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Anyone try NeptuneOS?

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moneer

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Hello everyone. So I was browsing around looking for a new os to try out, when I came across this video made by a long time Linux user. He said he just tried Neptune and it's the fastest distro he's ever used. Now my question to anyone who used it. Is that true? Is this OS the most stable and responsive of all debian based distros?
 
I haven't used it, but I'd be surprised if it were much different than any other Debian based distro. Sounds like wishful thinking on the part of the reviewer you saw.
 
lxskllr said:
I haven't used it, but I'd be surprised if it were much different than any other Debian based distro. Sounds like wishful thinking on the part of the reviewer you saw.
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That's why I came to ask. He had a video of it in action. It was snappy, but we don't know the specs of his pc.
 
moneer said:
That's why I came to ask. He had a video of it in action. It was snappy, but we don't know the specs of his pc.
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AFAIK, KDE is the heaviest desktop you can run on GNU/Linux. I'd be very surprised if it felt faster than something like Lubuntu; it hasn't been in my experience running KDE on Xubuntu(as an alternate desktop).

The site makes no mention of "optimizations" to the kernel, or anything else relating to speeding up the experience. It looks like an alternative to Kubuntu, based on Debian stable, but with modern kernels backported.

I'm honestly not sure what that gets you. You get Debian stable which is like a rock(but old and crusty), with the newer untested by Debian kernels, which may reduce stability. I guess if something like Kubuntu that isn't Kubuntu appeals to you, it's worth a shot, but I wouldn't do it for performance reasons.
 
lxskllr said:
AFAIK, KDE is the heaviest desktop you can run on GNU/Linux. I'd be very surprised if it felt faster than something like Lubuntu; it hasn't been in my experience running KDE on Xubuntu(as an alternate desktop).

The site makes no mention of "optimizations" to the kernel, or anything else relating to speeding up the experience. It looks like an alternative to Kubuntu, based on Debian stable, but with modern kernels backported.

I'm honestly not sure what that gets you. You get Debian stable which is like a rock(but old and crusty), with the newer untested by Debian kernels, which may reduce stability. I guess if something like Kubuntu that isn't Kubuntu appeals to you, it's worth a shot, but I wouldn't do it for performance reasons.
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Thanks. I guess he probably just has God-like specs and the KDE de makes better use of his internals than other de's. Thanks again for all the info you shared with me.
 
Every linux distro review ive ever read goes along the lines of

- its great
- its stable
- its responsive
- its snappy <-- this comment is always there without fail!

The only way to know if an OS is any good is to try it yourself.
 
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