SolydXK

Reader supplied reviews for SolydXK Average rating 8.4 from 17 review(s) What are your thoughts on SolydXK? 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: -- 10-2021082019029201701201606201411201311 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: 10-202108 Rating: 1 Date: 2023-07-04 Votes: 0 I've been using Linux for over 10 years, and I've tried a lot of different distros. But I've never seen one as bad as the EE version of SolyxXK I installed it on my laptop, and it wouldn't even boot. It just got stuck on the boot screen. I tried everything I could think of to fix it, but nothing worked. I finally gave up and reinstalled a different distro. I'm so glad I did, because the other distro worked perfectly. I don't know what's wrong with the EE version of SolyxXK but it's clear that it's not ready for prime time. If you're thinking about trying it, I would strongly advise against it. The EE version of SolyxXK is a complete disaster. It doesn't boot, and there's no way to fix it. If you're looking for a Linux distro, I would strongly advise you to avoid this one. I was particularly disappointed with the EE version of SolyxXK because it had a lot of potential. The underlying distro is actually quite good, but the EE version is just a mess. I hope that the developers of [distro name] will fix the EE version soon. But until then, I would strongly advise everyone to avoid it. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 10-202108 Rating: 10 Date: 2023-06-08 Votes: 3 When Linux Mint made the huge mistake of dropping the KDE version in favor of Cinnamon, I went distro hunting. I tried KDE Neon, but it had problems, and is based on Ubuntu. I really wanted Debian based distro with KDE as the default desktop. SolydK is Debian based and rock solid. It comes with (or lets me easily install) the programs that I like to use. I now have SolydK 10 running on my Lenovo M92p desktop machine, two Lenovo T430s laptops, and a Lenovo T400 laptop, all without any problems. I have looked at Netrunner 23 (now based on Debian instead of Arch) bu I cannot see and advantage in using it over SolydK. All of the hardware in my desktop and laptops works in SolydK without any problems at all. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 10-202108 Rating: 10 Date: 2022-10-26 Votes: 14 It's difficult to decide what the "perfect" system is, but this one surely comes close for general purpose use. I’m not a programmer/developer or a gamer. I just need a regular home office type computer. And yes, there are several nice distributions based on Debian-Stable KDE, but this one stands out to me as awesome. If there's a "con", maybe it's the uncertainty you get about its continued development, since there are so few announcements or image releases on Distrowatch and it gets so little attention. The development team must be small, maybe even one person - I don't know. Regardless, I’m enjoying it now, satisfied that I’m getting security updates straight from Debian, and hoping the best for its future. I'm using version 11 KDE, installed a long time ago (probably spring of 2021) by way of a testing or "ee" image obtained through solydxk.com. It's absolutely fabulous ! beautiful, snappy, and glitch-free. I liked it so much that I cloned the installation to two other drives to run on other hardware: an old HP laptop from 2009 with dual-core Intel and 4GBs of RAM, an old home-built tower with quad-core AMD and 4GBs of RAM, and primarily on a 2019 Dell Optiplex with eight cores and 32GBs of RAM. Each system is standout-good compared to other distributions I run on that hardware. I have accumulated several inkjet printers, and last week I made an assessment of them, plugging in to test function and if any ink remained. On SolydK, every one functioned without any troubleshooting on my part. Their identification and driver selection was simple in the “Print Settings” utility. No headache whatsoever. For reference, they were: HP Deskjet 2540 and 3550, OfficeJet Pro 6968, 1350 All-In-One, Cannon MG2522, and an Epson NX300 In summary, I applaud the work done in crafting this OS and say thank you! I enjoy my computer-time just a little bit more because of SolydK. Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 17 reader reviews of SolydXK...