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GeckoLinux

Name & tl;dr

GeckoLinux

What is the release date or cycle?

GeckoLinux is based on openSUSE. There are three editions.

• Static is based on Leap
• Rolling is based on Tumbleweed
• Next is based on Leap, combining with additional OBS repositories

Who is the target user?

(I think it is for) general users

What makes it special?

openSUSE is powerful, but its OOEB is quite a mess (S2:Ep17). GeckoLinux has a focus on polish and out-of-the-box usability on the desktop. Does it live up with its goal?

Refactor "benchmarks" section

Add, Remove, or Update?

Update

Which Segment?

Gaming

Rationale?

EDIT: Rewrote because the scope of this work has changed.

It's time to upgrade out of the GT 730. The options are:

• GTX 660
• GTX 750

The following benchmarks are being used to evaluate fit:

• Deus Ex
• GTA 5
• War Thunder
• Unigine Valley
• CS:GO
• Mad Max
• Dirt

I would like at least 2 benchmarks that provide effective & relevant results.

Mad Max, for example, is a convenient benchmark but I don't think it is relevant because it uses an unofficial Vulkan branch of the game.

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Ufficio Zero Linux

Ufficio Zero Linux

Version: 0.8 Alpha
Tagline: "Linux for Office is coming back!"
Website: https://www.ufficiozero.org/
Distrowatch: https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=ufficiozero

What is the release date or cycle?

No clue as of yet, it is very new and unknown. When I discovered it on Distrowatch, I saw it was at 0 hits per day, at 275th place.

Who is the target user?

Office users.

What platforms does it support?

Currently only 32bit (i386/i686) however a 64bit (amd64 / x86_64) version is planned.

What makes it special?

It is just new, interesting, and in my experience in a VM pretty solid. It seems like a real challenger for Q4OS and others, meant specifically for office and nothing else. Weirdly solid, some bugs but not many for alpha.

It also comes preloaded with LibreCad which I have never heard of.

Arco Linux

Name & tl;dr

ArcoLinux

What is the release date or cycle?

Who is the target user?

users that want to get into arch to either try it out or learn from the scripts that are given

What platforms does it support?

What makes it special?

Beautiful very customizable distro that is arch based

Openindiana

Openindiana

Version: 2020.04
Website: https://www.openindiana.org/

What is the release date or cycle?

Every six months, like Ubuntu. November and May are when the new versions release

Who is the target user?

People (like me) who want a good desktop alternative to Linux

What platforms does it support?

amd64

What makes it special?

Based on OpenSolaris, a type of distribution you have never messed with,

OGOS

OGOS - Optimised Gaming Operating System

Version:

Github: https://github.com/debiangamer/OGOS

What is the release date or cycle?

Rolling Release?

It was updated recently.

Who is the target user?

Gamers

What platforms does it support?

amd64

What makes it special?

Weird random and unknown gaming distribution, which I think seems cool. It also has an Epic Games installer and a couple other things. "Optimized for gaming"

Flatpak issue.

In some debian based distros especially LTS I am not sure weather flatpak as package is updated or not which might lead to some flatpaks not working.

Rewrite "Application Management" section

Add, Remove, or Update?

Update

Which Segment?

Application Management, specifically the Install Apps section

Rationale?

This section feels rather fluffy and I don't think it adds a lot of value to the episode. For example, almost all Linux distros will have Wine or Audacity available, and if they don't, so what?

In most episodes, I don't show the install of each application because it would take too long. Despite that, this segment takes about 60 seconds of screen time, which isn't great.

I'm also against including apps that come from Flathub in this section because Flatpak & Flathub are pretty easy to install on most distros and include most software an end-user would want. So, showing off installing Flatpak apps from Flathub doesn't tell us anything we don't already know.

This issue that mcpower3 submitted suggests adding DaVinci Resolve or Unity3D, and I think that's an interesting idea, but most desktop users wouldn't need to install an application like Resolve for Unity3D.

So the proposed solution for this issue is:

Option 1: Remove the "Install Apps" section entirely since it doesn't currently add much value to episodes

Option 2: Rewrite the section to include troublesome apps like DaVinci Resolve, Unity3D, VMware, Lightworks, etc.

If you have any thoughts or opinions, let me know as a comment on this issue!

Manjaro 20.0 Awesome (Comunity edition)

Name & tl;dr

Manjaro 20.0 Awesome

Who is the target user?

Desktop users maybe power users

What platforms does it support?

IA-32, AMD64

What makes it special?

Distro is available on official website even when its made by comunity also the desktop enviroment is something different that most people are not familiar with

Peppermint OS 10 Respin (or if they release v11)

Name & tl;dr

Peppermint OS 10 Respin

What is the release date or cycle?

As it is based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, it will be "good to go" for 5 years (now 3 years). It follows its release cycle.

Who is the target user?

Mainly it targets the beginners and low powered, old lcomputers with the combination of XFCE and LXDE desktops.

What platforms does it support?

x86, x64

What makes it special?

Because I think it really works for old machines. It's beginner friendly so allmost everyone can use it for a daily basis. As ubuntu based the community support is very good.
(Also I'd like to mention about if this version (v10) is going to be the last release of this os or not? What are your thoughts about this?)

Add other apps to Application managment

Add, Remove, or Update?

Add a less common application or two to the app installs, such as natron or qwinff as well as a wine program and something that needs to be installed from the internet, such as davinci resolve or unity 3d

Which Segment?

Add to application management

Rationale?

This would give a better scope of the repos of a given distro and what kind of more obscure support is available. Also how one click some programs that are not in the repos are

openSUSE Tumbleweed

Name & tl;dr

openSUSE Tumbleweed - A distro backed by an open source focused company (SUSE)

What is the release date or cycle?

Rolling Release with "snapshot" releases every month

Who is the target user?

Intermediate level desktop/workstation users. Its definitely not for new users and has a lot of workstation DNA but is suitable

What platforms does it support?

x86_64, i586, arm64/aarch64

What makes it special?

• Very Powerful
• Yast
• Enterprise Backing
• Installer provides a ton of options
• Similar package management to that of Fedora

GhostBSD or FuryBSD

Name & tl;dr

GhostBSD and FuryBSD seem to be a desktop bsd "distros" if you will.

What is the release date or cycle?

Not fully sure

Who is the target user?

Desktop users

What platforms does it support?

X86

What makes it special?

I mean, its bsd. Its something different from linux to try

UbuntuDDE Remix 20.04

UbuntuDDE

UbuntuDDE is a linux distro based on Ubuntu 20.04 with Deepin desktop environment.

What is the release date or cycle?

UbuntuDDE Remix 20.04 released its beta version on 06 April 2020. Official stable release will probably be released with the release of Ubuntu 20.04.

Who is the target user?

Anyone who looks for beautiful desktop environments and loves Ubuntu.

What platforms does it support?

x64

What makes it special?

All the Ubuntu community and package advantages are wrapped with the Deepin desktop environment.

Q4OS

Name & tl;dr

Q4OS - Version 3.10 'Centuarus' Trinity Edition

What is the release date or cycle?

5 Year release cycle based on Debian Stable.
Version 3.10 was released on January 4th 2020.

Who is the target user?

I suspect it's targeted at Debian users who want a better out-of-the-box experience similar to Ubuntu, with the Trinity edition more specifically targeted at users who miss KDE 3 (Trinity being a maintained fork of KDE 3, similar to MATE being a fork of Gnome 2). It also may target Windows XP and Windows 7 converts.

What platforms does it support?

x86, x64, and ARM.

What makes it special?

Q4OS is one of the very few distros that offer the Trinity DE, and the only distro shipping the Trinity DE as a first-class experience. It also has a KDE 5 version, but the Trinity edition is what makes it stand out, and should make for an interesting delve.

Chakra Linux

Name & tl;dr

Chakra Linux

What is the release date or cycle?

Who is the target user?

What platforms does it support?

What makes it special?

Another arch based distro (i haven't tried it so thats why i have a lack of knowledge on this distro) its arch based

KDE Neon 5.18.5

Name & tl;dr

KDE Neon 5.18.5

What is the release date or cycle?

The ISO's are built weekly, but sometimes there may be an issue preventing it, say a problem with the automation, or various components don't build, or failed tests.

Who is the target user?

To users who want to experience the latest Plasma release in a distro form.

What platforms does it support?

x64 only.

What makes it special?

KDE neon provides an easy and elegant way for people to test the latest from KDE, or use the latest releases of KDE Software.

CloudReady (Neverware)

Name & tl;dr

CloudReady (Neverware), ver 78.4 (I think)

What is the release date or cycle?

Rolling Release

Who is the target user?

There's 3 edition of CloudReady; Enterprise (Paid), Education (Paid), & Home/Personal (free); the Home edition is for "parents, students, a fans, or just someone ready for a better OS" so I imagine it's for general users who do non-technical activities

What platforms does it support?

What makes it special?

General snappiness

Add, Remove, or Update?

Addition

Which Segment?

Install and resources or Desktop and apps

Rationale?

We all subconsciously look for and judge while look for a distro to use is the general responsiveness, how fast menus and widgets open, whether any desktop effects are laggy, and so on. Unfortunately, this isn't the easiest to quantify, but maybe the milliseconds it takes to open various widgets or something like that.

Note: I know this is somewhat dependant on hardware, even moving from kubuntu to neon shows a difference in "snappiness", so I think it's worth looking at.

Fedora 32

Name & tl;dr

Fedora 32 Workstation (GNOME) is a RPM-based distro with good GNOME integration and a rock-solid base

What is the release date or cycle?

Every 6 months there is a new release, the last two versions get supported, everything else dies

Who is the target user?

Professional Linux users and everyone who wants to have a reliable system (also gamers)

What platforms does it support?

x86_64 and aarch64

What makes it special?

• Good GNOME integration
• COPRs
• RPM Fusion
• Easy Flatpak setup
• Lutris already in the repositories (and Steam after you enabled it)
• Mesa 20 and up-to-date kernel (NVIDIA users will barely notice a difference)
• Gamemode preinstalled

Known issues

• The first update in GNOME Software may be very slow (depending on your internet connection) and the download progress bar won't move, but every other update should go flawlessly after that. If you can't wait run sudo dnf update in a terminal.
• ABRT may spam you with crash notifications, they can be turned off in the notification settings [apparently fixed in Fedora 32]

I just wanted this ticket to be open here, because I thought that letting @egee-irl know what quirks he might encounter is a good idea

GamerOS

Name & tl;dr

GamerOS

Who is the target user?

Gamers, obviously.

What platforms does it support?

x64

What makes it special?

It's based on Arch but it's also not using almost any Arch stuff. It just ships with Steam Big Picture UI and it auto-updates itself on everyboot. Does not let system-wide configurations (you need to run frzr-unlock command to that on another tty.) Nice distro to review I think.

theShell

theShell

Version: ??
Website: https://vicr123.com/theshell/os/
Direct ISO: https://sourceforge.net/projects/theos/files/theshellos-2018.07.04-x86_64-preview.iso/download

What is the release date or cycle?

Not a clue, even the SourceForge has very little information. It might be deprecated, but I am unsure.

Who is the target user?

Desktop user

What platforms does it support?

arm64

What makes it special?

It has its own desktop they made, under the same name!

Lubuntu 20.04

Name & tl;dr

Lubuntu 20.04 is a very lightweight distribution aimed at underpowered devices like old laptops etc.

What is the release date or cycle?

Normal Ubuntu release cycle, updates every six months, LTS versions get support for up to five years

Who is the target user?

People who can't afford pricey hardware

What platforms does it support?

x86_64 and Raspberry Pi

What makes it special?

It runs on low-powered hardware like old laptops and Intel Celeron netbooks

Other notes

lubuntu.me is the official website

openmamba

Openmamba

Their Website: https://openmamba.org

What is the release date or cycle?

It is rolling release, like Arch and OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. They used to have stable versions
called Milestone, but those ended by milestone3 it seems/

Who is the target user?

It is general-purpose it seems. Anything from servers, to desktop, to single boards.

What platforms does it support?

x86_64 and i586

What makes it special?

This is an oddly usable distribution for something I am sure no one has heard of. It is a wonderful distribution, with some mild issues.

Pop os

yes

Name & tl;dr

Pop!_OS 19.10

What is the release date or cycle?

ubuntu LTS or interim release of Ubuntu, with 19.10 example

Who is the target user?

an OS for the software developer, maker, and computer science professional who uses their computer as a tool to discover and create.

What platforms does it support?

Pop!_OS only runs on 64-bit x86 architecture

What makes it special?

Pop!_OS encrypts your installation by default and is the only distro that enables full-disk encryption out-of-the box from System76. A unique and private encryption key is generated during setup after you receive your computer.

Arch Zen Installer?

Name & tl;dr

The zen installer seems to implement a lot of the stuff a distro like endeavor might have, so why not try a stock arch installer, it is graphical after all

What is the release date or cycle?

Not really sure what the release cycle is, but it's arch

Who is the target user?

I guess people who don't want the terminal installer?

What platforms does it support?

x86

What makes it special?

It's vanilla arch, but with a graphical installer

Suspend/Hibernation/Sleep

Add, Remove, or Update?

Addition

Which Segment?

Not sure tbh

Rationale?

Sleep is something that many Linux distros have difficulties with

ReactOS distro review request

Name & tl;dr

ReactOS. Buggy and still in alpha. Binary compatible with Windows NT programs

What is the release date or cycle?

Still in alpha, spotty release schedule

Who is the target user?

A windows user who wants a free and open source windows-compatible os

What platforms does it support?

x86 x86_64

What makes it special?

It fully binary compatible with windows NT binaries, and is not based on linux or unix.

Xubuntu 20.04

Xubuntu 20.04

Xubuntu is a linux distro based on Ubuntu 20.04 with Xfce desktop environment.

What is the release date or cycle?

Xubuntu 20.04 released on 23 April 2020.

Who is the target user?

Anyone who wants a stable, modular, and light weight desktop environments based on Ubuntu.

What platforms does it support?

x64

What makes it special?

An official Ubuntu flavor with one of largest communities around the Xfce desktop environment and lead by Xfce core developers.

Ubuntu budgie

Ubuntu budgie 19.10

Same as "core" ubuntu. next release will be next month

Who is the target user?

Linux beginners and people who want budgie but with a bigger repository

What platforms does it support?

x64

What makes it special?

It delivers the ubuntu with budgie without any bloat. Its a great alternative for solus

SolydXK

Name & tl;dr

SolydXK

What is the release date or cycle?

Every 2 years, with 5 year support for each release. (Debian Based)

Who is the target user?

Claim is for small business and home users who want a stable system

What platforms does it support?

x64 only

What makes it special?

A distribution that is claims to be very stable and user friendly system. It comes in two flavours X or K, xfce or KDE. Something designed to stand out not in the way a lot of distributions do, but in a way for a system that just is out of your way and user friendly to just get work done on a base that is rock solid.

Void Linux ?

Void Linux

RegataOS

A commenter recommended I take a look at RegataOS and it looks pretty cool so why not

Gaming Benchmark

Add, Remove, or Update?

This is an addition,

Which Segment?

This should be placed in the under tweaking the system for gaming, there are some custom builds of wine which improve on gaming issues like sound and frame drop issues (check out GloriousEggroll and wine-tkg-git)

Rationale?

People who game on linux might want to look into these custom builds of wine and check out how easy is it configure their distro for gaming and also if documentation is available for their specific ditstro or derived distro when it comes to installing from source

Mageia 7.1 Review Request

Name & tl;dr

Mageia 7.1

What is the release date or cycle?

When it's ready™

Who is the target user?

Desktop and Server users

What platforms does it support?

i586, AMD64

What makes it special?

Mandriva's other spiritual succesor. Not much else to say.

Fedora Silverblue

Name & tl;dr

Fedora Silverblue is an immutable desktop operating system aimed at replacing classical Fedora as the the preferred workstation variant

What is the release date or cycle?

Fedora Silverblue releases alongside classical Fedora, so Silverblue 32 will be out soon

Who is the target user?

Workstation users

What platforms does it support?

x86_x64 and arm64

What makes it special?

Because it's so different from package based distros and it may very well be the future of desktop/workstation Linux. Okay that may be a bit far fetched but it's a very interesting project nonetheless in my opinion. It also kinda solves the issue that we currently have to choose between up to date software and stability, because with Silverblue the system image can be rolled back and all applications are installed via Flatpak

Drauger

Drauger

Website: https://draugeros.org
Version: 7.4.1

What is the release date or cycle?

Not 100% sure, seems to follow Ubuntu LTS

Who is the target user?

Gamers

What platforms does it support?

amd64

What makes it special?

One of the largest gaming-focused distributions

Encryption during install

Add, Remove, or Update?

Addition

Which Segment?

Install

Rationale?

Testing encryption during the install seems like it would be a cool thing to test

Salient OS

Name & tl;dr

Salient OS v20.02

What is the release date or cycle?

Rolling release

Who is the target user?

Salient is aimed at "Creative Multi-media and Gaming Enthusiasts"

What platforms does it support?

x86_64

What makes it special?

Salient OS wants to have the best out-of-the-box experience for users who are interesting in gaming and multi-media work. It includes software that these sorts of users might use such as OBS, Steam and Lutris and has yay for AUR support. It also claims to have it's "System Limits Optimized". (I've heard it brought up in a few different places and wanted to hear your thoughts on it)

BlueOS 18.04

Name & tl;dr

BlueOS 18.04, downloadable at https://blueoperatingsystem.xyz

What is the release date or cycle?

Every new Pinguy OS release brings a new BlueOS release a few months after, this is usually when an Ubuntu LTS is proven to be stable

Who is the target user?

People with old hardware who seek a pleasant Linux desktop experience

What platforms does it support?

x86_64

What makes it special?

It's my own homegrown little distro so I hope viewermade distros are also allowed?

Feren OS July 2020 Snapshot

( NOTE: Since updated to July 2020 Snapshot - https://medium.com/feren-os/its-the-5th-birthday-of-feren-os-and-feren-os-july-2020-snapshot-is-now-available-7852f3f9f7d7 )

Does it already having appeared on the channel but as it was two versions count? I'm assuming that just means it isn't already submitted on the GitHub Issues page, in which case nothing came up when searching 'Feren OS' in the Issue Filter, so... probably not in that sense.

Name & tl;dr

Feren OS, April 2020 Snapshot aka 2020.04, codename Aluminium.

What is the release date or cycle?

The general release cycle is every 3 months after a snapshot (January, April, July, October, January, etc.). December 2019 was an exception to that rule since it took so long to prepare.

Who is the target user?

The general user.

What platforms does it support?

amd64: Yes
i386: Only on Classic, but No when Feren OS goes Ubuntu-20.04-based for fairly obvious reasons

What makes it special?

It's a very unique take on Plasma, as you likely already know, with a focus on being friendly to the end user, no matter what skill level they may be at. It also has a modified mirror of KDE neon User Edition's repositories to allow Plasma to roll, while being held back slightly and modified to guarantee better compatibility with programs, and better stability overall (or at least the aim is as such).
Plasma aside, it also has a few applications that may or may not come in useful for certain users, including Transfer Tool, Welcome Screen, and Web Browser Manager.

If you want a bit of information for the more geeky of us all, I did also make a list of all of the edits that are made to Plasma in Feren OS here: https://ferenos.weebly.com/changes-made-in-feren-os.html

Oh, and new to this snapshot (and onwards) is that it now treats new installations as OEM Config installations (excluding 32-Bit).

Other than that, I think you already know the gist on what makes it special, given you knew a decent amount of information about Feren OS going into December 2019 Snapshot.

Add better method for calculating startup time

Add, Remove, or Update?

An update

Which Segment?

Update & Drivers

Rationale?

The current method used, systemd-analyze is not always accurate. I'm not sure why, but sometimes it says a distro takes over 30 seconds to startup but the distro takes half of that.

There's probably a more robust way of calculating the startup time but I am unaware of what it is.

Please feel free to comment on this issue with ideas.

Manjaro distro request

I dont see it so i hope its noe

Manjaro & Well I dont acually know where to find it

What is the release date or cycle? 10th of July 2011

Who is the target user? Desktop users maybe power users

What platforms does it support? IA-32, AMD64

What makes it special? It runs on Arch and you can done almost everything trought the GUI and its very easy to install

🤔 Probably because it is an Arch distro witch is very easy to install and also can be used in many ways.

Combine "Gaming Overview" with "Benchmarks"

Add, Remove, or Update?

Remove & Update

Which Segment?

Gaming Overview & Benchmarks

Rationale?

Instead of showing 10 to 30 seconds of gameplay footage, I wonder if people would rather see the results of in-game benchmarks.

This is a question of anecdotes vs data.

The current Gaming Overview section is basically me saying "well, this feels like smooth fps" and I question how valuable that is.

If we used the results of benchmarks instead, I could definitively say "Distro A got better scores than Distro B".

Gaming benchmarks don't capture other issues, such as input issues or stuttering. And I don't want to do benchmarks & gameplay footage together because it would make the videos more complex and take much longer to produce.

So it's basically Gaming Benchmarks vs Gameplay Footage.

If you have any thoughts or opinions, let me know as a comment on this issue!

CentOS

Name & tl;dr

CentOS 8

What is the release date or cycle?

CentOS is a free, community-supported downstream distro of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). There are 2 editions.

• CentOS Linux is more consistent, manageable, solid and predictable.
• CentOS Stream is a rolling-release distro, positioned as a midstream between Fedora Linux and RHEL.

Who is the target user?

General users

What makes it special?

Since Fedora (S2:Ep21) is the upstream distro of RHEL, aiming to be on the leading edge of free technologies, I am curious if CentOS Linux (the non-rolling-release edition) has more friendly OOEB for general users.

Zorin os 15.1 core review request

Yes

Name & tl;dr

Zorin os 15.1 core

What is the release date or cycle?

Ubuntu LTS

Who is the target user?

new Linux users switching from Windows to linux

What platforms does it support?

What makes it special?

Void linux

Name & tl;dr

Void linux

What is the release date or cycle?

Rolling release

Who is the target user?

Someone who wants to tinker with a distro outside of the typical distros as it uses runit and the live environment is barebones

What platforms does it support?

x86 x86_64 arm

What makes it special?

Once you get past actually getting the distro installed and setup you will find it tends to be more stable than most rolling release distros what makes it special is just how much responsive and stable it is compared to say manjaro

Clear Linux

Clear Linux

Clear Linux OS is an open source, rolling release Linux distribution optimized for performance and security, from the Cloud to the Edge, designed for customization, and manageability.

What is the release date or cycle?

The first Clear Linux version was released in 2015 with the Xfce desktop environment being preinstalled. After 2 revisions with the switch to GNOME as a DE, it is now available for regular desktop users.

Who is the target user?

Clear Linux aims at desktop and server users having an Intel CPU in their system who want
performance, security, customization and manageability.

What platforms does it support?

Clear Linux does only support x86_64 CPU's.

What makes it special?

Clear Linux is special because it is the most robust rolling release distribution out there due to the way it handle's updates and packages. It is also one of the most performant distribution's for Intel CPU's because Intel themselves are using an own kernel with optimization inside of it.

TeaLinuxOS

TeaLinuxOS

Name & tl;dr

TeaLinuxOS 11 Stevia

What is the release date or cycle?

Fixed release maybe based on Xubuntu 18.04 lts

Who is the target user?

Developer

What platforms does it support?

x64

What makes it special?

indonesian distro, have awesome green theme

Ubuntu Cinnamon 19.10

Ubuntu Cinnamon

Two ways to link about it:

• Less bloated Ubuntu with Cinnamon
• Less "bloated" Linux Mint

What is the release date or cycle?

Every 6 months with the Ubuntu release cycle (April, October)

Who is the target user?

People who want to use an Ubuntu-based distro with a solid Cinnamon finish without the extra stuff given by Linux Mint

What platforms does it support?

AMD64 / x86_64

What makes it special?

It is pretty much brand new, with the first release being 19.10