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wattOS


Last Update: 2023-01-30 01:13 UTC


wattOS is a fast desktop Linux distribution based on Debian. Using the lightweight Openbox window manager as its default user interface, the distribution strives to be as energy-efficient as possible so that it can be used on low-specification and recycled computers.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 75 (151), 6 months: 73 (148), 3 months: 76 (136), 4 weeks: 78 (133), 1 week: 67 (130)

Average visitor rating: 8.4/10 from 10 review(s).


wattOS Summary
Distribution wattOS
Home Page https://www.planetwatt.com/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums https://www.planetwatt.com/newforum
Alternative User Forums Discord.gg
Documentation --
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Download Mirrors https://www.planetwatt.com/r12-downloads/DistroWatch Torrent Archive
Bug Tracker --
Related Websites  
Reviews R10: Fossbytes
R6: Lunux Za Sve (Croatian)
R5: DarkDuck
R2: FOSSwire
Where To Buy or Try

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2022-11-18: Distribution Release: wattOS R12
 • 2016-09-01: Distribution Release: wattOS R10
 • 2015-05-31: Distribution Release: wattOS R9
 • 2014-05-11: Distribution Release: wattOS R8
 • 2013-10-10: Distribution Release: wattOS R7.5
 • 2012-08-26: Distribution Release: wattOS R6
 • 2012-02-27: Distribution Release: wattOS R5
 • 2011-08-14: Distribution Release: wattOS R4
 • 2011-01-10: Distribution Release: wattOS R3
 • 2010-06-23: Distribution Release: wattOS R2
 • 2009-07-13: Development Release: wattOS 1.0 Beta 3
 • More wattOS releases...

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Feature R12 R10 R9 R8 R7.5 R7 R6 R5 R4 R3 R2 Feature
Release Date 2022-11-17 2016-09-01 2015-05-31 2014-05-11 2013-10-10 2013-05-28 2012-08-26 2012-02-27 2011-08-13 2011-01-10 2010-06-23 Release Date
End Of Life                       End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 1200-1300 600-800                   Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop LXDE i3, LXDE LXDE, Openbox LXDE, MATE, Openbox LXDE, MATE, pekwm LXDE LXDE LXDE LXDE LXDE LXDE Default Desktop
Package Management DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite -- -- -- -- -- GOffice GOffice GOffice GOffice GOffice GOffice Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386 i386 i386 i386 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd SysV Upstart Upstart Upstart Upstart Upstart Upstart Upstart Init Software
Journaled File Systems ext4     Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual                       Multilingual
Asian Language Support                       Asian Language Support
Full Package List r12 r10 r9 r8 r7.5 r7 r6 r5 r4 r3 r2 Full Package List
Package R12 R10 R9 R8 R7.5 R7 R6 R5 R4 R3 R2 Package
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- 2.9.2 2.9.2 2.8.6 2.8.6 2.8.6 2.8.2 abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.10) 1.2.4 1.1.0 1.0.27.2 1.0.27.2 1.0.25 1.0.25 1.0.25 1.0.24.1 1.0.24.1 1.0.23 1.0.22 alsa-lib (1.2.10)
amdgpu (23.0.0) 19.1.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.780 8.723 amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.15) 5.1 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 bash (5.2.15)
bind (9.18.19) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.18.19)
chromium (117.0.5938.132) -- -- -- -- 28.0.1500.71 25.0.1364.160 18.0.1025.168 -- 12.0.742.112 -- -- chromium (117.0.5938.132)
cups (2.4.7) -- -- -- 1.5.3 1.6.2 1.6.2 -- 1.5.0 1.4.6 1.4.4 1.4.3 cups (2.4.7)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.1 4.3.3 4.2.4 4.2.2 4.2.4 4.2.4 4.1.ESV-R4 4.1.1-P1 4.1.1-P1 3.1.3 3.1.3 dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.46.2 1.42.13 1.42.9 1.42.5 1.42.5 1.42.5 1.42 1.41.14 1.41.14 1.41.12 1.41.11 e2fsprogs (1.47.0)
firefox (118.0.1) 102.4.0 48.0 38.0 24.5.0 -- -- -- -- -- 3.6.13 3.6.3 firefox (118.0.1)
freetype (2.13.2) 2.10.4 2.6.1 2.5.2 2.4.9 2.4.11 2.4.11 2.4.8 2.4.4 2.4.4 2.4.2 2.3.11 freetype (2.13.2)
gcc (13.2.0) 10.2.1 5.3.1 -- 4.7.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gcc (13.2.0)
gimp (2.10.34) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (2.10.34)
glibc (2.38) 2.31 2.23 2.18 2.18 2.17 2.17 2.15 2.13 2.13 2.12.1 2.11.1 glibc (2.38)
gnome-shell (45.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (45.0)
gnucash (5.4-1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.4-1)
gnumeric (1.12.55) -- -- -- -- -- 1.12.1 1.10.17 1.10.17 1.10.13 1.10.8 1.10.1 gnumeric (1.12.55)
grub (2.06) 2.06 2.02beta2 2.02beta2 1.99 2.00 2.00 1.99 1.99 1.99rc1 1.98 1.98 grub (2.06)
gtk (4.12.3) 3.24.24 3.18.9 3.10.8 3.12.0 3.6.4 3.6.4 3.4.2 3.2.0 2.24.4 2.22.0 2.20.1 gtk (4.12.3)
httpd (2.4.57) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.57)
inkscape (1.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.3)
k3b (23.08.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- k3b (23.08.1)
kmod (31) 28 22 15 9 9 9 -- -- -- -- -- kmod (31)
krita (5.1.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.1.5)
libreoffice (7.6.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- libreoffice (7.6.2)
linux (6.5.5) 5.10.149 4.4 3.13 3.13.10 3.8 3.8 3.2 3.0 2.6.38 2.6.35 2.6.32 linux (6.5.5)
Package R12 R10 R9 R8 R7.5 R7 R6 R5 R4 R3 R2 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) 0.10.1 0.99.1 0.5.0 0.5.5 0.5.0 0.5.0 0.5.0 0.5.0 0.5.0 0.5.0 0.5.0 lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.0.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.0.3)
mate-desktop (1.26.2) -- -- -- 1.8.0 1.6.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.26.2)
mesa (23.2.1) 20.3.5 11.2.0 10.1.3 10.1.0 9.1.4 9.1.1 8.0.3 7.11 7.10.2 7.9git 7.7.1 mesa (23.2.1)
mysql (8.1.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (8.1.0)
nautilus (45.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (45.0)
NVIDIA (535.113.01) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 260.19.06 195.36.24 NVIDIA (535.113.01)
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.5.2 3.5.2 3.5.0 3.5.0 3.5.0 3.5.0 3.4.11.2 3.4.11.1 3.4.10 openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (21) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6b18 openjdk (21)
openssh (9.4p1) 8.4p1 7.2p2 6.6p1 6.0p1 6.1p1 6.1p1 5.9p1 5.8p1 5.8p1 5.5p1 5.3p1 openssh (9.4p1)
openssl (3.1.3) 1.1.1n 1.0.2g 1.0.1f 1.0.1e 1.0.1c 1.0.1c 1.0.1 1.0.0e 0.9.8o 0.9.8o 0.9.8k openssl (3.1.3)
perl (5.38.0) 5.32.1 5.22.1 5.18.2 5.14.2 5.14.2 5.14.2 5.14.2 5.12.4 5.10.1 5.10.1 5.10.1 perl (5.38.0)
php (8.2.11) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.2.11)
plasma-desktop (5.27.8) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (5.27.8)
postfix (3.8.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.8.2)
postgresql (16.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (16.0)
Python (3.11.5) 3.9.2 2.7.11 2.7.5 2.7.6 2.7.4 2.7.4 2.7.3 2.7.2 2.7.1 2.6.6 2.6.5 Python (3.11.5)
qt (6.5.3) 5.15.2 4.8.7 -- 4.8.5 4.8.4 4.8.4 4.8.1 4.7.4 4.7.2 -- -- qt (6.5.3)
samba (4.19.0) -- -- 4.1.6 3.6.6 -- -- -- 3.5.11 3.5.8 3.5.4 3.4.7 samba (4.19.0)
systemd (254.5) 247.3 229 204 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (254.5)
thunderbird (115.3.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (115.3.1)
vim (9.0) 8.2 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.2 vim (9.0)
vlc (3.0.18) 3.0.17.4 -- -- 2.0.3 2.0.8 2.0.6 2.0.3 -- 1.1.9 -- -- vlc (3.0.18)
wayland (1.22.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.22.0)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.8) 1.20.11 1.18.3 1.15.1 1.12.4 1.13.3 1.13.3 1.11.4 1.10.4 1.10.1 1.9.0 1.7.6 xorg-server (21.1.8)

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Version: R12
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-07-07
Votes: 3


I'm using this since a few months on my very low spec Asus X205TA (Atom Z3735G, 2 GiB RAM [not expandable], 32 GiB eMMC [not expandable]) and it really does what it says on the tin. Sure, given the very low RAM (and the slow eMMC) this PC has, I had to setup zswap, but the PC turns on and it's ready in a few seconds, then everything works very well.

The only complain I have is that installation fails on EFI32 hardware (yes, this PC has a 64bit 4-core processor but a 32bit EFI...) so you have to fix the bootloader yourself, which is not that much fun if you don't have experience.

Good alternatives to wattOs are Bodhi and LXLE. I had tried all three of them and chose the first as my favorite anyway.



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Version: R12
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-06-22
Votes: 9


Fast, very fast. Has a very clean, fresh looking intuitive desktop. Running as Live CD at idle with wifi connected it came in at about 360MB. It is a very fast distro running circles around MX on the same hardware 16 year old hardware. I tested this as an alternative to the untrustworthy (in my judgement antiX). It is not quite as light at idle but it appears to load browsers etc faster. Also the desktop is more intuitive. In some respects this desktop reminds me of Q4OS in terms or practicality and ease of use. One negative is the lack of available docs,it seems they want you to sign up for a forum in order to even view documentation - what the kittens?

This is a desktop that will make old Window users immediately at home. If you are running old hardware you owe it to yourself to test WattOS along with SliTaz, Q4OS, Bodhi, FossaPup, LXLE, Porteus and BionicPup.

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Version: R12
Rating: 5
Date: 2023-04-04
Votes: 3


I installed this on an Dell Latitude E-6500. The install was easy enough and it does run with a very light "footprint" However there are some issues. There is no Date and Time adjustment, NTP function, driver manager or print support installed by default. These can be installed after the OS install, but you'd expect these basic functions to be installed by default. Flatpak applications do not integrate with the system menu, even when installed through the Gnome software manager. I couldn't recommend this Distro for a novice. Watt OS R-12 is still a "work in progress".


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