WTF is XeroLinux?

Today I talk about XeroLinux an Arch based distro with cool rices.
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[@gamerking64]

Hey, im a XeroTeam collaborator guy from Lebanon (not a developer), just want to say that alot of new decisions and fixes will be applied in the coming major May anniversary release for the distro, the website will change for a much better one, and a rice switcher is coming too... Thanks for the review!

[@MrTomro]

rice switcher is coming in May?

[@gamerking64]

@@MrTomro yes, it will be found in the new coming xero tool

[@MrTomro]

@@gamerking64 awesome, looking forward to it

[@roberttranceedm]

Fuckin’ awesome!

[@har168421]

Xero is nice work from an Arco University graduate. I like these smaller hobby distros because they often show what can be done when someone actually LIKES the work. I give it 2 thumbs up!

[@encapsulatio]

What's Arco University?

[@Blessed2bFresh]

@@encapsulatio It's the course that a user must pass by understanding the Arco Linux website

[@Patrick-yl1vt]

XeroLinux was my first Arch-based distro, and I give full credit to them for convincing me to stay with linux, by showing my beginner self how awesome Linux could look, and how easy it can be to use. Now I am a base arch user, but Xero Linux still has a place in my heart

[@taidee]

Thanks for reviewing this distro Matt, I've tested it in vm myself. I like it, what I like most is the very fact that most of his extras are not installed by default, it makes the distro to be an easy arch install with minimal but nice theming of KDE. When ever I take an easy Arch install I always find that I need to remove a lot of stuff to make it mine (a reason why I build my own vanilla arch for daily driver), even with Arco, I often have to strip off so much that I don't ever use it as main driver anymore. He allows you to turn the install into your own stuff or get his stuff if you so wish.

[@knoopx]

btrfs is amazing, having the luxury to mess the system and boot it back from a snapshot is priceless among many other fantastic features

[@Froggie92]

falkon is a great low memory qt browser that ill use to troubleshoot main browser issues if im running kde installing it as a backup on a kde build is smart

[@jongeduard]

Thank you for this video review. Personally I manage Arch by myself and don't need any extra installers, but I see this one is a great one, because indeed for it's simpleness (with which it conserves a main principle behind Arch) and how it still gives you an easy overview of so many available options. 8:48 I fully agree! I use Btrfs on ALL my Arch systems and should definitely be the default these days! People still say that EXT4 is more stable and reliable and such but it's false, obsolete information. Btrfs is very stable today with so much more reliability than EXT4. Except for parity raid (raid 5 and 6) (but that's not even an issue, as I use ZFS (on Linux) for storage pools - another very great COW filesystem). Luckily distro's like Fedora also do this today, so gradually things begin to move. 15:52 LSHW is a thing from Manjaro. Indeed hardware related: it's software to easier install drivers and stuff.

[@redgt827]

i kinda like the idea of this distro. having arch linux run with sensible defaults out of the box with even better user consent for what is and isn't installed. i can get behind that.

[@solstxce8596]

I am currently using archcraft, it's good and it comes with chaotic aur Outta the box and as it uses openbox, it's hella fast and it's even got a couple of themes! You should definitely review it!

[@parthitachattopadhyay]

The best distro for me!!

[@aussierule]

I'm starting to watch through your videos as I missed quite a few in the past months. I'm very curious as to your thoughts on the current state and where the future of Linux may lie from a desktop user perspective. Ofc servers will mostly be unaffected but just in my shop I'm seeing a lot of people wanting to switch over to Linux on their laptops and one customer wanting water-cooling added to his tower and also set up a few games and POP OS. Very interesting. I've only talked to 2 people in the last 3 years about Linux in my shop as they usually fix their own problems thus never entering a repair shop. But recently I've gotten a lot of people simply wanting an OS change.

[@alphabennyrosy5068]

I like ext4, I hope ext5 comes out eventually. Personally I am really not a fan of the way btrfs does things. I have read the documentation of btrfs extensively, mainly to learn about the different mount options that are available for btrfs. It's very interesting but I don't like it.

[@chaoticsystem2211]

"In case you downloaded current ISO and have not yet installed, you are kindly requested to delete it. Wait for new one in a week, as it will fail during install due to the various **Massive** changes to the installer."

[@sexyeur]

Thank you!

[@TheRandomDave]

very thorough, thanks

[@Froggie92]

lol 12:27 @Distrotube called out ;D

[@elmariachi5133]

7:06 the simple solution for avoiding too much scrolling in such unfolding menus is to work from the bottom up ;) Regarding the filesystem: I have see a LOT of people losing data because btrfs related problems, even recently. I think it s still not mature.

[@gettriggered_ian3269]

Are you back to using dwm? Also, have you updated your configuration files? Your rice is glorious.

[@TheLinuxCast]

I am back k dwm. I haven't put the dots up yet but sometime this week they'll be there.

[@rajatkulshreshtha2912]

I use Falcon on arch+i3 on my potato pc (Intel atom+2gb ram). I didn't knew Falcon browser is from KDE. I use it because of its less resource hunger and it runs fairly smoothly on my potato pc. But it doesn't support WhatsApp web.

[@Being_Joe]

I need to find a good guide to theming KDE Plasma. I love the eyecandy but stock KDE... The eyecandy looks good.

[@fusion9619]

Did you find one?

[@AndrewErwin73]

Kind of hard to believe that Xero is new to you... this is a pretty good one!

[@Torpedo07]

its made by a Lebanese guy I think he is from Lebanon

[@ANDROTOP]

right

[@StrikerEureka85]

distrotube interviewed the creator of xerolinux not too long ago. yes, he is lebanese.

[@gamerking64]

How did you know? Actually we are 2 lebanese, the main dev and me, XeroTeam... Read my about.

[@gamerking64]

@@StrikerEureka85 im lebanese too, helping him with the distro, stay tuned till MAY 25th anniversary release, it will BLOW your mind, the website will look MUCH better than this!

[@Torpedo07]

@@gamerking64 I must trust its creator so I always do my research good job man a god destro

[@user-cl5gv9ep6g]

pls make more videos on text editors!!

[@JoeDogInKC]

The reason you have issues with your login screen is that you haven't installed the VMWare tools. It installs a video driver that facilitates using the hardware and gives acceleration, better resolutions, etc. That's why this installed has a VMWare Resolution Fix as an option, so that it's installed for you (if you choose) if you're installing on a VM.

[@MendenLama]

I use Falkon, actually. Mostly because it's lightweight. In the office I have an older Lenovo dualcore i3 laptop with 4gb ram. Lxqt is running on it and Falkon fits in very well. Of course, I don't use the browser for media consumption but rather for information web sites. On the other hand, this machine is still good enough to do video conferencing.

[@coco4273]

yeah falkon is surprisingly really good. faster than anything mainstream I've used

[@nedegt1877]

I like Linux and I've tried 100's of distro's throughout the years. And that is also the "problem" with Linux sometimes. Instead of seeing100's of peoples working together to make Linux better, you get 100's of peoples all trying to do the same thing. I mean seriously what's the point in having so many distro's while the only real differences are the way you install it, the themes and look & feel they give you and of course preinstalled packages. Somebody better work on a customization app for Linux so you can turn your distro into anything you want so peoples can use the time, money and energy on making Linux that good that every hardware vendor feels the need to ship Linux Drivers and software with their products. Right now I pay extra money for hardware that's fully supported on Windows, so I pay for Windows drivers and software while I use Linux. That aint right! I've been playing with Haiku lately, they finally have a fairly stable release and I am impressed.

[@retrocomputeruser]

_" Instead of seeing100's of peoples working together to make Linux better, you get 100's of peoples all trying to do the same thing. I mean seriously what's the point in having so many distro's while the only real differences are the way you install it, the themes and look & feel they give you and of course preinstalled packages."_ . That alone is the reason why Windows users will hesitate to switch because they have too many distro forks which lead to confusion and unwanted stress. I started with Debian then switched to Arch once I got the feel. On the subject of drivers, I carefully chose hardware that was compatible with the Linux kernel or open source drivers was available. But I was only able to do that by building my own PC.

[@nedegt1877]

@@retrocomputeruser I hope things get better in the future thanks to devices like Steam and Razor that might be what other companies need to follow.

[@retrocomputeruser]

@@nedegt1877 Fingers crossed these succeed. It wouldn't surprise me if some software is developed on Linux in the first place then ported to Windows without releasing the Linux version of it.

[@nedegt1877]

@@retrocomputeruser Let me put it this way. Most of what I said is about Desktop Linux. CLI Linux is great and is used in many many different ways. From embedded systems to super computers. Lot's of servers server services ( lol ) to Windows hosts. And that's all fine but when it comes to desktop systems the problems starts. Some software has been ported to Windows from Linux, that's true but in general software and hardware makers don't like the "Open Source" idea. They believe that Linux users aren't willing to pay for software or hardware support. I'd pay for *some* Linux software to support my hardware though. For example I have a Logitech fancy mouse with lots of buttons and options. I paid a lot for it and it has a very nice looking Windows interface to control every option. But on Linux I'm stuck to general mouse options. A newer kernel did give me a few more options and there is a "fan made" controller on Linux, but its far from the same thing or the nice looking Logitech App. So the more Desktop Linux users the bigger the chance hardware vendors will invest in control panels and proper drivers. Like AMD is doing. Heck even Microsoft has Linux apps that looks great and works great too. Like Edge and Visual Studio code.

[@MrWarneet]

Downloading the ISO as we speak to do a review of my own - cheers.

[@WgB5]

Can the font be enlarged? All that tiny print is hard for me to see. Also, I notice that most Linux peograms seem to exclusively designed for a large desktop computer. What about laptop support?

[@johanndaart7326]

1:14 well, I've recently visited Debian home page... It's so early 2000s. Yet it's a classic godfather distro.

[@WXLM-MorganNicole619]

I am curious as to what this outtro music was? I was bobbing my head to it

[@TheLinuxCast]

It’s called zap beat. I’m pretty sure I got it on envato years ago.

[@WXLM-MorganNicole619]

@@TheLinuxCast thanks ill see if i can find the full cut of that track!

[@WHAT-GRINDS-MY-GEARS]

The way to fix resolution in virtmanager is to just do what you did. I dont think im subscribing bro. But you are better then that creep DT.

[@davidwayne9982]

I use to like XEROLINUX-- thought it WAS gorgeous--- but I looked at it recently and it looks like an "abstract" cartoony mess to me now-- they've RUINED it as far as I'm concerned..

[@ThisPageIntentionallyLeftBlank]

The easy way? Read the manual.

[@unclefester9113]

Cartoonish - excessive reliance on Eye Candy. Its nice that the Distro imitates Arco.... But, then why not stick with tried and true Arco. Not ready for prime time.

[@deandre1988]

Get help please, every life is precious.

[@-someone-.]

Garuda is my favourite. It helped me get familiar with Arch, and I then used the “arch Titus” script to build an arch machine, (yeah I know it’s cheating), but I need to start somewhere.

[@phonewithoutquestion80]

No shame in getting something up easier and faster, it's keeping it together that may be an issue, but that's the nature of rolling distributions.

[@elmariachi5133]

Too bad they ditched XFCE ..

[@coco4273]

right

[@jackelofnar]

What gets me about xero linux it's really nothing special except for the rice. It's better if learn to rice their desktop if it is too hard their are lots if vids on KZbin how to get simular look and feel.

[@wclifton968gameplaystutorials]

Have you looked at Haiku OS before? might be worth looking into since it shares the philosophy of Elementary OS / GNOME without using the Linux Kernel or being a Linux Distro and using BSD Drivers; it's essentially a modern drop-in replacement for BeOS (project started in ~2001) and it takes near seconds/minuets to install instead of >1hr like most other operating systems...

[@sotecluxan4221]

If u are not a pro and get in trouble with X. u will not find a solution u would find with a large user base distro.

[@UnifiedFriends]

I'm currently using Feren OS (a one man project, can't get much smaller), however, I was able to troubleshoot any bug or problem I encountered, with troubleshooting sites from major distributions such as: Debian/Ubuntu. Or gist/man pages of specific packages: kde, grub etc. Most distros are just pre-installed packages + custom themes. The basis always remains the same: Kernel + Arch or Debian/Ubuntu as the foundation.

[@sotecluxan4221]

@@UnifiedFriends Thanx! Are you an experienced user? Or can a newbie getting that done, too? Without frittering away tons of hrs?

[@UnifiedFriends]

You don't have to invest a lot of time. more importantly, when an error occurs, carefully observe the error messages, it's behavior and understand the context in which it occurs. So whether it is a problem of a program or a problem of the operating system itself. (How/when it happened and what you did last.) If you search for what you observed, you can quickly find really useful solutions. You'll find mostly console commands on the forums. This is mainly because they deliver the desired result, in an easily explainable and universal way. At this point, a small overview of basic console commands come in handy. To get a rough understanding, of what this command does and whether it is a viable solution to the current problem. (Luckily, they are pretty self-explanatory. Most of the time.) p.s I would describe myself as an experienced Linux user, about 7 years in use, but I'm still more of a GUI-based all-round (gaming, browsing, lil bit coding and tweaking 😅) user. I mainly use the console when it is necessary or when it is easier/faster to achieve the result.

[@oscs4556]

I think you miss something in important in the core section of the installer - you must chose an audio system - either pulse audio or pipewire. Xerolinux used to install Vivaldi as the default browser.

[@MarkusBrunnhofer]

I like Xfce of Debian or ubuntu ( Mint...) :-) ( the best )

[@larrywatson3537]

looks like mac...

[@itsfish8672]

Matt great vid, but Xerolinux not for me.

[@damolin77]

Great video Matt thank you. No matter what we think about XeroLinux It to me feels like it's trying to grab new uses to Linux. When it comes to new uses if it works for them because of it ease of use then I feel that is a positive. You also have to remember the Distro was not created for you and I it was created for the developer so naturally he/she is going make the Xero to fit there needs.

[@ZoneProduction448]

Excellent distro and the xeroLinux team are very helpful 🙂

[@iweaker4you212]

Answer: Arch Linux with Preinstalled things

[@diuran1919]

WTF is that Title > " WTF is XeroLinux? " No idea how to name your video, then dont do it.

[@TheLinuxCast]

It's a fuckin series. I've done 8 of them.

[@diuran1919]

@@TheLinuxCast I fucking understand now , fucking congratulation.

[@coco4273]

lmao

[@Perry....]

LMAO this thread gave me some Tom and Jerry energy

[@SkyFly19853]

Why not all Linux distros unite and become one against Windows and Mac OS?...

[@TheMetaldudeX]

Then it wouldn’t be niche enough for the typical Linux user.

[@SkyFly19853]

@@TheMetaldudeX you mean they gotta make them believe that they are really free from Microsoft's influence? Linux gotta change its philosophy if it wanna make real progress...

[@tech_tutorials2053]

Freedom of choise bro

[@gimcrack555]

If we did that we would be unite like Windows or Mac. Who whats that, I don't. I want freedom and my own personal preferences. We all aren't mold from the same clay. My Linux is prefect, I tweak it to run like a Ox and purr like a kitten. Been using Linux for the past 19 years and I like it the way it is.

[@wclifton968gameplaystutorials]

If all Linux distros merged into one then there'd be few developers working on it, very few new features get released and a whole load of other bad things. What your looking for by that statement is Haiku OS which is not Linux or BSD but it's own UNIX OS (uses BSD Drivers though) and uses one unified system design with practically no variation in design besides changing the base theme to the old BeOS style theme but at least it takes

[@NikosBlackSoul]

hey i use Falcon. it's preinstalled in Fedora xfce and it's snappy