PureOS 8.0 Beta1: Pure fresh air after 5 years.

Hey, looks like you didn't have reviews in a while. Thanks, mate. Enjoyed this one

I agree with Bad Wolf. This review was somewhat disappointing. You gave this Debian System a free passport. It didn't take away that you are definitely one of the most interesting operating system reviewers of all time! Your style is unique...the way you pause as if you're in brownstudy. With the exception of this particular video, you don't come across as hasty (in decision making). Looking forward to your reviews on HardenedBSD (with Gnome 3), Tribblix, Slackware and Porteus. Also, I look forward to your reviews of XFCE, AWESOME , DWM, JWM and OpenBox window managers. You have a unique numbering scheme on top of the screen and you seem so committed to finding a decent operating system. You are the very first to disappoint, but yet your unique presentation style irks me on to suscribe. I definitely look forward to your reviews. Keep those obscure OS reviews coming.

PureBrowser is not just rebranded Firefox. Unlike Firefox its built in extension / plug in/ add-on repo excludes any unfree software.

Isn't ~750MB of RAM about average for Gnome? If you were on xfce or MATE I would be concerned, but that really doesn't look outrageous to me.

any plans on try sparky linux 5.1 xfce on the pentium 2 box? and whats systemd?

PureOS 8 Beta 1 does not give a great OOBE. It is simply the worst Debian distro out there. You really cannot give a proper review of a distro from experience in a VM. I installed it to bare metal for a week and I have to say that beta or not, PureOS does not give a good impression. It leaves the user feeling frustrated. What's easy to do in a Ubuntu based distro, is not easy in some Debian based distros. PureOS being one of the worst OOBE ever. Let's get to the resource usage. It runs at a base of around 600 at boot. Not bad for how Gnome is now. Gnome is pretty bloated these days compared to back in the day. So with that said, it's pretty light on the resources in comparison to stock Gnome. So, there's that. Ease of use: You gave it a 9 simply because it's Debian based. You stated that Ubuntu is based on Debian which is true, but, as I stated above is very true. Also, with how Debian is these days, it's not easy anymore. So, maybe brush up on how Debian is these days. Ubuntu is by far the easiest distro to use. It's come so far away from Debian that it is basically it's own now. Flexibility: You stated that since it's uses Debian's repos that it's flexible and you gave it a 10 simply because of that fact. Debian is no longer flexible like it used to be. Neither is PureOS. Look & Feel: As you said: "It's Gnome." I agree with you totally. You either like the look of base Gnome or you don't. Your review is chock full of assumptions over the fact it's based on Debian. When was the last time you used Debian, or Linux for that matter? Not to sound disrespectful, but, with all the assumptions you've expressed in this video, it's seems like it's been quite awhile. Anyway, here are my results: OOBE: 5 Ease of Use: 5 Flexibility: 4 Look & Feel: 8 Overall Score: 6 In conclusion: PureOS isn't the worst distro in the pond, but, it's in the bottom 100 of the worst.