KANOTIX

Reader supplied reviews for KANOTIX Average rating 8.8 from 13 review(s) Please select a rating in the range of 1-10. Please write at least a few sentences about the distribution while limiting your review to 4080 characters. What are your thoughts on KANOTIX? Please include a few pros and a few cons, along with your overall impression of the operating system. Our FAQ page has tips on writing a good mini-review. Version: -- nightly20252024201420132011-0520102005-042005-032004-09 Rating:    -- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 out of 10 Your review (minimum 250 words): Past reviews - sort by: DateVotes Version: 2025 Rating: 9 Date: 2025-05-30 Votes: 3 So, first of all, there's this new KANOTIX Towelfire version. This Debian-based Trixie distribution. Surprisingly, after installation, a completely new login screen appears for the first time. You almost get the impression that Kanotix has finally arrived in the year 2025. What can I say: everything works as expected – or rather, as you know it from bookworm backports. The only thing worth mentioning is that you should select the acritox installer for installation. For older Kanotix users, this installation method is very familiar. I've been enjoying a stable Linux system for over 10 years. You can also install this Towelfire nightly version, which updates every night. It's worth mentioning, by the way: the ISO always contains the very latest LibreOffice version. Here, LibreOffice 25.2.3. All in all, the German forum is very quick to answer questions – even the English forum is answered within 1-2 days at the latest. There aren't really many questions. It's running :) Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: nightly Rating: 9 Date: 2025-03-01 Votes: 1 Been using Kanotix for over two years now, and I do recommend it. With laptop Intel I7 I have been using the KDE version. On my Dell Optiplex 9020 I have been using the LXDE version. Both are stable and so far, fingers crossed, will remain so. I installed the lxde on my banking computer. In doing so, I updated to the latest Testing Kernel, and removed many programs that could possibly be considered a future security liability – such as Chromium and Thunderbird. I replaced the E-mail client with Claws, and also installed Bleachbit. Checking and reviewing all the Firefox settings to secure things up. My banking computer is exclusively that. I ensure that I am only using a wired ethernet connection, which is promptly unplugged after my business is completed. Security updates are prompt due to being “bookworm” Overall this machine in this usage has been A+ My Laptop – I installed the KDE version to the hard drive – set it up perfectly with the latest kernel. However, I leave that drive alone and only rely on it for emergency use only……. Especially lately with all the security bugs on the Internet. So what I did - was to install the Kanotix “Live Persistent” on a USB Solid State drive and run “it” as my daily internet machine on my laptop. If anything ever went South, a quick reinstall onto the SSD is very easy. If a major security breach happened on the updates, I can easily use my emergency system without an update. Overall – the KDE version is a tad slower than the LXDE. But that is not an issue with this particular laptop, however, it is an issue with my older laptop. Kanotix does not come with Wayland. For me that’s a good thing. It seems like other distros that have this occasionally break on updating. So I’m not at all fond of it. With the Live persistent version, I cannot update the kernel. But that is not really a major issue, as the nightly builds always have the near latest kernel. Something disappointing. I have a HP Smart tank printer , scanner. Kanotix prints just fine, but setting up the Scanner function is beyond my abilities. Tried using several programs – such as Gnome Simple Scan. However, it simply won’t see it. Believe it or not – it sets up lickity split without a hitch with Linux Mint. … go figure. So for the rare occasions I need to scan a page, I reboot into Mint. Overall – I’m pleased. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: nightly Rating: 6 Date: 2025-02-15 Votes: 0 Pros: + Works as expected Cons: - Boring (in the negative sense of the word). It looks and feels now just like it did the last time I used it a few years ago. - Poor support. It seems the user base is very small and mainly German-speaking. The chances of getting help in the forum are slim. Conclusion: The original maintainer "kano" has left the project. It seems the current maintainers are not in his level. There is no point in maintaining a distribution just for keeping it alive and without innovating it. There are better Debian+KDE distributions out there. Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 13 reader reviews of KANOTIX...