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Reader supplied reviews for FunOS
Average rating
9.3 from 6 review(s)
Version: 24.04.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-05
Votes: 5
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--- Background stats for this mini review:
- My own personal level of skill in UNIX-like computing: 5/10 (if I'm being reeeally generous. I did some entry-level programming in my past. I gave it up for the arts and retained a love for UNIX-like computing.)
- My own personal experience/frequency in distro-hopping up until now: 7/10 since 2010
- Why I like UNIX-like OSs: customizability, efficiency, structure, choices
- The machine I've been using FunOS on for 3 months now: Late 2012 Dell Multimedia Desktop (Intel Core i5-3350P (4) @ 3.30 GHz / Linux 6.14 / 15.58 GiB RAM)
- FunOS use case: general; office; browsing; light scripting; light image editing; rare, classic, not so latest title gaming through Steam Proton
--- The review:
Overall FunOS has been one of the cleanest, most seamless GNU/Linux operating systems I've ever installed. No virtual machine in my case, directly written to my solid state drive.
I am not even trying to exaggerate when I say that I actually struggle to find anything Obviously defective or not usable with this ubuntu/debian-based system. I enjoyed setting this up and tweaking it to my tastes.
Using i3wm, polybar, rofi. JWM is nice (FunOS having a much cleaner preconfiguration of it than antiX in my opinion) but I have my preferences.
I somewhat understand the critiques of having hundreds of Ubuntu-based distros with different niche usages in mind. I think there could be maybe forty or fifty less. But with FunOS I see a tasteful template to build any combination of graphical user elements, along with minimal post-install functions for beginners. I still Would Not recommend this for very new beginners who would benefit from some extra hand holding.
Love that there is no preinstalled snap. Really appreciate how FunOS ships with all the core benefits of Ubuntu libraries, codecs, etc., but no excessive, unsavory extras.
Really enjoying this. Expecting to continue using perhaps indefinitely, if this lasts.
I share the concerns of others I've read and spoken to about FunOS. I really hope people who enjoy this distro as much as I do contribute how they can.
Exemplary approach to distribution design.
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Version: 24.04.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-07-21
Votes: 7
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been looking for lightweight linux distro, from lubuntu when it used LXDE, to lubuntj with LXQT, to AntiX, Puppy, and now FunOS. Out of them, FunOS gives the easiest ways to configure and setup stuffs, with the help of its own comprehensive instructions tailored for FunOS specifically in their website.
configuring is easier than other distro, granted that I'm not that expert of a linux user.
ram usage on 2GB ram device is ~250MB on boot, and on 16GB device is ~450MB on boot. Currently I'm very happy with it.
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Version: 24.04.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-04-21
Votes: 6
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I’m running FunOS on two PCs: a brand new $99 Amazon mini PC and a 13-year-old i7-2600. It runs great on both. FunOS lets me run the latest Ubuntu LTS, and up-to-date apps, but with the feel of a stripped down Openbox distro circa 2012. Joe’s Window Manager is similar to Openbox except FunOS has broken down the JWM configuration into 8 easy-to-edit files. (This compares with the 1,000 line XML nightmare that configures Openbox.) Major changes I made to the install I use as my daily driver: I replaced the JWM panel with a Tint2 panel and substituted the Cinnamon Nemo file manager. The rest of the apps are the ones I always install. If you want an extremely bare bones Ubuntu, FunOS is a good starting point.
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Version: 24.04.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-04-16
Votes: 4
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Occupying the same ultra-light distro space as distros like Antix and Puppy Linux, this distro gets so much right but with some caveats. Unlike Antix you are not left to wait to update the locals for every region after some updates, and unlike puppy it does not run from ram which means it’s a lighter weight distro on RAM.
On my 12-year-old Samsung laptop wit work really well and is very fast. Instillation is a breeze (if you follow the instructions on the distros webpage of not installing from the live environment).
The Good
You can make your own system from the bare bones installed base distro, so no preinstalled bloat.
Works great on old hardware
Idles around the 260-360 mb RAM mark
Looks good
Lots of themes / wallpapers
Works with Ubuntu repositories
The Bad
You have to make your own system from the bare bones installed base distro (not beginner friendly).
I could not see an app store but synaptic installs perfectly from the terminal.
Basic apps like Gdebi and Office software need to be installed separately.
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Version: 24.10
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-04-05
Votes: 5
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I think FunOs, is kinda fun. I noticed there was only one review, so I had to check out it. I think FunOS a lot better than some of the more popular distros which frankly are a pile of crap. I may be wrong, but I believe I could put a bunch of garbage on a DVD, submit it, and several people would give it a 10. I like FunOS because it's a minimal operating system, but like Bodhi, WattOS, and Xubuntu, it doesn't feel like one. FunOS looks good, is very stable, and is blazingly fast on my 15 year old laptop. So fast, I'm afraid to try it on a modern machine for fear it may get away from me. It comes with most of the programs you need to take care of business from the start. Apparently, if you need to add or remove some, you will have to use the command line, as I could not find a software system embedded. I personally would not use FunOS has a daily driver, but I enjoy playing around with it. FunOS is good to use as a back up if you have several other Linux operating systems on different partitions. Or if you're running out of options restoring that aging desktop.
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Version: 24.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-02-03
Votes: 9
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FunOS's team describes their distro as "A minimal, fast, and secure Linux distribution built on Ubuntu LTS". I'm not sure what "secure" mean, but it's undoubtedly a minimal and fast distribution.
I run it on an 12 years old Dell Optiplex computer (8 Go of RAM) for essentially 2D drawing (with a graphics tablet) and 3D modeling, and have never encountered any hiccup so far, be it with the LTS or the "interim" version. It consumes around 300-350 Mo of RAM at idle.
If you feel the need for, the default JWM Window Manager is easy to configure... as long as you make the effort to read the JWM's docs : change the ad hoc xml config file, and you got your own key bindings on a customized environment, for example a nice Rofi launcher with Alt-F2 as a shortcut. Easy-peasy, even if like me you're not technical inclined at all.
There's a lot of themes available and some wallpapers to choose from a menu. The documentation of the web site is nicely laid out, concise and wonderfully clear.
The packages come from the official Ubuntu repository, so there is little chance you won't find your favorite application. It's a "snap-free" distro by the way.
Any con ? Well, FunOs is less-known than the other few lightweight distros, so maybe there is a risk that this relative anonymity will curb it's development :=(
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Latest Reviews
Project: FunOS
Version: 24.04.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-05
Votes: 5
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--- Background stats for this mini review:
- My own personal level of skill in UNIX-like computing: 5/10 (if I'm being reeeally generous. I did some entry-level programming in my past. I gave it up for the arts and retained a love for UNIX-like computing.)
- My own personal experience/frequency in distro-hopping up until now: 7/10 since 2010
- Why I like UNIX-like OSs: customizability, efficiency, structure, choices
- The machine I've been using FunOS on for 3 months now: Late 2012 Dell Multimedia Desktop (Intel Core i5-3350P (4) @ 3.30 GHz / Linux 6.14 / 15.58 GiB RAM)
- FunOS use case: general; office; browsing; light scripting; light image editing; rare, classic, not so latest title gaming through Steam Proton
--- The review:
Overall FunOS has been one of the cleanest, most seamless GNU/Linux operating systems I've ever installed. No virtual machine in my case, directly written to my solid state drive.
I am not even trying to exaggerate when I say that I actually struggle to find anything Obviously defective or not usable with this ubuntu/debian-based system. I enjoyed setting this up and tweaking it to my tastes.
Using i3wm, polybar, rofi. JWM is nice (FunOS having a much cleaner preconfiguration of it than antiX in my opinion) but I have my preferences.
I somewhat understand the critiques of having hundreds of Ubuntu-based distros with different niche usages in mind. I think there could be maybe forty or fifty less. But with FunOS I see a tasteful template to build any combination of graphical user elements, along with minimal post-install functions for beginners. I still Would Not recommend this for very new beginners who would benefit from some extra hand holding.
Love that there is no preinstalled snap. Really appreciate how FunOS ships with all the core benefits of Ubuntu libraries, codecs, etc., but no excessive, unsavory extras.
Really enjoying this. Expecting to continue using perhaps indefinitely, if this lasts.
I share the concerns of others I've read and spoken to about FunOS. I really hope people who enjoy this distro as much as I do contribute how they can.
Exemplary approach to distribution design.
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Project: FunOS
Version: 24.04.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-07-21
Votes: 7
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been looking for lightweight linux distro, from lubuntu when it used LXDE, to lubuntj with LXQT, to AntiX, Puppy, and now FunOS. Out of them, FunOS gives the easiest ways to configure and setup stuffs, with the help of its own comprehensive instructions tailored for FunOS specifically in their website.
configuring is easier than other distro, granted that I'm not that expert of a linux user.
ram usage on 2GB ram device is ~250MB on boot, and on 16GB device is ~450MB on boot. Currently I'm very happy with it.
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Project: FunOS
Version: 24.04.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-04-21
Votes: 6
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I’m running FunOS on two PCs: a brand new $99 Amazon mini PC and a 13-year-old i7-2600. It runs great on both. FunOS lets me run the latest Ubuntu LTS, and up-to-date apps, but with the feel of a stripped down Openbox distro circa 2012. Joe’s Window Manager is similar to Openbox except FunOS has broken down the JWM configuration into 8 easy-to-edit files. (This compares with the 1,000 line XML nightmare that configures Openbox.) Major changes I made to the install I use as my daily driver: I replaced the JWM panel with a Tint2 panel and substituted the Cinnamon Nemo file manager. The rest of the apps are the ones I always install. If you want an extremely bare bones Ubuntu, FunOS is a good starting point.
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Project: FunOS
Version: 24.04.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-04-16
Votes: 4
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Occupying the same ultra-light distro space as distros like Antix and Puppy Linux, this distro gets so much right but with some caveats. Unlike Antix you are not left to wait to update the locals for every region after some updates, and unlike puppy it does not run from ram which means it’s a lighter weight distro on RAM.
On my 12-year-old Samsung laptop wit work really well and is very fast. Instillation is a breeze (if you follow the instructions on the distros webpage of not installing from the live environment).
The Good
You can make your own system from the bare bones installed base distro, so no preinstalled bloat.
Works great on old hardware
Idles around the 260-360 mb RAM mark
Looks good
Lots of themes / wallpapers
Works with Ubuntu repositories
The Bad
You have to make your own system from the bare bones installed base distro (not beginner friendly).
I could not see an app store but synaptic installs perfectly from the terminal.
Basic apps like Gdebi and Office software need to be installed separately.
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Project: FunOS
Version: 24.10
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-04-05
Votes: 5
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I think FunOs, is kinda fun. I noticed there was only one review, so I had to check out it. I think FunOS a lot better than some of the more popular distros which frankly are a pile of crap. I may be wrong, but I believe I could put a bunch of garbage on a DVD, submit it, and several people would give it a 10. I like FunOS because it's a minimal operating system, but like Bodhi, WattOS, and Xubuntu, it doesn't feel like one. FunOS looks good, is very stable, and is blazingly fast on my 15 year old laptop. So fast, I'm afraid to try it on a modern machine for fear it may get away from me. It comes with most of the programs you need to take care of business from the start. Apparently, if you need to add or remove some, you will have to use the command line, as I could not find a software system embedded. I personally would not use FunOS has a daily driver, but I enjoy playing around with it. FunOS is good to use as a back up if you have several other Linux operating systems on different partitions. Or if you're running out of options restoring that aging desktop.
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Project: FunOS
Version: 24.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-02-03
Votes: 9
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FunOS's team describes their distro as "A minimal, fast, and secure Linux distribution built on Ubuntu LTS". I'm not sure what "secure" mean, but it's undoubtedly a minimal and fast distribution.
I run it on an 12 years old Dell Optiplex computer (8 Go of RAM) for essentially 2D drawing (with a graphics tablet) and 3D modeling, and have never encountered any hiccup so far, be it with the LTS or the "interim" version. It consumes around 300-350 Mo of RAM at idle.
If you feel the need for, the default JWM Window Manager is easy to configure... as long as you make the effort to read the JWM's docs : change the ad hoc xml config file, and you got your own key bindings on a customized environment, for example a nice Rofi launcher with Alt-F2 as a shortcut. Easy-peasy, even if like me you're not technical inclined at all.
There's a lot of themes available and some wallpapers to choose from a menu. The documentation of the web site is nicely laid out, concise and wonderfully clear.
The packages come from the official Ubuntu repository, so there is little chance you won't find your favorite application. It's a "snap-free" distro by the way.
Any con ? Well, FunOs is less-known than the other few lightweight distros, so maybe there is a risk that this relative anonymity will curb it's development :=(
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