algent Unfortunately yes. I thought Antergos have a bright future since they made friendly Arch.

    I'd probably use ElementaryOS if not for Solus Budgie

    My requirements are:

    • Works well on low powered laptop.
    • Supports ICC display profiles.
    • Supports lowering the color temperature at night.
    • I like the looks, and it's easy for me to use.
    • There is also app functionality I need, but most distros have that.

    I did a lot of distro testing this summer and was pleasantly surprised when I found Solus Budgie.

    • XFCE doesn't quite make my requirements, as their "Night Light" app conflicts with built-in display profile support. I like the look and feel though.
    • KDE Plasma just doesn't appeal to me, which I admit is a personal, subjective thing.
    • I like the way Cinnamon looks and works. If I had more computer power I might run LXDE.
    • I would have to go back to Grub! I like the way Solus Budgie starts up much better.

      probably Zorin os because the other distro's all look and feel same or something with budgie (Manjaro)

      I would be using Fedora - I'm using Fedora on my workstation and Solus on my laptop.

      Probably Ubuntu but begrudgingly so.

      Also I use CentOS at work.

      Because I also use MX Linux 19, I would have to say that would be it. MX (those sweet MX Tools) and Solus are the only two distros I really like. The rest are just there.

      synth-ruiner Yes, I meant LMDE. I ran it for a while during my distro testing last summer. Cinnamon, which is used in LMDE, has a feature similar to Icon Task List in Budgie, which I use and like.

        Manjaro is my main Linux OS. Solus worked fine on my laptop, but I had issues getting it to work on my desktop, so I reverted back to Manjaro. I've been looking at other DEs besides Xfce, but it meets all my needs, so I'm sticking with it for now. I've toyed with the idea of reloading Solus, and I do keep it on a VM so I can keep up with it.

        another rolling-release distro I forgot about is Void Linux. anyone have any experience with it? looks a little bare-bones but maybe that's a good thing.

          I used manjaro for a long time. In the reason it had appeared since. Previously, like so many, distro-hopping. But then had just found my linux port in manjaro.
          With my new gaming laptop but nothing went in things manjaro. Other distros did not really care. It was or is due to the current hardware. Several other users, with the same hardware, also had problems with the installation. Not just with manjaro. Also other distros did not want.
          And because i always found solus interesting, then my choice on solus. And, it ran immediately. Until now, since April, completely trouble-free, stable and reliable.
          Even the simple installation of the nvidia-optimus manager (i think the easiest thing in linux is) is great. And the performance at play so far 1A. There can, for example. Manjaro can not keep up with bumblebee ...
          So to remain faithful to an excellent reason.
          Anyway.
          If I was forced to change the distro, which I do not hope and currently do not want, then I would certainly switch back to manjaro or endevour os. Because arch-based linux systems appeal to me the best. And, I like rolling ...

          ich vertraue dem online-übersetzer nicht. deshalb hier mein ursprünglicher text in deutsch:
          ich habe manjaro sehr lange genutzt. im grunde seit dem es erschienen war. zuvor, wie so viele, distro-hopping gemacht. hatte dann aber eben in manjaro meinen linux-hafen gefunden.
          mit meinem neuen gaming laptop ging aber nichts mehr in sachen manjaro. auch andere distros wollten nicht so richtig. es lag bzw liegt an der aktuellen hardware. etliche andere user , mit der gleichen hardware, hatten ebenfalls probleme bei der installation. nicht nur mit manjaro. auch andere distros wollten nicht.
          und weil ich immer schon solus interessant fand, fiel dann meine wahl auf solus. und, es lief sofort. bis jetzt, seit april, völlig störungsfrei, stabil und zuverlässig.
          selbst die simple installation des nvidia-optimus managers (ich glaube die einfachste die es in sachen linux gibt), ist klasse. und die performance bei spielen bisher 1A. da kann zB. manjaro mit bumblebee nicht mithalten...
          also ein trefflicher grund solus treu zu bleiben.
          wie auch immer.
          falls ich gezwungen wäre die distro zu wechseln, was ich nicht hoffe und derzeit nicht will, dann würde ich sicher wieder zu manjaro oder endevour os wechseln. weil arch basierende linux systeme gefallen mir am besten. und, ich mag es gerne rolling...

          Probably Fedora+GNOME -- I switched from Fedora to Solus back in the day after running Solus on an spare box for a while.

          I use Exherbo+Xfce-4.14 as my secondary/'toy' distro due to a few specific things such as per-package options, CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS, package dependency rebuilds and local/personal repositories being more convenient to manage from a developer's perspective -- but I still apply the things I learn there to Solus.

          However, Solus drives my has-to-always-work-daily-driver laptop and my -unstable HTPC. The reason my HTPC is on -unstable is that I dogfood my Kodi and Samba updates on it before shipping them to you guys.

          That said, I honestly don't think I could go back to a non-rolling distribution. Solus really hits the sweet spot for me in terms of its curated-and-stable-yet-rolling release cadence.

          Much <3 to all of you who contribute to help make Solus the best it can be! 😃

          Probabaly Debian stable which I had used a long time before Solus.I may give a try to MX Linux.

          brent Same here!! Tested many before and after installing Solus on the iMac. Is macOS and Solus here because this Mac has an intel. On my PowerPC Macs is just Mac OS.

            I really like Solus and budgie project but in my case the question doesn't suit me because my main distribution is Slackware....

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            I've been using Arch for a while, now I'm digging EndeavourOS XFCE

            I used Fedora, but not perfect. I was forced to go back to Windows 10 for hardware optimization and Nvidia Optimus. Solus OS is just incredible! Beautifully crafted (with taste) and complete. I use a script for optimus, I also managed to make my brother printer to work which was my last blocking issue! So far so so good! Keep the good work!