Siduction is one of the distros which I didn't get a chance to review previously due to lack of time and opportunity. It is an operating system based on Debian "Unstable" branch offering cutting edge packages and applications offering most of the common desktop environments like GNOME 3, KDE 4.11, LXDE, XFCE, etc. For this review I take up the KDE version. Siduction 13.2.0 GNOME will be included in the "Best GNOME Distro" review I am preparing next week.
For this review, I used my Asus K55VM laptop with 2.3 Ghz Core i7 3rd generation processor, 8 GB DDR3 RAM and 2 GB NVIDIA GeForce 630M graphics. I installed the OS on a 25 GB partition and a multi-boot setting. I used Mint Image Writer to create live USB of the 64-bit 1.2 GB ISO that I downloaded. First, I did a live boot and once satisfied that everything is working, I installed it on my laptop.
Siduction 13.2.0 ships with KDE 4.11.4 and the latest Linux kernel 3.12. I checked if I can install KDE 4.12 but it is still not available for Debian and Kubuntu backports didn't work for me. However, I guess Siduction developers will be soon releasing the KDE 4.12 update and I am waiting for it as well. Dolphin 4.11.4 is the default file manager and it works as good as ever.
Aesthetics
Siduction 13.2.0 KDE ships with a slightly tweaked lower panel (a bit thinner than typical KDE plasma interface) and Siduction wallpaper. I somehow don't like the present wallpaper and still think that the previous volcano wallpaper or the desparado one before that looked much better.
To spice up the desktop interface a bit, I used a more colorful wallpaper.
The wallpaper options available in the distro are a bit bland.
Siduction's boot splash is primarily text based and the login screen is pretty bland. It doesn't even take the default username and I thought auto-login is more convenient than writing username-password every time. Even there, Siduction uses LDM and hence, switching to autologin is not as easy as other KDE distros. I'll discuss it subsequent sections.
Rest of the things are typical KDE aesthetics and Siduction gets 4/10 from my side for aesthetics.
Hardware Recognition
Wifi, sound, screen resolution, etc. worked as expected. For touchpad, though recognized immediately, but double tap for right click didn't work immediately and I had to manually change settings. Scroll function worked, however, without any issue.
Further, installing bumblebee for hybrid graphics was easy and straight forward. It helped me to bring down laptop heating issue to a significant extent.
For it's impressive hardware recognition (better than Debian Wheezy), I give Siduction KDE a 8.8/10.
Pre-Installed Applications
Siduction ships with the following packages pre-installed:
# apt-get install libreoffice
The default browser is Iceweasel, which is the debian counterpart of Firefox. It works exactly like Firefox. Anyway, if you don't like it, original Firefox can also be installed, as discussed in my review of Debian Wheezy.
VLC player is the latest one and ships with all multimedia codecs. I could play my favorite music and video files in VLC without any issue. The distro doesn't ship with any app exclusively for audio files. The other video player, Kaffeine, also works well.
Adobe flash plugin is not shipped by default, but can be downloaded by running the command (as root):
# apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
The graphics section is quite rich and should please DSLR camera owners. However, I miss GIMP here. But, it can be downloaded from the repos by running the command (as root):
# apt-get install gimp
Otherwise, Siduction KDE ships with an interesting ensemble of applications and offers more than a typical Debian. Special mention can be made of out-of-the box ntfs support, kernel remover, etc.
Documentation for Siduction is quite strong and readily available on the desktop. The bug report option is there as well - it is actually handy to have for "unstable" distros.
Except for a missing office suite, I felt quite good about the packages offered by Siduction and hence, give a score of 6/10, penalized for no office suite, no download manager, no 32-bit architecture or Skype pre-installed, no GIMP, etc. to name a few.
Installation
The installation bit is browser based and may surprise you. It is totally alien of all Debian/Ubuntu based distros I have used. Complication level is medium and should not challenge once you get familiar with it. I actually used manual partition to format the partition of my choice and install Siduction with boot and home in the same partition. It took about 15 minutes of time. The below screenshots are from Siduction 13.2.0 GNOME but the process stays the same.
Repositories
Sadly I couldn't locate any package manager like synaptic and had to install all my preferred packages or updates through terminal. It sources most of it's packages from Debian unstable directly and there are some Siduction specific repository links as well in the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ which I didn't explore much.
Lack of a suitable package manager may limit Siduction's adoption among Linux novices. However, a PM is quite easy to install in debian - as root, run the command:
# apt-get install synaptic
Installing Bumblebee for NVIDIA
In my hybrid graphics laptop, to avoid over-heating and increase battery life, I installed bumblebee by running the following command as root:
# apt-get install bumblebee-nvidia primus
Once installed, I added my username to bumblebee group by:
# gpasswd -a arindam bumblebee
Post reboot, my laptop heating was totally gone and it stays super cool even after 12-14 hours of continuous usage.
Enabling auto-login the hard way!
As Siduction users LDM (from Canonical stable), enabling autologin is more difficult than any other KDE distro I have used. The KDE settings auto-login option doesn't help and I had to actually change the lightdm configuration file to enable auto-login. As root run the following command:
# nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
I searched for autologin-user and made it active with my name as the user-name
autologin-user=arindam
Saved the file by Ctrl+x and did a reboot. Auto-login worked without any issue. I got some real good help from the Siduction Linux forums to resolve the auto-login issue.
Performance
Boot time
Siduction has a comparatively higher boot time of about 1 min with auto-login option. It is about 13% higher than the average time taken by other KDE distros.
CPU-RAM Consumption
At steady state with system monitor running, Siduction takes about 478 MB RAM which is 11% lower than average KDE distros under similar circumstances on the same laptop.
Siduction is pretty smooth to use and feels quite light. I didn't note any issue with performance and stability during my brief usage. In terms of performance, it definitely ranks within top 5 KDE distros that I used during 2013.
Space-wise as well, Siduction is no space hogger and takes less than 4 GB.
Final words ...
Siduction is not for weak hearted and there may be bouts of instability post updates. Further, no package manager, more control to the user, etc. means that a bit of experience with Linux is required to use this distro as the primary one. It gives comparable performance as Debian wheezy and is very smooth to work with. If you like using the latest packages but want to stick to Debian, possibly Siduction is a good choice for you. Further, the rolling release concept means that unless something doesn't gets broken, you don't need to install the distro ever again!
Another impressive thing about Siduction is robust documentation and a very helpful forum. Siduction 13.2.0 KDE gets an overall score of 7/10 from my side and is absolutely recommended. You can download both 32 and 64-bit versions from here.
Siduction Rating: 7/10
Breakup:
Installation (20%): 6.5/10
Aesthetics (20%): 4/10
Hardware Recognition (20%): 8.8/10
Pre-installed Packages (10%): 6/10
Performance (30%): 7.5/10
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| From Siduction 13.2.0 KDE http://mylinuxexplore.blogspot.in |
Siduction 13.2.0 ships with KDE 4.11.4 and the latest Linux kernel 3.12. I checked if I can install KDE 4.12 but it is still not available for Debian and Kubuntu backports didn't work for me. However, I guess Siduction developers will be soon releasing the KDE 4.12 update and I am waiting for it as well. Dolphin 4.11.4 is the default file manager and it works as good as ever.
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| From Siduction 13.2.0 KDE http://mylinuxexplore.blogspot.in |
Siduction 13.2.0 KDE ships with a slightly tweaked lower panel (a bit thinner than typical KDE plasma interface) and Siduction wallpaper. I somehow don't like the present wallpaper and still think that the previous volcano wallpaper or the desparado one before that looked much better.
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| From Siduction 13.2.0 KDE http://mylinuxexplore.blogspot.in |
To spice up the desktop interface a bit, I used a more colorful wallpaper.
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| From Siduction 13.2.0 KDE http://mylinuxexplore.blogspot.in |
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| From Siduction 13.2.0 KDE http://mylinuxexplore.blogspot.in |
Rest of the things are typical KDE aesthetics and Siduction gets 4/10 from my side for aesthetics.
Hardware Recognition
Wifi, sound, screen resolution, etc. worked as expected. For touchpad, though recognized immediately, but double tap for right click didn't work immediately and I had to manually change settings. Scroll function worked, however, without any issue.
Further, installing bumblebee for hybrid graphics was easy and straight forward. It helped me to bring down laptop heating issue to a significant extent.
For it's impressive hardware recognition (better than Debian Wheezy), I give Siduction KDE a 8.8/10.
Pre-Installed Applications
Siduction ships with the following packages pre-installed:
- Office: Kaddressbook, Kontact, Korganizer, Ktimetracker, Okular document reader
- Internet: Akregator Feed Reader, Blogilo, Ceni, Iceweasel Browser, IRC, Kmail, KPPP, KRDC, Knode, Konqueror Browser, Konversation, Kopete IM, Knetattach, Ktorrent, xdg-browser launcher
- Graphics: Acquire Images, digiKam, DNG Converter, ExpoBlending, Gwenview Image viewer, ImageMagick, Kamoso webcam, Ksnapshot, Panorama, Photo layout editor, Skanlite, Xsane Image scanner
- Multimedia: K3b, Alevt, Kaffeine, VLC 2.1.2
- Accessories: Ark Archiving tool, Kate, Kcalc, KDE groupware wizard, Kgpg, Kjots, Kleopatra, Knotes, Krusader, Kwrite, Midnight Commander, Nepomuk backup & cleaner, Root terminal, Terminal, UX Term, X Term, Yakuake, gparted, Kernel Remover, NTFS Configuration, gparted, Zim Desktop Wiki
# apt-get install libreoffice
The default browser is Iceweasel, which is the debian counterpart of Firefox. It works exactly like Firefox. Anyway, if you don't like it, original Firefox can also be installed, as discussed in my review of Debian Wheezy.
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| From Siduction 13.2.0 KDE http://mylinuxexplore.blogspot.in |
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| From Siduction 13.2.0 KDE http://mylinuxexplore.blogspot.in |
Adobe flash plugin is not shipped by default, but can be downloaded by running the command (as root):
# apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
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| From Siduction 13.2.0 KDE http://mylinuxexplore.blogspot.in |
# apt-get install gimp
Otherwise, Siduction KDE ships with an interesting ensemble of applications and offers more than a typical Debian. Special mention can be made of out-of-the box ntfs support, kernel remover, etc.
Documentation for Siduction is quite strong and readily available on the desktop. The bug report option is there as well - it is actually handy to have for "unstable" distros.
Except for a missing office suite, I felt quite good about the packages offered by Siduction and hence, give a score of 6/10, penalized for no office suite, no download manager, no 32-bit architecture or Skype pre-installed, no GIMP, etc. to name a few.
Installation
The installation bit is browser based and may surprise you. It is totally alien of all Debian/Ubuntu based distros I have used. Complication level is medium and should not challenge once you get familiar with it. I actually used manual partition to format the partition of my choice and install Siduction with boot and home in the same partition. It took about 15 minutes of time. The below screenshots are from Siduction 13.2.0 GNOME but the process stays the same.
 |
| From Siduction 13.2.0 KDE http://mylinuxexplore.blogspot.in |
Sadly I couldn't locate any package manager like synaptic and had to install all my preferred packages or updates through terminal. It sources most of it's packages from Debian unstable directly and there are some Siduction specific repository links as well in the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ which I didn't explore much.
Lack of a suitable package manager may limit Siduction's adoption among Linux novices. However, a PM is quite easy to install in debian - as root, run the command:
# apt-get install synaptic
Installing Bumblebee for NVIDIA
In my hybrid graphics laptop, to avoid over-heating and increase battery life, I installed bumblebee by running the following command as root:
# apt-get install bumblebee-nvidia primus
Once installed, I added my username to bumblebee group by:
# gpasswd -a arindam bumblebee
Post reboot, my laptop heating was totally gone and it stays super cool even after 12-14 hours of continuous usage.
Enabling auto-login the hard way!
As Siduction users LDM (from Canonical stable), enabling autologin is more difficult than any other KDE distro I have used. The KDE settings auto-login option doesn't help and I had to actually change the lightdm configuration file to enable auto-login. As root run the following command:
# nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
I searched for autologin-user and made it active with my name as the user-name
autologin-user=arindam
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| From Siduction 13.2.0 KDE http://mylinuxexplore.blogspot.in |
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| From Siduction 13.2.0 KDE http://mylinuxexplore.blogspot.in |
Performance
Boot time
Siduction has a comparatively higher boot time of about 1 min with auto-login option. It is about 13% higher than the average time taken by other KDE distros.
CPU-RAM Consumption
At steady state with system monitor running, Siduction takes about 478 MB RAM which is 11% lower than average KDE distros under similar circumstances on the same laptop.
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| From Siduction 13.2.0 KDE http://mylinuxexplore.blogspot.in |
Siduction is pretty smooth to use and feels quite light. I didn't note any issue with performance and stability during my brief usage. In terms of performance, it definitely ranks within top 5 KDE distros that I used during 2013.
| Operating System (64 bit) | Size of ISO (GB) | Base | Desktop | Linux kernel | CPU (%) | RAM usage (MB) | Size of installation | Boot time (sec) |
| Debian KDE 7.3.0 | 0.7 | Debian Wheezy | KDE 4.8.4 | 3.2.0 | 0-5% | 423 | 4.1 | 49 |
| Neptune 3.3 | 1.9 | Debian Wheezy | KDE 4.11.2 | 3.10.12 | 0-5% | 439 | 7.2 | 53 |
| Netrunner 13.06 | 1.4 | Ubuntu Raring | KDE 4.10.5 | 3.8.0 | 0-5% | 475 | 5.9 | 40 |
| Siduction 13.2.0 | 1.2 | Debian Unstable | KDE 4.11.4 | 3.12.0 | 0-5% | 478 | 3.7 | 60 |
| Mint 15 KDE | 1.4 | Ubuntu Raring | KDE 4.10.5 | 3.8.0 | 0-5% | 483 | 7.0 | 45 |
| Solydk 2013.11 | 1.6 | Debian Testing | KDE 4.11.3 | 3.10.3 | 0-5% | 484 | 6.2 | 59 |
| Bridge Linux 2013.06 | 1.0 | Arch | KDE 4.10.4 | 3.12.5 | 0-5% | 490 | 4.6 | 39 |
| Mint 16 KDE | 1.4 | Ubuntu Saucy | KDE 4.11.3 | 3.11.0 | 0-5% | 496 | 7.0 | 37 |
| PCLinuxOS 2013.12 | 1.6 | Mandriva | KDE 4.11.3 | 3.4.70 | 0-10% | 496 | 5.8 | 65 |
| Kwheezy 1.4 | 4.0 | Debian Wheezy | KDE 4.8.4 | 3.2.0 | 0-10% | 511 | 12.4 | 49 |
| Kubuntu 13.04 | 0.9 | Ubuntu Raring | KDE 4.10.5 | 3.8.0 | 0-10% | 523 | 4.9 | 35 |
| Mageia 3 | 1.4 | Mandriva | KDE 4.10.2 | 3.8.0 | 0-5% | 530 | 3.9 | 46 |
| Calculate Linux 13.11 KDE | 2.3 | Gentoo | KDE 4.11.3 | 3.10.19 | 0-5% | 537 | 7.1 | 64 |
| Kubuntu 13.10 | 1.0 | Ubuntu Saucy | KDE 4.11.2 | 3.11.0 | 0-5% | 547 | 5.2 | 53 |
| Chakra Fritz 2013.09 | 1.8 | Arch | KDE 4.11.1 | 3.10.10 | 0-10% | 550 | 5.0 | 41 |
| OpenSUSE 13.1 | 4.4 | OpenSUSE | KDE 4.11.2 | 3.11.6 | 0-5% | 593 | 6.0 | 53 |
| ROSA Fresh KDE R2 | 1.6 | Mandriva | KDE 4.11.3 | 3.10.19 | 0-5% | 620 | 5.4 | 53 |
| Manjaro 0.8.8 KDE | 2.0 | Arch | KDE 4.11.3 | 3.10.24 | 0-10% | 655 | 7.0 | 66 |
| Fedora 20 KDE | 0.9 | Fedora | KDE 4.11.3 | 3.12.5 | 0-5% | 691 | 8.4 | 77 |
| Korora 19.1 | 2.4 | Fedora | KDE 4.11.1 | 3.11.2 | 0-5% | 697 | 9.2 | 79 |
Final words ...
Siduction is not for weak hearted and there may be bouts of instability post updates. Further, no package manager, more control to the user, etc. means that a bit of experience with Linux is required to use this distro as the primary one. It gives comparable performance as Debian wheezy and is very smooth to work with. If you like using the latest packages but want to stick to Debian, possibly Siduction is a good choice for you. Further, the rolling release concept means that unless something doesn't gets broken, you don't need to install the distro ever again!
Another impressive thing about Siduction is robust documentation and a very helpful forum. Siduction 13.2.0 KDE gets an overall score of 7/10 from my side and is absolutely recommended. You can download both 32 and 64-bit versions from here.
Siduction Rating: 7/10
Breakup:
Installation (20%): 6.5/10
Aesthetics (20%): 4/10
Hardware Recognition (20%): 8.8/10
Pre-installed Packages (10%): 6/10
Performance (30%): 7.5/10
want that wallpaper/
ReplyDeletePlease search google images for linux wallpapers hd. I fiund it there. Else let me know, I'll post the link.
DeleteInformative. Thank you very much. I have been following your blog from the OpenSuse KDE review. Unlike some other blogs, I don't see any lose comments.
ReplyDeleteThanks for liking my blog. I write what I see and experience as objectively as possible.
DeleteNice review Arindam , I also have an hybrid graphics card with optimus ( 610m) , can you please explain how to install Bumblebee for better battary life only and avoid overheating . Bumblebee wiki is very confusing and please recommeded an ubuntu based distro with it.And very Happy New Year :)
ReplyDeleteHi Chin:
DeletePlease try Linux Mint 16 Cinnamon. Once you install it, open terminal to run the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable
Then run update command:
sudo apt-get update
Install bumblebee
sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia primus linux-kernel-generic
Once downloaded, run command to include user to the bumblebee group
sudo gpasswd -a arindam bumblebee
Here arindam is my user name and you can replace it with your username.
Restart and enjoy less heat. When you need to run a program with nvidia graphics on, run the command
Optirun (program)
To run vlc with hybrid graphics on I'll run
Optirun vlc
Please let me know if you get stuck anywhere.
Regards,
Arindam
thanks a lot , will let u know , keep rockin
DeleteArindam installed linux mint 15 and followed your steps , however also installed laptops tools with it , heat is much less and back up has incresed . Thnx a ton . Keep reviewing and bye bye windows .
DeleteGreat that bumblebee worked for you. Enjoy!
DeleteRegards,
Arindam
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ReplyDeleteGnome version comes with an office suite pre-installed. It seems to have been intentionally left out of KDE spin, in order to not pre-empt user choice. Some KDE users preffer Calligra, some stick to LibreOffice. User choice and simplicity. In a Linux context one might see it as a bonus, rather than a a negative.
ReplyDeleteExcellent review, btw. Thanks for bringing this distro to light.
PS. Previous comment was deleted due to a missing word that hindered understanding.
Makes sense to me. Thanks for bringing up the point.
DeletePlease review aptosid.
ReplyDeleteSurr. Will review in January whenever I find time.
DeleteAwesome blog. A paradise for the distrohooper ^^
ReplyDeleteRegards
Thanksbfor liking my blog :)
DeleteRegards,
Arindam
Dear Arindam,
ReplyDeleteReally nice blog here !
i have an old compaq pressario v 2000 laptop with AMD Turion 2.1 ghz processor and 1 gb ( upgraded ) ram..
which would be the best distro to enjoy linux experience while providing decent functionality at same time in view of limited resources in my old laptop..
regards,
anupam
Hi Anupam,
DeleteThanks for liking my blog. On systems with similar specs, I successfully used PCLINUXOS LXDE & Manjaro XFCE. You can please try these two distros.
Regards,
Arindam
Hello Arindam, thanks for the great review.
ReplyDeleteDo you have a chance to make a review for gentoo stable branch?
Hi Hasan, thanks for liking my review. I haven't tried Gentoo that way, except for trying live cds a few times and Sabayon linux. But in 2014 I'll surely try my hands on Gentoo.
DeleteHi Arindam,
ReplyDeleteI've come across your blog quite a few times on google while searching for linux reviews and I like your reviews.
Do you know of any good distro with NVIDIA drivers pre-installed?
Best,
Nitin
Hi Nitin:
DeleteYou can try out Mageia 4. I am using it for last one week or so. It comes with Nvidia drivers pre-installed. Please use the 3.6 Mageia 4 DVD and not the LiveDVD. Live DVD didn't work with any of the Live USB creators that I know of and Mageia website recommends.
Regards,
Arindam
Hi, consider including siduction (GNOME3), Mageia (GNOME3 not KDE!), ALT Linux (GNOME3) on your GNOME Distro review!! plz plz plz :p I am getting a new hard drive in a couple of weeks and I am following every post on this blog just to find the most suitable distro for me. I am a GNOME3 fan. Just suggesting... Anyway, keep up with the good job dude, I really really like spending my spare time reading every detail on distros I did not know they even existed up to now!! Such as Tanglu!! I assume that one will be on your review too, won't it?
ReplyDeleteDid I mention that such reviews are not available at all on the whole web? They are both up-to-date as well as full detailed! ;)
DeleteHi,
DeleteThanks for liking my reviews. Yes, the Tanglu review in distrowatch review section was penned by me :). Sure, I am downloading Mageia and ALT Gnome versions and include them in the gnome comparison for my next review.
Regards,
Arindam
Many thanks for your superb reviews! Laptop is using Mepis MX14 "AntiX" (1.5GB INTERNAL RAM, 1.5GHz "INTEL CELERON M370"), and distribution is using "Debian Testing" ("XFCE"), meta-package installer (for "foreign" non-free software), "Synaptic Package Manager" and many other graphic aids to configure the system to taste. "QUPZILLA" is a fast browser, and I add "ICEWEASEL"(Firefox Debian) and "Epiphany/Web". Link >:- http://antix.mepis.org/index.php?title=Main_Page news 2014-03-10 "MX14 RC2"
ReplyDeleteMy desktop is "PCLINUXOS KDE (LANCELOT) FULL MONTY" 4GB of comprehensive packages with "GOOGLE Chrome" browser our-of-the-box and is rolling release with snapshot inter-net mirrors. I have used "Ubuntu" and "Linux Mint" over the past years, but now I am seeking "Skype" and "GOOGLE TALK/Hangout" done out-of-the-box ("PINGUYOS 14.04") to aid newcomers converting away from "BULLY" corporate habits.
Review >:- http://www.webupd8.org/2013/12/pinguy-os-1310-released-screenshots.html
https://kixspeak.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/best-ubuntu-fork-pinguyos/
http://refugeeks.com/pinguyos-12-04-review/
DOWNLOAD >:- http://linux.softpedia.com/get/System/Operating-Systems/Linux-Distributions/Pinguy-OS-58478.shtml http://pinguyos.com/2011/08/md5sum-what-is-it-and-why-should-i-care/ http://pinguyos.com/2012/08/321/ ("INSTALL GUIDE") http://pinguyos.com/installation-guide/
Tweaking customs >:-
http://www.webupd8.org/2013/09/mount-google-drive-in-linux-with-google.html
http://www.webupd8.org/2014/01/enable-hardware-acceleration-in-chrome.html
http://www.webupd8.org/2014/03/fix-skype-not-using-desktop-gtk-theme.html
booting time to 10 seconds http://www.howtogeek.com/69753/how-to-cut-your-linux-pcs-boot-time-in-half-with-e4rat/
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/e4rat
GENERAL >:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions
Many thanks for your superb reviews! Laptop is using Mepis MX14 "AntiX" (1.5GB INTERNAL RAM, 1.5GHz "INTEL CELERON M370"), and distribution is using "Debian Testing" ("XFCE"), meta-package installer (for "foreign" non-free software), "Synaptic Package Manager" and many other graphic aids to configure the system to taste. "QUPZILLA" is a fast browser, and I add "ICEWEASEL"(Firefox Debian) and "Epiphany/Web". Link >:- http://antix.mepis.org/index.php?title=Main_Page news 2014-03-10 "MX14 RC2"
ReplyDeleteMy desktop is "PCLINUXOS KDE (LANCELOT) FULL MONTY" 4GB of comprehensive packages with "GOOGLE Chrome" browser our-of-the-box and is rolling release with snapshot inter-net mirrors. I have used "Ubuntu" and "Linux Mint" over the past years, but now I am seeking "Skype" and "GOOGLE TALK/Hangout" done out-of-the-box ("PINGUYOS 14.04") to aid newcomers converting away from "BULLY" corporate habits.
Review >:- http://www.webupd8.org/2013/12/pinguy-os-1310-released-screenshots.html
https://kixspeak.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/best-ubuntu-fork-pinguyos/
http://refugeeks.com/pinguyos-12-04-review/
DOWNLOAD >:- http://linux.softpedia.com/get/System/Operating-Systems/Linux-Distributions/Pinguy-OS-58478.shtml http://pinguyos.com/2011/08/md5sum-what-is-it-and-why-should-i-care/ http://pinguyos.com/2012/08/321/ ("INSTALL GUIDE") http://pinguyos.com/installation-guide/
Tweaking customs >:-
http://www.webupd8.org/2013/09/mount-google-drive-in-linux-with-google.html
http://www.webupd8.org/2014/01/enable-hardware-acceleration-in-chrome.html
http://www.webupd8.org/2014/03/fix-skype-not-using-desktop-gtk-theme.html
booting time to 10 seconds http://www.howtogeek.com/69753/how-to-cut-your-linux-pcs-boot-time-in-half-with-e4rat/
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/e4rat
GENERAL >:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions
Hi Arindam,
ReplyDeleteIam not a Linux Expert.But, I have successfully installed everything in Siduction KDE with your blog help only. Thank You So Much. I have also Rosa Fresh R5,OpenSuse13.2 KDE and Manjaro 0.8.11 XFCE. Iam Testing Siduction now.I installed siduction to have all the latest and upto date packages in my Linux OS.
Hi, Siduction is a superb debian based linux distro. It took some half a day to set my siduction distro. Iam telling about installing non-free repositories and additional softwares. It is very light and make me feel like still iam working in windows 7. Siduction pulls out lot of softwares in the debian repository with extension of *.deb after installing synaptic package manager and gdebi package installer. The only thing made me sad is I could not install skype in my siduction. All other things are OK.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for your thorough, enlightening reviews. I really love Debian and its family of distro spinoffs. I think I will leave this one alone for now. I might be installing Neptune 4.Have you tried Debian Dog Jessie, a Debian-based, muscle-bound Puppy . It's pretty responsive in my use from USB and truly acts like a Debian-based distro.
ReplyDeleteWhether you like it or not it will be a unique experience to try. A version based on Wheezy is also available, but after trying it I decide to move up to the later version based on Jessie, the current Debian stable. Have fun.