Other Interesting Distros

Barbiefan1475

WetGeek it took me and my mom 2 hours to get nitrux to work in her 2 laptops like for example I think the wifi for some reason just work and then disconnect ever 1 minute but we fixed that but that was one issue we faced

tflovik

WetGeek Have you tried out Ubuntu Mate?i have it running on 4 machines and its great.

WetGeek

tflovik Have you tried out Ubuntu Mate?

Not that one, but I maintain a VM of Solus Mate, and I've used it on other distros. It's not bad at all. I just prefer the configurability of Plasma. Ubuntu also has a pretty good implementation of Budgie.

brent

Did you ever get around to Porteus? Distrowatch:
Porteus
OS Type: Linux
Based on: Slackware
Origin: Ireland
Architecture: i586, x86_64
Desktop: Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE Plasma, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, Openbox, Xfce
Category: From RAM, Live Medium
Status: Active
Popularity: 63 (169 hits per day)

I had it on Ventoy and I loved it so much I almost bare-metaled it but had it one drawback for my tastes that kept me me from it. Of course that was months ago..

WetGeek

brent Did you ever get around to Porteus?

I never have. What was the flaw that caused you to lose interest?

brent

WetGeek don't remember. I think I couldn't install it or iso disagreed with my old beast. but live usb was a blast to use: modern, light, fast, and purty. not solus purty. like you said the other day, ain't nothing I've seen is solus-pretty yet

WetGeek

brent I think I couldn't install it or iso disagreed with my old beast.

I researched a bit and got scared by its tiny size. Some very "lean" distros have about a 2GB .ISO file. Less than 300MB makes me wonder what could be there, besides a kernel and an installer.

brent

WetGeek first sentence of distro-blurb: "Porteus is a fast, portable and modular live CD/USB medium based on Slackware Linux. "

Not entirely sure what that means but may answer your question. When I used it, it had basic normal packages installed. But, if I'm reading this right, "born to be on a USB stick" is a strange mission. I didn't get the impression this was a security tester distro like other live or persistent portable operating systems like Parrot, tails, whatever. Let me add another Whatever.

Axios

My mind never stops..haha just had throw this question out there.

Yes its nice to have all these choices with linux but has anyone really thought
about the security of them and other things along that line?
The only reason I ask ran across another distro (VanillaOs suppose to be immutable)
So new looks like its still in beta.

stalebrim

Axios

Yes its nice to have all these choices with linux but has anyone really thought
about the security of them and other things along that line?

That's why it may be wiser choice to stick with bigger projects, as they're more likely to have proper safeguards in place. I think it's also pretty telling whether a distro provides any sort of verification method for the disc images.

Raitsa

After moving on from Solus, I decided to go for Arch based Arco Linux and I have not regretted that decision.
Now running on 3 PCs at our house, its been a wonderful experience.
Rolling release with a very active and helpful community on the web, Discord, Telegram etc.

Its good to start here: https://www.arcolinux.info/arcolinux-editions/

Latest isos available at: https://ant.seedhost.eu/arcolinux/iso/v22.11.02/
Updated isos released every 2 months.

And naturally, it has to be mentioned that the main developer Erik Dubois has made over 3000 helpful Arco/Linux videos so far on his Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/ErikDubois/videos

4 different base isos: XL, S, D and B.

WetGeek

Raitsa I decided to go for Arch based Arco Linux and I have not regretted that decision.

It's great that each of us can have the distro and DE that we prefer. I'm glad you're found what pleases you.

brent

Raitsa so you aren't revolted by xfce?
/s

edit: going thru one of the links, there is a , Budgie version so some air is let out of my facetious comment🙂, dang it

stalebrim

Saw this and thought instantly of this topic.
Link to a Reddit post
Note: I know nothing of the distros, proceed with your own discretion

tomscharbach

stalebrim Interesting. ArchiveOS is a treasure trove of defunct distros, enough to fuel a year or two of exploration.

Axios

Anybody try this one out yet kinda new distro seems interesting.
https://cachyos.org/

WetGeek

Axios Anybody try this one out yet kinda new distro seems interesting.

Not yet, but give me a few minutes ...

I scrolled through that whole page, and it sure got my attention. If I can install and configure it with no issues (as I can with any Solus edition), I'm sure it will be interesting.

... seven minutes later, I have the .ISO file. And it defaults to the world's greatest DE, which pleases me. More later. Thanks, Axios.

stalebrim

WetGeek

And it defaults to the world's greatest DE, which pleases me.

It's always great to see Plasma as a flagship.

brent

stalebrim WetGeek
And it defaults to the world's greatest DE, which pleases me.

It's always great to see Plasma as a flagship.

/😉

WetGeek

CachyOS - Plasma Observations

So far, all I can say with confidence is that the installation went smoothly, with absolutely zero drama. I'll be doing very little exploring today, because it's time for me to start fixing dinner, but I'll enjoy learning more about Cachy starting first thing in the morning. I'll take a quick spin through the system settings now, and add some workspaces, but that's about all for now.

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