Saturday, April 11, 2026

Pearl Linux is fantastic

It is based on Debian 13 series.
The iso is 4.2GB.
It has its own PDE Desktop.
Has its own Package Manager supplemnted with Synaptic Package Manager.
It has Blender.
I have No hesitation to recommended it to a newbie.
It has a paid version, too.
One should Register with email for additional help.
I did not test its package manager.
Installing AbiWord currently.
Dedktop seems to be MATE but using Synaptic Package Manager, I got GNOME installed.
Had two of the same application is installed one perhaps sandboxed and othe on APT of Synaptic. Gave a Warning on APT but I ignored it.
File Managers were not visible on MATE but I installed Dophin and Nautilus.
I am forgetting the names.
Overall it is a good than the previous encounter with Pearl Linux.
I have PDE Desktop which looks like MaC Desktop.
I am currently updating it packges.
It is bit SLOW in response compared to GNOME of Debian GNOME.
I refuse to install a Linux Distribution that does not support GNOME.
Only exception is Neon User KDE 6.6.
By the way, I had to sacrifice BlueStar LINUX. No  space and CachyOS is GRUB is incompatible with other Linux distributions just like Omarchy OS.
GRUB file is neat and I habe 5 distributions and two of them are GNOME.
I have dropped Linux Mint but did not try Debian Mint also.
Icons for Applications are big and is comfortable for my failing eyes.
Inkscape and Scribus available.

THANK You to all Developer girls and boys.
What a distinction compared to Manjaro and Elementary OS.
I have not tested Pear OS which is not Live but installer Image.

By the way, I UPDATED Endless OS on my OLD ACER Laptop. It took over 48 hours to UPDATE 150 applications but running smoothly after the UPDATES.
It is New Year Eve in CEYLON and my resolve to Update my NUC was deliberate and January is the worst time for Updates.
AntiX I did not try since it is SystemD Free.
It has only Window Mangers and NO Desktops. One should use it on old computers to get the feel of Window Managers.
One should try MX Linux instead which is Debian 13 based now.