MX-14 Review

[malspa]

Well, Dedoimedo reviewed the Debian Testing-based MakuluLinux 5.0 (Xfce) and gave it only 4 out of 10: http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/makululinux.html

I usually prefer distros based on Stable over anything based on Testing, but Makulu looks interesting. Again, an informative review, and not one that would necessarily deter me from trying the release here, despite the reviewer's critical comments.

[Richard]

QupZilla is a reasonable choice for the size constraint.
Had never used it before MX-14.
And now I use it on all notebooks,
because they all choke on Chromium, my favorite. :)

I find it great for notebooks.
It is good enough to download whatever your preference might be.
As was said many years ago,
"Adequate is good enough." --Adam Osbourne.
and then refine it accoring to the reviews.

[richb]

It is not the feature set of Qup that is a concern, but the crashing for some users. Yes, another browser can be downloaded but it leaves an impression of a not well thought out release if the provided browser crashes.

Personally I have not had this problem. But there does appear to be reports that this occurs.

[anticapitalista]

It is not the feature set of Qup that is a concern, but the crashing for some users. Yes, another browser can be downloaded but it leaves an impression of a not well thought out release if the provided browser crashes.

Personally I have not had this problem. But there does appear to be reports that this occurs.

I too have never had qupzilla crash on me.

[joany]

Well, Dedoimedo reviewed the Debian Testing-based MakuluLinux 5.0 (Xfce) and gave it only 4 out of 10: http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/makululinux.html

I usually prefer distros based on Stable over anything based on Testing, but Makulu looks interesting. Again, an informative review, and not one that would necessarily deter me from trying the release here, despite the reviewer's critical comments.

After reading Dedoimedo's scary 4/10 review of Makulu, that distro seems geared toward those who like to live dangerously. Isn't AntiX based on Debian Testing? Loading xfce on AntiX using the meta installer would seem a safer choice.

[Gaer Boy]

It is not the feature set of Qup that is a concern, but the crashing for some users. Yes, another browser can be downloaded but it leaves an impression of a not well thought out release if the provided browser crashes.

Personally I have not had this problem. But there does appear to be reports that this occurs.

I too have never had qupzilla crash on me.

I would be fine with QupZilla - the "firstFlash" crash notwithstanding - if I could get it to perform reliably. On both desktop & netbook it has a random failure to load pages - I would guess an average of about 1 in 50, but sometimes 2 or 3 in succession. The page either times out or goes on "connecting" for over 20 minutes, during which time I can visit 10 or more other pages without problems. It is most unlikely to be my connection - I have never seen the same behaviour with Firefox.

I will try again when I build my new machine.

[uncle mark]

It is not the feature set of Qup that is a concern, but the crashing for some users. Yes, another browser can be downloaded but it leaves an impression of a not well thought out release if the provided browser crashes.

Personally I have not had this problem. But there does appear to be reports that this occurs.

I too have never had qupzilla crash on me.

I suspect they're all flash related. I've had it crash on me a time or two I think, but I don't tend to get too worked up about it.

[anticapitalista]

...[snip] ...
After reading Dedoimedo's scary 4/10 review of Makulu, that distro seems geared toward those who like to live dangerously. Isn't AntiX based on Debian Testing? Loading xfce on AntiX using the meta installer would seem a safer choice.

Latest antiX-13 series is actually based on Wheezy.

[Jerry3904]

QupZilla is a reasonable choice for the size constraint.
Had never used it before MX-14.
And now I use it on all notebooks,
because they all choke on Chromium, my favorite. :)

I find it great for notebooks.
It is good enough to download whatever your preference might be.
As was said many years ago,
"Adequate is good enough." --Adam Osbourne.
and then refine it accoring to the reviews.

Exactly why it is there: performance to size ratio.

[richb]

But it is not performing if it is crashing. I do not have a good feel for how frequent it is. As I said it works fine for me. But if reviewers have it crash, it only takes a few.