Is solus the new go to beginner friendly Linux distro?

Why sacrifice the resources available for Ubuntu for any other beginner distro?

>>57477029
Because it's more stable, ships with a better default DE which a beginner wouldn't want to mess with and change, Is faster in almost every way, and has a better package manager.

Only con I can think of is the tiny software repository compared to Ubuntu, but it has everything most normies will need and want.

>web browsers
>office
>music players
>video players
>nice, intuitive, easy to use UI
>steam/emulators/games

>>57477012
stop the shilling, pls

Solus, like every other Linux distro that's ever been created, is boring as fuck.

>>57477065
no

doesnt support UEFI so its shit

>>57477065
get a fucking life you autistic weeb

>>57477322
The fun distros are the ones /g/ complains about being too autistic

>>57477012
Why is this better than any of the Ubuntu flavours or Mint?

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>>57477012
Thinking about trying this on a old notebook next week or so. What about memory usage?
After pic related now I'm thinking about using Kubuntu.

>>57477065
All threads are desktop threads now

>>57477457
Thanks for saving me the time, fucking dropped.

>>57477477
>>57477180

>>57477457
Except it does and you're shit for lying on an anonymous image board.

>>57477322
It's boring because it just werks?

>>57477492
Mine uses around 400MB on boot. But it ran better than Ubuntu mate for me which uses 300MB.

I was using Ubuntu MATE 16.04, after switching from Linux mint 17.3.

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>>57477528
It supports uefi systems.

>a meme cockroach package manager

nah

Alt+Tab with budgie sucks.

Non-hideable top bar with budgie sucks.

Budgie sucks.

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>>57477012
No. It's a piece of crap that'll be dropped soon.

>>57477756
>redditfetch

>>57477756
>dropped soon
Lmao, how naive you are.

>>57477753
There's also mate and i3 available if xfce goes gtk3 it will also be added

>>57477492
I get around 300mb on my t460s

Is the new Void Linux at least.

>>57477753
>alt+Tab with budgie sucks
How so?
And how so compared to other DEs?

>>57477810
Going from windows to any non shiet Linux DE would be massive, but I don't think that ~100MB you can save between various DEs is enough to fuss over.
Go with whichever one you like most and be happy with it.

>>57477837
Solus contains optimizations that you won't find anywhere else except for clearlinux though.

>>57477012
No, it's broken.

>>57477857
werks for me

>>57477847
such as

>>57477874
for instance it provides avx2 optimized libraries if your cpu supports them

naturally the kernel is pre-configured and pre-patched from desktop scenarios

there's more but you could just google what clearlinux does

>>57477857
You can stop samefagging with your misinformation.

>>57477909
You're the one who said it had optimizations. Are the rest of the distros really not supporting AVX2?

Solus is great but i still like my ubuntu.

>>57477937
no due to compatibility issues
solus does it automatically for you by choosing the right libs.

it does similar thing for steam by providing its own up-to-date and optimized runtime instead of that ubuntu 12.04 garbage provided by valve.

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>>57477937
There's more info on their website.
For example https://solus-project.com/2016/06/20/solus-1-2-shannon-released/

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http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/battle-budgie-desktops-budgie-remix-vs-solusos/

theres a new meme miracle distro every month, if this actually lasts I'd get it

>>57477909
t. dev

not that I don't thank your effort

>>57478118
Solus has been gradually getting more popular over 2016, it's not a massive spike, but it's gone from 29 to 25 in distro watch since q2 2016.

I'm expecting it to continue this trend as it continually improves over time, but I hope it doesn't end up bloated and shitty like Ubuntu or Fedora.

>>57477012
I really like it so far, been using it on my HTPC for a few weeks now and it's been great, even on my shit specs that Linux mint lagged on.

I wanted to use Solus but i'm too stupid to install things that aren't on the repo.

for example never understood how to install thinkfan or firefox-esr in Solus meanwhile Antergos had them in the AUR.

>>57477955
That's neat.

>>57477065
can i have high res picture of cat girl?

>>57478481
thats me (｡>﹏<｡)
https://mega.nz/#!FoIASRYQ!S8L2MbS09uTQPQDZDTRUNHht87qcrmdC0GbW8h57ea0

>>57478449
I understand you mate. I'm sure they'll add it as they're also working on laptop support, but it's still a growing distro.

I'm sure they'll add it in a future release.

>>57478486
will you be my gf

>>57478512
im lesbian

>>57478516
try me i would treat you like the queen you are i would make you 100 percent heterosexual

>>57477012
Pretty much. It's been growing incredibly fast and it's really well made. I have a friend who uses it, thinking of making the switch on my laptop.

How's their laptop support?

KEVVVVVIIINNNNNNNNNNN

>>57478516
me too

>>57478600
This will always confuse me.

The services (forums, wiki, history, binaries, PPAs/repos, massive community and support) that surround Ubuntu make it pretty much entrenched as the de facto newb distro.

>>57478486
Got anymore? Could you give us a time stamped shout out image?

>>57477012
no anon, Solus is not the go to beginner nothing. It's just another distro and not a very good one, because it isn't doing anything new.

>>57478680
>not a very good one
>isn't doing anything new
Except it's going many things new and better than any other distro.
Besides maybe clearLinux.

Try reading the thread next time before blindly posting like an idiot (:

>>57477012
Is solus the new daily /g/ shill Linux distro?

>>57478516
thanks for the mega website i was looking for another cloud for photos and shit for mah phone.

Always like local websites IMO.
Btw very qt cosplay though.

Btw might give this linux a go on my second PC
anyone got a idea of file size of Solus?

>>57477012
No. Manjaro + Xfce is the hotness atm.

>>57478721
had you really never heard of mega?

>>57478724
nah I didn't even know know cloud servers existed in my country Lmao.

Kevin go the fuck away. I'm going to fucking kb you from #homescreen the next time I see you shitting another Solus thread onto this board.

>>57478639

when the first solus shill threads started, the terminal showed 'kevin@solus'. Kevin (or someone using his initial screenshot) kept posting the thread day in and day out. Now, whenever a solus thread is made, it`s assumed that Kevin is behind it.

>>57478721
I think it's around the 1GB mark?

>>57478773
Kek

>>57478722
Kek

>>57478865
that's small good thing I don't have more than 8 GB of space should be very nice thanks anon.

>>57477012
Kevinism at its finest
https://www.google.com/#q=kevinism

>>57479127
I don't see how this applies.

>>57477012

Can i rice it ?

>>57477012
what's the package manager?

>>57480432
eopkg

>>57480346
Yep, it's Linux after all.

>>57478902
8GB should be plenty for OS and software.

>>57478773
He's an autist from rizon who is still posting them. he is proud of all of the (You)s he gets too.

>>57477012
Windows 10 is the way to go unless you like half-baked operating systems.

>>57478486
Not without a timestamp.

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>>57478481
Look up Mikehouse's galleries on sadpanda. She does Maki, too.

>>57478486
No it isn't, that's ミケ (Mike)

>>57480947
that's me, k?

>>57477012
quit shilling your hillary clinton distro, it does'nt even use wayland

>>57480950
nope

>>57480950
post timestamps, from the archive it seems you've said that was you multiple times with the same mega link. seems quite suspect

>>57480931
Or..
http://yama41momonoha.wixsite.com/mikehouse

>>57480931
What a shitty midriff.

>>57477012
IFF the user will be using a desktop. It's too cramped for trackpads and smaller sized screens

>>57480950
If that was really you which it isnt, then you are ugly as fuck.

>>57480989
rude
>>57480972
rude

It sounds like a neat distro. If I was switching from Windows, I would probably try it.
But the truth is, I can never go back. I tasted the power of Gentoo, I felt the flexibility and control beyond my wildest dreams. I could never drop it for something that is gonna take away any of that power from me. Even now I'm lusting for more control, more flexiblity, more power. I want more.
I do really hope it takes off, though. From what I've read, they seem like they have more healthy views on the desktop than Ubuntu. Need more information to test whether it will stay on-course even when faced with popularity, but if it goes into the same direction, it would be a better newbie Linux than Ubuntu is.
I don't even hate Canonical, the guys did a lot more good than bad, but they are really freaking aliens sometimes.

>>57480954
DE = Distro
Hello newfriend, what brings you to /g/?

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>>57481026
>Ubuntu
>aliens
Pick one, and only one.

>>57478722
I agree that Manjaro is good stuff, but I reckon it's an intermediary step between ubuntu and arch.

>>57477012
Looks pretty comfy. What's the package manager?

>>57481179
>>57480439
I've had much less problems with this than I have with apt and dnf

>>57477012
I like this new meme, I think imma call it Kevin.

>>57477012
Try Fedora Rawhide

>>57477012
I suppose this has git, right?

I've been trying ubuntu, but I give up, since I simply do not have the patience to troubleshoot everytime I try to install or do something.

>>57477492
>KDE lower than XFCE

I'm calling bullshit on this.

Anyone running i3 with budgie yet?

I swear it's the same person shilling this thread every other day.

Omg budgie is so amazing. it's perfect. it's so fast !!

>>57484679
It's just GNOME 3 with applications extension, arc theme and the less useful version of the deepin side panel right?
Only with the productivity of the workspaces of GNOME 3 removed.

I only tried Budgie Remix, not Solus. I don't see the appeal in not having packages easily available.

>>57477012
>solus
It's an Arch skin, right?

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>another shitty empty package manager
They never learn, do they

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>>57484348
Used Xubuntu and Kubuntu 4 years ago and Kubuntu was the fastest booting and working version of *buntu. You just must disable splash screens from everywhere (but remember this was 4 years ago, now I don't know if KDE has many splash screens like then).

I'll probably install it once they add Optimus support. I had to switch back to Windows from Ubuntu because a lot of things didn't play nicely with my T460P.

I run an Arch system for luls and still use solus on my main laptop

You autists are forgetting what makes ubuntu a good beginner distro.

When something doesn't work a newbie can just type "problem blah blah ubuntu" and get a buttload of ubuntuoverflow and ubuntuforum links explaining how to fix their problem.

The amount of troubleshooting help applicable to solus meanwhile will be just a tiny fragment of what ubuntu has.

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posting my desktop

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>not using Mac homOSeX

KEK POORFAG FREETARDS

>>57486228
>screenshot mac
poorfaggot detected

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>>57486228
>downloading and running ads

>>57486228
cool hackintosh poor boy

>>57477012
I wish I could use budgie desktop, but it has systemd dependencies. Oh well.

>>57477012
How is this better than Gnome 3?

>>57486325
ram

>>57486228
for the love of god:
1) ad blocker of some kind
2) HTTPS://

>>57478749
they aren't here, they just use .nz domain
we have fuck all bandwidth

sudo pacman -S budgie-desktop

and finished

I tried burning the iso with Rufus and it says it doesnt support UEFI

what do

>>57486703
arch anywhere
install a desktop enviroment during install and pick budgie

>>57486703
It's amazing to me that windows has no out of box equivalent to a simple

sudo dd if=~/Downloads/foo.iso of=/dev/rdisk2/

>>57477012
Solus is decrepit. There's an official Budgie spin of Ubuntu.

>>57477012

For me there are only two non-meme Linux distributions.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Xubuntu. RHEL for getting Very Important Shit done, and Xubuntu for putting on your old-ass laptop.

Everything else is a meme to one degree or another, including Debian on servers.

>>57477492
>After pic related now I'm thinking about using Kubuntu.
The official KDE ubuntu distro is kde neon.

>>57486767
i actually figured out the other day that windows actually uses \\.\ for hardware such as displays and physical drives actually.

>>57486228
>screenshot mac

rofl

>>57486933
you realize there is a version of scrot for mac right? like you just made yourself sound like a complete moron

Live USB didn't worked, keep stopping in "SquashFS Errors".
Getting Apricity now.

>>57477012
you are doing an amazing job shilling this shit every single day here, Kevin

>>57477180
>better package manager
The actual manager itself doesn't mean shit, it's the repo that people want. Hence why so many are Arch-dicklovers, because of the AUR. While I'm a Ubuntu user and think Arch is for autistic homos I get why they love that shit.

I use Ubuntu mostly because I find whatever I need in the repo and it's stable and works and I always get support when I need it. askubuntu.com is fucking amazing.

Your shitty new non-baseline distro needs to justify its existence better to me.

>>57477767
?

>>57477012

no, it's a forced-meme

fuck off, solus """ devs """

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>>57478771
I'm not posting these lmao

>>57490384
shill more

>>57490878
No thanks.

>>57481188
How did you install Slack? This shit isn't installing, just stuck there doing nothing.

>>57486767
Windows post vista does not allow block level write access to drives for "security purposes" outside of the pre-installation environment or custom kernel drivers. Windows a shit, all hail Unix.

>>57478589
>How's their laptop support?

this
bump

>>57495271
I use it on a Samsung laptop I leave at work. The UI isn't the best for small laptop screens(12 inch) but it's still pretty comfy with a bit of tweaking.

I think it'll be just as comfy as a desktop from 14 inch and above.

Also all drivers and everything works. They've been improving driver and optimus support for laptops a lot lately it seems.

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>>57488049
>askubuntu.com is fucking amazing

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>ctrl+F
>roll
you guys know its a rolling release, right?
and do we consider rolling releases beginner friendly?

>>57481026
Avoid Linux From Scratch at all costs

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>>57477012
? ? ? ? ?

>>57477223
It's free though

>>57486703

this worked for me
https://sourceforge.net/projects/usbwriter/

>>57484348
Just try a kde neon live image and watch how it boots with less than 400MB of ram.

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>>57496945
freedom from the beast

How much rice is Budgie capable of
Can I make certain programs have frameless/borderless windows like in KDE?

Is it just me, or does the harder an OS sucks, the harder it gets shilled on /g/?
>windows 10
>bsd
>now solus
Really makes you think.

Why are there 9000 beginner distros? Wouldn't that make it more confusing for beginners, it's not like they're going to be able to tell the difference between any of these.

>>57501238
>Windows 10
>shilled
>Implying Linux isn't constantly shilled by people who call editing conf files """programming"""

>>57501293
>There are 9000 useless Linux distros
>"Hey let's make a Linux Distro that's suitable for everyone!"
>There are 9001 useless Linux distros

>>57501238
>install gentoo
you are onto something.

>>57501308
but gentoo is actually good

>>57501308
>install gentoo
That's tech help, tho.

>>57501308
>implying that's not actual advice
hello newfriend

>>57501308
>>57501349
>>57501351
Install Solus

>>57501299
Don't put words in my mouth, bro.
I've never referred to editing conf files as anything but hacking.

>>57496287
Updates haven't broken anything yet, so why would this be an issue?

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>>57501238
I love how newfags like calling things they don't like shit.

>>57497585
That doesn't mean it's good or that we want to hear about it.

I mean, how would you feel if I meme-spouted about Devious Yarn, SASS or other meme garbage all of the time?

>>57501483
Don't forget Void, it was crazy how much shilling there was for that distro.

>>57502405
I tried void and the installer would freeze up every single time.
At least Solus works.

>>57486181
This.
Jesus, you faggot don't realize how important this is.

>>57477012
It is less intuitive than most operating systems. Here's a good example of a normie trying to figure it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdRzvw0HhlU

>>57477012
No, but it might be the new gentoo.

>>57503137
This. Nobody will say "install gentoo" anymore. Everyone will say "install solus"

It would be but Kevin got on my nerves and now I'm going nowhere near that shit. Also, Budgie is just a dumbed down Cinnamon.