Linux Distro Reviews

Solus 4.1 MATE

Sunday, September 27, 2020

Motives for Trying This Distro

I wanted to try the MATE version of Solus 4.1 for two reasons.

First, I have been following Solus since it was called Evolve OS and I regularily check in on it. Solus does a better job than most distros of aesthetics.

Second, I like MATE's more traditional approach to the desktop, i.e., panel on the bottom of the screen with a start menu button, window buttons, a notification area, a clock etc.

Observations

Cons

• During the first try, the distro failed to wake up after going into suspend.
• I rebooted and instantly tried to change the default dark theme only to discover that none of the apps in the menu launched.

Pros

• Nice default wallpaper wooded valley.