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EasyOS
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Reader supplied reviews for EasyOS
Average rating
8.9 from 32 review(s)
Version: 6.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-07-18
Votes: 7
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I have been a user of puppyLinux for years starting with version 5.2.8 and going to version 10.0.6
I have used easyOS 4.5 and I found it rather different to use and I really wasn't to pleased with its odd way of doing things.
Recently I decided to give easyOS v6.0 the latest version a try. I downloaded it from the website as an image file.
Next the .img file was flashed to a 32Gb using the Balena Etcher application.
Booting was done using UEFI secure boot. It formed a boot loop with another UEFI secure boot operating system (LMDE)
So I think easyOS can bios boot if you can make it the only UEFI secure boot or alter the grub settings.
I switched over to BIOS boot and the process went smoothly. You can also make a password to boot up.
In this old fashioned themed operating system, I found a rich version of applications already preloaded. All one had to
do was look through the extensive menu. Chromium was there as the browser, LibreOffice already installed. A multitude of
media players and convertors. There were even four different package managers. Additional browsers such as Firefox, Chrome,
Vivaldi can be downloaded through the SFS system. There was also a unique file system that was saved on the flash drive.
There are lots more things I can say about easyOS. I saved Balena Etcher, documents, downloads, media files to this flash drive.
I made it to a ready to use utility tool. I felt like I was rediscovering puppyLinux all over again but it was now way more powerful
and easy to use. Basic apps were built in and you only had to study the menus to find them.
With this in mind I give easyOS version 6 a 10/10.
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Version: 6.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-07-11
Votes: 3
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I feel the current rating 8.8 to be a fair rating. I began following the easy os for a while and decided to down load the img file and installed it to a usb for live use with persistance offered at end of each shutdown or manually. All ways work extremely fast, depending on how many new files your saving. Please note, easy os is loaded into the system ram, including new files whilst online, they can be downloaded onto the live usb. Note, there are different modes of use for easy, such as "all to system ram" and "no use of drives or partitions (for privacy)", no information made available through the browser nor hard drive or usb", though files can still be downloaded to another drive, choice is yours, so if you save a new bookmark, for example, it will NOT be saved unless a bookmark back up is saved, and this must be either on the live usb or another drive. This is not a limitation to using easy, just unplug the live usb your currently running, when ready to save, and then re-plug the usb, download your updated bookmarks or files, then unplug again and you are back your privacy settings. Easy os could be used for a novice, though there is a learning curve needed to utilize this amazingly fast and secure operating system. I was rather dubious about using puppy initially, as first appearance is more like a kid's operating system with an old retro look and smiley icons! Was I in for a shock, I had already been using Linux since 2000, many many different flavored operating systems, that Linux offers, so coming across one of the latest pup developments, easy os, my life has changed, not only is this little speedy os offering the very latest in privacy and security that has been developed (in Australia), that so early in the development, can offer such a robust, stable and speedy use. Updating may be down by a five year old, using the settings and installing, a ten year old could do! Thanks to the team responsible, best os out there, thank you
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Version: 6.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-06-23
Votes: 6
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It is very good in general. Easy and very fast.
Very easy to install and open it from a usb pendrive.
A little vintage in GUI design.
Y have some difficulties to find and install new software. Iy includes small repositories. There is no software storage or online libraries.
But you don't loss everything between sessions. You can install software and save files, and re-open them later. I have installed a new web browser, and a new office suite; and downloaded a lot of documents. All of them remains saved in the 'files' folder.
So, shortly: fast, light-weight and easy to use.
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Version: 5.7
Rating: 8
Date: 2024-06-19
Votes: 6
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version 5.8.3
This isn't called EasyOS for nothing, it really is easy. I installed it on a 32Gb fast sandisk USB stick using Rufus, this took only a minute or two. Booting from the USB stick was very quick, you are then lead along an initial setup for keyboard language, timezone etc. I installed Firefox as this is my preferred browser.
For anyone not familiar with EasyOS or Puppy Linux, the initial appearance might look a little strange, but don't let that put you off. This is fast and easy to setup and use.
Typically I use MX Linux on my PC and laptop and on several machines at work. MX provides a system for creation of bootable USB sticks for portable use, I've used these for a few years without issue. For the past week I've used EasyOS for my portable needs and it also has proved to be excellent.
If you have use for a portable OS, or you want to kick up the performance of a slow machine then I don't think you'll be disappointed with EasyOS.
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Version: 5.7
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-02-04
Votes: 22
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She's a little beauty, lightning boot up to desktop time after time, Updating and Rollback works very well and easy to implement, just follow the prompts, other software included is zappy and clean, makes for a functional Desktop, Claw's mail has the bells & whistles you need with built in Spam protection. Setting up the Desktop and your personal settings is clear and easy to get you up and running. Everything works! For enhanced Security and Privacy is the Container Management Options or the option to boot-up into, a fully locked down desktop you can use until the setting is changed back manually, this can be done from the right click menu, in Shutdown.
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Version: 5.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-12-07
Votes: 19
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A compact and lightweight distribution with some exceptional features:
- Works with the root user out of the box, so there's no need of issueing sudo / gksudo commands and typing a password countless times for launching programs
- Can be easily installed on a USB stick and used on multiple systems with a single installation. It is also possible to backup the configured and customized system from the USB stick to an internal or external drive relatively easily.
- Security oriented
- Very lightweight. Also suitable for non very powerful hardware.
- Great hardware compatibility. Most laptops and desktops will work flawlessly.
- The session is eventually saved when the system is shut down. This makes it suitable for USB sticks (flash memories generally speaking), 'cause the file system won't be written all the time. The user is also free not to save the session when the system is shut down, so that no changes will be saved to the disk (including wrongly installed foreign packages, for example).
- Password encrypted file system.
- It is possible to add sfs files to the system and run them on a chosen level. There are also sfs files for gaining the ability to compile programs or adding device drivers.
- The window manager (JVM) is very lightweight.
- Despite compactness, lots and lots of open source office, utility and multimedia software included.
- Support for Flatpaks and Appimages.
- Automatically scans and detects network shares.
- Possibility to display and control the screen of an Android device on the desktop.
- It's a Puppy fork and therefore it's a Debian derivative: it will be anyway possible to install most foreign deb packages.
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Version: 5.4
Rating: 6
Date: 2023-09-17
Votes: 1
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It may be a brillant OS/project, it looks nice, but I found a few nasty things.
The USB-stick, prepared with Rufus, can not be/stay in a USB-port with Windows running. Rebooting from a running Windows, with the prepared USB-stick in an USB-port results in an endless loop.
At the date I tried the last EasyOS, Chromium was of an older version, the actual Chromium (and Chrome) had just had crash-updates. EasyOS did not update Chromium.
The options to download the latest Firefox and Vivaldi did not work.
So potentially internet-browsing with the given Chromium could be unsafe.
The prepared USB-stick (with EasyOS) can not be wiped/reformatted with a Windows-program (so also not with Rufus). So potentially an USB-stick with EasyOS, can not be used any more for something else (when you want to dismiss EasyOS).
However I succeeded to get rid of EasyOS and make the USB-stick Windows-usable, using a bootable GParted CD (keep MS-Dos partition table (anything else crashes GParted with the USB-stick), delete the partitions on the USB-stick, create new FAT32-partition).
I think a bootable DVD or USB-stick can better be made with a "big" supplier, daily/weekly build from Ubuntu or Fedora or Tails.
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Version: 5.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-09
Votes: 4
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An experimental Linux distribution. Yes! Security. Absolutely !!
Total isolation in RAM, built-in firewall, you can customize with GUI-base menu or iptables, containerize apps and desktops, and secure Internet browser with add-ons and plug-ins.
I use EasyOS primarily for secure Internet browsing and web-base applications. JWM-ROX is new to me, so it is a new learning experience. EasyOS has numerous GUI-based applications built-in, everything you will need is installed. If something is missing, there are four package managers you can install the needed software. I use EasyOs on a live USB media and save sessions to the USB media as necessary.
Documentation is a plus on the EasyOS website. The developer is working on a Youtube channel (work in progress) for video instructions.
The defense-in-depth security model is a solution I always look for in a Linux distribution. I rather be relative-secure than sorry-safe !! There is no ABSOLUTE security with the right actor or hacker.
Thank you EasyOS !!!
Intermediate Linux User
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Version: 5.4
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-06-12
Votes: 2
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Quiet a nice little distro, very snappy, a heap of great software (plenty of choices} choose what you want, easy install, easy uninstall, use the lock down set up or standard. Just as fast as MX though by default, you must choose a password at install, this is better security and the way to go I believe for ALL distros. Wallpapers are very ordinary.
red-shift continually changes settings every time you connect to a power source which is quite annoying, so I removed it completely. This and blue tooth should be included in the 'start-up apps' to run or not depending on the user? Icons choice like wallpaper leaves little to desire, but hey, a great distro with a ton of software, choices, and security conscious, gets my thumbs up!
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-05-09
Votes: 3
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I have tried this disto sometime ago, and I think it was the Buster release. I didn't find the time to explore all its features, and as it was still quite a new experimental distro, I wanted to wait for it to develop further into a mainstream distro.
I like using distros that are able to run from a USB flashdrive (with persistence), and so this time around, I spent quite a bit of exploring with the Kirkstone version, and I can say that I'm pleased with its performance thus far. It's easy to instal on a USB flashdrive, it's lightweight, very fast, and I also like that it offers the option to choose to install Chromium or Firefox as your main browser.
One of its main features, i.e. containerization provides isolation (whenever it's needed) that protects the system from any sort infection that could be caused by malicious malware or viruses that might manage to get through, especially when browsing the internet.
Further, it provides 4 package managers, namely, PKGget, SFSget, Appi and Flapi, and applications can be installed to the main file-system or in their own containers, which ever one prefers.
Its Easy Version Control, makes it really convenient to take a snapshot of a session, or roll back to an earlier snapshot or version if the need arises - like the time I got into trouble, when I turned off my computer without realizing I hadn't finished saving the session completely during shut down.
I still have quite a bit to learn about this distro before I can comfortably say that I'm good at it, but I'm enjoying my experience getting to know it a little better as each day passes. and I am hopeful whilst at the same time, certain that the developer, Barry Kauler, will to continue to improve this fantastic distro.
Thank you, Barry, for this wonderful experience!
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-03-15
Votes: 8
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I have been using EasyOS for the last 3 years (on USB installations) and think it is one of the most reliable distro's out there:
*An absolute breeze to setup on a USB install (if you already have experience installing some of the other newbie distro's previously - such as Ubuntu, Mint, Sparky or MX Linux.
*I Love to boot EasyOS from RAM only, which really increases your online security by reverting back to the original state on each reboot - super safe - and from what Barry says locks the system down so it can't be tampered / changed by malware. It is easy to revert back to save any updates on the USB if you need to : )
*One of the few SystemD free distributions remaining - Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, Fedora, Arch, Mint, EndeavourOS, they all use systemd. Some security concerned commenators voice their concern about the ever-expanding systemd. Its apparently has a huge number of lines of code will have future security vulnerabilities waiting to be exploited by well resourced agencies.
*Portable - carry a personal computer around on a USB - so convenient!
*Hoping the New Puppy-like Logo remains - as it then shows it's lineage/heritage - from the original of Puppy Linux creator Barry Kauler.
*This one of the few true original linux distributions out there - not based on any other distribution (eg: Ubuntu, MX Linux, or Mint, MX Linux, Linux Lite or Sparky, which are built on Debian, or all the other distro's out there based on Arch, Fedora or OpenSUSE).
*The only downside / sad thing, is that Chromium has been prioritised over the Firefox browser in this latest release EasyOS 5.0; hopefully Firefox will resume to be the preferred browser again soon. However, there is a download link built into the internet menu on EasyOS 5.0, which makes installing Firefox browser very easy - just have to remover the Chromium packages via menu SetUp Menu then ; )
*As EasyOS is built to be a modernised & more secure version of Puppy Linux - I would be ever so grateful if someone could help Barry and release an online guide on how to set up a WireGuard connection to help further protect the users online privacy and security (eg: MITM attacks). Surveillance capitalism has taken over and I would like to limit the out of control tracking that is currently happening. As Barry essentially builds this alone, that would be my one wish for someone with the knowledge to help out with future help guide on how setup a WireGuard config file on EasyOS.
*The .img file works fine! I use this on old and new hardware and it works fine - not missing the ISO format : )
Thank you Barry Kauler - what a legend for Australia - he should be nominated for the Order of Australia in 2024!
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Version: 2.6.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-03-09
Votes: 1
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Writing this using EasyPup Ver: 2.5.1
EasyPup has been left behind by it's creator Barry Kauler to develop EasyOS but EasyPup is a good way into EasyOS as it available as an .iso so can be run from a CD
Using EasyPup to install EasyOS to a USB stick or hard drive is that much easier
For those that find a live CD OS useful the EasyPup package manager will download and run Firefox ver: 91.12.0
Only when CUPS has stopped or doesn't support a printer have I ever had printing problems (with a working printer)
EasyOS and EasyPup are not for reflashing your phone. But as a desktop OS even the colours GIMP have displayed have been good on most laptops I've used, but do check the colours of your own installation. Libre Office has always run well .
Even today on my old Intel dual core kit it's a pleasure to use older Easy OSs due to how quick they are. Using Firefox with 2GB RAM and a decent Pentium 4 became a problem for me about a year ago but 4GB works fine on my dual core laptops, especially if Bleachbit is used now and then when online.
What EasyOS's 'containers' offer is something very different
9th March 2023
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-02-26
Votes: 2
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EasyOS is a true power-horse, the best way to use the net.
My experience with Easy OS started with 4.4
defining the best way to use the net, surviving
constant net attacks people are unaware off.
Using containers with limiting disk access.
5.0 continues that trend with a single flaw,
I've found on the 4.4 series: Cannot build
a new WWW container that works.
Made a copy of it, to use Opera.
Never worked on a container (never starts).
This difficulty, being limited to available
containers, on 5.0 become problematic.
Do not want to use the Google Browser.
This forced me to go back to 4.55, in spite
knowing 5.0 has improvements.
For the improvements, and the system a 10.
For not being able to use Firefox, not Opera, a 9.
Must be fair to the system, in spite my inability to
make them work, we keep the overall system score.
Surely that will be noticed, and altered.
Cannot thank enough to the author, for the best
transportable Linux, as well as a safe one.
Puppy Linux got a fine child, near adult.
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Version: 4.5
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-02-19
Votes: 6
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It has a really nice user interface. I can say that it is very fast. It is an extraordinarily nice distro, but it is difficult to install on a hard disk, the explanation on their site is not good at all. I guess they say try our distro but don't install it on your hard drive. It's not intelligible. I'm sure a lot of people are waiting for an installable version and an ISO file. It also needs to add more language options. I hope they take our requests into consideration.
I would like to thank the team that made EasyOS, I wish them all the best of luck.
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Version: 4.5
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-01-20
Votes: 5
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Great distro with a more modern look and feel than its predecessor Puppylinux. I have been a puppy fan for a decade or more and this is truly the modern evolution of the project.
It really needs an easy way to install on your harddrive. While the distro is made to be simple and easy, it needs significant linux knowledge for beginners to install and use it. \
My stick is out of space so I am unable to get any of the updates and am stuck at 4.5.4. As soon as I buy a new drive, I will be installing the newest version.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-08-29
Votes: 3
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Intelligent Good Development at All
Light containers technology is awesome
Its Also Cover x86 tecno Thanks so so much for that
Incredible speed old to modern support almost all with fast
Its early state yet some apps not update well
Apps use static library so you could move to open everyway thats good alittle size up noting important much to me beside its conformatable
I belive all the stability issues will coverd and fix and hope soon this will be good succes becouse its realy hard work to make a new container system.
For now thanks very very much and good luck you doing everything well..
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-07-31
Votes: 8
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I am long time user of EasyOS (I started with the initial Pyro release). I installed version 4.3 and this latest version is much faster, very efficient and with very complete list of packages.
For those like me using a drive-less computer (an old laptop with no hard disk), it is a very interesting distribution. It can run fully in RAM like its puppies cousins, but can also be run in RAM with the session saved on a thumb drive. It uses Joe Windows Manager (JWM) and no heavy desktop. Look-and-feel is a little retro, but has progressed a lot since the Buster series of releases.
What is amazing is the light containers technology included in this distribution, very easy to configure. Among the amazing things you can do with this distribution : run the latest Firefox browser, very very fast, in a pre-configured container for safety. Run LibreOffice or a Puppy linux distribution in a container if you want to.
Alternatively, you can reboot in RAM and if you choose "Copy session to RAM and disable drives" you end up with the same distribution without containers, but with a lock-downed kernel with Zram already pre-configured. You can browse and do whatever you want, quite safely because the kernel is lockdowned (in confidentiality mode), and when you turn off the computer, it leaves no trace whatsoever.
The only down side is that some versions of software are old. For example, the evince pdf viewer is very old and does not support annotations and highlights.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 8
Date: 2022-06-17
Votes: 5
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Had to install Gimp and Vlc. Save bug fix does not work you have to manually save at shutdown. Libreoffice is older in Dunfell then Debian version. Gimp and Vlc are older in Dunfell then Debian.
A df check shows Dunfell to be larger than Debian with the same apps. Printing does not work ciorrectly from Firefox in Dunfell. I'd say drop Dunfell and work on Debian bookworm as the better version. I get a kick out of trying to have Denfell work ,but not. This version 4.1. I find it funny that Dunfell version is larger than the Debian when Debian works much better overall.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 8
Date: 2022-06-14
Votes: 1
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I tried and it a fun distro to explore.
It is a nice / new way getting things done with credible speed and sure to be a resurrection of old PCs, with some great wall papers and up to date libre-office apps.
It would be wondeful for the developer to share on how/why this distro has come in this directions of design and some wiki to show ropes for new user to understand how the developer had come this far making this distro an interesting one.
Despite 'Dunfell" having stability issues, hope soon this problem be improved soon.
'Dunfell' guide notes?
Last but not least , Well Done !
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-06-11
Votes: 1
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I had so many issues with 3.4.7 that I gave up on it and switched back to Q4OS, my old workhorse which unfortunately runs on SystemD which is just not my cup of tea. I chanced upon the latest version 4.0 and I am smitten. Seriously, this works like a charm. Everything presently is spot on which is why I have given it a 10. I shall edit this review after a few weeks when I face any trouble that I cannot take care of. For those who wish to know the hardare I am using; it is a ten year old Phenom system with much older peripherals. Have fun with this super super fast OS which runs entirely in RAM and the session is saved when shutting down if you ask it to.
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Version: 4.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-06-11
Votes: 0
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I gave a 10 for effort . I have 4.0 and 0.3 Debian which is an alpha and better than Dunfail. printing works in Debian, but not in Dunfail you have to do any printing from libreoffice by moving it from Firefox. Sound is good on both. The save app on Dunfail on desktop doesn't work correctly, you have mark the first radio, not the second as you would think. Scanning work in Debian, not in Dunfell. Debian is up to date on apps, Dunfell is out dated apps and very few apps in package manager. I injoy both, Debian just works the best. Dunfell is the smaller of the two at 1.05 gigs, Debian is 1.1 gigs.
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Version: 3.4.7
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-05-10
Votes: 5
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I have a newer AMD computer with a 5950X with 16 cores and with Dunfell I was getting nothing until 3.4.7. Barry’s kernels were not running well on this machine, it still doesn’t see 16 core, that’s not a big issue with this tiny Linux. It is only 20 mbs larger than Easy OS 2.6.2 Buster, both are around gigabyte or less in size.
Sound was the biggest issue and now it works, the best I have ever had on Linux.
I loaded 3.4,7 and boom! There it was. Xorg runs fine, resolution 2560x1440, it loads very easy now. My Network HP Printer almost works, just not off of Firefox. Libreoffice and Gimp, Both print ok from Firefox. Been watching
Doc Martin, it is funny how a little sound helps.
I have added many small things like a custom graduation golden desktop theme, open and closing sounds to desktop, xcompmgr is installed and running well. Sleep and Monitor off work. JWM works better than KDE with more control over its fine points. After 17 yrs. a hair more zoom (like Printing directly from Firefox) and this would be my standard OS and is a 10 score. I love playing with this OS.
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Version: 2.6.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-07
Votes: 0
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2.6.2 Easy OS is a very good operating system, the sound works well, the network HP printer works very well. it is easy to modify to my liking.
It is based on Debian which is good, the Buster version is getting a little long in the tooth, but run very great on my newest computer which is an AMD Ryzen 9 5950X. All apps are OK still, I have VLC installed from the package manager.
I'am very sorry to say, I have tried Dunfell and it runs very poorly. no sound, no network printer, many little bugs. I'll keep trying Dunfell, but so far it is a failure, I have deleted all the Dunfells to date. I wish Berry would update Buster to Bullseye Debian a solid base. drop Dunfell as a failed attempt.
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Version: 3.4.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-04
Votes: 5
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I tried Easy Os from its first versions, and I didn't like anything about Puppy Linux; In addition, they had many bugs. But I have tested this latest version on new hardware (adm Athlon, rtl8821ce) and it works great: EVERYTHING works, absolutely EVERYTHING, and it is better prepared than Puppy: kernel 5.15, it recognizes my wifi card, it recognizes my printer, it has a modern look, it comes with firefox pre-installed (and not "palemoon", which is lightweight, but useless for today's internet). In the first versions I gave Easy Linux a bad grade, but today I just give it a 10. It deserves it.
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Version: 3.2.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-01-28
Votes: 13
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I consider Barry Kauler the guru of making computing simple for everybody, and in EasyOS he has outdone himself.
This is perhaps the epitome of simple, whether you run from USB (read his great explanation of why ISOs are no good for live USBs and then put it into practice), or you install it on a hard drive (takes about two minutes tops and with encryption as well, simply copying files). I run both.
Then there are all the great features, including the Puppy ones from remastering to a great drive formatter using cfdisk wrapped around a graphical interface (Gparted is also there), or an Easy speciality running applications (or even other Puppy or derived operating systems) in containers if you want (I don't have a need for that functionality, and found it slow when I tried it, but great to see it there). As in Puppy, lots of interesting tools worth exploring.
Not many applications in the repositories yet but I haven't found the need to add anything anyway to what it is set up with. However, Firefox, Chromium and Ungoogled Chromium are all a click away if you want them (I prefer Seamonkey).
Simple and minimal are overused cliches in computing, but EasyOS is both - this is a great system for someone who wants to use a desktop as it should be (not a server system modified). JWM is an easily configured desktop manager - the good old way, by editing files if you want but there is a graphical way too.
Easy for everyone, from novices to those more experienced.
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Version: 3.2.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-01-23
Votes: 0
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It runs pretty good,except for the network HP printer, If I need printing, just fell back to 262 where it works fine. I run a std firefox from mozilla, uses a smaller space than Barry's. Dunfell which I have called Dunfail is running pretty well. I have played with 3.2.1 and added sleep to closing menu and some other things.
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Version: 3.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-11-04
Votes: 2
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Easy OS was the first distro I ever installed when I started distro hopping. It is easy.
I love all the options in the boot menu: boot to ram and disable drives for example.
It works.
JWM desk 3.1 has options to control screen color both through sct and xrandr. Beautiful.
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Version: 3.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-10-08
Votes: 2
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I tested with a usb flash drive on a low-end Dell Inspiron core i3.
Pros:
Easydd (also by this distro's creator) was the ticket to get the usb install done right. Gorgeous wallpaper & icons. Amazing to witness the genesis of possible future Puppy technologies now.
Cons:
Containerized browsers work noticeably slower than the uncontainerized browser (Seamonkey). I note that Chromium is now available via download. MPV sputters, barely works.
Still, 10 points for shock and awe.
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Version: 2.9
Rating: 7
Date: 2021-09-04
Votes: 2
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To clarify, I give this Version of EASYOS a 7 because it carried over the same web browers as the previous version SEAMONKEY only this time it is version 2.53.9 ....which still won't connect to various web pages and this has been a known issue in previous Versions. A browser that won't connect to various web pages is useless and should be drop if problem can't be fixed.
Seamonkey web browser (based on Firefox) should be comparable to Firefox, which DOES NOT the same connection issues ( Firefox will connect to a website .....Seamonkey WILL NOT connect to same website).
If the default web browser had been switch out or at least offer the end user the option to install another up to date web browser then I would given a 10 / 10 rating.
I LOVE EASYOS , lockdown/lockdrives, containers, no hard drive needed, RAM only, easy to use even for beginners, lots of useful applications, recognized all my hardware.
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Version: 2.8.4
Rating: 3
Date: 2021-08-16
Votes: 7
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Bad experiment... i really love Puppy Linux, but this one comes with hard bugs (browsers open and close in few seconds), it's not funny like Puppy, not so customizable, it's not easy to install it on hard drive, not easy to install programs, not a daily distro.
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Version: 2.5.1
Rating: 6
Date: 2021-03-14
Votes: 6
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Interesting project but not sure I can recommend it unless you're quite experienced I think (which I am not)
lots of fascinating points, you can run apps containerized, you can create one click system snapshots and can rollback to previous snapshot easily, obviously running the OS from an encrypted USB in RAM with persistence.
it recognised my soundcard/speakers and wifi no problem; printer installation via Cups should probably work (but didn't work for me)
software installation wasn't quite so straightforward as I got lots of errors fetching the packages using PETget, had to try different mirrors but not always successful; SFSget getting larger packages (like Chromium, Firefox etc) seemed to work better.
speaking of browsers, they just randomly crash, both Chromium, Firefox, and Seamonkey (the already installed browser) not sure why, often crash within 10 seconds of opening them.
tried to install mullvad VPN client and surprise surprise didn't work.
there are huge number of applications installed and would be nice to have a search function for the name of program.
the desktop experience was a bit hit and miss I felt, some very basic things (likey copy and paste files were bit too complicated for my liking)
system was snappy and responsive though.
I suspect if you like to tinker (a lot) you may love it. otherwise not so sure...
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Version: 2.5.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-01-12
Votes: 9
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Coming from a very small OS (tinycore) with minimal storage and somewhat limited resources, after initial boot and setup, I found this to be rather refreshing. WiFi, Intel Sound and Video, web browser, print were all readily and easily setup from the menu full of available applications.
Initially, because I was so limited on storage, I wrote this directly to an 8GB USB stick with
wget -O - download_url.img.gz | gunzip | dd conv=fsync obs=16k /dev/sdX && sync
Within 20 minutes I was exploring an EasyOS desktop. I had setup my wireless connection, wireless printer and was browsing the web and had a couple of favorite artists cued playing in YouTube.
I was looking for lightweight and quick that I can put in my pocket. This easily fit that bill. I may not settle on this one for a while but Out Of The Box, it has persistence that Peppermint 10 and others didn't have without installing, instead of quick burning it to a stick. So it's high up on my list.
Small download and install time
Light weight / low memory usage / small footprint
Browse the web / check email / play music
Portability to fit in my pocket
Fast load times from USB
Print to my wireless printer
Easy on the eyes with no clutter
Responsive and intuitive
Manipulate image files
Scheduler
Office Software (LibreOffice)
10 out of 10 for what I was looking for.
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Latest Reviews
Project: EasyOS
Version: 6.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-07-18
Votes: 7
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I have been a user of puppyLinux for years starting with version 5.2.8 and going to version 10.0.6
I have used easyOS 4.5 and I found it rather different to use and I really wasn't to pleased with its odd way of doing things.
Recently I decided to give easyOS v6.0 the latest version a try. I downloaded it from the website as an image file.
Next the .img file was flashed to a 32Gb using the Balena Etcher application.
Booting was done using UEFI secure boot. It formed a boot loop with another UEFI secure boot operating system (LMDE)
So I think easyOS can bios boot if you can make it the only UEFI secure boot or alter the grub settings.
I switched over to BIOS boot and the process went smoothly. You can also make a password to boot up.
In this old fashioned themed operating system, I found a rich version of applications already preloaded. All one had to
do was look through the extensive menu. Chromium was there as the browser, LibreOffice already installed. A multitude of
media players and convertors. There were even four different package managers. Additional browsers such as Firefox, Chrome,
Vivaldi can be downloaded through the SFS system. There was also a unique file system that was saved on the flash drive.
There are lots more things I can say about easyOS. I saved Balena Etcher, documents, downloads, media files to this flash drive.
I made it to a ready to use utility tool. I felt like I was rediscovering puppyLinux all over again but it was now way more powerful
and easy to use. Basic apps were built in and you only had to study the menus to find them.
With this in mind I give easyOS version 6 a 10/10.
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 6.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-07-11
Votes: 3
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I feel the current rating 8.8 to be a fair rating. I began following the easy os for a while and decided to down load the img file and installed it to a usb for live use with persistance offered at end of each shutdown or manually. All ways work extremely fast, depending on how many new files your saving. Please note, easy os is loaded into the system ram, including new files whilst online, they can be downloaded onto the live usb. Note, there are different modes of use for easy, such as "all to system ram" and "no use of drives or partitions (for privacy)", no information made available through the browser nor hard drive or usb", though files can still be downloaded to another drive, choice is yours, so if you save a new bookmark, for example, it will NOT be saved unless a bookmark back up is saved, and this must be either on the live usb or another drive. This is not a limitation to using easy, just unplug the live usb your currently running, when ready to save, and then re-plug the usb, download your updated bookmarks or files, then unplug again and you are back your privacy settings. Easy os could be used for a novice, though there is a learning curve needed to utilize this amazingly fast and secure operating system. I was rather dubious about using puppy initially, as first appearance is more like a kid's operating system with an old retro look and smiley icons! Was I in for a shock, I had already been using Linux since 2000, many many different flavored operating systems, that Linux offers, so coming across one of the latest pup developments, easy os, my life has changed, not only is this little speedy os offering the very latest in privacy and security that has been developed (in Australia), that so early in the development, can offer such a robust, stable and speedy use. Updating may be down by a five year old, using the settings and installing, a ten year old could do! Thanks to the team responsible, best os out there, thank you
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 6.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-06-23
Votes: 6
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It is very good in general. Easy and very fast.
Very easy to install and open it from a usb pendrive.
A little vintage in GUI design.
Y have some difficulties to find and install new software. Iy includes small repositories. There is no software storage or online libraries.
But you don't loss everything between sessions. You can install software and save files, and re-open them later. I have installed a new web browser, and a new office suite; and downloaded a lot of documents. All of them remains saved in the 'files' folder.
So, shortly: fast, light-weight and easy to use.
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 5.7
Rating: 8
Date: 2024-06-19
Votes: 6
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version 5.8.3
This isn't called EasyOS for nothing, it really is easy. I installed it on a 32Gb fast sandisk USB stick using Rufus, this took only a minute or two. Booting from the USB stick was very quick, you are then lead along an initial setup for keyboard language, timezone etc. I installed Firefox as this is my preferred browser.
For anyone not familiar with EasyOS or Puppy Linux, the initial appearance might look a little strange, but don't let that put you off. This is fast and easy to setup and use.
Typically I use MX Linux on my PC and laptop and on several machines at work. MX provides a system for creation of bootable USB sticks for portable use, I've used these for a few years without issue. For the past week I've used EasyOS for my portable needs and it also has proved to be excellent.
If you have use for a portable OS, or you want to kick up the performance of a slow machine then I don't think you'll be disappointed with EasyOS.
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 5.7
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-02-04
Votes: 22
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She's a little beauty, lightning boot up to desktop time after time, Updating and Rollback works very well and easy to implement, just follow the prompts, other software included is zappy and clean, makes for a functional Desktop, Claw's mail has the bells & whistles you need with built in Spam protection. Setting up the Desktop and your personal settings is clear and easy to get you up and running. Everything works! For enhanced Security and Privacy is the Container Management Options or the option to boot-up into, a fully locked down desktop you can use until the setting is changed back manually, this can be done from the right click menu, in Shutdown.
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 5.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-12-07
Votes: 19
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A compact and lightweight distribution with some exceptional features:
- Works with the root user out of the box, so there's no need of issueing sudo / gksudo commands and typing a password countless times for launching programs
- Can be easily installed on a USB stick and used on multiple systems with a single installation. It is also possible to backup the configured and customized system from the USB stick to an internal or external drive relatively easily.
- Security oriented
- Very lightweight. Also suitable for non very powerful hardware.
- Great hardware compatibility. Most laptops and desktops will work flawlessly.
- The session is eventually saved when the system is shut down. This makes it suitable for USB sticks (flash memories generally speaking), 'cause the file system won't be written all the time. The user is also free not to save the session when the system is shut down, so that no changes will be saved to the disk (including wrongly installed foreign packages, for example).
- Password encrypted file system.
- It is possible to add sfs files to the system and run them on a chosen level. There are also sfs files for gaining the ability to compile programs or adding device drivers.
- The window manager (JVM) is very lightweight.
- Despite compactness, lots and lots of open source office, utility and multimedia software included.
- Support for Flatpaks and Appimages.
- Automatically scans and detects network shares.
- Possibility to display and control the screen of an Android device on the desktop.
- It's a Puppy fork and therefore it's a Debian derivative: it will be anyway possible to install most foreign deb packages.
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 5.4
Rating: 6
Date: 2023-09-17
Votes: 1
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It may be a brillant OS/project, it looks nice, but I found a few nasty things.
The USB-stick, prepared with Rufus, can not be/stay in a USB-port with Windows running. Rebooting from a running Windows, with the prepared USB-stick in an USB-port results in an endless loop.
At the date I tried the last EasyOS, Chromium was of an older version, the actual Chromium (and Chrome) had just had crash-updates. EasyOS did not update Chromium.
The options to download the latest Firefox and Vivaldi did not work.
So potentially internet-browsing with the given Chromium could be unsafe.
The prepared USB-stick (with EasyOS) can not be wiped/reformatted with a Windows-program (so also not with Rufus). So potentially an USB-stick with EasyOS, can not be used any more for something else (when you want to dismiss EasyOS).
However I succeeded to get rid of EasyOS and make the USB-stick Windows-usable, using a bootable GParted CD (keep MS-Dos partition table (anything else crashes GParted with the USB-stick), delete the partitions on the USB-stick, create new FAT32-partition).
I think a bootable DVD or USB-stick can better be made with a "big" supplier, daily/weekly build from Ubuntu or Fedora or Tails.
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 5.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-09
Votes: 4
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An experimental Linux distribution. Yes! Security. Absolutely !!
Total isolation in RAM, built-in firewall, you can customize with GUI-base menu or iptables, containerize apps and desktops, and secure Internet browser with add-ons and plug-ins.
I use EasyOS primarily for secure Internet browsing and web-base applications. JWM-ROX is new to me, so it is a new learning experience. EasyOS has numerous GUI-based applications built-in, everything you will need is installed. If something is missing, there are four package managers you can install the needed software. I use EasyOs on a live USB media and save sessions to the USB media as necessary.
Documentation is a plus on the EasyOS website. The developer is working on a Youtube channel (work in progress) for video instructions.
The defense-in-depth security model is a solution I always look for in a Linux distribution. I rather be relative-secure than sorry-safe !! There is no ABSOLUTE security with the right actor or hacker.
Thank you EasyOS !!!
Intermediate Linux User
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 5.4
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-06-12
Votes: 2
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Quiet a nice little distro, very snappy, a heap of great software (plenty of choices} choose what you want, easy install, easy uninstall, use the lock down set up or standard. Just as fast as MX though by default, you must choose a password at install, this is better security and the way to go I believe for ALL distros. Wallpapers are very ordinary.
red-shift continually changes settings every time you connect to a power source which is quite annoying, so I removed it completely. This and blue tooth should be included in the 'start-up apps' to run or not depending on the user? Icons choice like wallpaper leaves little to desire, but hey, a great distro with a ton of software, choices, and security conscious, gets my thumbs up!
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 5.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-05-09
Votes: 3
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I have tried this disto sometime ago, and I think it was the Buster release. I didn't find the time to explore all its features, and as it was still quite a new experimental distro, I wanted to wait for it to develop further into a mainstream distro.
I like using distros that are able to run from a USB flashdrive (with persistence), and so this time around, I spent quite a bit of exploring with the Kirkstone version, and I can say that I'm pleased with its performance thus far. It's easy to instal on a USB flashdrive, it's lightweight, very fast, and I also like that it offers the option to choose to install Chromium or Firefox as your main browser.
One of its main features, i.e. containerization provides isolation (whenever it's needed) that protects the system from any sort infection that could be caused by malicious malware or viruses that might manage to get through, especially when browsing the internet.
Further, it provides 4 package managers, namely, PKGget, SFSget, Appi and Flapi, and applications can be installed to the main file-system or in their own containers, which ever one prefers.
Its Easy Version Control, makes it really convenient to take a snapshot of a session, or roll back to an earlier snapshot or version if the need arises - like the time I got into trouble, when I turned off my computer without realizing I hadn't finished saving the session completely during shut down.
I still have quite a bit to learn about this distro before I can comfortably say that I'm good at it, but I'm enjoying my experience getting to know it a little better as each day passes. and I am hopeful whilst at the same time, certain that the developer, Barry Kauler, will to continue to improve this fantastic distro.
Thank you, Barry, for this wonderful experience!
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 5.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-03-15
Votes: 8
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I have been using EasyOS for the last 3 years (on USB installations) and think it is one of the most reliable distro's out there:
*An absolute breeze to setup on a USB install (if you already have experience installing some of the other newbie distro's previously - such as Ubuntu, Mint, Sparky or MX Linux.
*I Love to boot EasyOS from RAM only, which really increases your online security by reverting back to the original state on each reboot - super safe - and from what Barry says locks the system down so it can't be tampered / changed by malware. It is easy to revert back to save any updates on the USB if you need to : )
*One of the few SystemD free distributions remaining - Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, Fedora, Arch, Mint, EndeavourOS, they all use systemd. Some security concerned commenators voice their concern about the ever-expanding systemd. Its apparently has a huge number of lines of code will have future security vulnerabilities waiting to be exploited by well resourced agencies.
*Portable - carry a personal computer around on a USB - so convenient!
*Hoping the New Puppy-like Logo remains - as it then shows it's lineage/heritage - from the original of Puppy Linux creator Barry Kauler.
*This one of the few true original linux distributions out there - not based on any other distribution (eg: Ubuntu, MX Linux, or Mint, MX Linux, Linux Lite or Sparky, which are built on Debian, or all the other distro's out there based on Arch, Fedora or OpenSUSE).
*The only downside / sad thing, is that Chromium has been prioritised over the Firefox browser in this latest release EasyOS 5.0; hopefully Firefox will resume to be the preferred browser again soon. However, there is a download link built into the internet menu on EasyOS 5.0, which makes installing Firefox browser very easy - just have to remover the Chromium packages via menu SetUp Menu then ; )
*As EasyOS is built to be a modernised & more secure version of Puppy Linux - I would be ever so grateful if someone could help Barry and release an online guide on how to set up a WireGuard connection to help further protect the users online privacy and security (eg: MITM attacks). Surveillance capitalism has taken over and I would like to limit the out of control tracking that is currently happening. As Barry essentially builds this alone, that would be my one wish for someone with the knowledge to help out with future help guide on how setup a WireGuard config file on EasyOS.
*The .img file works fine! I use this on old and new hardware and it works fine - not missing the ISO format : )
Thank you Barry Kauler - what a legend for Australia - he should be nominated for the Order of Australia in 2024!
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 2.6.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-03-09
Votes: 1
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Writing this using EasyPup Ver: 2.5.1
EasyPup has been left behind by it's creator Barry Kauler to develop EasyOS but EasyPup is a good way into EasyOS as it available as an .iso so can be run from a CD
Using EasyPup to install EasyOS to a USB stick or hard drive is that much easier
For those that find a live CD OS useful the EasyPup package manager will download and run Firefox ver: 91.12.0
Only when CUPS has stopped or doesn't support a printer have I ever had printing problems (with a working printer)
EasyOS and EasyPup are not for reflashing your phone. But as a desktop OS even the colours GIMP have displayed have been good on most laptops I've used, but do check the colours of your own installation. Libre Office has always run well .
Even today on my old Intel dual core kit it's a pleasure to use older Easy OSs due to how quick they are. Using Firefox with 2GB RAM and a decent Pentium 4 became a problem for me about a year ago but 4GB works fine on my dual core laptops, especially if Bleachbit is used now and then when online.
What EasyOS's 'containers' offer is something very different
9th March 2023
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 5.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-02-26
Votes: 2
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EasyOS is a true power-horse, the best way to use the net.
My experience with Easy OS started with 4.4
defining the best way to use the net, surviving
constant net attacks people are unaware off.
Using containers with limiting disk access.
5.0 continues that trend with a single flaw,
I've found on the 4.4 series: Cannot build
a new WWW container that works.
Made a copy of it, to use Opera.
Never worked on a container (never starts).
This difficulty, being limited to available
containers, on 5.0 become problematic.
Do not want to use the Google Browser.
This forced me to go back to 4.55, in spite
knowing 5.0 has improvements.
For the improvements, and the system a 10.
For not being able to use Firefox, not Opera, a 9.
Must be fair to the system, in spite my inability to
make them work, we keep the overall system score.
Surely that will be noticed, and altered.
Cannot thank enough to the author, for the best
transportable Linux, as well as a safe one.
Puppy Linux got a fine child, near adult.
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 4.5
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-02-19
Votes: 6
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It has a really nice user interface. I can say that it is very fast. It is an extraordinarily nice distro, but it is difficult to install on a hard disk, the explanation on their site is not good at all. I guess they say try our distro but don't install it on your hard drive. It's not intelligible. I'm sure a lot of people are waiting for an installable version and an ISO file. It also needs to add more language options. I hope they take our requests into consideration.
I would like to thank the team that made EasyOS, I wish them all the best of luck.
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 4.5
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-01-20
Votes: 5
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Great distro with a more modern look and feel than its predecessor Puppylinux. I have been a puppy fan for a decade or more and this is truly the modern evolution of the project.
It really needs an easy way to install on your harddrive. While the distro is made to be simple and easy, it needs significant linux knowledge for beginners to install and use it. \
My stick is out of space so I am unable to get any of the updates and am stuck at 4.5.4. As soon as I buy a new drive, I will be installing the newest version.
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 4.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-08-29
Votes: 3
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Intelligent Good Development at All
Light containers technology is awesome
Its Also Cover x86 tecno Thanks so so much for that
Incredible speed old to modern support almost all with fast
Its early state yet some apps not update well
Apps use static library so you could move to open everyway thats good alittle size up noting important much to me beside its conformatable
I belive all the stability issues will coverd and fix and hope soon this will be good succes becouse its realy hard work to make a new container system.
For now thanks very very much and good luck you doing everything well..
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 4.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-07-31
Votes: 8
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I am long time user of EasyOS (I started with the initial Pyro release). I installed version 4.3 and this latest version is much faster, very efficient and with very complete list of packages.
For those like me using a drive-less computer (an old laptop with no hard disk), it is a very interesting distribution. It can run fully in RAM like its puppies cousins, but can also be run in RAM with the session saved on a thumb drive. It uses Joe Windows Manager (JWM) and no heavy desktop. Look-and-feel is a little retro, but has progressed a lot since the Buster series of releases.
What is amazing is the light containers technology included in this distribution, very easy to configure. Among the amazing things you can do with this distribution : run the latest Firefox browser, very very fast, in a pre-configured container for safety. Run LibreOffice or a Puppy linux distribution in a container if you want to.
Alternatively, you can reboot in RAM and if you choose "Copy session to RAM and disable drives" you end up with the same distribution without containers, but with a lock-downed kernel with Zram already pre-configured. You can browse and do whatever you want, quite safely because the kernel is lockdowned (in confidentiality mode), and when you turn off the computer, it leaves no trace whatsoever.
The only down side is that some versions of software are old. For example, the evince pdf viewer is very old and does not support annotations and highlights.
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 4.0
Rating: 8
Date: 2022-06-17
Votes: 5
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Had to install Gimp and Vlc. Save bug fix does not work you have to manually save at shutdown. Libreoffice is older in Dunfell then Debian version. Gimp and Vlc are older in Dunfell then Debian.
A df check shows Dunfell to be larger than Debian with the same apps. Printing does not work ciorrectly from Firefox in Dunfell. I'd say drop Dunfell and work on Debian bookworm as the better version. I get a kick out of trying to have Denfell work ,but not. This version 4.1. I find it funny that Dunfell version is larger than the Debian when Debian works much better overall.
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 4.0
Rating: 8
Date: 2022-06-14
Votes: 1
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I tried and it a fun distro to explore.
It is a nice / new way getting things done with credible speed and sure to be a resurrection of old PCs, with some great wall papers and up to date libre-office apps.
It would be wondeful for the developer to share on how/why this distro has come in this directions of design and some wiki to show ropes for new user to understand how the developer had come this far making this distro an interesting one.
Despite 'Dunfell" having stability issues, hope soon this problem be improved soon.
'Dunfell' guide notes?
Last but not least , Well Done !
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 4.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-06-11
Votes: 0
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I gave a 10 for effort . I have 4.0 and 0.3 Debian which is an alpha and better than Dunfail. printing works in Debian, but not in Dunfail you have to do any printing from libreoffice by moving it from Firefox. Sound is good on both. The save app on Dunfail on desktop doesn't work correctly, you have mark the first radio, not the second as you would think. Scanning work in Debian, not in Dunfell. Debian is up to date on apps, Dunfell is out dated apps and very few apps in package manager. I injoy both, Debian just works the best. Dunfell is the smaller of the two at 1.05 gigs, Debian is 1.1 gigs.
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-06-11
Votes: 1
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I had so many issues with 3.4.7 that I gave up on it and switched back to Q4OS, my old workhorse which unfortunately runs on SystemD which is just not my cup of tea. I chanced upon the latest version 4.0 and I am smitten. Seriously, this works like a charm. Everything presently is spot on which is why I have given it a 10. I shall edit this review after a few weeks when I face any trouble that I cannot take care of. For those who wish to know the hardare I am using; it is a ten year old Phenom system with much older peripherals. Have fun with this super super fast OS which runs entirely in RAM and the session is saved when shutting down if you ask it to.
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 3.4.7
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-05-10
Votes: 5
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I have a newer AMD computer with a 5950X with 16 cores and with Dunfell I was getting nothing until 3.4.7. Barry’s kernels were not running well on this machine, it still doesn’t see 16 core, that’s not a big issue with this tiny Linux. It is only 20 mbs larger than Easy OS 2.6.2 Buster, both are around gigabyte or less in size.
Sound was the biggest issue and now it works, the best I have ever had on Linux.
I loaded 3.4,7 and boom! There it was. Xorg runs fine, resolution 2560x1440, it loads very easy now. My Network HP Printer almost works, just not off of Firefox. Libreoffice and Gimp, Both print ok from Firefox. Been watching
Doc Martin, it is funny how a little sound helps.
I have added many small things like a custom graduation golden desktop theme, open and closing sounds to desktop, xcompmgr is installed and running well. Sleep and Monitor off work. JWM works better than KDE with more control over its fine points. After 17 yrs. a hair more zoom (like Printing directly from Firefox) and this would be my standard OS and is a 10 score. I love playing with this OS.
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 2.6.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-07
Votes: 0
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2.6.2 Easy OS is a very good operating system, the sound works well, the network HP printer works very well. it is easy to modify to my liking.
It is based on Debian which is good, the Buster version is getting a little long in the tooth, but run very great on my newest computer which is an AMD Ryzen 9 5950X. All apps are OK still, I have VLC installed from the package manager.
I'am very sorry to say, I have tried Dunfell and it runs very poorly. no sound, no network printer, many little bugs. I'll keep trying Dunfell, but so far it is a failure, I have deleted all the Dunfells to date. I wish Berry would update Buster to Bullseye Debian a solid base. drop Dunfell as a failed attempt.
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 3.4.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-04
Votes: 5
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I tried Easy Os from its first versions, and I didn't like anything about Puppy Linux; In addition, they had many bugs. But I have tested this latest version on new hardware (adm Athlon, rtl8821ce) and it works great: EVERYTHING works, absolutely EVERYTHING, and it is better prepared than Puppy: kernel 5.15, it recognizes my wifi card, it recognizes my printer, it has a modern look, it comes with firefox pre-installed (and not "palemoon", which is lightweight, but useless for today's internet). In the first versions I gave Easy Linux a bad grade, but today I just give it a 10. It deserves it.
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 3.2.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-01-28
Votes: 13
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I consider Barry Kauler the guru of making computing simple for everybody, and in EasyOS he has outdone himself.
This is perhaps the epitome of simple, whether you run from USB (read his great explanation of why ISOs are no good for live USBs and then put it into practice), or you install it on a hard drive (takes about two minutes tops and with encryption as well, simply copying files). I run both.
Then there are all the great features, including the Puppy ones from remastering to a great drive formatter using cfdisk wrapped around a graphical interface (Gparted is also there), or an Easy speciality running applications (or even other Puppy or derived operating systems) in containers if you want (I don't have a need for that functionality, and found it slow when I tried it, but great to see it there). As in Puppy, lots of interesting tools worth exploring.
Not many applications in the repositories yet but I haven't found the need to add anything anyway to what it is set up with. However, Firefox, Chromium and Ungoogled Chromium are all a click away if you want them (I prefer Seamonkey).
Simple and minimal are overused cliches in computing, but EasyOS is both - this is a great system for someone who wants to use a desktop as it should be (not a server system modified). JWM is an easily configured desktop manager - the good old way, by editing files if you want but there is a graphical way too.
Easy for everyone, from novices to those more experienced.
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 3.2.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-01-23
Votes: 0
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It runs pretty good,except for the network HP printer, If I need printing, just fell back to 262 where it works fine. I run a std firefox from mozilla, uses a smaller space than Barry's. Dunfell which I have called Dunfail is running pretty well. I have played with 3.2.1 and added sleep to closing menu and some other things.
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 3.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-11-04
Votes: 2
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Easy OS was the first distro I ever installed when I started distro hopping. It is easy.
I love all the options in the boot menu: boot to ram and disable drives for example.
It works.
JWM desk 3.1 has options to control screen color both through sct and xrandr. Beautiful.
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 3.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-10-08
Votes: 2
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I tested with a usb flash drive on a low-end Dell Inspiron core i3.
Pros:
Easydd (also by this distro's creator) was the ticket to get the usb install done right. Gorgeous wallpaper & icons. Amazing to witness the genesis of possible future Puppy technologies now.
Cons:
Containerized browsers work noticeably slower than the uncontainerized browser (Seamonkey). I note that Chromium is now available via download. MPV sputters, barely works.
Still, 10 points for shock and awe.
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 2.9
Rating: 7
Date: 2021-09-04
Votes: 2
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To clarify, I give this Version of EASYOS a 7 because it carried over the same web browers as the previous version SEAMONKEY only this time it is version 2.53.9 ....which still won't connect to various web pages and this has been a known issue in previous Versions. A browser that won't connect to various web pages is useless and should be drop if problem can't be fixed.
Seamonkey web browser (based on Firefox) should be comparable to Firefox, which DOES NOT the same connection issues ( Firefox will connect to a website .....Seamonkey WILL NOT connect to same website).
If the default web browser had been switch out or at least offer the end user the option to install another up to date web browser then I would given a 10 / 10 rating.
I LOVE EASYOS , lockdown/lockdrives, containers, no hard drive needed, RAM only, easy to use even for beginners, lots of useful applications, recognized all my hardware.
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 2.8.4
Rating: 3
Date: 2021-08-16
Votes: 7
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Bad experiment... i really love Puppy Linux, but this one comes with hard bugs (browsers open and close in few seconds), it's not funny like Puppy, not so customizable, it's not easy to install it on hard drive, not easy to install programs, not a daily distro.
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 2.5.1
Rating: 6
Date: 2021-03-14
Votes: 6
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Interesting project but not sure I can recommend it unless you're quite experienced I think (which I am not)
lots of fascinating points, you can run apps containerized, you can create one click system snapshots and can rollback to previous snapshot easily, obviously running the OS from an encrypted USB in RAM with persistence.
it recognised my soundcard/speakers and wifi no problem; printer installation via Cups should probably work (but didn't work for me)
software installation wasn't quite so straightforward as I got lots of errors fetching the packages using PETget, had to try different mirrors but not always successful; SFSget getting larger packages (like Chromium, Firefox etc) seemed to work better.
speaking of browsers, they just randomly crash, both Chromium, Firefox, and Seamonkey (the already installed browser) not sure why, often crash within 10 seconds of opening them.
tried to install mullvad VPN client and surprise surprise didn't work.
there are huge number of applications installed and would be nice to have a search function for the name of program.
the desktop experience was a bit hit and miss I felt, some very basic things (likey copy and paste files were bit too complicated for my liking)
system was snappy and responsive though.
I suspect if you like to tinker (a lot) you may love it. otherwise not so sure...
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Project: EasyOS
Version: 2.5.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-01-12
Votes: 9
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Coming from a very small OS (tinycore) with minimal storage and somewhat limited resources, after initial boot and setup, I found this to be rather refreshing. WiFi, Intel Sound and Video, web browser, print were all readily and easily setup from the menu full of available applications.
Initially, because I was so limited on storage, I wrote this directly to an 8GB USB stick with
wget -O - download_url.img.gz | gunzip | dd conv=fsync obs=16k /dev/sdX && sync
Within 20 minutes I was exploring an EasyOS desktop. I had setup my wireless connection, wireless printer and was browsing the web and had a couple of favorite artists cued playing in YouTube.
I was looking for lightweight and quick that I can put in my pocket. This easily fit that bill. I may not settle on this one for a while but Out Of The Box, it has persistence that Peppermint 10 and others didn't have without installing, instead of quick burning it to a stick. So it's high up on my list.
Small download and install time
Light weight / low memory usage / small footprint
Browse the web / check email / play music
Portability to fit in my pocket
Fast load times from USB
Print to my wireless printer
Easy on the eyes with no clutter
Responsive and intuitive
Manipulate image files
Scheduler
Office Software (LibreOffice)
10 out of 10 for what I was looking for.
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