Solus 1.1 Linux on Scale HC3

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Solus is a new Linux distribution that includes a fresh, new desktop environment called Budgie. While Budgie is available on some other distributions this is its native platform (much like Cinnamon on Linux Mint.) Finally a chance to check it out for myself.

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As you can see the installer still leaves a bit too much to the end user and is easy for an experience Linux user but would be a little daunting to a newbie looking to use this as an easy to use end user desktop. If this is being used in a company and being installed for staff, this would not be an issue, of course.

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Login Screen

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Blank, new desktop.

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Drop down menu.

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Software installation program.

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Installing LibreOffice Calc.

travisdh1

Looking for the download, this is now the top result in Google.

scottalanmiller

@travisdh1 said in Solus 1.1 Linux on Scale HC3:

Looking for the download, this is now the top result in Google.

Wow, that is so awesome!

bbigford

Wow... that is very minimal and extremely sharp.

bbigford

I wonder how this will stackup for people's preference compared to, say, Mint with Cinnamon.

scottalanmiller

@BBigford said in Solus 1.1 Linux on Scale HC3:

Wow... that is very minimal and extremely sharp.

only gotten a tiny bit of time with it so far today, but the little bit that I have gotten... I like it quite a bit.

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@BBigford said in Solus 1.1 Linux on Scale HC3:

I wonder how this will stackup for people's preference compared to, say, Mint with Cinnamon.

So far, I would say quite well. This is very slick as a desktop goes.

travisdh1

In the first 30 seconds, I'm impressed so far. Just started it in a VirtualBox vm and it was booted and ready to go before I looked back.

scottalanmiller

Web browsing with FireFox...

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LibreOffice Calc 5

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KOOLER

Very nice! I want it or something derived from it on my Raspberry and Banana Pis

bbigford

@KOOLER said in Solus 1.1 Linux on Scale HC3:

Very nice! I want it or something derived from it on my Raspberry and Banana Pis

I bet this on a Pi is awesome.

mlnews

I don't believe that an ARM port has been made, yet.

KOOLER

They will catch up definitely! ARM is getting a very good kick now. Raspberry Pi is somehow underpowered by current "modern" means but Banana Pi solves most of the business cases AFAIK. That's NOT thin client if you care.

scottalanmiller

If only someone would make a board in the style of the RP but with the Tegra X1 or even K1, so much potential.