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Rhino Linux
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Reader supplied reviews for Rhino Linux
Average rating
4.9 from 22 review(s)
Version: 2024.1
Rating: 8
Date: 2024-08-10
Votes: 3
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it's an interesting distro. There's a lot to offer but maybe a GUI would be needed to install and uninstall the various software (even if the command line one is nice), but there's the wiki to support the excellent choice of package types (not limited to snaps).
It can also improve a lot at the community level and it needs time to grow.
The structure with the side plank or the search can be replicated in any other xfce but here a good job of aesthetics has been done at the theme level.
I will follow its development, as a distro it deserves more than many other Ubuntu derivatives.
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Version: 2023.4
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-02-28
Votes: 5
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I'm extremely satisfied with Rhino. It boasts impressive speed and stability, and the regular updates haven't caused any issues so far. Naturally, being a new distribution, coupled with the fact that Xfce is a modified version, it's not surprising to encounter a few quirks here and there, which are promptly addressed anyway. However, I'm confident that once the development team regroups and gets back in full swing, we'll witness continuous improvements.
The only aspect I'm not particularly fond of is the use of Discord for communication between developers and users. It makes it challenging to effectively track discussions. Nevertheless, this doesn't deter me from using Rhino as my daily operating system.
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Version: 2023.4
Rating: 8
Date: 2024-01-09
Votes: 1
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good distribution linux I'm still testing but it's a good start. Easy installation on an 8 year old laptop.keep going rhino. nothing to say, it will improve over time, like any other distribution. Everything works, wifi.. except the touchpad.. I plugged in a USB mouse and it works perfectly.Rhino is very pretty and even relatively neat. She deserves to be known, I have no doubt that she will improve! and I think it will surprise us.
I'm used to using the Gnome desktop, I'm going to try to install it, I hope it won't be too heavy for my laptop.
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Version: 2023.4
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-12-23
Votes: 0
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Tried to install on RPI4 using 128 GB SD Card. After booting from the SD card, the Setup Wizard appeared appeared to hang. There was no login window presented and I could not login using the default user (rhino) and password (1234). However, the desktop seemed to function. It connected directly to my Ethernet connection to our modem. I was able to start Firefox and peruse the Rhino quick start guide. I was unable to shift the browser over to my 2nd monitor as it simply mirrored the primary monitor. Upon selecting shutdown, I saw an option to switch user, which I tried using the defaults. The Rhino Setup Wizard still refused to start.
It is difficult to fully assess this distribution as I could not get it setup properly. I will say that scrolling in the Firefox browser exhibits significant lag and is very "choppy" - not near as smooth as with Raspberry PI O/S. That is too bad as I was interested in evaluating Rhino's XFCE desktop on the RPI4.
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Version: 2023.3
Rating: 2
Date: 2023-10-29
Votes: 7
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I was very happy to install this distro. It has a nice interface and a rolling release ubuntu distro was very appealing. However, it is bare bones and requires even cups to be installed for the printers, as well as office software. Bluetooth was installed and enabled out of the box but my bluetooth speaker wound not show up in pulseaudio, even though it was connected and trusted. While installing common apps I suddenly lost the search icon from plank, then I lost the system icon. After that I lost the Rhino wallpaper.
I eventually installed the gnome desktop over it and everything began to function normally, including the bluetooth. I'm actually using it right now. I think Rhino Linux has a long way to go before it can be released as a stable distro.
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Version: 2023.3
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-10-29
Votes: 0
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On my primary PC I have Linux Mint, very stable. On my second PC, I do some experiments. I wanted to try Rhino linux, so I downloaded it, burned the ISO and try to install it, it was a catastrophy.
The installer said "start computer again", so I did. My PC couldn't find Rhino and started a piece of Tumbleweed again. With gparted I saw that somewhere there was pointed to Rhino, but boot parition on a totally wrong place.
I think we have to wait 6 to 12 months for a good working version of it. Too bad.
On my experiment computer I shall remain with Tumbleweed.
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Version: 2023.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-10-03
Votes: 1
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I installed it on the ssd of an old i3 8gbt computer.
Very impressed. All network connections work stably. Easy, beautiful, fast interface.
There are all the necessary applications for development.
I mainly work with docker, python, javascript.
Before I tried to use fedora (very heavy and slow), EndevourOS and MX linux.
I liked Rhino more, really good, amazing tool.
Million hanks to the developers.
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Version: 2023.2
Rating: 2
Date: 2023-09-11
Votes: 1
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2/10 just for the 'look'. even then ok...
* networking failed - lost wired network on 3rd reboot ... if you can believe this...
* password manager - (seahorse) is half-backed not well integrated with the system, no way to create a keyring (save chrome's passwords)
the whole idea is a bit mess, ok modded xfce but useless when the system does not function properly.
I went back to debian stable - in fact crap like this make me abandon linux once for all and stay on the win11 partition
oh, btw, there were reboots that the system stuck to "check disk" without doing nothing (no disk activity)
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Version: 2023.2
Rating: 5
Date: 2023-09-02
Votes: 0
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I liked the idea of a rolling Ubuntu distro. I must say that the installation was the quickest I've ever experienced. When up and running, Rhino was very snappy, not sluggish at all. But then the bad stuff appeared. First, I hated this version of XFCE, it added extra clicks to the most simple tasks. So I installed other desktop environments, and there was a problem with each one. Icons missing, programs disappearing, features not working at all. What a mess! Rhino is a good concept, but there's not here much to like. What do you do with a distro like this? You remove it and install Ubuntu Mate. Now, I am thoroughly pleased.
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Version: 2023.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-09-02
Votes: 2
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I installed this on a macbook and from the get go was really impressed. Everything works out of the box, the desktop is probably the nicest I've ever seen and the fact its built around xfce makes this distro by far a leader. The use of flatpaks, snaps and app images out of the box from the intro screen is just another really great addition.
Desktop wallpapers are all well suited to the set theme and once you master the keyboard shortcuts it's a breeze. I did change the app finder shortcut from super + f3 to super + space bar as I found this made more sense.
No bloat ware either and installation of apps and software via terminal is really easy. I have installed synaptic package gui as an extra to manage my installations etc.
Rolling release and based on Ubuntu too makes sense, absolutely enjoying everything about this and always discovering more parts to the rhino system each time I use it. Work flow is really nice too, desktop stays out of the way.
Easily a 10.
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Version: 2023.1
Rating: 6
Date: 2023-08-28
Votes: 2
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This is a great concept. rhino-pkg is one of the nicest CLI package managers I've used, and the fact that everything is based on Ubuntu means you have a good stable base.
However, I immediately ran into a few huge deal-breakers for me. I don't know what the heck is going on with the version of bluez/pipewire they are using, but not only could it not *see* my Bluetooth mouse (despite having just rebooted from an Arch install that has no trouble not only seeing my mouse, but pairing with it and reporting battery life etc.) but after pairing with Bluetooth speakers, the audio mixer would never show it as an output option. What I really don't understand is how, when scanning for devices, a Bluetooth adapter that can see my mouse in a different distro literally doesn't show the mouse as being found during the scan, no matter what I tried to do. So those two things mean I cannot use this as a daily driver (I use a Logitech MX Ergo trackball Bluetooth mouse, and I really hate using touchpads)
Because of this, I couldn't really give the system a true shakedown. Installing new software was easy; stuff like Discord shows up as a flatpak and is easy to get going. The rolling release means most packages were quite new, unlike a default Ubuntu install which typically has unusably old versions of stuff (they were still shipping gcc 8 when gcc 11 or 12 was out!). So I'm giving it a 6/10 for being a solid base that runs smoothly, but the hiccoughs early on sort of ruined the experience.
Oh, and the new user "wizard" that pops up on first boot actually *crashed* the first time I used it. After a reboot it popped up again and managed to complete. But man, for a non-Linux user that would be extremely discouraging to see something as important as the new user wizard crash!!!
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Version: 2023.1
Rating: 7
Date: 2023-08-20
Votes: 2
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Overall this is a pretty solid distribution, I have experienced a few issues which are being worked on and the development team are really quick to reply and active in their discussion channels.
My main issue was the LUKS disk encryption not working properly. The current workaround is to just not enable it, however it's apparently being worked on for the next version of Rhino Linux.
Unicorn looks beautiful, I personally love the Icons, and the development team have done a really good job.
Would rate higher once the issues are sorted :)
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Version: 2023.1
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-08-18
Votes: 2
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Broken upon install.
If you want Ubuntu as a rolling release, change your source list to use the code name "devel" and you will be upgraded to the developer branch. It will provide more stable than this "hot mess," From the start, it proved buddy, and you cannot update this without breaking. Their "unicorn" which is what they call the hybrid mix of xfce and lightdm is poorly coded and unstable. If you update, neither will boot. I understand a 1st release may have bugs, but it has been a long time since I found a distro unusable. You cannot uninstall and reinstall xfce and lightdm. You cannot install kde without running into issues. You can try Gnome, but their config fires will interfere with that too.
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Version: 2023.1
Rating: 2
Date: 2023-08-17
Votes: 3
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It seems that it is impossible to delete the default xfce keybindings, so personalising this distro simply doesn't work. What a shame this is as I had high hopes for a rolling Ubuntu distro,
As I'm a i3wm user, this is obviously an essential factor if I want to use my own keybindings. It seems it's still very much a beta distro and not ready for use for anyone wanting to use it as a main desktop.
Hopefully in the future they will be able to fix this issue / bug, but for now it's simply not a viable option for anyone that wants to use anything but the basic pre-established settings. Again, such a shame.
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Version: 2023.1
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-08-13
Votes: 2
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First and foremost, this is ugly!
Secondly, the default setup is grossly over complicated. Navigation is just a crapfest. And the amount of included software (some of it redundant) is, to a certain degree, comedic.
Honestly, this is yet another novelty distribution to add the the bunch. I'd love to see true rolling Ubuntu edition as this is a void that could be potentially filled.
Out of the box it was a frustrating and overall negative experience. Color scheme, desktop environment, default layout and bundled software where the main factors. Performance and driver support was hit and miss on 3 different laptops.
Rhino unfortunately lacks direction, cohesiveness and is poorly executed. Something to play with but that's about it.
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Version: 2023.1
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-08-11
Votes: 1
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Tried to install many times on my desktop. I only have amd gpu and cpu, Never had this problem before. After installing on the live cd, when it reboots, it appears a black screen and a blinking terminal cursor (this: "_") on the top left corner. I tried reinstalling, redownload the image and reflash it, nothing seems to work. After trying everything I could, I just gave up. I really wanted to try this new distro, but it is not in the cards for now. I will wit a month and try again later. Until this is somehow fixed, this is my rating.
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Version: 2023.1
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-08-11
Votes: 1
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I like the idea of having a rolling release version of Ubuntu and figured this was a long time coming so I was pretty excited to download Rhino and give it a try in a VM. Unfortunately my experience was not good and the devs have a long way to go before I believe this is ready for prime time acceptance by the masses.
1. Installed in a VM in VirtualBox and upon the first reboot after the install it boots to a blinking cursor in the top left corner and stays there. After a couple of minutes I powered down the VM and it then booted correctly into the OS... not a big deal but first red flag.
2. Not a fan of the Unicorn desktop. I can appreciate it as being a customized version of XFCE but for me personally I do not like the look and feel of how the desktop is laid out. Also another major issue for me was trying to install any other desktop (KDE, Gnome) breaks the OS.
3. As far as updating the OS, I tried running 'rpk update -y' which did install some updates. However if I go to System Upgrade from the Your System icon on the launch bar it then found more updates to install. So it seems like rpk (rhino-pkg) does not truly update everything.
4. However I do appreciate that the OS gives you the option to not use flatpak or snaps. I also appreciate VSCodium coming already installed. It also has the latest versions of other apps I use which is a plus.
In time I feel this will become a nice rolling release OS to run but for now there are too many issues. But I'm confident those will get sorted out in time. Going to keep an eye on this one until then.
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Version: 2023.1
Rating: 5
Date: 2023-08-11
Votes: 2
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Although Rhino Linux is an attractive distro, it still requires much developing. This distro is NOT for beginners!
1. After install, glitch on restart.
2. Not enough documentation.
3. Plank bugs; could not rearrange icons or relocate panel to bottom.
4. Gdebi would not work.
5. Where is the PRINTER configuring software?
6. Top panel arranged for a person who has a lot of time on his hands.
7. Too much configuration required, even for a Linux distro; will go back to a stable distro.
8. Tagged as a rolling Ubuntu distro, it fooled me into installing & thinking it was semi-stable/usable.
9. Rhino should tag this distro as an alpha-distro, go back to the drawing board, and re-introduce this distro in 2024.
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Version: 2023.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-10
Votes: 1
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Great new distro. First boot in live iso is slow, it looks like it stuck , but after few minutes, desktop is there.
Installation is easy, no confusion. Xfce looks good , modern.
Ui is really fast and snappy. Website is looking good, very good informations. Better than Ubuntu :)
Devs are really friendly, they help you almost instantly.
I hope they will continue awwesome work here !
Really recommending it for new and old Linux users.
Good to see Rhino Linux here on Distrowatch :)
Good luck to devs in future
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Version: 2023.1
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-08-08
Votes: 2
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I thought "Okay, there is something new in the linux world. It looks like a child game, but I will try it."
On the first click on the download link it takes some time and than I got an error message. Good start...
After a while and another click, the download starts.
I tried to install it on a hyper-v in windows, but I was not able to. There is an error message on the console directly after start, that the system was not able to delete a folder. After that, the lightdm manager and another app/tool was not able to start. Finish...
I tried some settings in hyper-v, but nothing was working. And I use a lot of linux in hyper-v.
What can I say? It's an epic fail for the new start of a distribution.
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Version: 2023.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-08
Votes: 3
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I like it. I liked the live Rino, so installed it on a mediocre spec HP laptop 8gb Ram and 500gb HDD that originally had WinDoze 10. Had been running MX and LMDE on it, but I like Rino's gnome-like app grid and the speed of the machine. At this initial phase it seems faster than either MX or LMDE. Will see how it runs after a couple of months.
Kudos to the developers for a rolling Ubuntu-esque distro that seems to be productivity focused and makes XFCE look quite modern. Hopefully, the rolling release won't break often. So far, so good.
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Version: 2023.1
Rating: 7
Date: 2023-08-08
Votes: 3
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When I first looked at the images, it looked nice and smooth. When I installed it, the setup process went well, and everything worked fine.
The GUI looks great but the app grid acts like an application and is in the dock (in the middle of other apps.)
When clicking it, it takes a few seconds to open it and it's kinda clunky.
The desktop environment is fast and snappy, but some features should get their own place (like the search bar and app grid.) I like the concept, and as this is their first full release, it's pretty good.
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Latest Reviews
Project: Rhino Linux
Version: 2024.1
Rating: 8
Date: 2024-08-10
Votes: 3
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it's an interesting distro. There's a lot to offer but maybe a GUI would be needed to install and uninstall the various software (even if the command line one is nice), but there's the wiki to support the excellent choice of package types (not limited to snaps).
It can also improve a lot at the community level and it needs time to grow.
The structure with the side plank or the search can be replicated in any other xfce but here a good job of aesthetics has been done at the theme level.
I will follow its development, as a distro it deserves more than many other Ubuntu derivatives.
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Project: Rhino Linux
Version: 2023.4
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-02-28
Votes: 5
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I'm extremely satisfied with Rhino. It boasts impressive speed and stability, and the regular updates haven't caused any issues so far. Naturally, being a new distribution, coupled with the fact that Xfce is a modified version, it's not surprising to encounter a few quirks here and there, which are promptly addressed anyway. However, I'm confident that once the development team regroups and gets back in full swing, we'll witness continuous improvements.
The only aspect I'm not particularly fond of is the use of Discord for communication between developers and users. It makes it challenging to effectively track discussions. Nevertheless, this doesn't deter me from using Rhino as my daily operating system.
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Project: Rhino Linux
Version: 2023.4
Rating: 8
Date: 2024-01-09
Votes: 1
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good distribution linux I'm still testing but it's a good start. Easy installation on an 8 year old laptop.keep going rhino. nothing to say, it will improve over time, like any other distribution. Everything works, wifi.. except the touchpad.. I plugged in a USB mouse and it works perfectly.Rhino is very pretty and even relatively neat. She deserves to be known, I have no doubt that she will improve! and I think it will surprise us.
I'm used to using the Gnome desktop, I'm going to try to install it, I hope it won't be too heavy for my laptop.
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Project: Rhino Linux
Version: 2023.4
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-12-23
Votes: 0
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Tried to install on RPI4 using 128 GB SD Card. After booting from the SD card, the Setup Wizard appeared appeared to hang. There was no login window presented and I could not login using the default user (rhino) and password (1234). However, the desktop seemed to function. It connected directly to my Ethernet connection to our modem. I was able to start Firefox and peruse the Rhino quick start guide. I was unable to shift the browser over to my 2nd monitor as it simply mirrored the primary monitor. Upon selecting shutdown, I saw an option to switch user, which I tried using the defaults. The Rhino Setup Wizard still refused to start.
It is difficult to fully assess this distribution as I could not get it setup properly. I will say that scrolling in the Firefox browser exhibits significant lag and is very "choppy" - not near as smooth as with Raspberry PI O/S. That is too bad as I was interested in evaluating Rhino's XFCE desktop on the RPI4.
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Project: Rhino Linux
Version: 2023.3
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-10-29
Votes: 0
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On my primary PC I have Linux Mint, very stable. On my second PC, I do some experiments. I wanted to try Rhino linux, so I downloaded it, burned the ISO and try to install it, it was a catastrophy.
The installer said "start computer again", so I did. My PC couldn't find Rhino and started a piece of Tumbleweed again. With gparted I saw that somewhere there was pointed to Rhino, but boot parition on a totally wrong place.
I think we have to wait 6 to 12 months for a good working version of it. Too bad.
On my experiment computer I shall remain with Tumbleweed.
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Project: Rhino Linux
Version: 2023.3
Rating: 2
Date: 2023-10-29
Votes: 7
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I was very happy to install this distro. It has a nice interface and a rolling release ubuntu distro was very appealing. However, it is bare bones and requires even cups to be installed for the printers, as well as office software. Bluetooth was installed and enabled out of the box but my bluetooth speaker wound not show up in pulseaudio, even though it was connected and trusted. While installing common apps I suddenly lost the search icon from plank, then I lost the system icon. After that I lost the Rhino wallpaper.
I eventually installed the gnome desktop over it and everything began to function normally, including the bluetooth. I'm actually using it right now. I think Rhino Linux has a long way to go before it can be released as a stable distro.
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Project: Rhino Linux
Version: 2023.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-10-03
Votes: 1
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I installed it on the ssd of an old i3 8gbt computer.
Very impressed. All network connections work stably. Easy, beautiful, fast interface.
There are all the necessary applications for development.
I mainly work with docker, python, javascript.
Before I tried to use fedora (very heavy and slow), EndevourOS and MX linux.
I liked Rhino more, really good, amazing tool.
Million hanks to the developers.
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Project: Rhino Linux
Version: 2023.2
Rating: 2
Date: 2023-09-11
Votes: 1
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2/10 just for the 'look'. even then ok...
* networking failed - lost wired network on 3rd reboot ... if you can believe this...
* password manager - (seahorse) is half-backed not well integrated with the system, no way to create a keyring (save chrome's passwords)
the whole idea is a bit mess, ok modded xfce but useless when the system does not function properly.
I went back to debian stable - in fact crap like this make me abandon linux once for all and stay on the win11 partition
oh, btw, there were reboots that the system stuck to "check disk" without doing nothing (no disk activity)
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Project: Rhino Linux
Version: 2023.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-09-02
Votes: 2
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I installed this on a macbook and from the get go was really impressed. Everything works out of the box, the desktop is probably the nicest I've ever seen and the fact its built around xfce makes this distro by far a leader. The use of flatpaks, snaps and app images out of the box from the intro screen is just another really great addition.
Desktop wallpapers are all well suited to the set theme and once you master the keyboard shortcuts it's a breeze. I did change the app finder shortcut from super + f3 to super + space bar as I found this made more sense.
No bloat ware either and installation of apps and software via terminal is really easy. I have installed synaptic package gui as an extra to manage my installations etc.
Rolling release and based on Ubuntu too makes sense, absolutely enjoying everything about this and always discovering more parts to the rhino system each time I use it. Work flow is really nice too, desktop stays out of the way.
Easily a 10.
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Project: Rhino Linux
Version: 2023.2
Rating: 5
Date: 2023-09-02
Votes: 0
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I liked the idea of a rolling Ubuntu distro. I must say that the installation was the quickest I've ever experienced. When up and running, Rhino was very snappy, not sluggish at all. But then the bad stuff appeared. First, I hated this version of XFCE, it added extra clicks to the most simple tasks. So I installed other desktop environments, and there was a problem with each one. Icons missing, programs disappearing, features not working at all. What a mess! Rhino is a good concept, but there's not here much to like. What do you do with a distro like this? You remove it and install Ubuntu Mate. Now, I am thoroughly pleased.
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Project: Rhino Linux
Version: 2023.1
Rating: 6
Date: 2023-08-28
Votes: 2
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This is a great concept. rhino-pkg is one of the nicest CLI package managers I've used, and the fact that everything is based on Ubuntu means you have a good stable base.
However, I immediately ran into a few huge deal-breakers for me. I don't know what the heck is going on with the version of bluez/pipewire they are using, but not only could it not *see* my Bluetooth mouse (despite having just rebooted from an Arch install that has no trouble not only seeing my mouse, but pairing with it and reporting battery life etc.) but after pairing with Bluetooth speakers, the audio mixer would never show it as an output option. What I really don't understand is how, when scanning for devices, a Bluetooth adapter that can see my mouse in a different distro literally doesn't show the mouse as being found during the scan, no matter what I tried to do. So those two things mean I cannot use this as a daily driver (I use a Logitech MX Ergo trackball Bluetooth mouse, and I really hate using touchpads)
Because of this, I couldn't really give the system a true shakedown. Installing new software was easy; stuff like Discord shows up as a flatpak and is easy to get going. The rolling release means most packages were quite new, unlike a default Ubuntu install which typically has unusably old versions of stuff (they were still shipping gcc 8 when gcc 11 or 12 was out!). So I'm giving it a 6/10 for being a solid base that runs smoothly, but the hiccoughs early on sort of ruined the experience.
Oh, and the new user "wizard" that pops up on first boot actually *crashed* the first time I used it. After a reboot it popped up again and managed to complete. But man, for a non-Linux user that would be extremely discouraging to see something as important as the new user wizard crash!!!
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Project: Rhino Linux
Version: 2023.1
Rating: 7
Date: 2023-08-20
Votes: 2
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Overall this is a pretty solid distribution, I have experienced a few issues which are being worked on and the development team are really quick to reply and active in their discussion channels.
My main issue was the LUKS disk encryption not working properly. The current workaround is to just not enable it, however it's apparently being worked on for the next version of Rhino Linux.
Unicorn looks beautiful, I personally love the Icons, and the development team have done a really good job.
Would rate higher once the issues are sorted :)
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Project: Rhino Linux
Version: 2023.1
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-08-18
Votes: 2
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Broken upon install.
If you want Ubuntu as a rolling release, change your source list to use the code name "devel" and you will be upgraded to the developer branch. It will provide more stable than this "hot mess," From the start, it proved buddy, and you cannot update this without breaking. Their "unicorn" which is what they call the hybrid mix of xfce and lightdm is poorly coded and unstable. If you update, neither will boot. I understand a 1st release may have bugs, but it has been a long time since I found a distro unusable. You cannot uninstall and reinstall xfce and lightdm. You cannot install kde without running into issues. You can try Gnome, but their config fires will interfere with that too.
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Project: Rhino Linux
Version: 2023.1
Rating: 2
Date: 2023-08-17
Votes: 3
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It seems that it is impossible to delete the default xfce keybindings, so personalising this distro simply doesn't work. What a shame this is as I had high hopes for a rolling Ubuntu distro,
As I'm a i3wm user, this is obviously an essential factor if I want to use my own keybindings. It seems it's still very much a beta distro and not ready for use for anyone wanting to use it as a main desktop.
Hopefully in the future they will be able to fix this issue / bug, but for now it's simply not a viable option for anyone that wants to use anything but the basic pre-established settings. Again, such a shame.
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Project: Rhino Linux
Version: 2023.1
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-08-13
Votes: 2
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First and foremost, this is ugly!
Secondly, the default setup is grossly over complicated. Navigation is just a crapfest. And the amount of included software (some of it redundant) is, to a certain degree, comedic.
Honestly, this is yet another novelty distribution to add the the bunch. I'd love to see true rolling Ubuntu edition as this is a void that could be potentially filled.
Out of the box it was a frustrating and overall negative experience. Color scheme, desktop environment, default layout and bundled software where the main factors. Performance and driver support was hit and miss on 3 different laptops.
Rhino unfortunately lacks direction, cohesiveness and is poorly executed. Something to play with but that's about it.
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Project: Rhino Linux
Version: 2023.1
Rating: 5
Date: 2023-08-11
Votes: 2
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Although Rhino Linux is an attractive distro, it still requires much developing. This distro is NOT for beginners!
1. After install, glitch on restart.
2. Not enough documentation.
3. Plank bugs; could not rearrange icons or relocate panel to bottom.
4. Gdebi would not work.
5. Where is the PRINTER configuring software?
6. Top panel arranged for a person who has a lot of time on his hands.
7. Too much configuration required, even for a Linux distro; will go back to a stable distro.
8. Tagged as a rolling Ubuntu distro, it fooled me into installing & thinking it was semi-stable/usable.
9. Rhino should tag this distro as an alpha-distro, go back to the drawing board, and re-introduce this distro in 2024.
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Project: Rhino Linux
Version: 2023.1
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-08-11
Votes: 1
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I like the idea of having a rolling release version of Ubuntu and figured this was a long time coming so I was pretty excited to download Rhino and give it a try in a VM. Unfortunately my experience was not good and the devs have a long way to go before I believe this is ready for prime time acceptance by the masses.
1. Installed in a VM in VirtualBox and upon the first reboot after the install it boots to a blinking cursor in the top left corner and stays there. After a couple of minutes I powered down the VM and it then booted correctly into the OS... not a big deal but first red flag.
2. Not a fan of the Unicorn desktop. I can appreciate it as being a customized version of XFCE but for me personally I do not like the look and feel of how the desktop is laid out. Also another major issue for me was trying to install any other desktop (KDE, Gnome) breaks the OS.
3. As far as updating the OS, I tried running 'rpk update -y' which did install some updates. However if I go to System Upgrade from the Your System icon on the launch bar it then found more updates to install. So it seems like rpk (rhino-pkg) does not truly update everything.
4. However I do appreciate that the OS gives you the option to not use flatpak or snaps. I also appreciate VSCodium coming already installed. It also has the latest versions of other apps I use which is a plus.
In time I feel this will become a nice rolling release OS to run but for now there are too many issues. But I'm confident those will get sorted out in time. Going to keep an eye on this one until then.
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Project: Rhino Linux
Version: 2023.1
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-08-11
Votes: 1
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Tried to install many times on my desktop. I only have amd gpu and cpu, Never had this problem before. After installing on the live cd, when it reboots, it appears a black screen and a blinking terminal cursor (this: "_") on the top left corner. I tried reinstalling, redownload the image and reflash it, nothing seems to work. After trying everything I could, I just gave up. I really wanted to try this new distro, but it is not in the cards for now. I will wit a month and try again later. Until this is somehow fixed, this is my rating.
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Project: Rhino Linux
Version: 2023.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-10
Votes: 1
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Great new distro. First boot in live iso is slow, it looks like it stuck , but after few minutes, desktop is there.
Installation is easy, no confusion. Xfce looks good , modern.
Ui is really fast and snappy. Website is looking good, very good informations. Better than Ubuntu :)
Devs are really friendly, they help you almost instantly.
I hope they will continue awwesome work here !
Really recommending it for new and old Linux users.
Good to see Rhino Linux here on Distrowatch :)
Good luck to devs in future
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Project: Rhino Linux
Version: 2023.1
Rating: 7
Date: 2023-08-08
Votes: 3
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When I first looked at the images, it looked nice and smooth. When I installed it, the setup process went well, and everything worked fine.
The GUI looks great but the app grid acts like an application and is in the dock (in the middle of other apps.)
When clicking it, it takes a few seconds to open it and it's kinda clunky.
The desktop environment is fast and snappy, but some features should get their own place (like the search bar and app grid.) I like the concept, and as this is their first full release, it's pretty good.
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Project: Rhino Linux
Version: 2023.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-08
Votes: 3
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I like it. I liked the live Rino, so installed it on a mediocre spec HP laptop 8gb Ram and 500gb HDD that originally had WinDoze 10. Had been running MX and LMDE on it, but I like Rino's gnome-like app grid and the speed of the machine. At this initial phase it seems faster than either MX or LMDE. Will see how it runs after a couple of months.
Kudos to the developers for a rolling Ubuntu-esque distro that seems to be productivity focused and makes XFCE look quite modern. Hopefully, the rolling release won't break often. So far, so good.
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Project: Rhino Linux
Version: 2023.1
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-08-08
Votes: 2
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I thought "Okay, there is something new in the linux world. It looks like a child game, but I will try it."
On the first click on the download link it takes some time and than I got an error message. Good start...
After a while and another click, the download starts.
I tried to install it on a hyper-v in windows, but I was not able to. There is an error message on the console directly after start, that the system was not able to delete a folder. After that, the lightdm manager and another app/tool was not able to start. Finish...
I tried some settings in hyper-v, but nothing was working. And I use a lot of linux in hyper-v.
What can I say? It's an epic fail for the new start of a distribution.
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