Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-04-21
Votes: 0
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Better than ever! Install is easy. Fast to boot, fast to shutdown.
Main gripes revolve around the software center. The update download speed feels slow, the update page gives no information on the status of the downloads/install. And I think closing the software center window cancels update/installs, it shouldn't be that easy to kill stuff I want to keep running; maybe should continue in background or have a pop-up asking are you sure you want to close while downloads are running. I can't select third party downloads to install while something else is downloading.
Otherwise Budgie is great. Everything is super stable, polished, great defaults and smooth out of the box experience.
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-04-21
Votes: 0
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Simple et efficace... Plus rapide et plus stable que Ubuntu mate ou mint mate
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-04-19
Votes: 3
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Great looking distro with a minimal, sleek look. Changing over to the dark theme works a treat and unlike many distros all programs looks fine using this theme.
It feels fast, light and so far very stable, although lacking applications you can find all the popular apps with solus and the option for snaps seems like a way forward, it doesn't feel like "dependency hell" like you may find with others as everything is packaged nicely.
Overall it seems like a very well thought out distro with much thought to care and attention that has won me over.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-04-19
Votes: 4
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I got "solused" as well, for good reasons:
- fast in every way
- well designed
- stable, no issues
- installation of software is lightning fast
- flatpak: works, snap: works
- secure, intelligent conception.
- fantastic support channel within seconds (IRC channel)
Con: not for me.
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Version: 3
Rating: 5
Date: 2018-04-17
Votes: 0
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It's a very good distro, but I can't use this because budgie desktop stops working after I install the video drivers (the legacy ones)
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-04-14
Votes: 4
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I tend to customize everything too much on other Distros, and not getting stuff done! Then I end up breaking something sometimes. This is a very fast, clean and paired down Distro. I feel it forces me to use what I have and not over customize. It is a modern look, with easy install process. More software is being added all the time; plus there is an option to use Snaps. You have to get used to it's quirks, but very easy to use. Seems super stable too.
The main problem is getting all the software one needs. Can't install TunesViewer as far as I can see.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-04-13
Votes: 3
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Best distro for gaming,i have r7 360 radeon card and works best with this distro.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-04-11
Votes: 14
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simply the fastest booting time, fastest install and update time of apps, not bloated. try it and you will love it. way better then any other distro i've tested
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-04-07
Votes: 8
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I've been a distro hopper for years, but for the past six months or so I've been using Solus (Budgie desktop) and I super impressed. Installation was a breeze. It boots blisteringly fast and has been incredibly stable. The best part is that I've had to do precious little in the way of troubleshooting, which is far from the norm in the Linux world. I'm delighted.
The main drawback, as I see it, is the limited software packages available. I'm sure that that will change as new software is being added all the time to the repos. I also had difficulty getting my Brother printer to work with Solus, but I do my printing from another computer so, for me at least, it isn't a deal-breaker.
I congratulate the Solus team for a job very well done!
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-04-06
Votes: 10
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I have installed Solus 3 on my laptop Dell Vostro.i7 with 8gb ram and an SSD. I had no driver problems at all. Before Solus I was using Mint and was impressed with Mint but I changed to Solus because of an interview that I saw with Aiki. Easy installation and I must say it is way more stable than Mint and in general, all the software packages are more stable on Solus. Chrome is one of the examples where Mint gave me problems with Chrome but in Solus it just works. I use Blender for video editing and it is work flawlessly.
Cons;
Updates can be very slow but the way I get around it is by selecting updates by size until all the packages are installed. This is a bit of a pain but-but I believe they are working on it.
Conclusion;
Solus 3 is working for me and it works like it should be and it is stable and the software is running more stable on Solus than on Mint. I used Mint for about 1.5 Years and are using Solus for 4 months now. I will recommend Solus.
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Version: 3
Rating: 6
Date: 2018-04-05
Votes: 0
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I'm replacing KDE neon to Solus on my laptop for testing reasons. That's working as designed, however I expected on installation process some option to create or define /home and other directories on divided partitions, anyone please implement that.
I've been loving the OS (budgie desktop version), It's so clear and the boot process is very speedy.
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-04-04
Votes: 4
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I've been using Solus for the last 6 months as my daily driver on my main desktop, on my laptop, and as a dev box and linux terminal at work. It is quick and easy to install, stable, and user friendly. I've had no problems getting it to support my Nvidia GeForce card or other hardware, and most of the packages I want are available in the repos.
A couple of minor Cons, or things to be aware of.
-Package Manager - Nothing wrong with it, but it is yet another package manager you might need to learn, though most functions can be done in the GUI.
-Package Availability - Let's face it, everything seems to be packaged for Ubuntu in the Linux world these days, so if you aren't on that you may need to compile a program here and there.
-Defaults - Solus is a desktop/user based distro, so a lot of tools like make, vi, and other libraries needed to compile things aren't there by default, though they are available in the repositories.
Overall, love Solus. Let's me do my work IN Linux without having to work ON linux.
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Version: 3
Rating: 1
Date: 2018-03-30
Votes: 0
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I was told Solus was essentially "Ubuntu but good" or "Ubuntu but better", and it was honestly the exact opposite of that.
Solus doesn't seem to know how to dualboot. I was never asked whether I wanted to dualboot or anything, though I was able to choose a specific partition to install it to and not just wipe my whole harddrive. It just defaulted to booting to Solus, no option to boot into Windows.
Clementine wasn't included in any of the default package repos because it uses Qt4, which is apparently too old. You can install it with snap, sure, but then it doesn't even work properly from my experience.
Finally, I had sound break by... Rebooting. That's literally it. Rebooting.
Maybe the reason why I don't like Solus is literally because of the comparison I'd seen people make to Ubuntu. Maybe I would like it if people hadn't compared it to Ubuntu. I highly doubt it, but maybe.
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-03-28
Votes: 7
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Among the reasons for Solus' fast growth in popularity are:
- Independence from corporate agendas;
- Prioritizing user experience (UX)
- Adoption of software people already know and are used to; and creation of specific tools that were absent or of poor quality elsewhere, such as Linux Steam Integration, DoFlicky and, of course, Budgie Desktop.
Software from third-party sources are becoming easier to get in Solus. Flatpaks or Snaps aren't so necessary in Solus as it is elsewhere. Expect more improvements soon.
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-03-27
Votes: 3
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I installed it on my dell 11 3162 (celeron with 2gb ram).
pros:
It works really well and looks very good, minimalist and intuitive.
cons:
I experienced a couple of hard slow downs when memory was completely full, 2gb aren't much...
Overall I really like it and i recommend it.
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-03-24
Votes: 7
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Solus and Budgie achieve for the GUI for Linux everything that Gnome 3 should have done.
Will be interesting to see if they can still be better then Gnome when they start using Qt.
Looks very polished, and operating system is refreshingly responsive on newer hardware.
Is time for the Software Centre to be upgraded though. Is good to see that they are doing it.
Looking forward to seeing Solus 4.
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Version: 3
Rating: 5
Date: 2018-03-24
Votes: 8
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Unfortunately, it still not mature enough for me.
- Small package number, especially the proprietary ones;
- Different package manager and commands;
- It's kinda laggy and it sometimes freezes for no reason. My machine have excellent specs and never had problems with any desktop enviroment except Solus Budgie.
- After first trying to install I realized that their installer doesn't have a way to create partitions on manual way. You can't create and edit the partitions using their installer - you first need to open a different applications (e.g. Gparted) and then do it yourself. Why don't you guy put it onto the installer? If you had deleted all the partitions and try to edit/create the partitions on the installer you just can't, only making flags.
- After first installation I decided to upgrade the system, I used their GUI to do it graphically. It worked perfectly except by the fact it had taken a huge amount of time to update/upgrade. It was very, very slow. I think this issue is related to their mirrors being located on Europe and I'm in South America. The same problem happened when I tested Deepin OS, but at least on Deepin I was able to change it.
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Version: 3
Rating: 6
Date: 2018-03-24
Votes: 0
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Also, I forgot to mention... When the upgrade was finally installed, I decided to reboot the system and it just didn't boot. It's like there was any SO installed on the computer. It showed me only a GRUB error. I've tested many abd many ways to boot up the machine using forums and so on. No success! I also decided to see through my Gparted Live USB if the partitions were installed correctly and they were but it didn't appear to me, it didn't boot, even using startx on tty terminal. I tried booting and rebooting, then I give up trying. It was so buggy and didn't even work.
While it's a good distro and independent, it didn't work as it should be on my machine. This way, why should I keep trying and trying? I moved up to Manjaro Budgie which was completely perfect. Manjaro is also rolling release, it has Pacman + Pamac + AUR that makes you find every package you want... Very complete.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-16
Votes: 11
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One of the best, if not the best, distros for desktops and laptops. Fonts are good-looking, system is up to date, good third-party app support (even more with snaps). Above all, it doesn't crash.
They say it's the best Linux OS for gaming and indeed Steam is very easy to install along with Steam runtime.
It's quite silly that a team of few genius programmers made a better OS than the current Windows 10.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-16
Votes: 9
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Solus_Linux_Rolling is one of the best Linux operating systems, because it is stable, secure and does its job properly; Windows 10 is a dwarf in front of SolusOS 3 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mint and Solos are the Pride of Linux ,,,
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-03-12
Votes: 8
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I'm very satisfied with Solus, it is very focused and one of the very few alternatives which is not built on top of Debian/Ubuntu.
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-03-12
Votes: 8
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Solus 3 has been on my Acer laptop I bought new in 2009 that came with Windows Vista on it. I've long since deleted ALL traces of Windows and replaced my operating system with only Linux.
Solus has been a solid distro for me for almost a year now without any issues. Updates come as needed and so far I haven't had any problems getting the program or app I want.
Solus runs fast and for me has been stable for my everyday use.
I like the fact it's not based on Ubuntu....I just wish the creators of Solus would make a 32 bit version but I guess that's being a little nit-picky.
I use Solus 3 gnome on my upstairs desktop pc which is a old HP that came with Windows 7 on it when my stepson bought it used....ALL traces of Microsoft Windows have been removed. Solus is my main OS on both my Acer and my HP and 1 year after install I can report no problems at all on either machine....thats a first for me with any distro....I gave SOLUS a 9 instead of a perfect 10 because as some have mentioned the repo is not as packed with applications as say Ubuntu or Arch but thats not a real issue for me.
For those who are here and wishing they could find a good 32 bit OS may I say you should give MX LINUX a go its pretty good and I am loving it more and more everytime I use it on my very old HP pavilion thats been in the closet for years....came with XP on it back in the day...
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Version: 3
Rating: 8
Date: 2018-03-12
Votes: 2
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Very good work, it's beautyfull, it's clear, it's easy.
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Version: 3
Rating: 1
Date: 2018-03-08
Votes: 1
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It is missing Brave Browser and is not clear on what is Open Source and what is proprietary. Buggy UI and many copied Android elements.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-07
Votes: 14
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Best distro I have ever used, and I've been through a lot.
Normally I get disillusioned by some flaw after a couple of weeks or months, but with Solus I had no major problems. Everything just worked out of the box. The main developer also cares about gaming on Linux, which is a plus for me. To that end their "Linux Steam Integration" project is a great addition. Refreshing to be able to just install Steam from the package manager and have everything work immediately, without having to work around weird bugs.
Boot times are absolutely fantastic (around 7 seconds on my system) and everything feels snappy with the standard Budgie desktop. Packages are up-do-date and stable, new kernel versions get included as soon as they have been tested and confirmed as usable. Nothing is bleeding-edge for the sake of being bleeding-edge. When there are more problems with newer versions of a software, it gets held back until those things are resolved. This way I never had stability problems or errors on boot, which is something I can definitely NOT say for most other distros I tried for more than a few days.
One thing I could imagine as a problem is the size of the repo. Since Solus is a younger distribution and hasn't as much manpower behind it as others, there might be some packages you miss. On the other hand, I found everything I personally needed in the repo.
Overall I think Solus might become the new gold-standard for Linux distributions, especially when it comes to beginner-friendliness and sane defaults. I highly recommend giving it a try.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-04
Votes: 9
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> This is what evolution of Linux should be.
> It will not work for everyone, depends on specs.
> For me Solus Budgie 3.99 works great on Lenovo ThinkPad T420 with:
Intel® Core™ i5-2520M CPU @ 2.50GHz × 4,
Intel® Sandybridge Mobile, and
4 GiB of RAM on 250GB SATA GPT partitioned Hard drive with 512MB fat32 as boot partition.
> Bootloader is clr-boot-manager on UEFI.
> The boot time is almost 1 minute.
> I've tried to go with MX-17 and that distro is ok but since is based on Debian that did not work for me but still I made live USB with MX snapshot with a lot of apps preinstalled just in case.
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Version: 3
Rating: 1
Date: 2018-03-03
Votes: 0
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Solus is an over-rated distro. I had problems live booting it from a USB. I had problems installing it. Once installed, it crashed a lot. Got rid of it. If it works for you, great, but for me it was a headache and a waste of time.
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-03-03
Votes: 3
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Probably the best "beginner-friendly" distribution out there right now.
Pros:
* Rolling release model, while being very stable (in terms of reliability, not codebase, obviously).
* Solely focused on desktop use, with lots of helpful gadgets, like the linux-driver-management, linux-steam-integration, etc.
* Works very well "out-of-box".
* Unusual (at least when compared to the usual Debian/Ubuntu fare) architectural decisions allow for a very lean and flexible system that also boots and shuts down extremely fast.
* Friendly, trustworthy and active developers.
* Very good choice for gaming (GoG binaries can be problematic at times though).
Cons:
* While the situation has improved considerably, the repos are still fairly small, with no AUR or PPA equivalent (there is a "third party" section in the software center, which will soon be deprecated for integrated Snap support, though).
* Supports only a few desktop environments (Budgie, Gnome, MATE and soon Plasma, with i3, openbox and bspwm also being in the repos).
* Not very customizable (when compared to say, Arch or Gentoo).
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-02
Votes: 1
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Best distro out there.
Perfect balance of a clean and optimized system, yet very functional
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Version: 3
Rating: 2
Date: 2018-03-02
Votes: 10
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New to Linux, I have been trying out different distros. I was looking forward to trying out Solus due to all the rave reviews it has received. I fully expected it would be the distro I would choose to install on my computer. But as it turned out, I could not get Solus to live boot. I tried everything, from re-downloading the ISO image several times, to burning it onto a USB with Rufus in ISO and DD modes, but all I would get when attempting the live boot session is the countdown page, then a flashing cursor. Every other distro I tested live booted with no problems, only Solus is giving me problems. I still give it a 2 for all the rave reviews it gets.
Pros: None, since I can't live boot it, but Solus gets a lot of great reviews.
Cons: Won't live boot.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-01
Votes: 2
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Extremely easy to install, great support for AMD drivers out of the box, and it looks great. They easily hit their goal of a functional yet modern (but not too modern) desktop environment. The package manager is easy to use but I could imagine some growing pains coming from a more mature package management system like apt or pacman. I highly recommend trying this one out, you won't want to miss it.
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Version: 3
Rating: 7
Date: 2018-02-27
Votes: 6
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Looks very nice but if you are used to special software where no .eopkg exists or even software on WINE, its is useless.
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-02-27
Votes: 3
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This has been a wonderful surprise. I am a distro-hopper to the extreme and I accidentally clicked on Solus one day. Turned out to be a great accidental click. I am using the GNOME version of Solus and it is seriously one of my favorite distros that I have ever used. I enjoy the fact that it is rolling release, but not entirely bleeding edge. I don't mind being a bit behind.
There are people out there comparing Solus to Arch and that is not a fair comparison. I have used Arch on and off for over 10 years and the objectives behind the distros are entirely different. Solus is very friendly to new users and has a very nice gui-based package management system (although it is a bit buggy at times). Veteran Linux users can also manage packages through the command line.
All in all, Solus is very stable, fast and meets my needs. I have had no problems obtaining any program I use thanks to snaps and AppImages. I highly recommend giving this distro a try. I see it developing quite well into the future.
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-02-26
Votes: 4
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things are still pretty buggie, but you can definitely see the great potential lies beneath them.
it also works extremely well as a lightweight system for old computers despite how good the UI looks
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-25
Votes: 2
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Really good experience so far. Many things that I'd normally have to tweak after an install are already adjusted to good defaults. Feels quicker than my previous distro too.
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Version: 3
Rating: 6
Date: 2018-02-19
Votes: 1
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lots of software I use is not available on this distro.
many of the items on the menu do nothing.
The desktop is smooth, the menu fast and pretty.
Its not there yet but when it matures it could be very good.
I will look again in a year or two.
Till then its debian rolling and pclinuxos only as the rolling distros that are good enough.
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Version: 3
Rating: 6
Date: 2018-02-19
Votes: 2
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Switched from Debian and am quite pleased thus far.
Solus is a bit heavy on resources than some other distros, I'm using the Budgie desktop, and the software selection is pretty minimalist but I am only missing 5 of my essential applications. The other applications are all current versions and work OK. Some apps won't accept the custom settings and revert back to their default settings. Psensor is a good example.
I had a problem with my video not filling the screen but I poked around the settings menu and made some adjustments that helped somewhat but not entirely. I'm still missing about 1/4 of an inch on the top of the screen.
Not bad overall and I hope the upcoming release v4.0 will fix these minor annoyances.
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-02-19
Votes: 6
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Perfect everywhere but in amdgpu driver (in many PCs it is necessary to blacklist amdgpu, otherwise lspci doesn't work).
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Version: 3
Rating: 5
Date: 2018-02-18
Votes: 0
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I left Windows 10 because of its poor security and lack of privacy about 2 years ago; I then tried my luck with several Linux distros like Mint, Manjaro, Debian, Fédora and Solus; Solus Gnome is simple to install and use but the default browser to start crashing in recent months for no apparent reason because I am a novice user but cautious ?!
Also, I plan to return to Mint Cinnamon which is the best distros for me! ...
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-16
Votes: 3
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I installed Solus 4 months ago on my new built computer.
It was the easiest install that I have ever experienced.
All the AMD drivers are embedded in the kernel and I did not need to do anything in that regard.
I have perhaps a dozen games on steam installed that work.
The only mishap is that the browser crashed a few times these past 4 months.
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-02-12
Votes: 19
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I have used Solus 3 (Budgie) for several months, and endorse the site owner's review.
It is a "just works" distribution and manages to absorb everything thrown at it without errors, including roughly weekly updates with a number of kernel updates along the way.
The only issues I have are the rather clumsy way third-party packages are installed (the package installer tends to hang and it is better to use the eopkg command line), although Solus are doing extensive work on snaps which will replace that, and the rather messy Budgie menu as the site owner's review noted.
Overall Budgie is excellent - it combines the generally good GNOME applications with a minimalistic replacement of the underwhelming) GNOME desktop. The speed improvement over GNOME, even with GNOME animations turned off, is obvious. Budgie has a tiny number of plugins compared to GNOME, but this is probably a good thing as the plugins it does have are controlled by the developers. As it is a rolling release bug fix versions of GNOME applications are deployed, unlike Ubuntu - some are at 3.26.4 or 3.26.5.
The software selection is relatively narrow, probably a couple of thousand packages, but there are few irrelevancies - everything is geared towards the desktop user. There is an especially good selection of scientific and mathematical software, and I note that Vivaldi is in the repository - no need to download it from the Web site, as with almost all other distributions. Themes and fonts are also much to the point, with nothing out-of-date.
Overall excellent and, if the third-party application installation were smoother, it would get 10.
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Version: 3
Rating: 5
Date: 2018-02-12
Votes: 0
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Liked the distro but the necessity to start pc twice to boot was a deal killer. First time started could only get blinking cursor after login screen. Second start would work well. Tried all suggestions to fix with no success.
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Version: 3
Rating: 4
Date: 2018-02-12
Votes: 0
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The distro loads up and does everything it should do, nice and clean.
I like documents, there is a serious lack of documents on the Solus website. No information for the eopkg system, putting eopkg --help in the terminal doesn't return much. The site also needs a repository with relevant information for packages.
Another thing about Solus, is you cannot be sure how long it will run for before the plug gets pulled like the previous distro and your left with a dead distro. Is this a permanent project or just another short term project before the plug gets pulled ?
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-02-12
Votes: 1
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Best available right now and the team are well on their way to fixing a lot of issues for laptop/desktop linux based distro users.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-11
Votes: 0
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Previous Arch user, loving Solus. Budgie was made for the OS so it's much more stable than KDE on Arch.
Fast and has a simple design. Best desktop OS
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-09
Votes: 3
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Adoro esta distro,é leve consome poucos recursos e é super estável.
Eu era um utilizador do Windows mas com a chegada do windows 10 e os seus problemas de privacidade
decidi parar de usar e tentar uma distro Linux,Sou novo no mundo linux,tinha um certo receio de mudar
do windows para o Linux porque percebo muito pouco de Linux,mas depois de instalar o Solus,só digo,
windows nunca mais,adoro simplesmeste esta distro,é facil de trabalhar com ela.
A minha primeira distro foi o Mint, a segunda foi o Manjaro e após algums problemas com as mesmas
resolvi tentar o Solus.
Só tenho uma coisa a dizer, FANTÁSTICA DISTRO :)
Parabens á equipe do Solus,fantástico trabalho.
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-02-08
Votes: 3
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simple, beautiful , fast,easy,modern and good support.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-07
Votes: 1
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Great OS, perfect for OS converts and Power Linux users alike.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-05
Votes: 8
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as your average laptop user
i just want a rock solid modern quick rolling linux flavour
SOLUS is the perfect distro
it meets all my wishes and is actively improving
forget the rest
i've found my ideal distro and i think you will very quickly agree
glen thompson
llandudno
wales UK
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-04
Votes: 7
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I've been using solus 3 since its release. I've had one or two hiccups while using it, but I still find it more stable than all the others out there. The stability of this distribution, and the forward thinking of its developers are why I will continue to use it. They keep coming out with new software with great impact on the open source community. (ie. steam integration, driver management, budgie amongst others.) You don't see too many other distro's out there really adding to the linux community the way Ikey and his team have. I for one will continue to use this OS as it works perfectly for my uses as a desktop OS, and I support the direction with which its developers are heading. Cheers.
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-02-02
Votes: 5
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Out the box it is great. The budgie desktop is great and uncluttered. Software in the Software Center is grouped nicely. A new linux user should find it easy to get used to.
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Version: 3
Rating: 5
Date: 2018-02-02
Votes: 0
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Its been some time since a distro didn't detect my Huawei mobile broadband dongle, I'd thought issues with usb_modeswitch where a thing of the past. Distrowatch Weekly put this forward as a rolling release so I was hoping that the download would be up to date with the latest patches, but I never got online to check. Firefox 55 is fine except that my experience is it will update itself to Quantum whether you want it or not.
Does feel nippy and both Budgie and Gnome looked polished, didn't try Mate.
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Version: 3
Rating: 6
Date: 2018-02-02
Votes: 0
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Pros: beggines might like it but if you go deeper you will see the distro's limitations
Cons: few packages available, eopkg is another package management system(more Linux fragmentation...)
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-01-30
Votes: 2
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Great Out-of-Box Experience. Feels very convenient for long-term Windows user.
Great consistent Desktop experience.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-01-30
Votes: 3
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After two months of using it, I am so impressed that it is my main OS. Very fast, very stable, nothing broken with updates, and good amount of software available considering how young the project is. Installation is as easy as other user friendly distros, no need to be an expert here. Just install and enjoy.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-01-28
Votes: 9
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Linux user since 2002 and over the years have tried or used nearly every distro out there including a number of extinct ones (remember Libranet?). In my opinion, Solus scores a solid 10! Installation is a breeze, updates are easy & quick (sudo eopkg up), it's robust, stable and the Budgie desktop a joy to use and beautiful to behold. Absolutely the best out of the box Linux desktop experience out there, bar none. Highly recommend!
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-01-27
Votes: 1
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Une distribution très stable et très simple d'utilisation. Elle est jeune mais déjà très complète au niveau des logiciels. L'essentiel est là et plus encore.
L'installation des logiciels tiers est simplifiée, ce qui est vraiment un avantage par rapport à d'autres distributions.
9/10 seulement car je l'ai installé sur 3 ordinateurs différents et j'ai eu quelques soucis notamment en UEFI dualboot avec Windows10
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-01-26
Votes: 2
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I've tried alot of Distros in the past years and this one is definitely the most stable and the best out-of-the-box for laptops. It boots fast, it looks great and has enough packages available for the majority of the population. It's my first time using the Budgie desktop and it is pretty and lightweight!
Install TLP and you're good to go. The battery life is phenomal on my Asus UX330 Ultrabook (beats Windows with around 10-11hrs of web browsing and light usage).
Haven't had a single lockup, DE crash or dependency conflict in around a month of usage.
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-01-25
Votes: 14
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I've been looking for a suitable linux distribution for my oldish (2008) Dell Laptop for quite a while and had already tried more than 20 Distributions and Versions.
Gnome 3, Unity, KDE and such were no Option, as these tend to slow down the interface on that laptop to a point where it was not really usable, as almost all the capacity went into dispalying the desktop.
I have tried many XFCE Desktops, which essentially were up to the task - didn't use a lot of memory, looked OK for today's standards, were quite speedy -, but they all had the same problem: Most of the time the latop went to standby I had to double login on wakeup.
I suppose it has something to do with XFCE and LightDM not working together properly, but I honestly am not sure.
As Solus seemed like a smaller, but still dedicated project I chose to try Solus 3 with the Mate Desktop. Unlike prior experiences almost everything on that Laptop was working right out of teh box, just after a fresh install. Best of all: Mate feels performance wise quite good and Standby works like a charm - I've never encountered a distribution where wakeup worked that fast like ist does here.
Of course time will tell how stable and userfriendly Solus really is, but for now I'm quite impressed.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-01-20
Votes: 11
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I'm a fairly new Linux user, but in the last 2 weeks, I've downloaded and run about 20 different distros to find a replacement for Windows 10. This is it.
It's FAST. It boots and runs fast. All my hardware works. Everything seems smooth and not as 'buggy' or clunky as others. I got rid of Windows because it always seemed to be perpetually slowing down, and was surprised to find the same slowness in some Linux OS's like Ubuntu, which is supposed to be so great. Solus works great. Logon screens, applications, windows open and close and execute well. That "why am I waiting 15 seconds for my browser to load" I have not experienced.
Beautiful but simple Budgie desktop. It is a much better experience so far for me. I tried Mint in Cinnamon flavor, Ubuntu in about 5 different flavors (including the Budgie desktop), Manjaro, etc. etc. I liked KDE Plasma, but again, there was too much slowness and clunkiness there. Solus Budgie just works.
There seems to be not as much software available as others, but all I seem to use anymore at home is my browser, so I'm not really concerned. The most important and common applications are included or available, so all looks good so far.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-01-18
Votes: 1
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Lightweight and very well Optimized DE, by far one of the best distros out there, and this is no joke. If you like to program (if you're a competent programmer you wouldn't care about where you program, I mean the common IDEs) go ahead and get Solus, where also you will get envolved in the community quickly, which is one of the best ones (in terms of politeness and friendlyness) in the Linux Community. I came to Solus from Debian and eventhough I miss some features of Debian, I can say that I won't look back to it.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-01-17
Votes: 12
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CONS:
Solus is a work in progress and like all other distros, YMMV depending on your needs and expectations.
Especially coming from other distros where you are used to doing things a certain way.
Solus is different; You need to learn to do some things differently and may find that certain functions, features, and packages are not yet in Solus, but there are workarounds as with any other distro. Hey this is Linux right... nothing new here. lol.
PROS:
However; OOTB Solus shines and accomplishes what few if no other distro can, especially where older embedded Nvidia chipsets are concerned.
My primary computer is a hp Pavilion dv7-3188cl (WP586UA#ABA) laptop - that has an embedded NVIDIA GT218M [GeForce G 105M] (rev a2) video controller which is a real PITA to get running correctly on any distro wherein Debian 8 - Jessie requires a special kernel build to run a Legacy Nvidia (304xx-driver).
Every other distro runs into the same trouble and usually (as with Jessie) requires a Proprietary driver from Nvidia to even get video working at all. -- An absolute nightmare.
Enter Solus on a test run and subsequent install... Do mine eyes deceive me? I was in complete utter shock as not only did it install very quickly, but all the way through to completion where Both the native display And my 2nd 24" HDMI monitor were running flawlessly, without a glitch or complaint from Solus - NO Other Drivers OR configuration required!!
It Just Works Great!!
Yes my Linux friends, OOTB Solus Rocks!
You absolutely MUST give it a try.
A Rock Solid and Stable near cutting edge rolling release that doesn't break.
Solus has set the bar and set it High for every other distro.
Solus is the premier Linux OS that is what they all should be.
Solus has finally made Linux user friendly, easy, and a viable Winblows replacement.
Linux Desktop computing has arrived.
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Version: 3
Rating: 7
Date: 2018-01-16
Votes: 0
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installed cleanly, no major problems except for one. I can't hear anything out of my audio jack, and dual booting into windows makes it work fine, so i dont know whats up with it.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-01-14
Votes: 8
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This is the best Linux Distro I've ever used I've tried all 3 versions of it and used them all extensively. I've tried Ubuntu, Debian, Gentoo, Fedora, Arch among others and this is the best of the lot. The software centre is a good way to find the software you want and new software. Any software not available can probably be found as a snap package and be downloaded from the terminal. The performance I've seen on Solus cannot be matched on any other OS, and with Linux Steam Integration, gaming has never been any better on Linux. 10/10 I will never be able to use another distro after using Solus!
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-01-13
Votes: 2
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Solus provide brilliant user experience. Budgie fast and simple to use. It will save a lot of RAM for you.
Solus use fresh version of packages, same time it is very stable distro. No complaints at all!
Special attention on Steam, all games work very well.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-01-09
Votes: 8
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God! since the beginning of time I could never get Bluetooth working with any linux distro. But with Solus everything is different, this is a OS that is fast, feels good, and just works!!
PS: Gaming on Solus is the best experience ever!
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-01-06
Votes: 6
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easy and simple to use, and has everything I need, and I loved the budgie desktop, which for me is one of the best graphical interfaces
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-01-05
Votes: 3
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Incredible system, much more stable than the ubuntu LTS itself.
Very beautiful, simple and complete.
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2017-12-28
Votes: 10
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I'm coming from Ubuntu and CentoOS background and am currently testing Solus to be my main OS. So far during the past few days that I'm using it on and off, I have realized that Budgie is very very straight forward and the search really can take me down to the settings section that I'm after. in Ubuntu Unity and Gnome (16.04 and 17.10) we are not this close. The installation process looked a bit classic but the design was good and there were no hiccups along the installation way. I should mention that I'm using Solus on a VirtualBox in my Ubuntu 16.04 with 4GB ram and 32GB flexible HDD and 1 core CPU.
During the first day I had some trouble with the resolution since it was not recognizing the VirtualBox monitor and I had a very small screen (1024x768), but by closing the VirtualBox and opening it again and booting the vitualmachine, it was solved and now I am working with proper resolution.
The most surprising this was that the Software Center of Solus has Vivaldi browser and I didn't need to fiddle around with the .deb file and manually extracting files and folders from it. I also found the latest version of Rstudio in the Software center and am very very happy.
So far it has been such a smooth and easy experience. The only time I feel weird is when I open terminal and accidentally and unconsciously try to install something through `apt` instead of `eopkg` (I'm hoping that they bring the `sol` in since memorizing the `eopkg` is not as easy).
I heavily suggest people to install it on a fair VirtualBox (with enough RAM ,CPU and HDD) and try it them selves and see how easy it is to use Solus (read Budgie) is compared to the Gnome3 and even Unity.
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Version: 3
Rating: 1
Date: 2017-12-28
Votes: 0
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Too many troubles with drivers for AMD hybrid processors. Very poor repository. There are not many programs, standart for others/
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-12-28
Votes: 1
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Plays nicely with Xfce. Coming from a Debian and Xubuntu background and wanted a stable rolling release distro, solus does it perfectly.
eopkg is simple and gets the job done!
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-12-27
Votes: 0
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Arch for users who wan't something that doesn't constantly break every update.
Pros:
-as stable as some fixed release distros!
-active dev team
-a lot of things work out of the box that other distros don't
-great selection of packages
-options outside of budgie for download
-great amount of software in repositories
-everything just werks
Cons:
-eopkg is a bit limited, only recently gaining the ability to remove orphaned packages, but eopkg is being replaced soon anyways
-i'm personally not the biggest fan of budgie, but that's just preferance so i use mate
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Version: 3
Rating: 1
Date: 2017-12-26
Votes: 0
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Could'nt even start the USB-installer, sorry, but I don't see how I could give any rating better rating than 1|/10. I was very interested to try out this much praised distro.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-12-22
Votes: 8
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Excellent UI
(+) minimal clutter, very polished, task bars are designed for vertical and/or horizontal alignment, etc.
Good software center
(+) 3rd party tools integration, no troubles with dependencies for tricky applications like handbrake
... had minor troubles getting VBox to work (because I didn't know what version to install)
Very Easy Updates
(+) slick task bar integration, visibility without annoyance
Good Suport
(+) the minor issues I had were easily resolved (how to enable creation of folder-shortcuts, etc.)
FYI - this Distro has replaced Xubuntu & Mint on my mini-ITX Cube (Desktop/Media/Gaming Server)
...AMD A8-5545 (Quad core 1.7G, turbo 2.7G) Processor w/8 GB DDR3 DDR3 1333 Ram
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-12-21
Votes: 1
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Cool for me. Fast, nice, stable, light despite the Budge environment, modern.
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Version: 3
Rating: 1
Date: 2017-12-20
Votes: 0
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Lacks the stability and support of Ubuntu based systems, security is wanting.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-12-18
Votes: 3
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Finally a distribution that recovers well and fast from suspension
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-12-13
Votes: 11
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I've tried every other mainstream distribution and dozens upon dozens of niche ones in the last ~10 years and this is the first time after Xubuntu 12.04 that I really feel comfortable with my OS.
It's amazing to see how Ikey (and others) achieved the impossible: They reinvented the wheel with this project and it just works fine.
Very smooth UI, very good package manager and software center, very exciting new ideas like the Raven sidebar and many other small details.
I use my machine for music production (with FL Studio 12 via WINE), writing, editing, developing, and all of my entertainment needs.
With Solus I've been able to use my 10 year old printer again, without any hacks und without hickups so far.
I'm using Budgie and I haven't really missed anything yet. Looking forward to many more Raven applets btw! Like an integrated calendar (usable) and calendar notifications.
PS: I'm using a 6th gen "Skylake" G4400 with Intel HD 510. A standard office PC (desktop) configuration. Everything works out of the box.
PPS: I love the integration of Night Light (like Flux or redshift but comfortable). I'm wondering how the !&@# this feature is not a standard in all the other big distros...
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2017-12-12
Votes: 1
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Reminds me of the early Debian builds, when it worked and it was fast! Had trouble with wine and no compiz effects, but its my new distro. This could be the start of something special!
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-12-12
Votes: 0
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Excellent speed, usability, and interface. This is quickly becoming my daily user over Mint and Neon.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-12-12
Votes: 0
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A great OS, I've even got my great uncle who is 79 using this. His laptop went from 7 mins boot up and start of firefox to 34 secs ! I pop in every few weeks and make sure he's doing the security updates. It's real easy. Defo a OS for Novice as well as seasoned experts. A wide selection of software of course is available in package manager.
Installs on NVM's as well as hard-disks.
Recommended for all.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-12-11
Votes: 0
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Great distro. I originally wanted to stay clear of Solus due to Xfce not being in the mainstream development, but it works perfectly fine!
I installed Numix themes and everything was as it used to be. (But better since I now have up to date packages and stability!)
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2017-12-11
Votes: 1
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Stellar distro, recent packages, stability has been rock solid so far. Also, very nice font rendering out of the box. The budgie desktop is snappy, minimal and ideal for my taste. Boots in less than 3 seconds on my machine. Recommended! Give it a try, and if you feel it's to early, at least keep this on your "to watch" list.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-12-11
Votes: 0
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Solus is one of the most good looking and smoothest Linux experiences you may ever fathom.
If you haven't tried it yet, i would strongly recommend it.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-12-10
Votes: 1
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My favorite distro so far! Has never failed me since I installed it.
Stable with a beautiful DE. Has amazing driver support and great package manager.
Only downside I can think of is that download speeds are somewhat slow in some countries, but I have wonderful download speeds.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-12-09
Votes: 2
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Great distro. Fast and reliable. Good selection of software and a great selection of "3d party" software directly from the software center!
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-12-09
Votes: 0
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Great distro. Rock solid & up to date.
Seems to be heading in a very sane direction. "If it ain't broke don't fix it", something Canonical obviously doesn't listen to.
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2017-12-09
Votes: 0
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Up to date software.
Rolling Release
Fast,really fast.
Easy installation of 3rd party applications
Budgie is a great Desktop Environment, but still needs work. Currently in my second place after elementary OS Patheon.
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Version: 3
Rating: 7
Date: 2017-12-08
Votes: 0
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Great distro but the problem is that they dont have enough money for servers!
The download speed of the updates is awfull!
Its rock stable, faster than anything else and actually with large selection of software to install!
lots better than debian based ones! trust me this is wonderfull!
Please do support em to make the downloads faster! the world needs solus project!
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-12-08
Votes: 0
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Pros:
Rolling release but stable
eopkg is a great package manager
Hard working dev team
Not bloated
Fixes a lot of driver issues from Debian based distros
Cons:
systemd (although it is a fairly minimal system so it's very unlikely for systemd to get in the way of something)
Been using it about a month after it was renamed to Solus, 0 problems.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-12-07
Votes: 6
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Rolling release, stable, very clean code, great support, already so many packages in repo, amazing driver support and is overall just very well rounded.
Have used Ubuntu Mate, Devuan and openSUSE before this. This is currently my daily driver & favorite distro!
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-12-06
Votes: 1
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Best distro out there! (a review from a slackware and Pisi testing guy)
Pros:
-not bloated (very clean code, download size is barely over 1gb!!)
-0 problems with updates from the 3 months of use
-rolling release (ties in with ^)
-actual innovation (mainly steam optimization, screeb tearing driver bug fix, budgie!)
-automatic driver support
-eopkg I still stand by my opinion that PiSi was the greatest package manager ever created. This is basically a fork of it and is better in some ways
Cons:
-systemd (since the system is sort of barebones system without messy code systemd isn't too much of an issue)
I'm truly amazed that I was sucked into a user friendly distro. Damn you Ikey, and thanks!
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Version: 3
Rating: 8
Date: 2017-12-02
Votes: 6
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Solus is great. It is stable, performant, and has a clean aesthetic. Everything included works great, but they are still working on including more software. To the person who posted a few days that it did not have Chrome, they need to look in the "3rd Party" section of the installer. It looks as good as Mint, but doesn't suffer from being a 3-layered approach (Mint on-top-of Ubuntu on-top-of Debian).
To have a lot of software, and remain excellent quality, they will need more developers. They recently adopted Flatpak, so that should allow more software.
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2017-11-28
Votes: 5
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Have this running on an older model HP laptop. Very easy install, easy to use.
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Version: 3
Rating: 3
Date: 2017-11-26
Votes: 0
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Lets have our own background, lets have our own packet manager, lets have our own desktop! In the end it's just a toy distro. Lots of important apps missing from their app store: no Chrome or Chromium. For some weird reason settings window stopped working. Budgie desktop is looking nice but my Celeron N3450 is too slow for it. I like that they became rolling distro but maybe that was one of the reasons why settings windows stopped working.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-11-25
Votes: 9
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Pros:
- Fast, fast, fast ;)
- Always up-to-date
- Heaven for developers (lots of IDE and programming tools)
- Heaven for gamers (top notch Steam integration)
- Very actively developed
- Lots of innovative concepts (packaging you own software is super easy, updates are fast)
- New packages almost on a daily basis
Cons:
- Package format (eopkg) is specific (No 'apt', no 'rpm') and a little bit confusing at first
- Software Center is good but young and lacks some good features of Synaptic
- occasional breakage may happen, but that's the price of being on the edge ;)
- specific HD partitioning is not available in installer
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Version: 3
Rating: 4
Date: 2017-11-24
Votes: 0
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Boots on KVM but always freezes almost immediately afterwards. I therefore could not test it. First impressions matter, you know!
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2017-11-23
Votes: 1
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This is very polished in look and feel. Tried the Bungie version as I was realiy enjoying Deepin Linux but came across several stability issues in its ability to use network resources. Builtin app limitations as well with Deepin. This is a very good distro for everyday use and has a nice snappy interface. It also boots quickly.
I am tried of seeing Windows reinvented. Have used Bungie in the past and been locked out of my own system after updates. This has been the first distro I've tried that has a very stable version.
Its not as polished in look and feel as Deepin, but is more stable for daily use and has a much cleaner look and feel than Mint. Solus boots 3 times faster on the same hardware than Mint and is much faster in daily use.
Great Job!
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Version: 3
Rating: 9
Date: 2017-11-20
Votes: 2
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In brief an amazing distro. Installed on a HP Spectre x360 and runs like a charm.
To be fair I am quite surprised by the functionality, stability, and Look & feel of such a new distro. I am a long time user of Mint which has been the most stable of any distro I have ever tried in the past 15 years.
The other thing that has really surprised me is the battery performance. It is matching the 9 hours I used to get on Windows 10 on a Spectre. I hope it stays like this because battery performance is must for me.
Keep up the good work and put most focus on not letting any regression bugs through the future updates as that's what take people away and onto the land of Mint.
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Version: 3
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-11-20
Votes: 1
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All i can say i thank you Solus Team for the amazing work.
Best linux operating system i have used and hope it says like that
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