The disadvantage or negative point that in my opinion, has SolusOS

We have talked a lot of this new distro, which is already penetrating deep into the computers of many ... Why has SolusOS succeeded in such a short time? We already discussed it, and honestly it has quite a few positive points, however; this humble geek is still not convinced.

Why am I not considering using SolusOS yet? ... Why even though everyone (or almost everyone) has had favorable results with this distro, I am still skeptical?

SolusOS as everyone should know by now, it is a distro based on debian-squeeze (stable), but this will be the case for now, because in the next version 2 will be based on the upcoming stable of Debian: Wheezy.

Maintained by ikey (creator of LMDE) that no longer works on its first creation (I repeat, LMDE), now develops / maintains SolusOS, which from my point of view does, it comes to fill the void that LMDE is leaving (or left) in the community, and precisely it comes to fill it because it is almost the same.

But hey, I don't think it's necessary to explain what SolusOS is, far from it 😉

What I said at the beginning, even though it has many positive aspects, I do not find reasons to use it.

Can anyone tell me what SolusOS gives me, that I can't get it directly from Debian?

I don't want to sound like an anti-SolusOS by any means, I just don't have enough confidence in this project so far. Clarify !, I'm not saying that it will fail far from it, just that I prefer to install Debian + Environment + applications well using Debian Squeeze (current stable), using Wheezy (testing), Sid, or simply all through apt pinning, why use SolusOS.

Why?

Well, Debian is a project tested and approved by time, it has its pros and cons like everyone else, but for the good of all it is a distro (and project) already stable, tested. So directly using this distro, its packages, its application / package incorporation policy, guarantees us a satisfactory result.

While SolusOS does, it uses the Debian repositories, so it has a robustness acquired from its parent (Debian), nonetheless; it does not follow Debian's package check-in policy, but has its own. For example, in Debian Wheezy (testing) (for better or for worse, for X or Y reasons) Xfce4.10 is still NOT available, I guess because it still has bugs or something like that, while SolusOS incorporates it without any problem.

There are more examples, but it is not the objective of this post.

I repeat, I am not an anti-SolusOS by any means, only that at this moment I prefer to use (I trust more) Debian with its official repositories, its huge team of maintainers, and their jealousy and care not to have bugs (even when the latest versions of the software take a long time to be available), to install a distro that uses Debian repositories yes, but has its own package inclusion policy, and whether or not it uses Debian repositories ... it is (ultimately) maintained by a single person.

Another really important reason is that I am a user in love with KDE, so SolusOS is definitely not for me :)

When SolusOS version 2 is stable, I will download it and possibly install it on my office PC, however Debian will continue to reign on my laptop as in recent months.

I hope I have not hurt anyone's feelings, and although it may seem uncertain to some, I have tried to be as objective as possible, because I have no resentment with this distro far from it (in fact, I think it will rank No.2 or No.3 quickly), I just need absolute certainty that everything will work OK, 120% security, and technically I don't know; but psychologically SolusOS doesn't give me this.

regards

PD: Yes elav, SolusOS is aimed at an audience that does not want to configure a lot of Debian to have it ready, but wants to install a distro and have everything ready, but I am not that audience 🙂


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  1.   Adoniz (@ NinjaUrbano1) said

    If you know that SolusOs is for the end user, I do not see the point in this post, it would be better if you recommend debian to users like you and make a difference that solusOs is more for newbies, it is like linuxmint for the end user and everything is ready, A post about why SolusOs seems to be for the end user would be better, since if you don't know debian, a distro like solus would never call your attention. This is really more of an opinion than anything else.

    1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

      The meaning of this post is none other than to leave my point of view about it.
      I understand that SolusOS has many advantages, I do not deny them, but from my perspective, from my point of view (as I said several times above) ... I don't think it offers me much, simply put: «it is not worth the 'risks' »

      And of course it is an opinion, where in the post do I pretend that it is a merely technical opinion? 😀
      Welcome to the site

      1.    hairosv said

        What I don't understand is that you are saying, "It comes to fill the void that LMDE is leaving (or left) in the community, and it comes to fill it precisely because it is almost the same." and you have already said in another post that LMDE was the best, now it turns out that SolusOs although it is the same as LMDE does not fill you up….?

        1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

          In my opinion, LMDE is already declining, either due to lack of interest from Clem or other factors. So the users of this distro feel bad, and that's where SolusOS comes into the game ... giving them the opportunity to have an LMDE 'style' product.

    2.    rock and roll said

      Debian may well be a newbie distribution; maybe not the installation and first customization, but then I don't see why it can't be left to a newbie.
      Greetings.

  2.   hug0tux (@ hug0tux) said

    What I see is that SolusOS is more aimed at all users who still miss a functional desktop like Gnome 2, which desktops like Gnome Shell or Unity don't give us. Of course they will mention such as LXDE and Xfce that are very similar but it also has to do with the tastes of each person and with that nobody can get involved. Also that it has updated packages like mentioning an example Firefox.

    I have read comments that "why use SolusOS just for its appearance, what counts the most are the packages and the packages are from Debian ... then stick with Debian", yes, it sounds logical. But the nice thing is to try it and experience the ease of use it has, If you like it well, but then also. As I repeat, it is everyone's taste. And they will not let me lie, if it has been so mentioned in the blog network it is because something good brings, right?

    The last thing I want to add is that if the appearance of a distro was not important it would not exist and it would not be in the first place of Distrowatch Linux Mint, we all know well that its packages are mostly from Ubuntu.

    Good morning and greetings to all =)

  3.   ubuntero said

    That same I claimed days ago with other linuxeros Why not use Debian directly? - Greetings good POST

  4.   diazepam said

    They are valid reasons.

    Let's go. Those who switch to SolusOS are mostly people with nostalgia for GNOME 2, only that Debian is not going to patch GNOME 3

    1.    Adoniz (@ NinjaUrbano1) said

      That is also another point to take into account, that in my opinion it is better to use matte than a patched gnome 2, but in short, in color tastes as they say out there and sorry for the spelling mistakes of the first XD comment.

      1.    diazepam said

        Fix: gnome 3 patched

        1.    pardinho10 said

          More Fix: gnome 3 usable 🙂

    2.    Tesla said

      What I don't understand is how people dissatisfied with GNOME 3 don't go to XFCE, which is very similar ...

      The truth is that I see many people trying to fill the gap left by GNOME 2 with things that are being created new and no one, or very few people, pay attention to XFCE, which is a great environment, and it can be left the same as gnome 2.

      For me, today, neither mate nor Cinnamonn are a real alternative to more classic desktops such as KDE, XFCE, LXDE, etc ...

      1.    rock and roll said

        I share what you say. If you are looking for Gnome 2-style simplicity, use Xfce or LXDE, which are also lighter (especially LXDE).
        Greetings.

  5.   Tammuz said

    very good opinion, elaborated and reasoned, time will tell how far the new distro goes

    1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

      Thanks, it's good to know that the reason for the post was understood.

      1.    Juan Fuentes said

        Actually I think that you only wanted to show off your rhetoric of knowledge, because just as you are in love with should in its pure state, there are other people who have other preferences and even if you try not to speak negatively of solus, subliminally you do it , Stable or testing is basically the same, although a stable is proven, it still has to be updated periodically due to security problems or by updating the system itself, I use testing in fact sparkylinux for a couple of years now, I have never had data loss problems or something, which will affect the performance of my notebook.

  6.   rogertux said

    solusOS has succeeded so much and so fast for its patches for GNOME 3

    1.    Adoniz (@ NinjaUrbano1) said

      You're right and the truth in my humble opinion would be better to use MATE, that patching things reminds me of my güindos times when I hacked games.

      XD

  7.   Marco said

    I continue to believe that its current success is due to the fact that LMDE has failed in its ideas and flexibility.

    1.    Adoniz (@ NinjaUrbano1) said

      The truth LMDE if there were not for the robustness of Debian; LMDE would have been the worst distro ever created, because they made a cheap version of rolling release with debian repos, since it was a half-done distro and it never got the effort it deserved, it would have been a great distro but it ended up being one of the worst , is more I dare to say the sacrilege as some Taliban will surely burn me at the stake after this: Ubuntu is much better than LMDE, also LMDE had apparently testing repos, but it was updated as if it were stable and if not because its Based off debian, that distro probably couldn't even be used, because linuxmint made it as a second table dish and the necessary time was not dedicated to it.

      1.    Luis said

        Ubuntu would be better than LMDE and many other distros if it worked, ha ha. The problem is that Ubuntu does not work: any number of errors per session, its users have to wait, due to Ubuntu's instability, up to two months to start using a new release, etc, etc, etc ...

        1.    oberost said

          Undoubtedly you and I must have used different ubuntu.

          Regarding what Adoniz comments, I think that is the case, LMDE has become a frog and Solus can take a large part of its users

          1.    Luis said

            Oberost, the question is not particular, something like "Ubuntu went bad for you, it went well for me." The Ubuntu and Linux forums in general are full of complaints from Ubuntu users about so many bugs, still do not you know?

            1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

              But only those who have had problems post in the forums, right? I do not defend Ubuntu, in fact I agree that it is highly unstable from version 9.x to here 😀


            2.    elav <° Linux said

              In my case, as of 10.04, puff, a disaster .. Although now I have a computer at work with Precise and it behaves quite well.


          2.    Marco said

            personally, with Ubuntu the only problem I had was graphically, since compiz did not get along very well with my intel. the rest, great, including Unity. otherwise, if I consider Ubuntu better than Mint, by far. and I say it even when I am in Chakra, and I don't move unless it disappears.

          3.    oberost said

            Luis, logically being the most popular, or one of the most popular, is the one that most failures are discussed and they are almost always graphic issues.

            My experience of course is just my experience but since I install many computers for work I think it is not bad. And I always install ubuntu because it seems to me that it is the one with the least maintenance for the user.
            Perhaps my experience is somewhat better than average because I am very conservative and I always install LTS (hardy, lucid and now precise), and since 12.04 I install XFCE (Xubuntu) because I don't trust the performance of unity for work teams.

          4.    Windousian said

            @Luis, if Ubuntu is a disaster I can't imagine a reason why there are so many distributions derived from Ubuntu. Sadomasochism? Or is it Unity that makes the system unstable? I think that the versionitis of some gives a bad name to certain distributions. As soon as a new version comes out, they all change without waiting for a reasonable time and then complain about the instability (in Fedora and Ubuntu it shows a lot).

          5.    Lex.RC1 said

            There are two things that I will never understand, the disproportionate amount of distro and the tendency to myths in GNU / Linux ...

            Ubuntu is unstable ... I have personally done tests on several machines and I can say with base and numbers that Ubuntu is as stable as Debian and in some cases it has better performance, the unstable in Ubuntu is called Unity, because with Shell it is a rock.

            Debian is outdated ... Debian testing is "by far" more up-to-date (working programs) than the most current and most up-to-date popular distros, more than Fedora 17 and Ubuntu 12.04 and openSuse and etc, it has more programs than other distros don't . MakeHuman, Synfig.

            Debian is also rolling.

            Ubuntu offers you a security that Debian does not, the stability of trust, that you know what you have and what you can count on, it happened to me that installing several machines with Debian today there are some programs and tomorrow such as Cinelerra, Avidemux.

            I don't like SoluOS, much less after having used Debian, which is undoubtedly the best representative of GNU / linux. If I currently use Ubuntu it is thanks to its ease of configuration and because it is a simple way to introduce new users who are not interested in putting lines of code in a terminal.

            PD: desde hace un tiempo que me llego un mensaje tipo matriz de desdelinux no recibo mas notificaciones, hasta ayer que recibí otro mensaje tipo matriz, pero tampoco me llegan notificaciones 🙁

            1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

              It must be since we activated the JetPack for comments, right?


          6.    Lex.RC1 said

            The JetPack? I really don't know 😀 I even registered with you but I can only see the list of messages.

            1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

              I do not understand what you say, if you can upload a screenshot to the network to see what the problem is, and thus solve it 🙂


          7.    Lex.RC1 said

            KZKG ^ Gaara had already deleted the message and I can't, basically it is a message where you see all the html code of the page, but the new posts if I receive them normally ... when another one arrives I will show it to you, thanks for being there pending.

            1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

              Ok you show me 😉
              And nothing friend, we are always pending ... even if it seems like not, yes we are 😀


        2.    albiux_geek said

          Well ... I left LMDE for the same reason that is discussed here, I have ever said that if Solus does not put Xfce even one visit to his page I will. As I did not want to wait for Mint Maya to release the stable version with Xfce, I returned to my second distro, UbuntuStudio, which sent the Gnome people to hell and uses the mouse. If it has given me errors, I do not deny it, but of all, only one was the fault of the system itself, the others were mine for installing and uninstalling things in a silly way. Outside of that, it works as if the pc that I put together had been designed for Ubuntu, Mint or any other churro derived from Debian itself. If my laziness were not such, I would use Debian but I have a hard time configuring everything, when there are distros that give me what I need already pre-installed and I only put a couple of things and remove three as much as they do not suit me (if it is that I know they do not affect something, that if not ...)

          Well, as we say in my land: "Everyone talks about the fair as it goes" -3-

    2.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

      There are two of us now 🙂… let's say that SolusOS is what LMDE should have been

      1.    lolopolooza said

        But if LMDE is the best, I use it and 0 problems. But what else do you want, I really don't understand you. What is the problem??

  8.   erunamoJAZZ said

    The opinion and trust that each one has of the X or Y distro is respectable.

    There is a strong reason for wanting to use SolusOS instead of Debian (be it stable or testing), and it is the following: Some more updated packages + Squeeze stability.

    But ... why does Debian take so long to download the packages? As you say, the policy is to have everything as tested as possible and free of bugs ... what many times they ignore is that bugs vary from platform to platform to platform. Most of the time, a problem that affects KfreeBSD won't affect AMD64, but maybe fixing it will screw the hppa guys. Those errors are common in programs written in C or so (Things written in python hardly ever suffer with that).
    Debian is the universal operating system, because it works well and as equally as possible, on all the platforms-architectures it supports.

    But ... how many architectures does SolusOS support? Well, the same as Arch: x86 and AMD64. All software that is released as "stable" by its developers is already more than tested for these two architectures.

    For example, LibreOffice: The same day it was released to the public, it was available in SolusOS, but not in Debian, since it was sent to Experimental. LibreOffice did not work quite well in all architectures, after several updates it managed to go down to testing, but in SolusOS it worked fine from the beginning.

    For me, SolusOS does not cause me any psychological stress of mistrust that something is going to stop working, and this is, because although the package policy seems weaker than that of Debian itself, for the two architectures they support, it is more than enough.

    : )

    1.    Adoniz (@ NinjaUrbano1) said

      In that case I think I agree with you but I still think that SolusOs is an option for newbies not so new to linux (almost like me) XD.

      1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

        Yes of course, not just for newbies ... rather for anyone who wants to have a system ready just to install it.

    2.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

      for the two architectures they support, it is more than enough

      Interesting point of view, as I said ... I had not seen it like that 😀

    3.    jamin samuel said

      erunamoJAZZ I agree with you.

      The same happens in Fedora people say it's an UNSTABLE system "supposedly" ahahaha xD .. but it's like you say, the packages when they first come out, are designed to be STABLE on x86 and AMD64 ...

      In other words, all the packages just released are not UNSTABLE, but they are totally STABLE for those architectures. (x64 and AMD64)

      That Debian takes longer to download a new version of a package is due to this, because they work hard so that it is not only stable on x86 and AMD64 but also on TOOOOOOOOOOOODASSSS the other architectures that Debian supports.

      So NO ONE can tell what to wear Fedora or use debian-sid is to use UNSTABLE distro (¬_¬) because they are totally wrong.

      1.    Lex.RC1 said

        Well, jamin-samuel, I can tell you with a critical voice from my own experience that Fedora at least the 16 that I tested is not stable, in itself the system is stable, and the Shell works well, but the programs are not, nor even the ones that come by default. I have tested it on an Athlon x4, an AcerOne and a Core i7.

    4.    Daniel Rojas said

      I agree with you. I have 1.1 installed as the main system on the laptop and on the PC (I don't know how long it will last, I usually change a lot). What attracts me the most about Solus I think are the updated packages. Of course, I did a couple of scripts that modify several things that did not convince me and I have it quite personalized to my liking

  9.   Yoyo Fernandez said

    I don't see any downsides or downsides to SolusOS compared to its Debian motherboard. I could give a good list in favor of SolusOS but I'm from the Galaxy S2 and it is an ordeal to write something long from a Smartphone

    1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

      none? O_O ...

    2.    pardinho10 said

      unique: no custom icons in XD software center

  10.   tavo said

    I share what @ErunamoJAZZ comments,. The essence of debian is to be a universal operating system, and as such, it must guarantee the stability of the packages in all architectures.
    Let me clarify this mostly for users of other distributions who think that Debian developers download packages whenever they want.
    As for the post I am not against the existence of SolusOS, but sometimes I see that so much fragmentation is not good within GNU-Linux. I wonder why this developer left LMDE to face an almost identical project, is it out of selfishness? -I think so and I think that many developers should put aside personal differences and nomadism to work towards a common goal.
    Although it is true that the variety is good, I consider that so much fragmentation is not and also, in my opinion, it is the main cause of the stagnation of GNU Linux on desktops.

    1.    elav <° Linux said

      I share it too.

      Let's go in parts: I am not going to tell you anything against the post because as you say, it is your opinion about it and that must be respected. But, let's first consider a few variables:

      1-. As you said you are a faithful user of KDE.

      2. SolusOS if it provides things that Debian no and that some users use: Firefox, Thunderbird, Opera that although it exists Iceweasel e icedove, some still prefer the former. To that I add, that in SolusOS it is possible to have the latest stable versions before Debian. And to finish this point, because all the patches that you have added ikey al Gnome environment, looking to improve the user experience, are things that in the original packages included in the repositories, you will never find.

      3-. The APT-Pinning does not solve any of the comments in point 2.

      4.

      only that at this moment I prefer to use (I trust more) Debian with its official repositories, its huge team of maintainers, and their jealousy and care not to have bugs

      But the fact is, SolusOS it uses those same repositories, it just adds its own for some apps.

      5.- Even if you try it, even if you like it, I doubt that you will KDE aside to use GnomeSo partner, don't waste your time on that, you better download a distro pro KDE and surely there if you can issue an objective opinion 😀

      6.-SolusOS has Xfce 4.10? I didn't know ... Well, another point in my favor for this distro.

      1.    Yoyo Fernandez said

        Just to report that SolusOS does not have XFCE 4.10. The XFCE in SolusOS 2 Alpha 5 is the Debian Wheezy repos, that is, 4.8 😉

        1.    elav <° Linux said

          That's why I was saying it .. 😀

      2.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

        It is precisely there that is the problem 🙁
        I am not saying that the fixes that Ikey has provided are not important, not at all ... quite the opposite, but for me personally, specifically for me, it does not bring me any benefit. The same is the work that he has done with the applets and others, I clarify ... it is VERY good work, the product is not bad at all, only that it does not benefit me as such, precisely because I am not a Gnome user.

        About Xfce 4.10… wasn't it you who said it here? - » https://blog.desdelinux.net/solusos-una-distribucion-mas-basada-en-debian-squeeze/

        By the way:

        and surely there if you can issue an objective opinion

        That you do not share my opinion does not mean that it is not objective. Yes it is objective, written from MY appreciation, my needs, my tastes, but without fanaticism or absurd arguments. Do you have any other definition of objectivity?

        1.    Yoyo Fernandez said

          There I said with the possibility in the future of including XFCE 4.10 but that future has not yet arrived 😉

        2.    elav <° Linux said

          Of course partner, that's the point: You, who are a KDE user, do not benefit at all, so your article, as I said before, I respect as an opinion, but I do not think it is the most appropriate for a user like you . As I said before, a comparison / review / criticism / suggestion with other distros would be much better for you pro KDE.

          That you do not share my opinion does not mean that it is not objective. Yes it is objective, written from MY appreciation, my needs, my tastes, but without fanaticism or absurd arguments. Do you have any other definition of objectivity?

          You lose your objectivity in the simple fact that you can't talk about bananas if what you eat is pumpkin. It is not so that you feel alluded to, but as myself I cannot issue a very objective criterion about KDE (Well, I don't use it or know it 100%), you can't broadcast it on SolusOS when you haven't even used it on LiveCD. But I repeat, your opinion based on what you have read, seen, heard, I respect.

          About Xfce 4.10… wasn't it you who said it here? - » https://blog.desdelinux.net/solusos-una-distribucion-mas-basada-en-debian-squeeze/

          I didn't say it, Distrowatch said it 😀

          1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

            Is Debian pro-KDE? … Is Arch pro-KDE? … Let's see, tell me a single pro-KDE distro that I have used for at least 3 months.

            That bothers you? … Don't share your many compliments towards this distro? … LOL!

            My post is not 100% objective precisely because I cannot be 100% objective. I left my opinion (as objective as possible, as well-founded as I could), if I have errors in my foundations, I am more than grateful to be pointed out, but until there, that is, to get to the arguments or points that I deal with, no more.

            1.    elav <° Linux said

              Wrong that you are in life, partner, wrong. This post does not bother me at all, on the contrary, I am happy to see how it takes out of you that touch of envy towards things that are popular and that you do not use "because everyone else uses them", yes, even if you say you are not Anti SolusOS, it bothers you that everyone talks about him.

              And I really do not understand what the pain is, if in the end it is a distro that is not for users like you, and much less, one that uses the Desktop that you use.

              ... if I have errors in my fundamentals, I am more than grateful to be pointed out, but until there, that is, to get to the arguments or points that I deal with, no more ...

              Maybe if you leave me a little clearer what that paragraph means, then maybe I can answer you, because I don't know, it sounded like a threat to me ... Now can't you be criticized or what?

              [… Yes friend, the combat begins: DIIIIINGGG…]


            2.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

              envy? ... haha ​​not at all. I am better than that.
              And I'm not an anti-SolusOS as you say, don't you read what I put in the post? 😀

              pain? … Damn, none !!. I swear that I wish SolusOS the best of luck, I really do, what has irritated me is that the objective of this post is not understood, and it simply goes on to criticize 'the reason why you did it' I 'how little objectivity it has'.

              About the paragraph that you ask, it is precisely what I told you above ... I am not a guru, if I make technical mistakes I will gladly accept criticism.


          2.    Lex.RC1 said

            «You can't talk about bananas if what you eat is pumpkin. »O_o

            elav 1 - Gazaa 0

            Are you arguing about a distro? hahahaha for an ugly and tasteless freak-distro, kind of cheap Vista.

            What can a new user think if they sit in front of a SoluOS machine? "This Linux is like Windows, but uglier."

            BEWARE, that one thing is to mount a skin or customize KDE so that it looks like Windows 7 and another is to remove an OS by cloning its image, that Microsoft can easily sue SoluOS for plagiarism and image similarity.

            1.    elav <° Linux said

              Haha, so KDE could do the same for Windows Vista and Windows 7, don't you think?


          3.    Lex.RC1 said

            That's why I like this blog, it forces you to learn 😀 you made me find out what came out first and Vista came out first than KDE4. Anyway, KDE4 is not visually identical to Vista, on the other hand SoluOS if it is identical to Vista without the glass effect ¬¬ and there have already been cases of lawsuits for image theft.

            1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

              But KDE3 with transparencies and other effects came out first than Vista and the LongHorn project (which was later called Vista). 🙂


          4.    Lex.RC1 said

            Transparencies is not a factor that can be sued, at least for image similarity, and Windows is a blurry glass-like effect.

    2.    burjans said

      I agree with some of the things you say, fragmentation makes Linux great but it is also the weak point.

      Where I disagree is that the project is not almost identical, LMDE = Debian Testing (in theory) and SolusOS = Debian Stable, that is a very relevant difference, on the other hand LMDE is almost a dead distribution, unlike SolusOS, you have to Being blind not to see where the problem was, it seems to me that it is not vanity because if Clem had let Ikey do things today LMDE would be something else ... don't see ghosts friend, see things as they are.

      1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

        LMDE is based on Testing yes, but the availability of updates, versions of the packages, etc ... were close to Stable.
        And I do not see ghosts, only that what I see is not the same as the rest of the users see 🙂

        I've said it several times already ... in the post, and in comments ... I'm not anti-SolusOS by any means ...

        1.    burjans said

          My answer was for @tavo hahahaha not for you, in fact I agree on some things you raise and I tell you more, I already grabbed Debian's grave, so I think there is no one to get me out of there lol.

          hello2 😉

          1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

            Ah, no idea hahaha, sorry, it's that I reply directly from the edit-comments.php hahahahaha 😀

      2.    Juan Carlos said

        "... if Clem had let Ikey do things today, LMDE would be something else ..."; And here, Burjans friend, is where we find that Ikey surely thinks the same as I do, that LinuxMint should be based on Debian and not Ubuntu, and thus have its own personality, for what I always say: «distribution based on a distribution that it is based on another distro ”, something that I never trust, which is why I prefer to use Fedora and not Fuduntu, for example. This is why I applaud your SolusOS, not because I use it (because I don't) but because of its guidance.

      3.    albiux_geek said

        "... if Clem had let Ikey do things today, LMDE would be something else ..."

        THIS, I would give you a cookie and a "free internez" very deviantArt for that, but there are no emoticons here; 3; But certainly very much agree with you on that.

    3.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

      Yes true, I had not seen it from this point of view. I forgot that Debian has support for many more architectures, this is a double-edged sword.
      Oh, and it is said ... Ikey left LMDE for personal reasons, Clem apparently is not a saint as many believe, or is someone with a heavy hand, or both ... no idea, this is not something that interests me (I do not like personal trouble).

    4.    matrix said

      I do not think that he was separated out of selfishness, although to affirm anything in one sense or another would be speculation because none of us was there with him to know what was happening inside the pot. There may be 20 reasons to abandon a project and go to do another by yourself. I see it as "having initiative and pants in place" Many things happen in work teams that sometimes force 'ONE' to abandon ship.

      And sometimes from injustices that are committed with one, lack of recognition for the work done etc ... etc ... will not be the only one who has worked giving the best of himself and has opened his eyes to see how others get the recognition and he is ignored only because of the personal preferences of the "bosses" [one, sometimes with another who does not really work but takes the credit ...) for 20 more reasons…. this is life…. I have abandoned ships in my life and where I left I left a job hole of excellence where they even called me to come back but I said NOP what I left behind I leave forever !!

      That's how I am ... believe me, those who lost me are still looking for someone like me ... to do an excellent job ... and they still haven't got it, after more than 3 years !!! hehehehe eye !!

  11.   Luis said

    KZKG, I don't see why you should have a problem using or not using SolusOS because of its advantages or disadvantages compared to Debian. I used Debian, like LMDE, now I use SolusOS and Crunchbang (another Debian based distro). In fact, I don't see why everyone has to ask something like: SolusOS yes, or SolusOS no. The question is simple: when you use a distro and that distro is yours, you know it, it works or it doesn't work, you like it or you don't like it. Whatever distro it is, the question is whether you like it or not, whether you feel good about it or not, whether it meets your needs or not. And not because everyone is talking about a distro and saying it's cool, everyone else should think about using it. I use SolusOs because I feel at home in it, period. Whether it's for classic Gnome, for its good performance, for its aesthetics, for whatever, I feel great about it, period.

    1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

      One point in favor (and precisely what motivates me a bit to try it) is that it uses the same Debian repositories, so I don't have to be getting repos from another distro 😀

      Agree with you, I just wanted to share my personal appreciation on why I haven't tried this distro, why I haven't used it (even though the negative aspects of it are almost imperceptible). But ... I see that I hurt too many feelings around here (I don't mean you, not at all, really not) ...

      1.    Luis said

        No, claro que no heriste mis sentimientos. De hecho considero valioso que en Desdelinux salga una visión crítica sobre Solus. Lo interesante es que esta distro, al menos en este blog, está destinada a causar polémica.

        1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

          Any distro that gains followers quickly will always generate controversy 🙂
          Thank you for your comment, I really do.

  12.   Ivan said

    I understand that SolusOS does not have the same level of security as Debian, but if you come from Ubuntu, as is my case, it is a step forward. Ubuntu follows the policy of launching its versions on a certain date and that the sun rises in Antequera, its developers are lazy that it is plagued with bugs.

    So why not use Debian directly? Because I think SolusOS is designed for novice people like me, who would break their horns to leave the system as you want, installing and reinstalling. SolusOS comes ready to use.

    It is clear that if you are a geek you have no reason not to use Debian directly.

    1.    erunamoJAZZ said

      Ubuntu is that unstable, because they work directly with unstable Debian, and don't freeze packages until a few days before releasing the next version.

      1.    Ivan said

        I understand, you are right, but I am still in favor of longer development deadlines, for example to do what you say: freeze packages for longer and fix bugs.
        I think that a distribution that claims to be "human being" and is riddled with flaws as soon as it comes out is not consistent with itself.

    2.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

      The 'geek' thing was a joke, or way of saying, I'm not a guru, much less haha.
      Yes, SolusOS is for the type of user who wants to install a distro, and have everything (or almost everything) configured, without the need to install packages to have a desktop environment, etc. etc.

      Since I'm not that type of user (I don't mind installing Arch or Debian and doing everything by hand), I just wanted to share my point of view, but many don't understand the purpose of this post (I don't mean you haha) 🙁

      1.    elav <° Linux said

        Come on partner, the objective of this post is more than clear ... Too bad you're not going to achieve your goal 😛

        1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

          Do you have telepathic powers? ... so you can tell me how you got them 😀

        2.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

          By the way, you didn't answer the question I asked you about the pro-KDE distro 😉

          1.    elav <° Linux said

            Ni Debian ni Arch they are pro-KDE but what's your point? I do not understand. You are still a user of KDE… I don't know, but I think this discussion has already lost its meaning… 😛

            1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

              My point, you mention a lot that I leave or use pro-KDE distros, so I don't see where you get what I use or should use some pro-KDE 😀


        3.    oberost said

          Release those reasons and do not have them exclusive, xd

      2.    Ivan said

        I tried to install Debian Squeeze directly, but my integrated ATI won't even allow it to boot. I have bought a Nvida that I am reserving for when SolusOS 2 comes out. Who knows if this OS is an intermediate step towards Debian. Maybe soon I will become a Debianite. Arch is still too big for me.

  13.   James said

    Good.

    Well, I speak as a newbie for today and forever, although if I remember correctly, I have been using Linux for almost 1 year. As I think Luis was saying, you use one distro or another for some reason or for several, because you feel comfortable with it or whatever. It happened to me that I liked Mint, but I didn't like everything about it being installed, I wanted to go further and learn by myself and I loved Arch, which if I am not misinformed is an independent distro although inspired by Crux. Now, on my experimental laptop, I use SolusOS. I can not say why. I feel comfortable, I like the way it looks. It is true that I can still use Debian and give a touch to SolusOS and also install whatever I want. And surely one day I will because after Arch, I like Debian for many reasons (among these I like the one that uses names of characters from the movie "Toy Story" as a nickname lol). I do not enter the debate of whether using Gnome 3 patched in SolusOS is taking a step back as I think it was said in the comments of another article. I think I am conformist and uncritical and if I have to use Gnome 3 I use it without problems although I ended up in love with KDE but since I am in an experimental phase I try different environments. I don't know whether to equate this with cooking. I'm not saying no to a design kitchen with strange names but where there is a good chicken and potatoes for saying something ... At times I get tired of working it out myself and I look for something already made (like now using SolusOS) until I try again, although the same I end up in an unstoppable vicious cycle. What am I going to do? I am very patient in general and but maybe not so much. I'm kind of chaotic I guess. The point is that SolusOS makes me feel comfortable and I like it. Tomorrow who knows, maybe I document enough and go back to original Debian or return to my dear Arch. Or I get to have more than one distribution and try all of them. I do not think that the same has contributed much to the previous comments but there I leave my most humble and notable opinion. We each like what we like and that's it. Sometimes I'm somewhere in the middle where I don't know if I'm looking for stability rather than having the latest or vice versa. In reality, it is something very intermediate that SolusOS does give me, but I'm still wrong. Greetings: D.

    1.    erunamoJAZZ said

      My case is the following:
      Now I am with two PCs, my laptop, and the Desktop. The laptop is only used by me, and it is from which I do all my common errands (University, Work, Leisure…).
      The Desktop is used by my family, and I from time to time.

      In the laptop I have Debian Testing (almost-Pure), I update every day with safe-upgrade, and there are few drawbacks that I have (be said, I think it is thanks to the fact that it is intel xD)

      When I decided to remove Ubuntu 10.04 from the desktop, I tested it as well as the laptop ... and what a bad choice it was, the system was breaking all the time, the nvidia graphics were terrible (I never knew why), and my brother called me every so often to tell me that the system had broken <_
      When I found out about SolusOS, I tested it on a virtual machine, I saw that it had the minimum I needed for that PC, and the same day that the 64bit version came out, that day I installed it, and since then, we have not had any problems.

      My family uses the PC without killing their heads that things are going to break and without fear of installing updates, and they stopped bothering me xDDD

      I think the virtue of having distros to choose from is that there will always be one that meets the needs of each circumstance and each machine.

      ;D

    2.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

      Every experience contributes something, in exchange for time and / or maybe some effort 😀
      I applaud the fact that you experiment with various distros and environments, I really do 😉

  14.   Yoyo Fernandez said

    What a mess with the quotes and answers ... I don't know who answers to whom or who is speaking only xDD

    1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

      who is talking only

      LOL !!!

      1.    albiux_geek said

        BUAJAJAJAJA MORI WITH THAT ANSWER GAARA XD

  15.   Diego said

    I see a possible rupture of relations between KZKG ^ Gaara and Elav, for this article, it touches the deepest feeling of some people (just kidding).
    The weak point of this distro is that a single person is responsible for its development and maintenance, if Ikey gets a cold, the project is abandoned.

    1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

      HAHAHAHA no not at all 😀
      LOL!! the cold is GREAT !!! HAHAHAHA I didn't laugh so much a while ago hahaha

    2.    erunamoJAZZ said

      Heck ... IT'S TRUE !! xDD!

    3.    Luis said

      The IkeY cold thing scares me just thinking about it, hopefully there is no frostbite on Solus, ha ha.

      1.    elav <° Linux said

        Hahahahahahahahahaha…. good that cold.

    4.    diazepam said

      There are several distros that rely on your Benevolent Dictator for Life. Slackware was stuck for a while due to a lung infection from Patrick Volkerding

    5.    oberost said

      Exactly, is what I said days ago, being another personalist distro there is no guarantee that it can be sustained over time.

      For me it is a shame that someone with the talent of Mr Ikey is "forced" for whatever reasons are to walk alone instead of doing it with a consolidated distro and with a good team.

  16.   James said

    Hehe For the record, I don't mind admitting that at times I speak just to clarify myself. By the way, I did not comment, I use Solus 2. The only thing that is in 32 bits and my laptop is 64. Will they release a version for 64 shortly or will they wait until the stable version is released ?. I think Wheezy won't be stable until 2013 if I'm not mistaken.

    1.    elav <° Linux said

      Soooo much for Wheezy to be stable? Hahaha I don't think so 😀

      1.    oberost said

        What I've read apart from the hackneyed official argument "Debian will be ready when it's ready" is that they will try to respect the pattern of the last few times and release it by February 2013.

        1.    elav <° Linux said

          Ah well, I see myself then going to Sid, because I do not plan to spend more than a year with the same packages hahaha

          1.    oberost said

            Elav, you suffer from acute but calm versionitis that heals with age (almost always), I tell you from experience

          2.    commentator said

            I would like to make several comments but I will limit myself to saying the following:
            1. I don't think I have much moral authority to comment on that wonderful new distro that has recently come out; Well, I haven't even downloaded it.
            2. I have seen that in this blog they have praised the new distro in a slightly exaggerated way.
            3. I say exaggerated because I think it does not contribute much more than what another distro derived from the universal distribution does.
            4. The thing about using the Debian repositories, as we say here you have to "take it with a grain of salt", because derived distros sometimes make modifications that "affect" updates; I say this from my own experience, since a while ago I used aptosid to install debian GNU / Linux and I have had some very minor inconveniences in the updates, especially due to the configuration made by the team of said distro.

            PS: I have not downloaded the distro because my time to test how many distro came out is over. Now I only use the universal distribution, and something quite strange would have to happen for me to stop using it.

  17.   Hotter said

    in the end there is the feeling that the author of the entry is limited to saying that what solusos does, debian does too, and perhaps better. it may be true. but I don't see how that represents a "negative point" of solusos

    and if we apply that criterion (which I'm not saying is true), for which ubuntu and the other dozens of debian-based distros?

    1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

      What SolusOS does is save time, effort, Debian doesn't do this.

      For my needs, for what I look for or want in a distro, SolusOS does not add anything to me personally, referring to my very particular needs.

      I am not saying that SolusOS should cease to exist, quite the contrary ... as I have said many times already.

  18.   giskard said

    KZKG ^ Gaara, more than an excellent post, I would say that it is a BRAVE post, or in other words "We have run into the Church"

    In the end, time will prove whether the distro lasts or not. I, in particular, think not. And in any case, it is best to be cautious before praising an almost fresh distro like crazy. Like the little ant that found a grain of sugar and said it was a mountain.

    It will dawn and we will see ...

    Oh, and that His Holiness Ikey does not catch a cold, as they commented out there.

    1.    Luis said

      Giskard, it is excellent that Solus is criticized in a forum where he has been praised so much. As for the church, you're going to run into it every time you criticize a Linux distro, whatever it is. If you criticize Debian, the Debianites jump, if you criticize Ubuntu, the ubunteros jump, if you criticize Fedora, the Fedorians ... and so on with each distro. The church was not invented by Solus, what happens is that Linuxers are sectarian, we make our distro a cult.

    2.    Luis said

      By the way, as for His Holiness Ikey, I pray every day that he doesn't get a cold, ha ha.

      1.    tavo said

        By the way, rumors are running that Ikey would be about to leave SolusOS because he would have fought with him

        1.    Hotter said

          that's the real downside to solus, which is pretty much dependent on a single individual.

          1.    Luis said

            Seriously, Solus doesn't do it Ikey solus, I'm just saying, it's five guys in total, as you can see if you go to the SolusOS page and click on About, and then on meet the team. The point is that the quality of an OS does not depend, as many know, on the fact that it is backed by a great company and many people. And of this there are examples both inside and outside Linux.

        2.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

          LOL !!!

    3.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

      It's not the idea 🙂
      I did not try to create a flame at all, much less an exchange of heated criteria or something similar ...
      Quite simply, what motivated me to write this was the following thought:

      «everyone is using SolusOS, I would like to say why I do not use it, to see if more users think like me.»

      Simple as that, what has been misinterpreted or something.

  19.   kik1n said

    DOES NOT use KDE end of discussion.

    1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

      Important but not main reason 🙂

  20.   Chango said

    Oops! I was late as usual for the discussions… (Leo «From» when arriving at night in a gmt -3). Everything is fine with the post, but ... I agree that it is a good option to use a "mother distro" before testing the metadisters or derivatives, but precisely, the grace of derivatives is that with the same base it provides different solutions from the mother distro. For example, in SolusOS you can see the permanence of the debian base for everything that has to do with system tools, but it comes with the latest desktop programs that we use every day. And for those of us who do not want to give up 3d and games, it brings playonlinux and solutions to install AMD and Nvidia drivers. It is clearly not a 100% free metradistro, and it must be clarified that if we use Debian we generally use proprietary drivers with the non-free repository. Well, the point that I love metadisters: I use Salix OS because it is a Slackware designed for a mass user, and it has most of the things one uses configured, without being a monster like the pathetic Ubuntu. I think that it must happen to those who use SolusOS the same as me: it has "something" that they do not find in the mother distro.

    The only bad thing I find is that it is distributed on DVD, I like the CD metadistros, that it has the essentials, and then I add things to it by repository. Another thing is that I defend initiatives like MATE desktop, but that has to do with my preference for forks when they are well done.

    Let's celebrate the mixture, multiplicity, convergence, synthesis. Because for 100% free hardware and software there is still a lot left ... And no distro is perfect, let's look for the one that makes us live a better experience, nothing more.

    1.    Tavo said

      And I ask you: don't you think that so much «multiplicity» negatively affects the launch of gnu / linux on the desktop?
      I mean ... if all that dispersed energy were used in a common project or in several projects with similar characteristics ... I don't know, I suppose that at least it would attract many developers and companies, why not, they are scared by so much variety

      1.    Chango said

        The thing about Tavo is that there are as many distros as there are people and thoughts in the world. Linux is multiplicity of efforts, in the SL communities you really learn and teach at the same time, it doesn't only have to do with projects. The unitary projects that succeed are those that have achieved stability over time, and active help from the community. But most of the things we enjoy today have been achieved with forks and derivative works, which in turn achieve stability, or stagnate. Examples like Xorg, Libreoffice, dvd + -r tools, fluxbox, MATE desktop, are just a few cases of forks that have succeeded. With regard to the distros, one does not choose them just because they are popular, and seeing the "amount" of developers and companies that support it, one is actually seduced by the proposals and the philosophy behind the distros and their derivatives. For example, I am seduced by Debian's social contract, and its sense of community, beyond the commercial. I like the simplicity of slackware and its derivatives, although it costs me an egg to find active communities on the internet. With regard to Linux as a desktop, for me it is getting better and better, and what does it matter what base or meta you use if it is GNU / Linux anyway. I don't want to beat Windows, I use Linux because it is practical, safe, cheap, it makes me feel free, and on top of that I learn more ...

  21.   wpgabriel said

    To add to the flame I think the same also 1st use arch and 2nd gnome is not essential for me.

  22.   platonov said

    If you are a KDE user, I understand that you say that it does not contribute anything; you have many options.
    Each distro has its audience. SolusOS gives me a debian base with many updated programs; comfort and with gnome 2.
    I write from debian xfce and it works great, but I love SolusOS; Deep down they are different distros, it depends on what you want them to give you, for me both are the best there is,
    it is a matter of taste.

    1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

      Indeed!
      I'm not referring so much to the point that I am a KDE user, but rather to the result as a distro in general.

      it depends on what you want them to bring you
      it is a matter of taste

      EXACT!
      I don't know why so many people have attacked me for no good reason ¬_¬

  23.   Fernando Monroy said

    The Debian user will hardly change his distro because he is an experienced user, SolusOS is an "easy Debian" and his approach is different. Using a "Gnome 2" is sometimes not for being nostalgic but rather for productivity and performance of resources.

    Very good gathering.

  24.   pavloco said

    I don't know if I will ever use this distro, but the reason I wouldn't use it is the same as why I don't use LinuxMint. I don't like patches.

  25.   sieg84 said

    If this distro was not just another Debian, and used the same gnome that it claims to have, would they give / dedicate the same amount of articles?

    1.    elav <° Linux said

      Of course yes..

    2.    giskard said

      I think the same as you. The amount of articles dedicated in so few days to this distro almost makes it seem that they received money for it. Fanaticism is bad wherever it comes from.
      I'll see you in a year or less when this non plus ultra wonder distro stalls.

      1.    albiux_geek said

        GO NOW! Have you forgotten how beautiful these guys were talking about LMDE and PFFFT, did the distro itself go to hell soon after? And well at least I, who also spoke wonders of it on deviantArt, did not give me a penny. And look at what you said I take it as a joke, take mine too. And it's been a long time from LMDE and we all just limit ourselves to RIP. The same will happen with Solus if the creator does not cheer.

        What does it matter if a blog says and does as much article as it wants of anything? That's like asking a video game magazine to stop talking about video games and to put out garden supplies. They do not go if things ... no.

  26.   rafa said

    I do not understand very well ... or well, the idea is very "open."

    Solus OS is for normal users .. or end user as some say ..

    Not all users like to mess with editing dozens of configuration files (as positive as this is for performance).

    It would also be necessary to give a thread to distributions of this type such as Ubuntu, Elementary and very recently Fedora.

    I do not remove the type of post that is a point of view, however if it could confuse the reader, because the idea of ​​why you would not use the distro is not well structured.

    1.    giskard said

      Apart from the integrated proxy, there is nothing that this distro has that others that are already sufficiently tested by a lot of people do not have. So, unless you need this integrated proxy, it is not worth it to disassemble your distro that you already have rigged to your style to try a new one that only God knows how long it will last alive, because they have not released version 2, which is still in ALPHA !!!

  27.   Mario said

    From the outset I clarify that I have been using Debian (on the Stable servers, on the Testing desktops) for several years. But I couldn't have gotten to using Debian on the desktop if it wasn't for non-free repos or deb-multimedia.org.
    All the distros mentioned in the post, derived from Debian, seek the same goal: The Desktop. That's why Ubuntu was born, that's why Mint came out, that's why LMDE, that's why SolusOS and several others, there are several distros because the problem is not easy to solve. And every time one of these distros comes out, there will be a stir, because whoever hits the nail will win a big prize.
    In the last few months, when installing GNU / Linux on "end-user" computers, I have been using LMDE, and I have found it very good. With the 1.2 Gb DVD it saved me a lot of time compared to what I did before (put Testing, and adjust repos, etc.). If LMDE leaves, for these cases I will start using SolusOS.
    But speaking of the desktop, the question that appears to me is: Why is it so difficult in Debian for the packages of these other projects to appear (even in sid)? Why aren't the packages from mate-desktop.org, (or for KDE's case those from trinitydesktop.org)? Why aren't deb-multimedia packages in Debian ultra-sid ultra-nonfree? Why aren't the Mint packages? What is the problem with having a fork of Gnome2 simultaneously with Gnome3?
    I use Debian, but Debian people don't make it easy for the desktop…. And distros will continue to appear to fill this gap ...

    1.    diazepam said

      The deb multimedia thing is for legal problems. They explain it here

      http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/03/msg00151.html

    2.    lolopolooza said

      how right you are mario ... i totally agree

  28.   Manuel Perez Figueroa said

    One of the problems that I see SoluOS, the use of encrypted LVM in all partitions of the hard disk. Debian does it from installation, Ubuntu does it, SoluOS does not, Linux Mint does not. That's why I use the first 2 ...

    1.    giskard said

      Linux Mint does it. I don't know which version you use, but the latest one does.

  29.   Dr Byte said

    Well finally, the idea that there are many distros is this, that the user (person) who does not like one can choose to use another, since the same freedom allows us to choose what we like or serve the most.

    I do not defend one or the other opinion, simply the freedom of choice.

    For example I am writing from Fedora 17, but I also use Ubuntu 12.04

    http://digitalpcpachuca.blogspot.mx/2012/06/cairo-dock-en-linux-fedora.html
    http://digitalpcpachuca.blogspot.mx/2012/05/ubuntu-1204-unity-capturas-de-pantalla.html
    http://digitalpcpachuca.blogspot.mx/2012/06/solusos-una-nueva-distribucion-linux.html

    The good there is for everyone.

    Greetings.

  30.   Diego said

    Sometimes KZKG ^ Gaara seems supremely naive to me when he publishes this kind of article; knowing that this blog is a small sanctuary of SolusOS and hope they do not criticize it.
    Anyone knows in advance that this class of articles is going to generate a lot of controversy, as has been evidenced.
    That by the way, this kind of debate is very healthy, because it reveals the pros and cons of Solus.

    1.    albiux_geek said

      Creo que miramos el blog con distintos ojos compañero… Nunca me ha pasado ni por asomo que DesdeLinux sea un santuario a Solus (eso o me mandaron al churro con lo que puse de que si no me daban Xfce ni de milagro le instalo porque de verdad estoy muy peleada con Gnome en general) Pero bueno, he visto de debates a debates por estos lados. En algunos momentos me pongo medio troll, pero para sacar el chascarrillo del día, pero ha habido un par de ocaciones en que prefiero quedarme callada porque soy buena tocando nervios y no es bueno eso.

  31.   Augenium FSF said

    While you waste your time in crude discussions, I am programming in Fedora 17, my 8 year old sister is the happiest with XO (a Fedora spin), my 15 year old brother playing Alien Arena in Fedora (Spin KDE) haaa and my older sister (Spin Designe) editing some images with Gimp 2.8 without depending on those unreliable ppa of other distros. Pure stability, the latest in software, the latest kernel. That it does not bring anything installed. Of course! Does Debian bring it? Does Ubuntu include codecs etc by default? Fedora is a distribution that complies with the 4 principles of free software. That does not mean that you cannot install anything proprietary for this rpmfusion !!

    1.    Mr. linux said

      You should first enter a spelling page: DISCUTIONS. This blog is not yet up to par to "discuss so crudely"

    2.    Lex.RC1 said

      "Crude discussions" and you come to talk about Fedora ??? the world is over.

      Debian testing is more current than Fedora and more stable. Ubuntu installs the codecs like any other distro and in a much easier way than Fedora.

  32.   Manuel said

    Wow, this really unleashed a flurry of comments. The chicken coop is scrambled!

  33.   JK said

    What a ridiculous post, I did not learn much.
    In summary: the only disadvantage or negative point of SolusOS is that the poster Gaara does not use this distribution because he is an advanced user !!

    For newbies like me, I can only say that SolusOS is a GREAT distro, it's not perfect, but what a great and beautiful job they did !!

    1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

      Thanks for your comment.
      No, whether or not I am an "advanced user" does not have much to do with it, I am simply the type of user who prefers to fine-tune the system, who like and want to install each package and finalize almost all the details of the distro, users like me ... prefer to install each package by themselves, and not let the system come with a lot of things installed by default.

      At no time do I say that SolusOS is a bad distro, that it is terrible or much less, I simply expose my very personal opinion thereon.

      Ridiculous post? … No comments.