Condres OS, a distro much like the defunct Apricity OS, could be a speedier replacement for Linux OSes that have turned slow to no-go in recent new releases. Condres OS is an Arch-based distro that offers many pleasing usability traits similar to three popular Debian-based distros: Linux Mint; Peppermint; and Zorin, which bundles ICE and Wine accouterments. Condres OS, as is typical of Arch distributions, comes with a rolling release upgrade model. It is very easy to install and use. Something else that impresses me with Condres OS is its software balance.
Now discontinued like so many others before it.
https://condresos.codelinsoft.it/
What I found is that the Cinnamon edition would use a lot of CPU for me and the fan would constantly go while watching video's which happens on distributions that I have tried as well. One thing I noticed as well as even if you check to autologin while installing this asks you to login each time so the autologin check does nothing.
I am not to much of a fan of Mate edition as I like a menu and not just the Gnome2 menu structure. I did not play around with it long enough but did download one of the menu's that is used by others but did not use it long enough to find out how to use this menu. This like Cinnamon desktop the autologin check does nothing when doing the install as it asks you to still login.
The KDE version is nice and seems to run well enough. It is slow to startup but once loaded seems to be good. I do not have the CPU running all the time like I do in the Cinnamon desktop version. The one thing is that when updates are needed these you have to check and click on the arrow since it does not show up on the bar like Cinnamon or Mate does. This is okay for me but know that others might miss updates because of this.
The one strange thing is that when you do the instal it asks you to accept licenses for items you might not have on your own PC. For me it wanted me to accept the license for Nvidia which I do not even have in my PC. Mine uses the Intel video. It does seem like a nice OS though.
If anyone gets this physically installed in a region outside of Europe would appreciate some feedback on update speeds. We are based in Brazil and it takes hours for the initial update. Have tried various means to assign a faster mirror without success so maybe need an alternative method or just clearer/easier instructions.
I am in the US. The update speeds were pretty good for me. I did have an issue with KDE as it took quite some time to show that it had to be updated but Mate and Cinnamon showed the updates right away. I have had some that take hours to update and are slow when having over 600 updates but this one seemed faster then others.
Thanks for responding. I've now concluded it's a bit hit and miss depending on what I'm not sure :) Today one KDE install updated quickly but the second is still going through the motions.The second machine has an Intel Wireless 8265 so this might be a contributing factor.
Finally got there after several hours. The update failed twice with checksum errors but using the cache cleaner on the uninstalled packages and then re-syncing the databases eventually achieved the initial update of 615 packages.
I will have to give this a try. I have used Arch back in the day when they had the easy install instructions. I even used archboot back in the day which just made it easier to install desktops. It was still harder to install then those today. I enjoy using Mate so will have to give that a go. I do not like the the Gnome2 menu so hopefully they use a menu like Mint does as it makes it easier to use. I have been testing out Mageia beta lately but using KDE since the Mate they have is just the Gnome 2 Menu structure which I was never a fan of. I will love to test many of these versions they have as I know I would like many of them.
We are really happy to have read your review on our operating system. It flatters us that everything we have done has been done with the heart and doing it means giving the maximum so that users can be satisfied using our system. We are happy to give any clarification regarding our system.
Thank you
The Condres OS team
Condres OS Conjures Up Pleasing Arch Linux Transition
Posted by: Jack M. Germain April 18, 2019 12:00 PMCondres OS, a distro much like the defunct Apricity OS, could be a speedier replacement for Linux OSes that have turned slow to no-go in recent new releases. Condres OS is an Arch-based distro that offers many pleasing usability traits similar to three popular Debian-based distros: Linux Mint; Peppermint; and Zorin, which bundles ICE and Wine accouterments. Condres OS, as is typical of Arch distributions, comes with a rolling release upgrade model. It is very easy to install and use. Something else that impresses me with Condres OS is its software balance.
https://condresos.codelinsoft.it/
I am not to much of a fan of Mate edition as I like a menu and not just the Gnome2 menu structure. I did not play around with it long enough but did download one of the menu's that is used by others but did not use it long enough to find out how to use this menu. This like Cinnamon desktop the autologin check does nothing when doing the install as it asks you to still login.
The KDE version is nice and seems to run well enough. It is slow to startup but once loaded seems to be good. I do not have the CPU running all the time like I do in the Cinnamon desktop version. The one thing is that when updates are needed these you have to check and click on the arrow since it does not show up on the bar like Cinnamon or Mate does. This is okay for me but know that others might miss updates because of this.
The one strange thing is that when you do the instal it asks you to accept licenses for items you might not have on your own PC. For me it wanted me to accept the license for Nvidia which I do not even have in my PC. Mine uses the Intel video. It does seem like a nice OS though.
There's an interesting discussion (if you can call some of it that) here, now closed.
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/condres-os-dejavu/77884
IMO any possible negatives from that are still outweighed by the positives and Condres has already moved on considerably since this time.
Thank you
The Condres OS team