Great review. I'm glad you reinstalled after I mentioned the kernel issue on the last video. This is one of those distros that just does everything I need including providing every app I use for my workflow within the software center in native packages.
I switched to Fedora 40 and installed cachyos kernel and done a few other tweaks last night. Gaming is awesome but you have me wanting to try Solus now because you mentioned how smooth it was gaming, I really enjoy your videos I've learned a lot from you
Have known about Solus since about 2016/2017 but only since 2019 I'm daily driving it on my laptop. It's rock stable, hasn't let me down even after updates, feels very snappy & quick on Budgie/Gnome like no other distro, the commands to install software are really simple & overall is the perfect fit for me as it has all my required applications in the repo; I love it a lot & has cured me of distrohopping since 2019
J'ai voulu tenter l'aventure, je ne prétends pas être un poweruser linux, mais j'ai suffisamment de connaissances, et le manque de documentation, même en se basant sur LFS, reste très limité pour faire des modifications en dehors d'une utilisation basique. Rien que modifier vconsole et mettre à jour grub, c'est la misère jusqu'à ce que je découvre clr-boot-manager inclus dans la distrib...
8 months later since this review released and solus maintainers still have not included Nvidia drivers on plasma baseline install. I still get black screen and for some reason can't get on tty. I'm still hopeful.
Resolve does "just install" but it is still missing dependencies to run. I was able to manually install them all but Im stuck on libc++.so.1 missing. I installed llvm-devel which should've installed libc++ but it doesnt work still. Im thinking there needs to be a symbolic link created somewhere so they talk to one another. Haven't figured that piece out yet.
OK. There are rly a lot of Distros now in the YT Gaming bubble. Endeavour, Cachy, Garuda, Nobara, Pop OS, Mint, now Solus and certainly some more. I don't rly get which one to choose for what advantage?? I mean Games should work, drivers should work, while having as little clutter as possible and giving you the most hardware performance possible. Can we rank the Distros by that metric?
I have done a tier list 2 months ago: ua-cam.com/video/pkc-rD_-2zA/v-deo.html It does not include all the distros I reviewed in between. I will make another one in 3 months from now with all the updated reviews.
Im on nobaraTried fedora, pop os MX linux but disapointed had couple issue. I juste tried solus on a VM I might be switching from nobara since solus is independant. The worse scenario... redhat doesnt sponsor fedora anymore.. it might have a lot impact same for canonical for ubuntu... but Id prefer go with solus after halfday using solus nothing wrong yet except timeshift a bit tricky to install.. other than that I managed to install onedrive and GUI from abraunegg smoothly. on nobara it partially work I feel.. I highly recommend you solus
I find that gaming on Budgie is more fluid than KDE or Gnome. I have no clue WHY this is, since it's on the same platform as Gnome, but it just feels more fluid to me, less stuttering.
I have question that needs an up-to-date answer: Is it worth it to use a custom kernel instead of the default one? I believe that it makes sense to think that the gap between default and custom kernels is getting smaller. This might be wrong, tho. Could you compare the performance across kernels like default, xanmod, xanmod RT, liquorix, Zen? Of course, focusing on gaming performance.
I've been using Solus for over a year now, but my gaming machine has stayed on Windows just because of inertia and desire to keep it around for odd proprietary software that doesn't work with Wine. As a office machine with some development capabilities, it's one of my top choices because the desktop and packaging does get out of the way. It's just not as feature-rich as a Debian or Arch-based distro because it's redone some important system internals from the beginning and hasn't been around long enough to address stuff like gaming graphics, or tablets that aren't Wacom(there are packages for Wacom, but for other manufacturers, up until just last week you had to build and run opentabletdriver yourself - fortunately someone has taken on maintenance so this particular wart may be fixed).
Solus has always been my favourite disribution for gaming, the only problem is that the Solus project has vanished for a long time, then it has come back from nowhere. So the future of this distro is not clear and repositories are sparse, but for gamaing it was the fastest imho.
Could the stutter maybe also be from the scheduler? I tried Solus today and everything is super smooth until something happen on my second screen or a get a discord/Whatsapp Message, then I get stutter in the exact moment the new Messages comes in.
Except they can't get the printing bug dealt with. It's been a problem since their rebirth. Loads of people complain that their printers are not recognized. Until that gets resolved they won't go anywhere.
@@AlucardNoir but it still should just work, just like on other distros. just saying only a few users use that specific feature, does not invalidate them
I heard that Solus is not exactly up to date (2024), because it was abandoned years ago, and then restarted, so the status is not quite clear. Is this true!
@@user-wq8cp3bi9k Yeha, it was almost closed. Since then it's doing better than ever with more than regular updates & more talkative devs. I can recommend it as a daily driver
Always can't wait to hear "As always, let's start with a little bit of context"😂❤
Great review. I'm glad you reinstalled after I mentioned the kernel issue on the last video. This is one of those distros that just does everything I need including providing every app I use for my workflow within the software center in native packages.
I switched to Fedora 40 and installed cachyos kernel and done a few other tweaks last night. Gaming is awesome but you have me wanting to try Solus now because you mentioned how smooth it was gaming, I really enjoy your videos I've learned a lot from you
@@ProjectMork MAAAAANNN ITS LIKE YOU ME BUT IN THE FUTURE 😂 i just got fedora 40 too!!!
Have known about Solus since about 2016/2017 but only since 2019 I'm daily driving it on my laptop. It's rock stable, hasn't let me down even after updates, feels very snappy & quick on Budgie/Gnome like no other distro, the commands to install software are really simple & overall is the perfect fit for me as it has all my required applications in the repo; I love it a lot & has cured me of distrohopping since 2019
I used solus because i saw that the budgie ram usage was low, i couldn't figure much out coming from arch lol
Solus team is making progress. We need to wait.
They've been "making progress" since Ikey left. If you're still waiting that's on you.
Yes ! Super vidéo. Ça semble très prometteur solus . En gros si on touche pas au kernel et si on a pas NVIDIA ça fait quand même bien le taf ! Merci
J'ai voulu tenter l'aventure, je ne prétends pas être un poweruser linux, mais j'ai suffisamment de connaissances, et le manque de documentation, même en se basant sur LFS, reste très limité pour faire des modifications en dehors d'une utilisation basique. Rien que modifier vconsole et mettre à jour grub, c'est la misère jusqu'à ce que je découvre clr-boot-manager inclus dans la distrib...
On their website they mentioned recording music. Does anyone has experienced it? Cause usually it needs a low latency kernel...
8 months later since this review released and solus maintainers still have not included Nvidia drivers on plasma baseline install. I still get black screen and for some reason can't get on tty. I'm still hopeful.
Resolve does "just install" but it is still missing dependencies to run. I was able to manually install them all but Im stuck on libc++.so.1 missing. I installed llvm-devel which should've installed libc++ but it doesnt work still. Im thinking there needs to be a symbolic link created somewhere so they talk to one another. Haven't figured that piece out yet.
Great video
this video is very helpful u gained a sub
my fav distro :D
OK. There are rly a lot of Distros now in the YT Gaming bubble.
Endeavour, Cachy, Garuda, Nobara, Pop OS, Mint, now Solus and certainly some more.
I don't rly get which one to choose for what advantage??
I mean Games should work, drivers should work, while having as little clutter as possible and giving you the most hardware performance possible.
Can we rank the Distros by that metric?
I have done a tier list 2 months ago: ua-cam.com/video/pkc-rD_-2zA/v-deo.html It does not include all the distros I reviewed in between. I will make another one in 3 months from now with all the updated reviews.
Im on nobaraTried fedora, pop os MX linux but disapointed had couple issue. I juste tried solus on a VM I might be switching from nobara since solus is independant. The worse scenario... redhat doesnt sponsor fedora anymore.. it might have a lot impact same for canonical for ubuntu... but Id prefer go with solus after halfday using solus nothing wrong yet except timeshift a bit tricky to install.. other than that I managed to install onedrive and GUI from abraunegg smoothly. on nobara it partially work I feel.. I highly recommend you solus
Budgie along with Deepin are the GOAT of Linux DEs.
Are Fedora and Debian what Solus could be?
Try the Void linux
I find that gaming on Budgie is more fluid than KDE or Gnome. I have no clue WHY this is, since it's on the same platform as Gnome, but it just feels more fluid to me, less stuttering.
I have question that needs an up-to-date answer: Is it worth it to use a custom kernel instead of the default one? I believe that it makes sense to think that the gap between default and custom kernels is getting smaller. This might be wrong, tho. Could you compare the performance across kernels like default, xanmod, xanmod RT, liquorix, Zen? Of course, focusing on gaming performance.
I've been using Solus for over a year now, but my gaming machine has stayed on Windows just because of inertia and desire to keep it around for odd proprietary software that doesn't work with Wine. As a office machine with some development capabilities, it's one of my top choices because the desktop and packaging does get out of the way. It's just not as feature-rich as a Debian or Arch-based distro because it's redone some important system internals from the beginning and hasn't been around long enough to address stuff like gaming graphics, or tablets that aren't Wacom(there are packages for Wacom, but for other manufacturers, up until just last week you had to build and run opentabletdriver yourself - fortunately someone has taken on maintenance so this particular wart may be fixed).
Solus has always been my favourite disribution for gaming, the only problem is that the Solus project has vanished for a long time, then it has come back from nowhere. So the future of this distro is not clear and repositories are sparse, but for gamaing it was the fastest imho.
Nice vid
Sympa ta chaine. :)
Il est français
@@dei123 Oui il l'est
Could the stutter maybe also be from the scheduler?
I tried Solus today and everything is super smooth until something happen on my second screen or a get a discord/Whatsapp Message, then I get stutter in the exact moment the new Messages comes in.
Except they can't get the printing bug dealt with. It's been a problem since their rebirth. Loads of people complain that their printers are not recognized. Until that gets resolved they won't go anywhere.
I don't like solus or the people in charge BUT... how many people still use home printers? No, really.
In my particular case, the printer connected through Wifi gets recognised with no issue
@@AlucardNoir but it still should just work, just like on other distros. just saying only a few users use that specific feature, does not invalidate them
Hello Kermit!
I heard that Solus is not exactly up to date (2024), because it was abandoned years ago, and then restarted, so the status is not quite clear. Is this true!
solus seem to be reliable and dead too.
Solus hasn't been good in years.
Since their pause last year, Solus has been doing better like never before
solus is dead project :(
Rly?
@@Taunteuryes
Where is that stated? So far the team is doing better than ever
@@SithhyBetter than ever???? R you kidding me? Olmost project was closed.
@@user-wq8cp3bi9k Yeha, it was almost closed. Since then it's doing better than ever with more than regular updates & more talkative devs. I can recommend it as a daily driver