Verified User in Financial Services
IF
Verified User in Financial Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Linux OS"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Solus?

Its features such as calendar, Toola and utilities, Disk Analayzer, GPT partition.

Solus is all in one OS which can be easily competing Mac OS UI with that set it has a cutting edge UI Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Solus?

Nothing to disklike about Solus UI as it has all set of tools ans technologies ao it cannot be replaced by any other OS, if someone is uisng it including me we are really enjoying its build architecture Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

fred h.
FH
fred h.
Senior Technology Innovation Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"An Alternative to Ubuntu in 2021"
4/5
What do you like best about Solus?

If you are looking for a fresher Budgie desktop without the issues you can find in Gnome or Plasma then Solus is an option in 2021. The UI is streamlined and almost material based in the design. Also, the speed and consistency of the operating system is one of the best things going for the Solus team at this time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Solus?

If you do not know how to package apps then the app selection is few. You can use Electron apps as a subsutitue but Solus is not for someone unfamilar with Linux. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Verified User in Computer Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A very user friendly, beautiful, linux OS that's ready to go out of the box."
4.5/5
What do you like best about Solus?

The best part about Solus is how well-designed things are. It is clear that the developers put a lot of effort into making it a pleasant user experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Solus?

Occasionally when you run into an issue it can be hard to track down a solution. This is mostly because the Solus community is relatively small and there aren't a lot of questions and answers about it on stack overflow. However, the community is often responsive if you do take the time to write up an excellent description of your problem and the things that you've already tried. That being said, most of the issues I faced where due to user error. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
CI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Used for Developers"
5/5
What do you like best about Solus?

Good for hardware support. It is stable and very easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Solus?

It has less functionality. there are other operating systems which could offer better hardware support like ubuntu. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Verified User in Computer Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"luxurious desktop with modern technologies"
5/5
What do you like best about Solus?

Pardus linux pisi package management system using an open source operating system you can enjoy the mac futures in linux distribution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Solus?

They should reschedule software updates for users change the day from Friday fix that software update schedule on Sunday. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Design
AD
Verified User in Design
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Fine, but underwhelming"
2.5/5
What do you like best about Solus?

The Budgie desktop looks great and is fast, and it's cool that it was made from scratch and not based on a mainstream distro. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Solus?

Overall, it was boring. Nothing made me go "wow, THIS is why I wanna use Solus!" That, and the relative lack of software available for install that didn't require me to build programs myself and hope for the best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
UM
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"ONe of the best Linus distros, but not for everyone"
4/5
What do you like best about Solus?

- It's rolling release, so you always have newest software

- It's fast

- The developers are very transparent and explain all the changes they do

- Easy to use for people who just start their Linux experience

- Package manager is fast Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Solus?

- The package manager is self built so no other packages can be installed (no deb, rpm etc)

- It's missing some packages/applications in the software center and it can be really annoying

- Due to Solus being a niche distribution it's sometimes hard to find solutions for particular problems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Games
UC
Verified User in Computer Games
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Waaay better than windows!!!"
5/5
What do you like best about Solus?

I love how fast this OS is, there is literally nothing like it, and it’s even better than Ubuntu Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Solus?

When it starts up it has a couple of error messages that I don’t understand Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.