pleased to learn that josh hates tracker as much as i do (always the first thing i nuke when installing, or gnome components get updated) and like me prefers separate language and units settings - something thats caused me issues in the past on other distros

also agree that virtualbox issues shouldnt be priority 1 or 2

as for issues with the installer, its been so long since i installed solus i dont remember what the installer is like, which says a lot about how good solus is (as im still running it)

    JoshStrobl As I've mentioned before, our market is not the 1% that already uses Linux (or trying to woo a few percentage of that 1%), it's the 99% that doesn't.

    Pretty canny, and I'm sure that was your vision in the Doherty days as well. I was looking to bail on M.S. forever and of all the 'flavours' I was immediately drawn to what I considered to be the feisty, visually resplendent, independent. In other words your marketing philosophy worked in my case.
    Congrats on the positive review. Someday you guys will get paid!

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      I've mentioned before, our market is not the 1% that already uses Linux (or trying to woo a few percentage of that 1%), it's the 99% that doesn't.

      Shoot! Then i'm not the target audience, as i've used linux before (arch by the way..... 🤣 )

      Hope i'm allowed to stay nevertheless 😂

      I don't think Josh meant that he'd throw us out of the boat for being non-target audience....do you (frantically looking for a life vest)?

      Fellas, without the non-target audience, the targeted audience could not function in linux/solus. Without you pros I probably would've wound up fulltime with a Mac....

      JoshStrobl our market is not the 1% that already uses Linux (or trying to woo a few percentage of that 1%), it's the 99% that doesn't.

      amen to that 🙏

      PS: I use arch, btw 😂

        Well, the Macs are 2nd cousins, right? Being BSD based and all. Having never had one, I don't know a thing about them (really)...but I do know BSD is a very stable environment.

          Lucien_Lachance its been so long since i installed solus i dont remember what the installer is like, which says a lot about how good solus is (as im still running it)

          same here... first time I've rolled the same install for so long (over 2 years and counting). I've had no less than 10 different distros (back in my distro-hopping days) that would bork on me on the first (sometimes, maybe 2nd) update.

          Solus is so stable is actually boring 😛

            dbarron Used them fulltime in certain occupations. They are a bit too closed/cult-y for me. (for example: it will not allow anything non-mac, like a generic usb cord, to be plugged into their system, etc) .Reliable, yes. Spooky, also yes.

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              I didn't even really think about that. Seems kinda abnormal to allow non-admins to perform admin capabilities, surely.

              .....i always run as root. Cause i live on the edge 😁

              The Solus as the entire Linux distribution Peca in the details that are ignored those that seem unimportant but that in the end makes a difference errors that Android and IOS does not commit and that Windows 10 learned to pay attention either in tools or in visual art.

              JoshStrobl I made some other observations during my time running Solus. One of them is that non-admin users cannot install software packages, perform updates or run commands through sudo. This may seem obvious, but I have run a couple of operating systems so far this year where non-privileged users could do just about anything on a system and it was refreshing to see Solus enforces users' roles.

              I think that users should be able to upgrade but not add/remove, they are dangerous commands. Remove lightdm and the system is dead, remove bash, dead, etc.

                  Justin I think someone running amok adding/removing dependencies without knowing will torpedo the OS. I've done it in the beginning just being clumsy.
                  But using sudo to get rid of clutter I never felt that bad about. In other words, went to INSTALLED tab at the SC. Saw all the stuff I thought I'd love but never used. Big list! Thinned out all the packages/apps I no longer had interest in. Did not feel I was living on the edge at all. The key to not ruining the OS is discerning the lone DEPS from the big packages. Instinct?
                  P.S.--the stuff you greyed out that can't be removed even with sudo is smarter than you know as far as steering one from danger. but one still needs their wits, I know.

                    I thought it was a really well done review, +/- equal real assessment.

                    JoshStrobl nice reply's and great to hear the Installer will get work. This seems to be the one major question here and the old forum. People have such a hard time following instructions. (another decade and they will need a robot to tie their shoes)
                    stay positive. 😄

                      kyrios Yeah I don't think those would cause issue. Would be interesting to have a system where a package list could be held by admin which can't be added/removed maybe.

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                        Yeah, and a thing or two he mentions simply isn't so. But all in all, it's a positive review.