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Salient OS


Last Update: 2024-02-02 02:44 UTC


Salient OS is an Arch Linux-based, rolling-release distribution aimed at multimedia and gaming enthusiasts. It is optimised for performance as a gaming workstation and it can be installed to a hard disk using the Calamares installer. Salient OS comes in two separate editions, featuring either the Xfce or the KDE Plasma desktop.

Average visitor rating: 7.82/10 from 11 review(s).


Salient Summary
Distribution Salient OS
Home Page https://salientos.github.io/
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Feature 21.06
Release Date 2021-06-07
End Of Life  
Price (US$) Free
Image Size (MB) 2300-2600
Free Download ISO
Installation Graphical
Default Desktop KDE Plasma, Xfce
Package Management Pacman
Release Model Rolling
Office Suite --
Processor Architecture x86_64
Init Software systemd
Journaled File Systems  
Multilingual Yes
Asian Language Support Yes
Full Package List 21.06
Package 21.06
abiword (3.0.5) --
alsa-lib (1.2.13) 1.2.5
amdgpu (23.0.0) --
bash (5.2.37) 5.1
bind (9.20.5) 9.16.16
chromium (133.0.6943.53) --
cups (2.4.11) 2.3.3
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.2-P1
e2fsprogs (1.47.2) 1.46.2
firefox (135.0) 89.0
freetype (2.13.3) 2.10.4
gcc (14.2.0) 11.1.0
gimp (2.10.38) --
glibc (2.41) 2.33
gnome-shell (47.4) --
gnucash (5.10) --
gnumeric (1.12.57) --
grub (2.12) 2.04
gtk (4.16.12) 3.24.29
httpd (2.4.63) --
inkscape (1.4) --
k3b (24.12.2) --
kmod (33) 29
krita (5.2.9) --
LibreOffice (25.2.0) --
linux (6.13.2) 5.12.9
Package 21.06
lxpanel (0.10.1) --
mariadb (11.5.2) --
mate-desktop (1.28.2) --
mesa (24.3.4) 21.1.1
mysql (9.2.0) --
nautilus (47.2) --
NVIDIA (565.77) --
openbox (3.6.1) --
openjdk (23.0.2) --
openssh (9.9p1) 8.6p1
openssl (3.4.0) 1.1.1k
perl (5.40.1) 5.34.0
php (8.4.3) --
plasma-desktop (6.2.5) 5.21.5
postfix (3.9.1) --
postgresql (17.2) --
Python (3.13.2) 3.9.5
qt (6.8.2) 5.15.2
samba (4.21.3) 4.14.4
systemd (257.2) 248.3
thunderbird (135.0) --
vim (9.1) 8.2
vlc (3.0.21) 3.0.14
wayland (1.23.1) 1.19.0
xfdesktop (4.20.0) 4.16.0
xorg-server (21.1.15) 1.20.11

Reader Ratings
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Average rating
7.8
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Version: 21.06
Rating: 8
Date: 2022-06-08
Votes: 0


I used this OS for about a year, loved it. I can no longer get the nvidia drivers to work right. The calamares installer neglected to install a lot of selected packages starting a while back including the nv driver pkgs, so I simply setup on nouveau and manually installed the nv drivers via binary from recovery mode, then added the other stuff w/pacman myself. It worked well for a while. No longer, just hit with lightdm cannot start now. Sorry but I had to move on and switch to endeavor, but if there's a new iso anytime patching these items, I will return. Thanks for the great OS.


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Version: 21.06
Rating: 8
Date: 2021-08-27
Votes: 0


Excellent out of box experience and the KDE version works wonderfully for me. I haven't tried it out too much yet, so i'll find out soon if it's truly worth a 10/10.


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Version: 21.06
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-07-03
Votes: 4


I have tried about 10 diff distros in past 2 months. I do xfce only - don't like gnome - this is slick on xfce - very fast. I have slackware current as daily, but looking for alternate. I will keep this one for a while. Only slack and MX were as easy and as fast running as this. Installation was slow took 45 minutes, and libreoffice crashed the install on conflicting dependencies, but when I deselected it, it went clean. Otherwise I would give this a 10. I installed nearly everything, and it boots and runs extremely fast. Among those I tried and ditched are pop, manjaro, artix, mageia, solus (which I like but I need to either build drivers from source or have git/dkms) it didn't cooperate. This distro did. Running old xeon cpu on x58 with a lot of ram and 1070ti.


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