Project: Peppermint OS
Version: 10
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-19
Votes: 0
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The only distro that has honestly never let me down. It's not that pretty, it don't smell good but you gotta have it. But seriously, it is really worth the time to tweak to your specifications. And for those who keep screaming about ICE RTFM, it's really a handy feature not some sell out to Evil-Corp. Very friendly community with quick responses as well.
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Project: Condres OS
Version: 19.06
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-18
Votes: 0
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A few glitches I had to work out after install but once I did it is very stable and fast. Surprised this isn't more popular.
Loaded the Gnome version but switched it to the MATE DE. That went extremely smooth.
I like it, going to give it a go as my daily driver and see how it does
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Project: Linux Mint
Version: 19.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-18
Votes: 1
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I have been using the Cinnamon version of Linux Mint 19.1 for some time now. I didn't have any problems right now, thank you very much to the developer team.
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Project: KANOTIX
Version: nightly
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-06-18
Votes: 0
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Running kanotix64-spitfire-nightly-KDE-special, On a Dell E6520 with an i5 and 8GB RAM. Downloaded June 13, 2019.
I am really not sure why this is not more popular. It is one the easiest to install and configure.
A couple of glitches which is why I gave it an 8
Once it settles down it is stable and quick.
It handles 3rd party drivers, Broadcom and Nvidia, way better than Debian
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Project: Zorin OS
Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-18
Votes: 0
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Excellent updates, probably the best looking linux distro out of the box. shows what gnome can actually be
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Project: Feren OS
Version: 2019.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-18
Votes: 0
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I thought all other distress were just too confusing. This linux is perfect for a gamer like me who likes the look and feel of windows, but actually wants to have control of my os.
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Project: PCLinuxOS
Version: 2019.06
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-18
Votes: 6
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Works great, love this distro. Great people on the forum and a magazine.A Huge thanks to Tex for countless hours put into packaging and answering questions. Also plenty of additional packages in synaptic.
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Project: Gentoo Linux
Version: unstable
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-18
Votes: 0
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I have loved this distro since the early days and it does exactly what I want in a logical and clear way. It automates some of the tedious bits but always keeps you connected to the roots. Easy to fault find. Easy to live with every day. I love Gentoo!
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Project: deepin
Version: 15.10.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-18
Votes: 0
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Some minor adjustments to be done but easy and pleasant to use.
Thank you all people that contributed to this quality product.
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Project: Zorin OS
Version: 15
Rating: 5
Date: 2019-06-18
Votes: 0
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US$39 for that???
Bodged.. Finished in a hurry and poorly tested.
Linux Mint Cinnamon is way better, more stable and FREE to whatever donation we feel like giving and don't ming giving more than $39 for that distro for sure..!!
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Project: Zorin OS
Version: 15
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-06-18
Votes: 0
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slows down with updates and stops,I am disappointed, I expected to be better, but it's a lot worse......
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Project: deepin
Version: 15.10.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-18
Votes: 4
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true its much more beautiful safer, very easy to use gorgeus core well made. just amazing, perfect ;)
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Project: Endless OS
Version: 3.6.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-18
Votes: 0
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I keep coming back to Endless for it's paired-down but useful apps. I am neither a super-enthusiast or a coder. I don't need access to hundreds of obscure apps like, for example, antenna design. Endless has popular Flatpaks for writing, listening to music, watching movies, online shopping, etc.
While I appreciate some of the "learning" opportunities, I spend more time editing photos, scanning, and saving text tidbits with RedNotebook. If one had (a) kids and (b) really bad Internet,the full version could be very useful.
It works well with my 2 GB Acer "cloudbook," although it sometimes hangs up on these specific machines while loading. My ThinkPad has no problem. I probably need to fix my BIOS settings or GRUB on the Acers.
My key-based controls for sound, etc. work and WiFi was perfect.
Especially nice is the install and uninstall of apps. Still looking for a true offline WYSIWYG web page maker.
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Project: Linux Mint
Version: 3-LMDE
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-06-17
Votes: 0
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A good solution to have a stable cinnamon environment compatible with a new application. An easy and friendly version of the stable Debian stable with elegance, but there are still, Bugs that will be, I hope, corrected in LMDE 4 CINNAMON, soon during this year 2019 !!!
Hi CLEM and its developer partners ...
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Project: openSUSE
Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-17
Votes: 2
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best distro which I had. strongly recommend.
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Project: Linux Mint
Version: 3-LMDE
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-06-17
Votes: 0
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I have the same problem with LMDE3 not connecting to wired connection on a laptop. Even after re-configuring the network manager I could not get it to connect to the internet, so I uninstalled LMDE and installed mint 19.1 mate and now am able to connect to internet. This seems to be a long lasting bug that never has been corrected.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 18.3
Rating: 3
Date: 2019-06-17
Votes: 1
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I tried because they praised so much, but I could not find anything exciting for a mid-level linux user. I'm going back to Linux Mint.
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Project: PCLinuxOS
Version: 2019.06
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-17
Votes: 5
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This version (2019.06) has a number of improvements from the version a month before. The distro runs fast and stable and has a well thought out set of applications with it. PCLinuxOS will make a comeback if they keep producing versions like this one. It's a nice step up!
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Project: Debian
Version: 9
Rating: 5
Date: 2019-06-17
Votes: 1
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Debian Live_System 9.9 Cinnamon looked good, but the installation is too complicated.
I have not been able to install Bootloader properly, tried different settings, nothing worked, gave up.
The choices are a bit cryptic, not at all for beginners.
I have installed at least 20 different versions of Linux before, and the last time I had problems with the boot loader, it was about 10 years ago!
If the configuration and administration of the system is done this way too, it's not for me anyway ...
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Project: OpenMandriva Lx
Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-17
Votes: 4
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The previous reviewer is looking for things that aren't there, but that do have alternatives -- OpenMandriva does have a graphical package manager (it's dnfdragora, not synaptic), OpenMandriva does have firewall tools (using firewalld rather than gufw), and you can absolutely do anything to change the look. (Probably trying to do something the Unity or Gnome way in KDE? KDE can do everything they can do and then some, but you find the tools in different places.)
I'm not missing anything, and I haven't even enabled the "unsupported" repositories yet.
I'm on 4.0-rc right now and am currently downloading 4.0 final - can't wait (even though the updates to 4.0-rc probably already match 4.0 final).
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Project: Obarun
Version: 2019.05
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-17
Votes: 1
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Obarun is basically Arch just better. Expect to be confronted with everything that this implies:
You will not have a fully automated graphical installer doing everything for you and then boot directly into X.
Installation is a very verbose and well made shell script. The live image will not log you automatically into any X session. As long as you read up on basic Linux stuff you will be full of joy with having found Obarun.
Service management is not only a breeze but you can actually simply read any service file and understand easily what it executes.
One feature I have never seen in any distro is the possibility to group services into chunks for specific tasks. This is incredible for networking on demand, different development platforms on the fly etc.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 18.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-17
Votes: 6
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I have tried so many distro's I can not remember them all. I started with Ubuntu 10 years ago and have always had a laptop with Ubuntu on it while I distro hopped. I enjoyed Unity, did not see the problems that everyone complained about and was very excited when Canonical tried convergence. But that did not happen and Unity was abandoned.
I was more than a little uneasy when Gnome was chosen as the default desktop,but tried it, I have to say it is perfect for what I do. It is still my daily driver after 10 years (yeah, I suffered through printer, wireless and other issues in the early years, but in the last several distro's Ubuntu is just rock solid. It installs every driver, every update without breaking and I have run one particular laptop over one year and have NO problems at all with it.
Everyone that is complaining about boot times, speed, sluggishness etc. must not remember the multitude of problems, broken packages and desk pounding when installing Linux on any machine just a few short years ago.
I do not need to install my printer (Ubuntu picks it up automatically), my wireless (ditto) and my display drivers are loaded for me now. It recognizes multiple monitors without a hitch. It is just so easy now to install and use I just take it for granted. That says a lot since I am critical of distro's that are not rock solid and basically invisible to the user.
There is the rumor flying around that eventually Canonical will abandon the desktop. I hope that is not true. Ubuntu does everything Win 10 does for me and I always contribute when I download a new LTS version.
Ubuntu is the "every-man" distro in my book.Long live Ubuntu!!!!!
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 18.3
Rating: 7
Date: 2019-06-17
Votes: 0
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Works good. Tried out several non-systemd distros, MX is middle of the pack. Void and Devuan are better. However, came to complain about one thing: conky. Both antiX and MX put conky on the desktop by default. Who wants this monstrosity on their desktop? The only way I could uninstall it was by zeroing out everything in the config file.
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Project: Solus
Version: 4.0
Rating: 2
Date: 2019-06-16
Votes: 0
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I tried to install Solus 4 on my old macbook from 2009 like many other linux distros before. Befor this I had on this macbook Zorin, Linux Mint 18.3 und fedora 30 without any problem. The live session of Solus 4.0 showed no problems, so I decided to install ist on the computer. Then came up an error message about the hdd while the installer partioned or formatted the hdd and I thought I had interrupted this process. When I tried to reboot the macbook with the fedora, which was on the macbook before or with any other distribution on usb-flah-drive, I couldn't see any effort any more. I noticed, that the bios-like-system on the old macbook was damaged and I can't install anything on this macbook any more. This is a sad result.
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Project: Peach OSI
Version: 19.4.18.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-16
Votes: 1
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The display worked on my Dad's Asus laptop with the dreaded SIS graphics. other distros had a default of 600x450 but Peach OSI displayed it at 1024x768 which is not quite the resolution of the screen but a lot better
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Project: Linux Mint
Version: 3-LMDE
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-06-16
Votes: 0
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Will not connect to wired internet on my dell laptop.
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Project: Bluestar Linux
Version: 5.1.9
Rating: 5
Date: 2019-06-16
Votes: 0
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iy looks like nice and beautiful, but I prefer other GUI. I don´t like KDE, it is a little heavy.
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Project: ArcoLinux
Version: 19.06.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-16
Votes: 5
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Been distrohoppin' the last year or so, found my way to Arch, then to Arco. Killed all Win installs on all computers and installed Arco on all machines, never looked back. Now im not an expert, my comments are based on everyday stuff I deal with and how this affected my work.
pros
- user friendly GUI
- Xfce runs like a charm, did not try the other platforms
- support from devs is pretty solid, very forthcoming and usually try to help if the question is ArcoLinux related. A lot of videos on youtube
cons
- too many colors, christ i sometimes feel like being on an LSD trip when going through so many options
- current install package has an issue with Erase Disk, leaves some unused space, does not let install occur as it should
Overall would recommend. Package would be even more awesome if it would come with Code-OSS, Lutris and Discord.
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Project: Mageia
Version: 6
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-16
Votes: 6
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I have been a Slackware user for many years but dropped it off owing to the time lag between stable releases. Mageia was a random pick as a substitute but it was a good pick.
Pros:
Although those coming from Slackware-like distros shall feel some lack of control (control which comes with doing everything by hand) but you get almost everything done via GUI (Mageia Control Centre) which is good for novice Linux users.
Plasma, Mate and i3 work beautifully on 3 old desktops (two Core 2 Duo and one Core 2 Quad).
One click installation of software.
Huge software repository
Cons:
Had to reinstall Plasma and VLC after conflicting dependency installation by OpenVPN.
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Project: BackBox Linux
Version: 6
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-16
Votes: 2
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Beautiful working out of the box system. Plenty of system tools and lots of pen testing stuff included. Most importantly for me it offered a smooth gui interface for dual boot during install.
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Project: deepin
Version: 15.10.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-15
Votes: 0
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Beautiful graphics, this is my first time using Deepin and i love it.
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Project: deepin
Version: 15.10.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-15
Votes: 16
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faster than any distro, more secure, more beautiful and so simple for everyone even user that do not know anything about linux just its so amazing, perfect!!!!
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Project: Zorin OS
Version: 15
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-06-15
Votes: 3
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froze some times at the updates...thats not very good...
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Project: Manjaro Linux
Version: 18.0.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-15
Votes: 15
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Manjaro get together the good part of both ubuntu and arch. I really like it!
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Project: Devuan GNU+Linux
Version: unstable
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-15
Votes: 18
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I have Ceres (unstable) running on this my main office computer and Ascii (stable) running on a couple of family computers I have to look after.
If you like or liked Debian, but not systemd and the web it has woven, then think of this as if that had never happened. The only real loss is Gnome, but it doesn't effect me as I personally can't stand it.
It is like Debian, pretty much the same level of knowledge required, it instantly looks familiar, but with many of the lost choices and flexibility that is missing from Debian post-systemd still there.
Stable is stable and unstable at this point in time is stable enough for my use and better than most "stable" distributions I have tried recently.
It reflects well on the great work of the Devuan devs and also the work of Debian devs from which it is forked.
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Project: Solus
Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-15
Votes: 2
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I'm using Solus 4.0 Gnome since many months. I can put my experience in one word : awesome ! Light, fast (very fast, I was very suprised by the boot time of around 10 sec from the moment where I press start button and when I arrive to my desk), stable, up-to-date (Gnome 3.32 is very optimized). I've founded all my favorites softwares, even if I agree they are quite basics. Keep going devs !
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 18.3
Rating: 3
Date: 2019-06-15
Votes: 0
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Work in progress, at best! Easy looking, but incomplete installation (just try to change the default English language!), which needed fixes to boot up reasonably fast, followed by very unreliable operation in my experience (particularly USB).
This distro is meant to impress the geeky part in everyone of us, with that pointless, but very conspicuous 'conky' on the desktop. Apart from that, the xfce desktop is not bad at all, and is actually the best part of the experience.
Not to be recommended to convert a windows user to linux! There are much better distributions for that in my opinion.
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Project: Zorin OS
Version: 15
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-14
Votes: 2
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Installed Zorin 15 when it was first released. Worked perfectly out of the box. Has great driver support. Ubuntu 19.04 didn't work for me, for some reason, but Zorin nailed it.
The interface is really clean and similiar to Windows. If you like a traditional interface it's great. It also doesn't spy on you like Ubuntu or some other big named distro's, which is comforting for sure.
For a modern machine, it's the best Linux distribution I have used to date. Perfect for a beginner, or even someone who just doesn't have time so setup something more complicated. It looks really good and is really rock solid.
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Project: Kubuntu
Version: 19.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-14
Votes: 3
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I'm sold on KDE. The latest Kubuntu version (19.04) is a fantastic desktop; stable, fast, gorgeous, customizable to the nth degree, and feature filled. It would be better if it was a rolling release distro, but I don't mind installing a new version every six months. I have it down to a science. Zip zip and I'm up and running again.
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Project: openSUSE
Version: 15.1
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-06-14
Votes: 0
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It runs well from an external USB disk (1TB) to keep original Windows system on laptop hard drive. Also used on a number of smaller USB memory sticks, so I can operate out-side my main system. I have used openSUSE for about 12 years on and off but consistently these last 3 years. YaST is great for a non-programmer, or CLI expert.
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Project: elementary OS
Version: 5.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-14
Votes: 3
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Most linux distros are geeky and that isn't a bad thing. But Elementary OS manages to give you the customization and power of Linux but in a very beautiful easy-to-use environment. This distro is great for putting on relatives old laptops to bring new life to old hardware while not scaring them away with the heaviness that can be switching to Linux.
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Project: Linux Mint
Version: 19.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-14
Votes: 1
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I have been a Linux Mint user for years! I started out with Ubuntu 9 when I decided to get away from Windows after the introduction of Windows 8! I have tried various Linux distros but always kept coming back to Linux Mint because of the Windows 7 similarity and Cinnamon is my DE of choice! The reason I only gave Linux Mint 19.1 a 9 rating is because I do not like icon design/layout in Nemo 4.0.6! I prefer the icon design/layout in Nemo 3.8.6 in Linux Mint 19! If I could find a way to use Nemo 3.8.6 in Linux Mint 19.1 as opposed to Nemo 4.0.6, then I would give it a solid 10!!!
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 18.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-14
Votes: 16
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Just got back into Linux recently. I decided to dual boot a linux distro on my older laptop, and I was originally going to go with Mint, but after doing some research I decided to settle with MX. I can't say enough good things about it. Its not nearly as buggy as a lot of the distros I've tried in the past, and the community is lively and responsive. I would highly recommend MX to anyone getting back into Linux in 2019.
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Project: Fedora
Version: 30
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-14
Votes: 0
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Gnome drags this venerable old distro down.. but that can be worked with. Fedora 30 is solid, the pros being just plain nice and polished and easy to use. Any cons I feel for it have to do mostly with Gnome's silliness and not-so-user friendly ways of going about things. But, even with that said, I'm configuring Gnome to my liking and sticking with Fedora through its next major update just to see how it goes. It has been too many years of distro hopping, so I'm giving this great old project a big chance.
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Project: antiX
Version: 19-beta1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-14
Votes: 37
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Based on debian buster and still no systemd . That's great. i wish i could give rating higher than 10.
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Project: Pop!_OS
Version: 19.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-14
Votes: 7
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Does everything right. Especially nvidia driver support.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 18.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-14
Votes: 8
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I dual boot and mainly use MX-18.3 as a backup to a KDE distro. On the few occasions I use it the distro runs great, fast and stable with no problems.
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Project: UBports
Version: 16.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-06-14
Votes: 0
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It's my daily driver and i'm relay happy using it on my Nexus 5 and OPO.
Waiting forward to support Android package ;)
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Project: Zorin OS
Version: 15
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-14
Votes: 0
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Zorin OS 15 looks awesome, more speedy than ex versions, and things are more connected. In fact, its Zorin Connect works great out of the box with your Android mobile phone.
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Project: Zorin OS
Version: 15
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-14
Votes: 4
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Best distribution I've tried so far (Linux Mint, Ubuntu, KDE Plasma ....).
The interface is very nice and intuitive to use.
Only partitions are not recognized by the live system BTRFS, therefore no 10 points
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