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Döbbie03

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

A new Arch-based one for anyone interested - Kiro Linux

https://kiroproject.be/

Eric Dubois (ArcoLinux) back releasing a distro.

Hard pass.

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

A new Arch-based one for anyone interested - Kiro Linux

https://kiroproject.be/

Eric Dubois (ArcoLinux) back releasing a distro.

Hard pass.

6.8gb iso, can it be more bloated?

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Döbbie03

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

A new Arch-based one for anyone interested - Kiro Linux

https://kiroproject.be/

Eric Dubois (ArcoLinux) back releasing a distro.

Hard pass.

6.8gb iso, can it be more bloated?

I have downloaded larger ISO's. 

Hard pass not only because of Erik, but the AI slop.  It can take a flying leap.

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

but the AI slop.  It can take a flying leap.

This.

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Colonel Panic

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

A new Arch-based one for anyone interested - Kiro Linux

https://kiroproject.be/

Eric Dubois (ArcoLinux) back releasing a distro.

Hard pass.

6.8gb iso, can it be more bloated?

Yes, even the standard Ubuntu install iso is over 5 GB now. The times have passed when you could be reasonably certain that a distro's ISO would fit on a standard DVD. Some of the RedHat clone ISOs are 9 GB or even 10 GB.

Last edited by Colonel Panic (2026-06-05 18:40:51)

Nili

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

Yes, even the standard Ubuntu install iso is over 5 GB now.

Personally, i haven't used Ubuntu in decades, but i think whoever going to try from scratch, Ubuntu like many other distros offers bare-minimum possible where we can start.

openSUSE it have JeOS equivalent.

Mini-ISO is my favorite way to install use an OS.

Edit: corrected Ubuntu MiniISO links to current snapshots, not archive ones.

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

You must have bailed pretty early if you haven't used it in decades.  It's only been around for 2.

Colonel Panic

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

I'm currently posting from ExTix Deepin 26.5, which I downloaded a while ago but wasn't able to burn off to a USB drive (which I can now, with the aid of Balena).

If you like AI agents there's a good one built into Deepin in the form of UOS, but if you don't need one (and I don't), it's difficult to turn it off.

On the plus side, ExTix Deepin runs very well from RAM (which is unusual for a dIstro with an ISO larger than 5 GB), and Deepin's file manager is very good; it loads instantly and offers you the option of opening a folder with either read and write permissions to any of the writable files (e.g. text files) it contains or just keeping them as read only, which is useful.

It looks to me as though a lot of thought has been put into Deepin, it's just a shame that you have to deal with the AI agent whether or not you want to (why don't they provide an option to turn it on or off when you load it up?).

https://www.extix.se/2026/05/01/extix-d … ld-260501/

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Nili

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

You must have bailed pretty early if you haven't used it in decades.  It's only been around for 2.

I ran away early from there as i felt i had to leave for #! which would mean better experience. As #! ended one day, other doors opened.

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

You mean a certain distro with a bespectacled mad scientist who routinely sets his assistant on fire as it's inspiration caught your attention? Hmm...

Plasma? ?

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

Not too exciting, but just threw Linux Lite on an older notebook for the bro-in-law.  Replaced Win7/10, and it's working great for him so far - another Linux distro convert.

https://www.linuxliteos.com

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DeepDayze

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

Isn

Not too exciting, but just threw Linux Lite on an older notebook for the bro-in-law.  Replaced Win7/10, and it's working great for him so far - another Linux distro convert.

https://www.linuxliteos.com

Isn't that one based on Ubuntu or on Debian?

EDIT: I see its based on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

Not too exciting, but just threw Linux Lite on an older notebook for the bro-in-law.  Replaced Win7/10, and it's working great for him so far - another Linux distro convert.

https://www.linuxliteos.com

I have installed Trixie with Plasma on a cheap-o HP Laptop 15 laptop that sports a weak 2-core AMD A6 CPU. Windows ran like a dog on that thing but Debian breathed new life into that laptop. Now I repurposed it into a netbook-type machine that I can take with me when I travel.

Linux Lite I could test on that machine as well.

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Colonel Panic

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

Not too exciting, but just threw Linux Lite on an older notebook for the bro-in-law.  Replaced Win7/10, and it's working great for him so far - another Linux distro convert.

https://www.linuxliteos.com

I have installed Trixie with Plasma on a cheap-o HP Laptop 15 laptop that sports a weak 2-core AMD A6 CPU. Windows ran like a dog on that thing but Debian breathed new life into that laptop. Now I repurposed it into a netbook-type machine that I can take with me when I travel.

Linux Lite I could test on that machine as well.

Excellent! I'd like to see some sort of a comparison test between Trixie and Ubuntu 26 (on which Lite is based), to see which one is more suitable for desktop use. I've got Ubuntu 24 (Bento respin) on my hard drive and at the moment I don't really see the point of upgrading to 26, but that may change.

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