Project: MakuluLinux
Version: 15
Rating: 1
Date: 2018-10-13
Votes: 2
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1. It is very slow
2. I can not install another language than english, even if it choose "german" on the installer, after reboot, the system is in english and when i try to add the german language it will do nothing (choos german, klick on install and........tataaaaaaaaa.... nothing happens.
3. The idea is good but it will take some versions to install it again (may Makulu 20 or 25 will work good)
I don´t know how many people are on this Linus working but they have still a lot of work todo!!
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Project: Solus
Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-13
Votes: 1
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Modern. Fast. Hassle free. Impressive os. Of all the distro this remains the best. Very minor bugs. I had more issues with ubuntu when compared to this. Out of the box wine support. Can run notepad and paint like a boss.
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Project: Linux Mint
Version: 19
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-13
Votes: 2
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Just tried version 19. Really impressed with sleek UI and ease of use. I'm using windows from 1995, but recently I had some projects to work on Linux at work. I tried Ubuntu but hated it, when my colleague recommended Linux Mint, I couldn't be more happier. As a long time Windows fan, I really enjoy working on Mint way more. Currently I'm running it inside VM, but planning to switch completely soon. By far, this is the most stable, ease to use and elegant OS I've ever used. Love it. Will donate to the project. Keep up the good work guys
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Project: FreeBSD
Version: 11.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-13
Votes: 0
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Stable as server.
I use it as ftp and samba server.
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Project: Lubuntu
Version: 18.10-beta
Rating: 7
Date: 2018-10-13
Votes: 3
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I own a small business and we use six desktop computers so we put Lubuntu 18.10 beta on all of them we like the speed and look of this operating system the only thing is we wish they used AbiWord as the default word processor as it is used in 18.04 LTS and we are using the 32 Bit option instead of the 64 Bit option we have found that 32 Bit uses even less resources on all computers...
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-13
Votes: 0
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I've used many Linux distributions over the last 15 years, but not one has been as good as MX.
Easy to install, everything works, plenty of software and tools installed as default. Easy to configure. Looks polished and professional. Stable and reliable. No systemd.
It's even made me like XFCE, which I could never get on with before.
I would recommend MX to anyone.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-13
Votes: 9
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first distro that sound isn't glitchy on video playback of all dozen or so I tried.. it works for everything I want to do without a hitch
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Project: Zorin OS
Version: 12.4
Rating: 7
Date: 2018-10-13
Votes: 0
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Its awesome OS .... no problem like video lagging ... i am window user before almost tried most of Ubuntu flavours os i had problem like lagging etc but zorin is super ... i didnt feel any problem after using the zorin ...
But i am facing one problem here not able to install the chrome ...
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Project: Antergos
Version: 18.10
Rating: 8
Date: 2018-10-13
Votes: 0
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Cnchi does work but need to be updated first. A good internet connection is a must. It can be wifi, if Antergos can find your wifi card.My laptop has a Broadcom wifi in it Antergos could not find it, until I forced it to load. It is a YMMV kind of thing.
I installed the cinnamon variant. After looking at linux mint for a long time. The out of the box gui is jarringly different. Some of the menu text is coloured blue and some white. I just downloaded an new theme that made it more comfortable.
My install did not add windows to the grub menu. i knew how to add it. This could be a problem for new linux users. This is not a new problem, it happened in 10.8 too.
I like the AUR support 'OTB'. This dramaticly expands your access to software.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-13
Votes: 24
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After using MxLinux for 6 months or more I can say its been and continues to be very stable, fast, and easy to use.
All my hardware was found right out the box and works without me having to scratch my head and ask questions to get everything up and running....it just works!
Lightweight so it doesn't bog the system down even older systems from around 2008 which is what i'm on.
Comes packed with a lot of stuff under the hood and by stuff i mean great apps.
I like the docks like the application Docky, don't like Plank at all but found a Dock called Cairo-Dock that works really really good on MxLinux and has plenty of themes LOVE IT.....GIVE MxLinux a go I believe you will love it ...by the way you can move the panel on MxLinux to the top, bottom whatever you like it comes loaded on the side but it does move.....right click the panel and move it.
For those who are new and don't know this distro is based on Debian stable (Debian 9) ...DON'T let the fact it is based on Debian run you off its not a bear to install and get software for like Debian is....you get all the stability and none of the headaches ....now that's a good deal.
BOTTOM LINE....it's a great distro, I use it on all my computers for everything and its just keeps on going ..Thank you to the MxLinux team for such a pleasant OS.
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Project: Linux Kodachi
Version: 4.1
Rating: 1
Date: 2018-10-12
Votes: 0
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I am talking about version 4.0
Here we have some real "experts" compiling this distro !!!
Although I found out that
username can be : "root" or "kodachi" and the
password : "r@@too"
it is no good to anyone if this anyone hasn't got the same
keyboard as the compiler has. One cannot get in !!!!!
I have a German keyboard where the @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ are in a different place than on a English keyboard for example. Therefore - I say it again - username and passwords are useless - even IF they were provided.
Is that so hard to understand ???????????
What's wrong with setting up the keyboard first and THEN ask for the stupid password ??
Who is going to steal what. Or - make the password 1234567890 - if you are too scared that somebody might pinch the distro. Then all keyboards can read it !!!
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Project: Elive
Version: 3.0.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-10-12
Votes: 0
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but it's so beautifull
take fun back to computing
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Project: deepin
Version: 15.7
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-10-12
Votes: 1
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Beautiful interface and fast system. The updates os system's version needs to be more stable.
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Project: Manjaro Linux
Version: stable
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-12
Votes: 9
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I started out with Ubuntu and Mint because they were recommended for starting out with Linux, but stuck on Windows for the most part for updated drivers and some Windows-only games like GTA 5. With the announcement of Steam Play a couple months ago, I tried Manjaro (top of distrowatch). I'm very glad I did, and now use it as my main OS.
I'm not really a fan of Gnome or Plasma. But Xfce is perfect: lean and fast yet feature-full and highly configurable and stable.
I don't need to install 3rd-party PPAs to get the latest Nvidia drivers, which is awesome. Selecting "non-free" when booting live USB installed latest Nvidia drivers automatically. These are kept updated with updates.
Updates are just about every week, and very smooth. One tricky part: sometimes there are config changes or replaced packages; review the update announcement before installing updates.
Searching and installing apps is simple with Pamac, even for AUR apps. Make sure you update before installing new packages tho. Also, some AUR apps are easier to install using "yay", or have flatpak versions (like Discord).
The old theme is kinda weird, but I really enjoy the new 18.0 themes. Very polished and modern.
Removing Windows feels like lifting a burden from my computer; it's never been this snappy. Thanks to Manjaro and Steam Play / Proton (pre-installed), I finally made the switch.
On a side note, not sure all reviews are for this distro. For example: Manjaro Xfce doesn't come with Midori installed. Firefox and Pulseaudio come pre-installed. If you have a problem, the forum has answers, and so far seems very welcoming to new users.
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Project: BunsenLabs Linux
Version: helium
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-12
Votes: 2
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Excelente distribución, buscaba combinar debian+openbox y bl cumple todas mis expectativas. Desarrolladores, sigan así.
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Project: antiX
Version: 17.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-12
Votes: 15
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Super fun distro. There are plenty tools to play with. It could be a great tool to fix systems
Stable, super fast, true lightweight, powerful.
Love it!
Thanks Antix team!
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Project: deepin
Version: 15.7
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-12
Votes: 1
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I love it! It has every thing a typical OS needs and looks so sweet
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Project: Manjaro Linux
Version: stable
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-12
Votes: 11
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Manjaro has been my daily driver for 6 years and it is by far the most user friendly product I have ever used in decades of computing. No operating system is perfect but Manjaro allows me to balance my workflow and get the job done. I love the hardware detection utility, the ability to choose the kernel I want and as an added bonus, I can easily build content from the Arch User Repository. Simply put, no other Linux distribution can offer me more than what Manjaro brings to the table... Stability, Convenience and Ease of use! WELL DONE!
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 18.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-10-12
Votes: 1
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Top of the line among Linux distros. It shows what a large community and development team can accomplish. No issues to speak of with 18.04 and even 18.10 Beta feels solid enough for everyday use.
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Project: Oracle Linux
Version: 7.5
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-10-12
Votes: 1
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I installed Oracle as a desktop workstation and as an alternative to CentOS and RHEL. It is one of the best enterprise distros because it has binary compatibility with RHEL but the kernel is much newer, almost as new as in ubuntu. I was able to install proprietary Nvidia graphics drivers without hassle, I mean everything like in CentOS. GUI is a little bit old but If you like KDE plasma 4 it is great choice. KDE can be strongly customized to your needs. Not many people use Oracle as a desktop but I strongly recommend it to a daily work. I don't play with fancy system stuff offered by many distributions, I just use my software on solid base. For me It would be amazing to have a choice to install newer GUI but anyway Oracle works nicely.
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Project: Lubuntu
Version: 18.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-12
Votes: 2
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I needed something lightweight that could help a person who was stuck with a Windows XP netbook (Gateway KAV60) that only had 1GB of RAM. I wanted to setup an easy to use system that would be secure. I had expected running the latest software on such an ancient machine to be barely passable, but L'ubuntu 18.04 (32-bit) more than met expectations. It runs much faster than XP ever did on this hardware, playing games, streaming video, and web browsing. For this particular niche, it was the perfect solution.
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Project: Antergos
Version: 18.10
Rating: 1
Date: 2018-10-11
Votes: 0
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- Cnchi often freezes.
- antergos-mirrorlists' defaults in iso do no work out of the box and there is only 1 enabled so there is no default fallback.
- cnchi fails to install bootloader and freezes
- sometimes after successful install, when you reboot it fails to boot due to missing partition for no reason
- install is slower compared to installing arch from command-line
the sad thing is that this issues are not isolated to this version only. This has been an issue in Antergos eversince i started using it to install Arch (17.x). If your installed sucessfully, good for you but it has more fails than successful installs
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Project: Emmabuntüs
Version: 9-1.03
Rating: 8
Date: 2018-10-11
Votes: 2
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I'm testting the Live ISO.
This is great! Booted up quickly and without problems. It's kind of a mix of xubuntu and debian.
A new name for the distro could be Xubian! Or maybe even Dexu!
It's a french Ubuntu!
Menus open fast in my i5-2400 at 3.GHZ, 8GB RAM and a older 320GB hard drive.
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Project: Proxmox
Version: 5.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-11
Votes: 0
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I love it and getting out of Vmware V-center umbrella and best option is free. and No pumps in your way.
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Project: Arch Linux
Version: 2011.08.19
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-11
Votes: 0
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Besides being somewhat harder to install and setup it's OS dream come true.
If You don't know how to install this system and setup graphical interface this system is not really for You. Not without slight effort. But time invested in overcoming those obstacles results in the best, most reliable and least bloated Operating System You can get. Bare minimum and works flawlessly.
10/10 for those who know what they're doing.
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Project: Kubuntu
Version: 18.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-11
Votes: 3
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Amazing distro. Very fast, stable and so versatile and customizable, yet still easy to handle.
A lot better than gnome based distros. Abandoning KDE was the biggest mistake Mint could do. I have tried Cinnamon for a while, but hey, that is not even slightly a competition to KDE Plasma.
I am so happy Kubuntu exists, and with 18.04 they did such a great job regarding stability. A joy to work with! I would give 20 of 10 if possible.
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Project: Elive
Version: 3.0.0
Rating: 5
Date: 2018-10-11
Votes: 0
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Install it is big a problem. Very hard to install.
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Project: Manjaro Linux
Version: 17.1.12
Rating: 2
Date: 2018-10-11
Votes: 0
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Ive been seeing Manjaro on the top of Distrowatch for a while, and have heard good things about it and pacman, so I figured I would give it a shot.Tried both the KDE and GNOME flavors.
I downloaded both ISOs and flashed them onto USB sticks using rufus. I use my own naming conventions, so renamed the flash drives after rufus finished. BIG MISTAKE! DON'T RENAME!
It turns out, Manjaro is made to not boot if the media insterted has the wrong name. After pulling my hair out in confusion for an hour I figured this out, renamed the flash drives, and was able to boot.
Installer worked fine.
Not a fan of the OS. There is simply too much crap installed! Everything felt laggy and glitchy. maybe the XFCE version is better, but I dont even care to try after trying both GNOME and KDE and seeing all the issues with the underlying OS. Its not worth it. I threw MXLinux with XFCE on one PC and ElementaryOS on another as replacements and everything flies now.
Don't waste your time. If you are here for the Arch base, get Antergos instead. Or better yet, go for a Debian base :)
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Project: Arch Linux
Version: current
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-11
Votes: 0
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Arch is one of the best Linux distro for technical minded people. It is not always easy to maintain but it is very flexible and powerful.
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Project: Kubuntu
Version: 18.04
Rating: 6
Date: 2018-10-11
Votes: 6
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Nice desktop with bad updates. I could not reboot nor shutdown after the last ubuntu update. Many people like Ubuntu but I prefer more stable distros or ubuntu derivates which filter the update mess.
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