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Porteus
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Reader supplied reviews for Porteus
Average rating
8.5 from 17 review(s)
Version: 5.01
Rating: 1
Date: 2024-08-07
Votes: 5
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The author doesn't seem interested in updating the SAL certificates on their website. Additionally several packages seem outdated and otherwise misconfigured. I get worried when it seems like there's no attention to detail in the distribution as that's where the problems start with security and maintainability. Slack is pretty long in tooth also and new users may not know how to use it. Most distros these days are moving towards some form of immutable configuration and containers support and this seems to be lacking also.
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Version: 5.01
Rating: 7
Date: 2024-07-23
Votes: 2
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The Good:
Fast, Small and reliable at least for casual usage.
All the downloads are under 500MB installation boots in seconds as promised.
The Bad:
Some configuration annoyances in the openbox version I use. Setting time zone did nothing so had to manually force it at startup.
Same kind of problems with desired resolution, I tried the startup scripts feature but no luck for me so manually forcing thi also.
Only manual editing the tint2 launcher bar icons, this more of a tint2 feature than porteus fault, but it could be mentioned on the user manual / tips section somewhere.
Updates doesn't seem to come very often so manual labour needed when you marry this with a not so intuitive package manager it not the most smooth experience.
Opinion:
personally I enjoy using it for my occasional needs because of the tiny installation size and fast boot times. Not many of these kind of distros that I know of these days.
Puppy is +700MB
TinyCore is super basic under 250MB
SliTaz updated last time 2014 according to distrowatch
antiX-base is around 1GB
As they advertise on hte porteus web page in light kiosk usage this could be the perfect solution.
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Version: 5.01
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-31
Votes: 9
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The best portable linux distro i've ever tried. I like the modules, i like the choice people have to make a persistent file to save changes made to the system or not.
It's pretty fast, it's not ressource hungry, and the hardware of my different computers just work out of the box.
It's also possible to download different desktop manager.
I'm even thinking about installing it on my computer. But it's so convenient to use it on a flash drive, and the fact that you can save all of your parameters in a file that can be copied everywhere you need it is fantastic.
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Version: 5.01
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-10-03
Votes: 6
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excellent distro for general propouse use. i usingo my void yet, but if i decide change my distro i choose a like Porteus distro becouse is very solid and stable..People used to testing Linux distros soon realize that they are usually very similar and somehow boring. Not just because most of them are based on the same main distros, but also because they do not provide anything really exciting. But Porteus is a different distro, with many unique and powerful features, made for those who want performance and efficiency at their best, without giving up modern hardware and software.
In a nutshell, a Linux distro is basically a collection of applications, settings and scripts running on a given version of the Linux kernel. Ubuntu is the most popular distro, followed by some other big players, like Arch, Fedora, Mint, Pop!_OS and Slackware. Porteus 5 (kernel 5.18.8) was released in July 2022 and it is based on Slackware 15.0, but it does not look or behave like Slackware at all.
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 8
Date: 2022-12-10
Votes: 8
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Pro
- Very good live cd for those who like to customize and create their own version.
- Good documentation and a forum with responsive and nice people.
- Several desktop environments available: KDE, XFCE, LXDE etc...
- A custom version with everything I need is present in the Ikki Boot compilation (Firefox with Ublock origin and DuckduckGo as search engine) ^^
Cons
- By default no internet browser, despite the presence of a script that allows you to download and install one.
- A Slackware based live cd that can be complicated to customize for a newbie.
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 7
Date: 2022-11-02
Votes: 3
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Delete a large file or many files, yet the file system size doesn't adjust down to allow more files.
(yes I emptied the bin, rebooted etc)
Bit tricky for newbies learning how to create and save a "save.dat"
Keep it simple and save the created save.dat (or what ever you call yours) into the folder "porteus"
The saved.dat needs to be outside the OS root folder. I don't add the SDD1 stuff.
APPEND changes=/porteus/saved.dat
Where's the new software (aka module) installer? Web browser installer is easy, but what about email clients and VLC etc.
Hunting around for modules (apps) and plonking them into the modules folder is a pain.
The overall look and feel is great. It's light and fast like Puppy, but without the Windows 3.1 feel.
It's not my daily, just a spare OS on a spare USB in my draw to play with when bored.
Lubuntu's staying on my key chain a bit longer.
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 6
Date: 2022-09-21
Votes: 2
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I managed to get the 5.0 to install on a usb stick, the os runs smoothly and is very quick, Its nice to have a choice of your favorite browser, but like your revue, I too was disappointed with persistance problem. I have tried to follow the instructions but did not succeed in getting it to save for the next reboot. Should the devs fix this problem I think the os has a very good future. I will not be using it on a day to day basis as the programs that I download don't survive the next reboot, unfortunately. For future version I will keeping an eye on it.
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-08-17
Votes: 2
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I booted Porteus, and set the keyboard to my location/type.
I downloaded and installed Firefox.
I got a message that it has to copied from /tmp/ to the modules folder in order for it to survive a reboot.
But there is no /modules/ folder.
Furthermore, Firefox does not appear on the menu. All there is is the install web browser option, again.
In other words, it is not possible to install a web browser that can actually be used.
This makes this operating system utterly useless.
This is supposed to be a persistent live system.
What is the point of an operating system that cannot run installed applications?
This has proven itself to be a total waste of my time.
First impressions count, EVERY time.
Porteus used to be a great system that could be built online prior to download, so that one could have a ready to run operating system.
Now, it is a static system that is effectively unusable for people who need a web browser to connect to the www.
if I could make a request to the developer, it would be to either reinstate the 'Build Porteus' option on the website, or at least include a web browser pre-installed to the distribution. It would still be a minimal system, less than the size of a CD.
I have no option other than give Porteus a 'fail'.
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-07-17
Votes: 3
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I'm using Porteus 5.0 KDE since a few days.
Almost perfect. I can still run SW packages downloaded for previous releases (4.0 and 5.0rc3): LibreOffice, Thunderbird, Obs-Studio, Teams, Zoom, VLC, and many others.
Stability was improved over 5.0rc3, and everything works as expected.
Only the Bluetooth connection with my headphone has an annoying problem: from time to time short gaps (just a few milliseconds) interrupt the sound stream.
I must use a cable connected headphone.
But I'm pretty sure that developers will soon fix that.
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-07-15
Votes: 2
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I was looking for a light weight distro for a very old computer (no more windows drivers and using WinXP is no longer an option), and after trying some other distros (Puppy, SliTaz, TinyCore) I stumble upon Porteus, it amazed me.
The computer feels fast and all the hardware works.
The ISO is only about 300Mb so no Office suite, no browser (but can be downloaded later), no Gimp, small selection of fonts, only 1 wallpaper... etc. but I see this as a good thing: you can install only what you need and customize your installation.
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Version: 5.0-rc2
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-15
Votes: 16
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Actually rc3.
Porteus is a rather brilliant system. Based on the 'daddy-of-all-distros', it is somehow one of the most modern of all of them.
Porteus, being based upon Slackware, is effectively based upon source code, rather than heavy binaries; yet compiles easily.
Porteus is light and powerful, rather than heavy and bloated. Where 'powerful' often means 'bloated' and slow, Porteus is very fast. The only thing that takes time is setting it up. But setting up always takes time.
Porteus is both portable and live, but also installable to hard drive.
Porteus doesn't try to be 'all-things-for-everyone', yet somehow just does that.
Once it's played with, and its quirkiness is taken into account, Porteus is very user-friendly. It is clearly designed that way. So many things are made easy.
Sure, repositories and package management could be better; but given that it is still a 'release candidate' & therefore effectively 'beta', it behaves more like a final 'gold' release, if not a 'gamma'. But maybe that's the developers' idea: a system that the end-user can customise to their hearts content.
Some distros demand to be customised, giving the user the 'great responsibility that comes with great power'.
Other distros are so bespoke that customising them breaks them.
Porteus somehow surpasses all this. It can be played with and customised to the limits of what is available.
And if I bork my install, then I can start afresh on the next boot, without even having to deliberately delete the saved configuration.
Porteus is an 'idiot's dream', in the best way possible.
If an idiot such as myself can somehow combine 15 years experience of Debian-based distros with Porteus, then I may make Porteus my main system. And that's a serious possibility.
Perhaps the best thing is that I can do all of this on a pendrive, on the side and on the fly, while still keeping my stable main install intact.
And then, once I've worked out my bespoke Porteus spin, I can install it to hard drive, and still have an identical version in my pocket.
Actually, it is entirely possible to create a system whereby the main hardware is effectively a hub, with the operating system on one external drive, and the user partitions on other external drives. I have done this before, when a main HDD failed. I also did something similar this on a 4Gib EeePC netbook, with only the main install on the netbook, the user partition/data on an external drive.
I may have to try this with Porteus. It'll probably be easier.
Well done by the Porteus developers. You bring a refreshing perspective to the Linux ecosystem.
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Version: 5.0-rc2
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-01
Votes: 8
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I definitely agree with other users saying Porteus is better than Slackware. Porteus has all of the repositories and more, is easier to use, is faster and more stable. Porteus looks great and doesn’t use a ton of resources like Slackware does. In my experience, users in the Porteus forums are very helpful and nice and the developers are very active and open to users suggestions and comments. KDE is my preferred desktop environment and everything works great on it, and I would say as well that it’s speedy, very stable, is a cinch to use and has so much customization available for it. I recommend Porteus.
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Version: 5.0-rc2
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-12-07
Votes: 39
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This is better than Slackware. It’s easy-to-use, fast, stable, looks great and works right out of the box. With Slackware, I had trouble setting it up and some freezes, and with Proteus, I’ve had no trouble setting it up and no freezes and crashes. This review of mine is for the KDE Plasma version.
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Version: 5.0-rc2
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-10-11
Votes: 31
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NOT rc2: But July 2021 rc3:
I'd had this running for a while: I have 26 distros bootable off my 3 legacy grub driven 3 hard drives. But just recently I decided to see if it would handle daily use:
Chrome for microphone with Duolingo, SciTE as my Gui text-editor [Just used the author's gscite download and it ran 5.14 like a charm!], Micro as my editor, vfu 21 static as my filemanager, Conky info in a one row strip across the bottom of the screen, Keepassxc to handle passwords (400 entries), palemoon browser (because I like it), SoftOffice suite(textmaker21, Planmaker21, Presentations21). I prefer NON systemd & as Slackware based it's SysVinit.
Without USM in the RC I had to use slackyd + installpkg, which worked great.
By using kernel line 'changes=/porteus' I had all my modifications saved even when copying to RAM! Naturally I have it installed to its own 2oGB ext4 partition but it is only using 6.1 GB.
One issue was to use timeconfig NOT tzselect because my BIOS clock is set to UTC.
Also using XFCE4's Settings -> Session & Startup my conky gets erased by the wallpaper on startup. But once I run 'conky & ' from the Application Finder it stays running fine.
All of the above requirements were met. This is a TOPS distro... from one who has reviewed over 130 distros!
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Version: 5.0-rc2
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-07-20
Votes: 35
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Tried Porteus v-5.0rc2 Cinnamon edition last year, and was impressed by the full desktop experience from this tiny os running as a persistent live usb. Latest Porteus v-5.0rc3 doesn't show obvious differences on the surface, but even on a 13 year old laptop it performs brilliantly from a decent usb stick. A choice of browsers are available to add on as modules, and my various Appimages work great as well - very useful for this type of system. The release candidate doesn't have the USM package manager functioning, but does contain the current Slackware changes. Anyway, this quick booting snappy system is an advanced & modern portable offering with all the main DE's to choose from. A generous amount of software is included for it's diminutive size together with security/privacy options. Another great release.
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Version: 5.0-rc2
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-07-10
Votes: 21
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I have always liked Porteus. It's very small. It's just a few hundred MB's in size which easily fits on a CD. This is something that is becoming rarer and rarer nowadays. It's very easy to install, and is much more refined than other small distros. I would even venture to say that it's the most polished, refined small distro out there. It also runs beautifully on older PC's.
I even donated some money to the developers just because this is one distro that is absolutely worth supporting and keeping alive.
Even though I am not using it at this very moment, I always enjoy going back to it, and always would like to have it as my Ace Card.
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Version: 5.0-rc2
Rating: 8
Date: 2021-03-18
Votes: 8
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This system is indeed fast like the previous versions. The LXQT version is very clean and neat. Overall the menus are very simple and they have only a handful of the most useful programs installed. However, I was disappointed to see that there was no USM (Universal Package Manager) no longer being developed in this version 5 rc-2. This leaves me wondering how the heck would I update this distro? A package manager or update function is probably one of the most important elements of ANY distro. Other than that, this is a very decent modular style distro.
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Latest Reviews
Project: Porteus
Version: 5.01
Rating: 1
Date: 2024-08-07
Votes: 5
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The author doesn't seem interested in updating the SAL certificates on their website. Additionally several packages seem outdated and otherwise misconfigured. I get worried when it seems like there's no attention to detail in the distribution as that's where the problems start with security and maintainability. Slack is pretty long in tooth also and new users may not know how to use it. Most distros these days are moving towards some form of immutable configuration and containers support and this seems to be lacking also.
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Project: Porteus
Version: 5.01
Rating: 7
Date: 2024-07-23
Votes: 2
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The Good:
Fast, Small and reliable at least for casual usage.
All the downloads are under 500MB installation boots in seconds as promised.
The Bad:
Some configuration annoyances in the openbox version I use. Setting time zone did nothing so had to manually force it at startup.
Same kind of problems with desired resolution, I tried the startup scripts feature but no luck for me so manually forcing thi also.
Only manual editing the tint2 launcher bar icons, this more of a tint2 feature than porteus fault, but it could be mentioned on the user manual / tips section somewhere.
Updates doesn't seem to come very often so manual labour needed when you marry this with a not so intuitive package manager it not the most smooth experience.
Opinion:
personally I enjoy using it for my occasional needs because of the tiny installation size and fast boot times. Not many of these kind of distros that I know of these days.
Puppy is +700MB
TinyCore is super basic under 250MB
SliTaz updated last time 2014 according to distrowatch
antiX-base is around 1GB
As they advertise on hte porteus web page in light kiosk usage this could be the perfect solution.
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Project: Porteus
Version: 5.01
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-31
Votes: 9
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The best portable linux distro i've ever tried. I like the modules, i like the choice people have to make a persistent file to save changes made to the system or not.
It's pretty fast, it's not ressource hungry, and the hardware of my different computers just work out of the box.
It's also possible to download different desktop manager.
I'm even thinking about installing it on my computer. But it's so convenient to use it on a flash drive, and the fact that you can save all of your parameters in a file that can be copied everywhere you need it is fantastic.
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Project: Porteus
Version: 5.01
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-10-03
Votes: 6
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excellent distro for general propouse use. i usingo my void yet, but if i decide change my distro i choose a like Porteus distro becouse is very solid and stable..People used to testing Linux distros soon realize that they are usually very similar and somehow boring. Not just because most of them are based on the same main distros, but also because they do not provide anything really exciting. But Porteus is a different distro, with many unique and powerful features, made for those who want performance and efficiency at their best, without giving up modern hardware and software.
In a nutshell, a Linux distro is basically a collection of applications, settings and scripts running on a given version of the Linux kernel. Ubuntu is the most popular distro, followed by some other big players, like Arch, Fedora, Mint, Pop!_OS and Slackware. Porteus 5 (kernel 5.18.8) was released in July 2022 and it is based on Slackware 15.0, but it does not look or behave like Slackware at all.
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Project: Porteus
Version: 5.0
Rating: 8
Date: 2022-12-10
Votes: 8
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Pro
- Very good live cd for those who like to customize and create their own version.
- Good documentation and a forum with responsive and nice people.
- Several desktop environments available: KDE, XFCE, LXDE etc...
- A custom version with everything I need is present in the Ikki Boot compilation (Firefox with Ublock origin and DuckduckGo as search engine) ^^
Cons
- By default no internet browser, despite the presence of a script that allows you to download and install one.
- A Slackware based live cd that can be complicated to customize for a newbie.
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Project: Porteus
Version: 5.0
Rating: 7
Date: 2022-11-02
Votes: 3
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Delete a large file or many files, yet the file system size doesn't adjust down to allow more files.
(yes I emptied the bin, rebooted etc)
Bit tricky for newbies learning how to create and save a "save.dat"
Keep it simple and save the created save.dat (or what ever you call yours) into the folder "porteus"
The saved.dat needs to be outside the OS root folder. I don't add the SDD1 stuff.
APPEND changes=/porteus/saved.dat
Where's the new software (aka module) installer? Web browser installer is easy, but what about email clients and VLC etc.
Hunting around for modules (apps) and plonking them into the modules folder is a pain.
The overall look and feel is great. It's light and fast like Puppy, but without the Windows 3.1 feel.
It's not my daily, just a spare OS on a spare USB in my draw to play with when bored.
Lubuntu's staying on my key chain a bit longer.
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Project: Porteus
Version: 5.0
Rating: 6
Date: 2022-09-21
Votes: 2
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I managed to get the 5.0 to install on a usb stick, the os runs smoothly and is very quick, Its nice to have a choice of your favorite browser, but like your revue, I too was disappointed with persistance problem. I have tried to follow the instructions but did not succeed in getting it to save for the next reboot. Should the devs fix this problem I think the os has a very good future. I will not be using it on a day to day basis as the programs that I download don't survive the next reboot, unfortunately. For future version I will keeping an eye on it.
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Project: Porteus
Version: 5.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-08-17
Votes: 2
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I booted Porteus, and set the keyboard to my location/type.
I downloaded and installed Firefox.
I got a message that it has to copied from /tmp/ to the modules folder in order for it to survive a reboot.
But there is no /modules/ folder.
Furthermore, Firefox does not appear on the menu. All there is is the install web browser option, again.
In other words, it is not possible to install a web browser that can actually be used.
This makes this operating system utterly useless.
This is supposed to be a persistent live system.
What is the point of an operating system that cannot run installed applications?
This has proven itself to be a total waste of my time.
First impressions count, EVERY time.
Porteus used to be a great system that could be built online prior to download, so that one could have a ready to run operating system.
Now, it is a static system that is effectively unusable for people who need a web browser to connect to the www.
if I could make a request to the developer, it would be to either reinstate the 'Build Porteus' option on the website, or at least include a web browser pre-installed to the distribution. It would still be a minimal system, less than the size of a CD.
I have no option other than give Porteus a 'fail'.
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Project: Porteus
Version: 5.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-07-17
Votes: 3
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I'm using Porteus 5.0 KDE since a few days.
Almost perfect. I can still run SW packages downloaded for previous releases (4.0 and 5.0rc3): LibreOffice, Thunderbird, Obs-Studio, Teams, Zoom, VLC, and many others.
Stability was improved over 5.0rc3, and everything works as expected.
Only the Bluetooth connection with my headphone has an annoying problem: from time to time short gaps (just a few milliseconds) interrupt the sound stream.
I must use a cable connected headphone.
But I'm pretty sure that developers will soon fix that.
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Project: Porteus
Version: 5.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-07-15
Votes: 2
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I was looking for a light weight distro for a very old computer (no more windows drivers and using WinXP is no longer an option), and after trying some other distros (Puppy, SliTaz, TinyCore) I stumble upon Porteus, it amazed me.
The computer feels fast and all the hardware works.
The ISO is only about 300Mb so no Office suite, no browser (but can be downloaded later), no Gimp, small selection of fonts, only 1 wallpaper... etc. but I see this as a good thing: you can install only what you need and customize your installation.
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Project: Porteus
Version: 5.0-rc2
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-15
Votes: 16
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Actually rc3.
Porteus is a rather brilliant system. Based on the 'daddy-of-all-distros', it is somehow one of the most modern of all of them.
Porteus, being based upon Slackware, is effectively based upon source code, rather than heavy binaries; yet compiles easily.
Porteus is light and powerful, rather than heavy and bloated. Where 'powerful' often means 'bloated' and slow, Porteus is very fast. The only thing that takes time is setting it up. But setting up always takes time.
Porteus is both portable and live, but also installable to hard drive.
Porteus doesn't try to be 'all-things-for-everyone', yet somehow just does that.
Once it's played with, and its quirkiness is taken into account, Porteus is very user-friendly. It is clearly designed that way. So many things are made easy.
Sure, repositories and package management could be better; but given that it is still a 'release candidate' & therefore effectively 'beta', it behaves more like a final 'gold' release, if not a 'gamma'. But maybe that's the developers' idea: a system that the end-user can customise to their hearts content.
Some distros demand to be customised, giving the user the 'great responsibility that comes with great power'.
Other distros are so bespoke that customising them breaks them.
Porteus somehow surpasses all this. It can be played with and customised to the limits of what is available.
And if I bork my install, then I can start afresh on the next boot, without even having to deliberately delete the saved configuration.
Porteus is an 'idiot's dream', in the best way possible.
If an idiot such as myself can somehow combine 15 years experience of Debian-based distros with Porteus, then I may make Porteus my main system. And that's a serious possibility.
Perhaps the best thing is that I can do all of this on a pendrive, on the side and on the fly, while still keeping my stable main install intact.
And then, once I've worked out my bespoke Porteus spin, I can install it to hard drive, and still have an identical version in my pocket.
Actually, it is entirely possible to create a system whereby the main hardware is effectively a hub, with the operating system on one external drive, and the user partitions on other external drives. I have done this before, when a main HDD failed. I also did something similar this on a 4Gib EeePC netbook, with only the main install on the netbook, the user partition/data on an external drive.
I may have to try this with Porteus. It'll probably be easier.
Well done by the Porteus developers. You bring a refreshing perspective to the Linux ecosystem.
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Project: Porteus
Version: 5.0-rc2
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-01
Votes: 8
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I definitely agree with other users saying Porteus is better than Slackware. Porteus has all of the repositories and more, is easier to use, is faster and more stable. Porteus looks great and doesn’t use a ton of resources like Slackware does. In my experience, users in the Porteus forums are very helpful and nice and the developers are very active and open to users suggestions and comments. KDE is my preferred desktop environment and everything works great on it, and I would say as well that it’s speedy, very stable, is a cinch to use and has so much customization available for it. I recommend Porteus.
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Project: Porteus
Version: 5.0-rc2
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-12-07
Votes: 39
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This is better than Slackware. It’s easy-to-use, fast, stable, looks great and works right out of the box. With Slackware, I had trouble setting it up and some freezes, and with Proteus, I’ve had no trouble setting it up and no freezes and crashes. This review of mine is for the KDE Plasma version.
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Project: Porteus
Version: 5.0-rc2
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-10-11
Votes: 31
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NOT rc2: But July 2021 rc3:
I'd had this running for a while: I have 26 distros bootable off my 3 legacy grub driven 3 hard drives. But just recently I decided to see if it would handle daily use:
Chrome for microphone with Duolingo, SciTE as my Gui text-editor [Just used the author's gscite download and it ran 5.14 like a charm!], Micro as my editor, vfu 21 static as my filemanager, Conky info in a one row strip across the bottom of the screen, Keepassxc to handle passwords (400 entries), palemoon browser (because I like it), SoftOffice suite(textmaker21, Planmaker21, Presentations21). I prefer NON systemd & as Slackware based it's SysVinit.
Without USM in the RC I had to use slackyd + installpkg, which worked great.
By using kernel line 'changes=/porteus' I had all my modifications saved even when copying to RAM! Naturally I have it installed to its own 2oGB ext4 partition but it is only using 6.1 GB.
One issue was to use timeconfig NOT tzselect because my BIOS clock is set to UTC.
Also using XFCE4's Settings -> Session & Startup my conky gets erased by the wallpaper on startup. But once I run 'conky & ' from the Application Finder it stays running fine.
All of the above requirements were met. This is a TOPS distro... from one who has reviewed over 130 distros!
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Project: Porteus
Version: 5.0-rc2
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-07-20
Votes: 35
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Tried Porteus v-5.0rc2 Cinnamon edition last year, and was impressed by the full desktop experience from this tiny os running as a persistent live usb. Latest Porteus v-5.0rc3 doesn't show obvious differences on the surface, but even on a 13 year old laptop it performs brilliantly from a decent usb stick. A choice of browsers are available to add on as modules, and my various Appimages work great as well - very useful for this type of system. The release candidate doesn't have the USM package manager functioning, but does contain the current Slackware changes. Anyway, this quick booting snappy system is an advanced & modern portable offering with all the main DE's to choose from. A generous amount of software is included for it's diminutive size together with security/privacy options. Another great release.
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Project: Porteus
Version: 5.0-rc2
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-07-10
Votes: 21
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I have always liked Porteus. It's very small. It's just a few hundred MB's in size which easily fits on a CD. This is something that is becoming rarer and rarer nowadays. It's very easy to install, and is much more refined than other small distros. I would even venture to say that it's the most polished, refined small distro out there. It also runs beautifully on older PC's.
I even donated some money to the developers just because this is one distro that is absolutely worth supporting and keeping alive.
Even though I am not using it at this very moment, I always enjoy going back to it, and always would like to have it as my Ace Card.
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Project: Porteus
Version: 5.0-rc2
Rating: 8
Date: 2021-03-18
Votes: 8
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This system is indeed fast like the previous versions. The LXQT version is very clean and neat. Overall the menus are very simple and they have only a handful of the most useful programs installed. However, I was disappointed to see that there was no USM (Universal Package Manager) no longer being developed in this version 5 rc-2. This leaves me wondering how the heck would I update this distro? A package manager or update function is probably one of the most important elements of ANY distro. Other than that, this is a very decent modular style distro.
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