WTF is MakuluLinux?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 มิ.ย. 2022
- Today I talk about MakuluLinux, an Ubuntu based distro that is kinda cool but also really odd.
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LOL There seems to be more interesting distros every single day. Knowing all relevant distros is like getting to the end of the internet. TY for the video
Guys, I'm here to happily say that I have escaped the DistroHopping syndrome, and I believe in you and you guys can do it too. I am proud of my self. I only try a new distro every other week now.
@the Linux Cast - Hi there, I'm Jacque Raymer from MakuluLinux Development team. I just want to say I love the review, especially the things that you criticize, a lot of it is in the pro build, but its great that you point out everything. Also the reason for the confusion with Ubuntu/Debian is because we release on both, some releases we do are Debian based, some Ubuntu, some even hybrid... Is there a way i can get in touch with you ? I'm going to drop you an email on your TH-cam email address either today or tomorrow, so keep an eye out for it :)
Dear MakuluLinux.
May I suggest that on your menu, the "info field" - when hovering over a menu item, gets placed to the right of the mouse, possibly within the grey band highlighting the menu item being hovered over. It is not good that the info field appears below the mouse blocking the lower items on the menu.
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The welcome screen has quite the hodge podge of icon types. What a mess.
A thing to take on account is that they are switching from Ubuntu-based to Debian-based. I see this distro being used by people who like theming in the way of windows. So you can change the feel on some menus. And at least they are built-in and they don't have to to be downloaded and move file s around like gtk based or kde with managers failing to install/download themes.
Excellent review - thank you
Some very interesting features going on here! I don't know if it's ready to be run as a daily driver as there's a log of rough edges, but I do like how it's gone all in on the cooler Linux features like APK support, WINE, desktop layouts etc.
It feels very Zorin-esque in its customisation and targeting of Windows users, but I think there's a lot that could be done to help in that regard. Good work though!
very cool. definitely will be trying this one
It's not WTF is Makulu Linux? - It's Makulu Linux... WTF? (in a good way)
Great review as always
I've tried many distributions, and one day I tried Makulu, and it was the first distribution I actually donated to.
It seems like distros are pumped out daily. Luckily at least equally as many disappear daily 😅
My take on that swap size: I don´t get how Linux kind of don´t want you to use swap (I´m looking at you Fedora, Ubuntu and friends). Haven´t they heard of hibernation? Think about laptops and you soon realize why "hibernate after suspend" is a must. Lets say you use your laptop and close the lid at 50% battery. It will suspend and if you leave it in the bag for a few days it will die at 0% battery. That´s both a hard reset for your system and pretty abusive to the battery. The correct way is of course that the laptop suspend on lid close and after a few hours goes in to hibernation. This is default on MacBooks since a VERY long time ago, and I know Windows usually can do it if you click around in it´s layers of stupid control panels.
The only user-friendly distro that comes to mind in this regard is Manjaro KDE. You have "Swap with hibernate" as an option in Calamares, and then KDE has a setting for hibernate after suspend.
These things are pretty important for normal users. Manual partitioning and ACPI-tinkering should not be necessary in 2022 for any distro that wants to challenge the Windows/Mac-duopoly.
Or the short version: Swapspace FTW!
I don't mind there being a swap. I want an option for swap to file and swap with no hibernate. Both of witch are standard in Calamares. Which means they pulled it out of Makulu for reasons.
It's kinda complicated, because you want to make absolutely sure you DON'T provide swap on SSDs as swapping is rather dangerous for SSDs.
Those cursors remind me of good old days when you could install themes and customize windows ;)
I'm late to the party but I think this is still valid. The problem with a lot of distros reviews, is that the review seems to be talking to an in-group - a bunch of nerds - and maybe they are. If linux is going to move from being a niche-hobbyist-nerd obsession that people want to develop software for, we need to bring in the normies. I'd like to see reviews focus more on what the end user can do with the os because at the end of the day, the computer is a tool to most people, they don't care and will never care about what is under the hood. How does this tool do what I want it to do. I still read articles in mainstream publications talking about how linux requires technical know-how. This perception needs to change.
The resolution setting problem does NOT happen on hardware.
I might hop to that soon a little too much bling bling but maybe
Have I mentioned InstantOS?
To be completely fair, the "gnome" flavour looks like a lot more like cinnamon than gnome
Why don't Arch-based distros have lots of theming options?
Arco does.
@@TheLinuxCast Cool! I didn't know that, thanks bro!
Distro been around for awhile.. .4.3 was released 2013-11-28
WTF are those cursors? DMZ FTW!
love their animations to be honest. but that's about it.
I like big cursors and I cannot lie....
It is nice because you can change from layout to layout and all your custom stuff STAYS there.. I first thought it was DESKTOPS-- but it's NOT-- it IS gnome. WITH A LOT of extra goodies... to "customize"-- which on normal gnome you can't do much with.
You: I'm not all knowing (claim); Despite what I might claim (post qualifying statement fragment) better would be phrasing as a prequalifying statement.
Contrary to what I may claim I do not know everything.
Thank you for the grammar lesson.
My first thought when the intro video pop up: "OMG they put Windows in a Linux distro" lol. Awesome video.
Looks like GNOME with some fancy background work..
What is Makulo Linux? Well, another Linux variant. ;-)
With 8 to 16 background(themes- whatever you want to call them)- it WOULD be a large ISO.
They're nice guys.. I bought the one-- and they sent me the link to the 16 background version just for being nice and buying the first one--- NO DISTRO has ever done that... which to me means they are TRYING EXTREMELY hard to make this not only work- but work well-- for the MOST people possible!!!
Can't understand why it's weird why it hasn't office installed? I like that, if you need it install it, not as default.
I haven't installed it since I installed this back in Juli/Aug -21. Never use it so why should that be preinstalled?
I might use it every 5th year or so so if I need it I just use a VM and use that and not bloating my system.
Sure you can uninstall but there is no application I've seen so far that let's you uninstall EVERY file created by the application so it still leaves "crap" behind, and THIS is a thing I really want in ANY installation.
I think it's odd given some of the other things that *are* installed
@@TheLinuxCast Yeah, but for me that is an error on their part 😋
thus making this distro much better 😂
Had you NOT skipped forward- you would have seen where it TELLS you it's a VIDEO that you can bypass if you desire..
Those cursors make me understand why they're called cursors. Because they're gonna make you curse. A lot. Holy shit those cursors are bad... Unless you're a Naruto giga fan. Then you might enjoy the shuriken cursor. 🤣
Actually Makulu Linux was a very well known distro back 5-10 years ago, this distro has been around for a good amount of time, im surprised you haven't heard of it before. there has been many variations Makulu linux from memory.
same, but we all can probably think of a few distros others haven't heard of but being for a while.
I don't like the idea of paid Linux. I wouldn't want to facilitate such a practice.
It's cool if you like Desktop Environments but after using a window manager for several years the thought of returning to a DE kinda makes me throw up in my mouth a teeny bit. Nice review though :)
Curious to hear what the arguments are for rejecting Google Chrome. Is it an anti-google thing or do they actually hate the product.
As much as I hate to admit it, and yes, Chrome's UI is like 15 years out of date, but it's still the fastest, smoothest browser I've tried... And I was a Firefox early adopter
personally I love safari more.
@@ahmedifhaam7266 fair, bur Safari isn’t cross platform
@@Flackon yea, I would not exactly call it a browser anyway, like how we say chrome, Firefox etc. I see Safari as an extension of MacOS that enables internet browsing. Its that integrated. But its really fast and really good and probably the easiest to use. The closes anything else came was when I riced the heck out of librewolf. These days, I kind of stopped daily driving linux. I just use my m1 MacBook Air, still the same posix statement, can manage packages, and I like my work separated so if I wanna setup even a simple web sever, I just do it a separate linux machine and just ssh or something. personally I find diving the work into these 2 layers, with macOS on the frontend much more intuitive hassle free. just my experience. kind of digressed but yea.
If it is based on Ubuntu then obviously it is based on Debian.
The makulu icon looks like the MEGA icon; I dont like it. But most importantly, WTF with those cursors. Everything looks like something a 14-year-old probably would like. Also, what a bizarre selection of software corectrl installed by default? At least they should ask if you are using an AMD GPU.
It is odd. I wanted to use the Hippo logo, but couldn't find one of them in high enough resolution. So the Mega like one was the only one I could use
Kick off menu? Jeez, give me a break.
Too few install options, nothing interesting, not arch. If you aren't going to make an arch distro at least make a fedora distro.
Not everyone like Arch or Fedora
I am keeping a eye on The Nobara Project, It's a gaming Fedora distro with a custom game kernel, being made by the team that made Lutris and being headed by Glorious Eggroll. It's still super early in development and currently just looks like Fedora. But even now, it's pretty modified.
default browser choice shouldn't matter to anyone. i always uninstall the default browser and install brave anyway. if i was going to whine about the default browser, i wouldn't be able to use pretty much any linux distro at all except arco (that i know of).
Note on the "Welcome Video": I think your lambasting so long on the impossibility to close that is annoyingly weird - never heard of ALT F4 ? Video is closed in a blink. Or alternatively ESC to end fullscreen mode and than click the close button. Again, actually a no brainer for anybody but a newbie...
I like your videos but they could probably be 50% shorter because you constantly repeat the same thing.
Wow, man. You like the distro and are this critical? I can only imagine how you'r rip something you don't like. The shit you nit pick really don't matter. Just about everything that you've complained about can either be added, removed or changed. Is it user friendly? Is it functional? Can you easily adapt it to meet your needs? What are you looking for in a Linux distro?