Lubuntu, A Once Great Distro, Is Falling Behind Lubuntu used to be that Linux distribution that you referred a friend to in case he wanted a very lightweight, newbie-friendly yet elegant alternative for Windows. Up to its 18.04LTS release, it indeed worked as expected, but starting with 18.10 where the development team switched to using the Qt-based desktop LXQt instead of traditional LXDE, […] September 23, 2019February 16, 2020
Slax is a Nifty Linux Distribution That Works from USB Slax is a portable Linux distribution that runs from USB, it aims to create a modular, modern and lightweight Linux distribution which can be carried anywhere in a USB stick. It’s also Debian-based, which allows you as a user to access tons of packages provided by Debian using the apt command. Slax 9.6 was released […] December 17, 2018December 16, 2021
elementary OS 5.0 Juno Review: A New Polished Experience elementary OS is a Linux distribution which aims to be a modern, fast & beautiful replacement for Windows and macOS. It also tries to mimic a lot of design decisions from the latter, it’s very similar to macOS in terms of UI and usability, and is used by millions of beauty lovers around the world. […] October 17, 2018February 16, 2020
Lengthy Review of Linux Mint 19: A Distro for Everyone Linux Mint is one of the most popular Linux distributions of all time. I have been seeing people using Mint everywhere on their desktops, and when I used to ask them about “Why Mint?” they simply say “It just works”. And indeed, it does. The distribution’s developers have been on a mission since 2006 to […] July 2, 2018February 16, 2020
Fedora 28: Another Release for Power Users Fedora is widely recognized to be a smooth Linux distribution with up-to-date software, and is also used by a lot of developers around the world. Just around a 10 days ago Fedora 28 was released, bringing many changes and updated software. This review will guide you through the new release and what to expect so […] May 11, 2018February 16, 2020
Ubuntu 18.04 Review: An Interesting LTS Release So finally, after a long waiting and suspicious claims about postponing the release date, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS codenamed “Bionec Beaver” was officially released yesterday by Canonical. The new release suffered mainly from two bugs which could’ve postponed the release date if not fixed on time: The GNOME Shell memory leak bug, which is an upstream […] April 27, 2018February 16, 2020
Ubuntu 17.10 Review: A Step In The Right Direction Around two weeks ago Ubuntu 17.10 was released, finally allowing users to put their hands on the most modern and most changed Ubuntu release ever. Unlike many other Ubuntu releases, the Artful Aardvark was one of the most controversial works Canonical has created in years. We have been following the development process for Ubuntu 17.10 […] November 4, 2017February 16, 2020
Debian 9 Review: Stable Like Ever, Better Than Most Debian is one of the oldest and most famous Linux distributions of all time. Its development started back in 1993 by its founder Ian Murdock who passed away in 2015. It’s also known to be the mother-distribution of tens of other Linux distributions such as Ubuntu. Debian has a strict policy on software packages. It […] June 24, 2017February 16, 2020
Review On Ubuntu Budgie 17.04: Newest Ubuntu Flavor Budgie is a new desktop interface built from scratch which focuses on simplicity and elegance. It is developed by the Solus team. It uses GNOME technologies beside their own modifications to give a better user experience. Ubuntu Budgie is an Ubuntu-based distribution which uses Budgie desktop interface as its default. It’s an official Ubuntu flavor. Ubuntu […] April 19, 2017February 16, 2020
Review on Solus 2017.01.01: Solid, Stable and Fast Solus is an independent Linux distribution which targets desktop PC users. The project started in 2011 carrying the name “SolusOS” but later was changed to a plain “Solus”. What mainly makes Solus different is its desktop interface called “Budgie” beside a lot of other software like “eopkg” which is the distribution’s package manager. Solus uses […] February 18, 2017February 16, 2020
GoboLinux: A Linux Distribution With New Filesystem Hierarchy There are many different Linux distributions out there. Thousands of them are designed to meet different purposes (no matter how small the difference from each one). Today, we would like to introduce GoboLinux for you. GoboLinux is a special Linux distribution which is built from scratch. It offers an alternative filesystem hierarchy. To clarify this, we […] January 22, 2017February 16, 2020
A Detailed Review On Elementary OS 0.4 Loki elementaryOS is an Ubuntu-based distribution that focuses on desktop beauty and ease of use, it’s a well known distribution if you are interested in beautiful interfaces on the Linux desktop, it offers its own interface called “Pantheon”. Yesterday, the elementaryOS project has released version 0.4 of its Linux distribution under the codename “Loki”, the new […] September 11, 2016February 16, 2020
A Complete Review for Linux Mint 18: Amazing Indeed For those who don’t know: Linux Mint 18 is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, it’s goal is to provide a modern, stable and updated operating system for end users, they started the project in 2006 and today it’s the 4-th most famous Linux distribution worldwide, version 18 came out couple weeks ago. So Linux […] July 23, 2016July 16, 2020
