Linux distros

Trisquel 9.0 Etiona Review

Jonni Bidwell is on a brave quest to banish binary blobs from his legendary Eee PC. Will this distro prove helpful, or become more of a hindrance?
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The world is full of people shouting and clamouring for the latest …
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Xubuntu 20.10 Review

Written by Adam Hunt
Sometimes, operating system developers make it easy to be a software reviewer. They put out a nice set of “release notes” that detail all the changes since the last release. Then we can download the ISO file, boot it up, …
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Xubuntu 20.04 Review

Written by Adam Hunt
Ubuntu family Long Term Support (LTS) releases are often eagerly awaited by users, but reviewers often rate them as lackluster or boring. Read our Xubuntu 20.04 Review.
Because the Ubuntu development cycle has three “standard” …
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Ubuntu Unity 20.04 Review

Written by Adam Hunt
After his obituary was published in the New York Journal in 1897, American writer Mark Twain famously wrote, “the report of my death was an exaggeration.” The same could be said for Unity, the user interface created by …
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Ubuntu 20.10 Review

Written by Adam Hunt
Because of the way the Ubuntu development cycle works, there is often a lot of interest in the first “standard” release that follows a Long Term Support (LTS) release.
In many cases, the development priorities and new …
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GalliumOS 3.1 Review

Written by Gabriele Tettamanzi
Back in 2014, I bought an Asus C300, Intel Celeron N2840 2 cores 2.16GHz, 4GB Ram, 32GB internal storage, Bay Trail QUAWKS architecture, running Google ChromeOS.
After some initial enthusiasm, mainly due to the …
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Ubuntu Budgie 20.04 Review

Written by Erik
Ubuntu Budgie really shines this year with the Focal Fossa update. The install is effortless and completes in no time at all. Everything looks like it got some spit and polish. Read our Ubuntu Budgie 20.04 Review.
The flagship …
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Enos OS 0.4 Review

Swapping out Xfce’s window manager for elementary OS’s proves most pleasing to hybrid fan Jonni Bidwell.
SPECS
A lightweight, Xubuntu-based distro aimed at beginners and those using older hardware. It utilises the Gala window manager for a …
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Manjaro 20.1.1 Review

The distribution that brought Arch to the masses continues to amass new features and win over Jonni Bidwell, who’s never easily pleased.
In brief
The latest point release of the ever-popular Arch-based distro. Available in Xfce, …
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Robolinux 11 Review

Review bot-at-large Jonni Bidwell does his damnedest to look past the late 90s-stylings of this project’s website… Read our Robolinux 11 Review.
IN BRIEF
A nothing if not interesting effort to ease the transition from Windows to Linux. For a …
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Lubuntu 20.04 Review

Lubuntu 20.04
The real “acid test” is here! It has been six years since the LXQt desktop project was started and we now have the first Lubuntu LXQt long-term-support release. Read our Lubuntu 20.04 Review.
Released on 23 April, 2020, Lubuntu …
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Lubuntu 19.10 review

Lubuntu 19.10 is the third release of this distro with the new LXQt desktop replacing LXDE. It is the 20th release since Lubuntu First appeared in April 2010, as version 10.04. Read our Lubuntu 19.10 review.
Lubuntu 19.10 is a “standard” release, …
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