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Netrunner
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Reader supplied reviews for Netrunner
Average rating
8.1 from 12 review(s)
Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-02
Votes: 0
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Netrunner has for a longtime been a fallback for me as I venture into the forest of Linux distros. Its very handsome and intuitive as well as innovative. I like the spin on the Desktop and it has shown a lot of practicality together with usefulness. In the installation its straight forward even the choice of keyboard variants which sometimes can be a language issue and hassle, is workable. The adding of software and apps runs smooth and is easily workable and the access is great. One con tough is the alternatives stay very rigid but that on the other hand means they are consistent. Im not a Linux pro and never will be but as an average user that dislikes win and its dominant character. I wish the same could be done with Googles imprints everywhere ! So whatever your approach to Linux is this distro will keep you rather well . Viktori in Malmö, SE
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Version: 25
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-02-14
Votes: 4
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Overall a great job with this distro but even with all the positives there are some minor niggles. Most Debian based distros have auto-detect for printers. This wasnt the case with 25 and you end up adding system-config-printer and printer-driver-all and doing it manually. Then theres the going to Konsole as mentioned in the post below mine, to do an upgrade right after installing(not newbie friendly). 25 also doesnt use Pipewire but instead uses PulseAudio and for you Wayland fans, youre out of luck, as they offer X11. Thankfully Snap isnt installed by default, and Flatpak is installed, all youll need to do is add Flathub in Discover.
No software center additionally nor any welcome center for newbies. Appimage launcher is installed which is a nice touch.
The theme for 25 is really nice and the custom wallpaper a nice touch but overall almost no unique features outside of their use of a full page menu, which can be changed in KDE. The overall desktop GUI is a mimic of Windows 11 and overall looks and feels nice to work with.
I had no issues with detection of wifi or ethernet, nor bluetooth. Im on a legacy device so I dont know how it fares with UEFI and secure boot needs to be turned off.
Im not sure what separates 25 and makes it a must have compared to other Debian based distros like MX Linux and Q4OS, let alone just using Debian itself. At least MX Linux and Q4OS have many added features and additional software centers and tools.
I had no issues installing it, the Calamares installer works fine and the supplied software was a good choice with Libreoffice, Thunderbird and Firefox included. They didnt go overboard with software but provide everything you need to get started.
This is a distro you should definitely give a try and see if it suits your needs
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Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-02-11
Votes: 4
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My thoughts about Netrunner 25 Shockworm
It's very well polished. One of the best KDE Plasma customizations that I've used so far.
Based on Debian 12 bookworm, which is rock-solid ground.
It's not bloated.
Out of the box, ready for the desktop use.
It's easy to install (calamares installer) and also easy to use.
No need to use the terminal if you don't want to. You can use Synaptic or Discover instead. Except for the post-install command, that they recommend to run (download page)
sudo apt update -y && sudo apt full-upgrade -y
I hope this distro becomes more and more popular.
I gave an 10/10.
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Version: 23
Rating: 5
Date: 2023-02-25
Votes: 1
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I was surprised not to find a checkbox option to encrypt the installation. When I googled "netrunner installation with LUKS" I found that many people have been requesting this from the developers for many years now. The devs have responded that they "might" make this available in some future release but as of Netrunner 23 they still haven't got around to it. Minus 2 points for not having this option and minus another 2 points for ignoring such a perfectly reasonable request from their users for so many years.
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Version: 21.01
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-05-17
Votes: 0
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hello people, I've been looking for the perfect, fast AND pretty Linux for a long time. Found it - Netrunner! Keep it up!
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Version: 21.01
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-05-05
Votes: 9
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I'm not sure why this one is not more popular--much more popular. I was going to say it's as if Debian and Ubuntu mated and had a KDE child. But that is really more Kubuntu and KDE Neon. Netrunner is based on Debian and its own things. Well I sat down and compared and contrasted Netrunner, Kubuntu, and KDE Neon. I love all three of them.
I am rather foolhardily trying to do video and audio editing on some older NEC notebooks. I did add some RAM--one now has 4GB and the other 8GB. The machines are 8 years old and weren't top of the line when I bought them (they were really budget notebooks--but they had 15.6 inch screens and spacious keyboards, which is why I go them in the first place). I am actually quite gracious that various Linux distros have kept me using my aging hardware when Win 10 became out of the question (yes, I upgraded, no, it was not worth the bother).
I found one of the three 'out of the box' more ready to enable me to rip DVDs into web-ready video. I was able to install Handbrake and MakeMKV applications on all three, but Netrunner really worked best for me, despite it taking a bit longer to get the software installed.
I give all three of these OSes 9/10 stars (which is about as high as I have ever gone). The 'twist' is that I hadn't expected Netrunner to hang with the other two. It sure did.
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Version: 21.01
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-03-26
Votes: 1
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Everything works out of the box.
A very good distro.
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Version: 21.01
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-03-26
Votes: 0
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I love it.
I don't have any fancy requirements as it's used mostly for some Python development and for that, it just rocks. It's fast, looks fantastic (to me), and is Debian-based so ticks all the right boxes as far as I'm concerned.
It's currently my distro of choice, having replaced Ubuntu, and see no reason to move away from it, especially if it keeps improving.
I give it a score 1 short of 10 as I have experienced a couple of minor stability issues, I should probably mention it's run as a VM guest in VMware.
Mightily impressed, keep up the good work Devs!
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Version: 21.01
Rating: 5
Date: 2021-03-02
Votes: 0
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Pros -
* quick and smooth install
* good eyecandy, being KDE
* Debian backed repos, so lots of stable software
* KDE comes with double-click, not single-click as installed default. YAY!!
Cons -
* absolutely no way to get 24-hr clock, a big Achilles Heel of all KDE distros
This thing where you CAN NOT customise settings like the date time formats, ends the whole "power" DE thing. KDE as a whole is highly customisable, but then this. I have to turn to distros that have MATE or Cinnamon. If only the KDE upstream guys would fix this ONE thing, NetRunner would be a solid 9+ on the scale.
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Version: 21.01
Rating: 6
Date: 2021-02-24
Votes: 1
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Nicely customized Debian distro. Unfortunately still doesn't support full disk encryption on install or at least I couldn't figure it out.
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Version: 20.01
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-01-21
Votes: 8
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Been running the CORE version for months. 0 issue.
Beautiful, clean and extremely functional. This distro deserves to be in top 15 in my opinion.
Netrunner Devs, if you are reading this: Great job!! Keep it up.
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Version: 20.01
Rating: 5
Date: 2021-01-21
Votes: 0
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First, I'm going to focus on the pros so that I don't sound like an absolute jerk. First of all, Netrunner is very well put together. The themes and stylization are drop-dead gorgeous, and the inclusion of the App Dashboard instead of the Kickoff menu by default is genius. Package management with Apt is as expected, but there is a little delay with triggers at the end. App selection is great, too, if not the slightest bit bloated. however, the KDE plasma desktop is a little outdated, but that is to be expected from a Debian Stable base. Netrunner Core is nice, too. But now, let's tackle the elephant in the room: Driver support. Driver support and Codecs are literally the main focus of the distribution, they specifically state that NetRunner works out of the box. Then why, oh why, is it literally Impossible to install B43 drivers? Not including them out of the box is one thing, but No Driver manager to enable them after installation? I find it hilarious that a distribution designed for driver support falls flat in that exact category. Yes, I did run it on another laptop that DID have a supported wireless card, and it did run great, but no Broadcom support is inexcusable. 5/10
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Latest Reviews
Project: Netrunner
Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-02
Votes: 0
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Netrunner has for a longtime been a fallback for me as I venture into the forest of Linux distros. Its very handsome and intuitive as well as innovative. I like the spin on the Desktop and it has shown a lot of practicality together with usefulness. In the installation its straight forward even the choice of keyboard variants which sometimes can be a language issue and hassle, is workable. The adding of software and apps runs smooth and is easily workable and the access is great. One con tough is the alternatives stay very rigid but that on the other hand means they are consistent. Im not a Linux pro and never will be but as an average user that dislikes win and its dominant character. I wish the same could be done with Googles imprints everywhere ! So whatever your approach to Linux is this distro will keep you rather well . Viktori in Malmö, SE
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Project: Netrunner
Version: 25
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-02-14
Votes: 4
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Overall a great job with this distro but even with all the positives there are some minor niggles. Most Debian based distros have auto-detect for printers. This wasnt the case with 25 and you end up adding system-config-printer and printer-driver-all and doing it manually. Then theres the going to Konsole as mentioned in the post below mine, to do an upgrade right after installing(not newbie friendly). 25 also doesnt use Pipewire but instead uses PulseAudio and for you Wayland fans, youre out of luck, as they offer X11. Thankfully Snap isnt installed by default, and Flatpak is installed, all youll need to do is add Flathub in Discover.
No software center additionally nor any welcome center for newbies. Appimage launcher is installed which is a nice touch.
The theme for 25 is really nice and the custom wallpaper a nice touch but overall almost no unique features outside of their use of a full page menu, which can be changed in KDE. The overall desktop GUI is a mimic of Windows 11 and overall looks and feels nice to work with.
I had no issues with detection of wifi or ethernet, nor bluetooth. Im on a legacy device so I dont know how it fares with UEFI and secure boot needs to be turned off.
Im not sure what separates 25 and makes it a must have compared to other Debian based distros like MX Linux and Q4OS, let alone just using Debian itself. At least MX Linux and Q4OS have many added features and additional software centers and tools.
I had no issues installing it, the Calamares installer works fine and the supplied software was a good choice with Libreoffice, Thunderbird and Firefox included. They didnt go overboard with software but provide everything you need to get started.
This is a distro you should definitely give a try and see if it suits your needs
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Project: Netrunner
Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-02-11
Votes: 4
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My thoughts about Netrunner 25 Shockworm
It's very well polished. One of the best KDE Plasma customizations that I've used so far.
Based on Debian 12 bookworm, which is rock-solid ground.
It's not bloated.
Out of the box, ready for the desktop use.
It's easy to install (calamares installer) and also easy to use.
No need to use the terminal if you don't want to. You can use Synaptic or Discover instead. Except for the post-install command, that they recommend to run (download page)
sudo apt update -y && sudo apt full-upgrade -y
I hope this distro becomes more and more popular.
I gave an 10/10.
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Project: Netrunner
Version: 23
Rating: 5
Date: 2023-02-25
Votes: 1
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I was surprised not to find a checkbox option to encrypt the installation. When I googled "netrunner installation with LUKS" I found that many people have been requesting this from the developers for many years now. The devs have responded that they "might" make this available in some future release but as of Netrunner 23 they still haven't got around to it. Minus 2 points for not having this option and minus another 2 points for ignoring such a perfectly reasonable request from their users for so many years.
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Project: Netrunner
Version: 21.01
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-05-17
Votes: 0
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hello people, I've been looking for the perfect, fast AND pretty Linux for a long time. Found it - Netrunner! Keep it up!
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Project: Netrunner
Version: 21.01
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-05-05
Votes: 9
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I'm not sure why this one is not more popular--much more popular. I was going to say it's as if Debian and Ubuntu mated and had a KDE child. But that is really more Kubuntu and KDE Neon. Netrunner is based on Debian and its own things. Well I sat down and compared and contrasted Netrunner, Kubuntu, and KDE Neon. I love all three of them.
I am rather foolhardily trying to do video and audio editing on some older NEC notebooks. I did add some RAM--one now has 4GB and the other 8GB. The machines are 8 years old and weren't top of the line when I bought them (they were really budget notebooks--but they had 15.6 inch screens and spacious keyboards, which is why I go them in the first place). I am actually quite gracious that various Linux distros have kept me using my aging hardware when Win 10 became out of the question (yes, I upgraded, no, it was not worth the bother).
I found one of the three 'out of the box' more ready to enable me to rip DVDs into web-ready video. I was able to install Handbrake and MakeMKV applications on all three, but Netrunner really worked best for me, despite it taking a bit longer to get the software installed.
I give all three of these OSes 9/10 stars (which is about as high as I have ever gone). The 'twist' is that I hadn't expected Netrunner to hang with the other two. It sure did.
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Project: Netrunner
Version: 21.01
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-03-26
Votes: 0
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I love it.
I don't have any fancy requirements as it's used mostly for some Python development and for that, it just rocks. It's fast, looks fantastic (to me), and is Debian-based so ticks all the right boxes as far as I'm concerned.
It's currently my distro of choice, having replaced Ubuntu, and see no reason to move away from it, especially if it keeps improving.
I give it a score 1 short of 10 as I have experienced a couple of minor stability issues, I should probably mention it's run as a VM guest in VMware.
Mightily impressed, keep up the good work Devs!
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Project: Netrunner
Version: 21.01
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-03-26
Votes: 1
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Everything works out of the box.
A very good distro.
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Project: Netrunner
Version: 21.01
Rating: 5
Date: 2021-03-02
Votes: 0
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Pros -
* quick and smooth install
* good eyecandy, being KDE
* Debian backed repos, so lots of stable software
* KDE comes with double-click, not single-click as installed default. YAY!!
Cons -
* absolutely no way to get 24-hr clock, a big Achilles Heel of all KDE distros
This thing where you CAN NOT customise settings like the date time formats, ends the whole "power" DE thing. KDE as a whole is highly customisable, but then this. I have to turn to distros that have MATE or Cinnamon. If only the KDE upstream guys would fix this ONE thing, NetRunner would be a solid 9+ on the scale.
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Project: Netrunner
Version: 21.01
Rating: 6
Date: 2021-02-24
Votes: 1
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Nicely customized Debian distro. Unfortunately still doesn't support full disk encryption on install or at least I couldn't figure it out.
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Project: Netrunner
Version: 20.01
Rating: 5
Date: 2021-01-21
Votes: 0
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First, I'm going to focus on the pros so that I don't sound like an absolute jerk. First of all, Netrunner is very well put together. The themes and stylization are drop-dead gorgeous, and the inclusion of the App Dashboard instead of the Kickoff menu by default is genius. Package management with Apt is as expected, but there is a little delay with triggers at the end. App selection is great, too, if not the slightest bit bloated. however, the KDE plasma desktop is a little outdated, but that is to be expected from a Debian Stable base. Netrunner Core is nice, too. But now, let's tackle the elephant in the room: Driver support. Driver support and Codecs are literally the main focus of the distribution, they specifically state that NetRunner works out of the box. Then why, oh why, is it literally Impossible to install B43 drivers? Not including them out of the box is one thing, but No Driver manager to enable them after installation? I find it hilarious that a distribution designed for driver support falls flat in that exact category. Yes, I did run it on another laptop that DID have a supported wireless card, and it did run great, but no Broadcom support is inexcusable. 5/10
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Project: Netrunner
Version: 20.01
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-01-21
Votes: 8
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Been running the CORE version for months. 0 issue.
Beautiful, clean and extremely functional. This distro deserves to be in top 15 in my opinion.
Netrunner Devs, if you are reading this: Great job!! Keep it up.
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