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A descendant of Sabayon, this distro does have promise. But does it make me want to switch from Calculate?
Still some work to do is my conclusion.
This gentoo-based spin can be found at https://www.mocaccino.org/ .

A brief walk-through of how it looks, and some general banter and discussion. If you haven't yet tried this top-shelf spin of Gentoo, that enables the 'ordinary' user a chance to see how good Gentoo is, you should give it a whirl.
Calculate can be downloaded from, https://www.calculate-linux.org/ .
Be safe...

It really IS an easy install. This being a 'virtualbox', partitioning scheme in "Gparted" is only minimal. On hardware, create and add 'swap', or 'home', etcetera to suit your plan. After 'Run' is initiated (in the video about the 5 minutes mark), the remaining install on you device will be about two to three times more in duration.
Music in the video courtesy of "Ghost Sixtyseven". His music can be found and purchased at a minimal cost from "Bandcamp", along with his odes of poetry at, https://stationsixtyseven.bandcamp.com/ .
Hope this has helped and made you want to try out this top-dog distribution.

Calculate Linux makes Gentoo Linux available to all. No hours of compiling required!
It had lots of popular coverage about 5 -10 years ago, bu that seems to have evaporated of late. If you haven't ventured into this distro before and are looking for something really goo that doesn't require pushing in your face constantly, you cant go wrong.
Best wishes and be safe.
'Calculate' can be downloaded for your desktop at https://www.calculate-linux.org/ .

A really brief look at Dan's Openbox release - the last(?) - of 2022.
Still up there, still hard to beat.
If you ARE a seasoned Linux user, or someone who has came over by way of a 'gateway' distribution and haven't tried this top-notch release previously, then use this link to get something special at https://sourceforge.net/projects/miyolinux/files/2022-Release/Openbox/MiyoLinux-x86_64-BIOS-20220129.iso/download .
Best wishes to all, and stay safe...

A brief introduction and walkthough some of the inbuilt features of this release 'out-of-box'.
Thanks for the interest and support.
The iso can be found at https://sourceforge.net/projects/miyolinux-daedalus/ .
Take care, and be safe...

A video briefly describing the latest release available to download from the project page at https://sourceforge.net/projects/miyolinux-daedalus/ .
Best wishes, stay safe...

Ok, I have gave Dan's JWM build of 2022 a similar makeover as to the Openbox build.
A fairly comprehensive makeover to 'daily-driver' status, and with all the tweaks to the 'bashrc' and functionality present too.
Thanks for the interest, and best wishes to all....
Be safe.

A brief introductory video describing the philosophy of this 'Miyolinux' release, and what it offers.
Many thanks to Dan, the developer of 'Miyolinux', from which this is 'forked'.
"Miyolinux-Daedalus" can be downloaded from https://sourceforge.net/projects/miyolinux-daedalus/ .
"Miyolinux" will continue to be available at https://sourceforge.net/projects/miyolinux/ .
Best wishes to all.

A really great loss to Linux enthusiasts, but Dan has decided to call it a day on his production of 'miyolinux'. The distribution has been at the very top of the mountain of OS for all Linux enthusiasts since point of concept. No other words needed to be honest.
We'll all miss you Dan....

A follow-on from my last video showcasing "MicroOS" 'Gnome DE.The choice shown in the install step-by-step says ''(Alpha)' against the KDE choice. I have known distributions calling themselves production status that wouldn't be attaining the same level of quality?!
If you are a KDE user, you really should try this...
Best wishes, and BE safe.

I have been using this for about ten days, and it is truly excellent. Maybe the way all distributions will eventually end up?
A 'potted' background in layman's terms. The video is about a hour in length. If you can persevere, I think I have managed to capture the 'good bits' worth knowing!!
Be safe.

I have used MX since its birth from "Mepis" several years ago.
With the latest Debian release as its base, it is at a point where the discussion to recommend anything else to potential new Linux users is genuinely irrelevant. It just excels in all areas. As simple as that.
Best wishes to all, and stay safe.

A follow-up video to my previous 'LMDE 6' checkout. Comparing the two from a user viewpoint.
A few tweaks I have deployed are discussed too...
Stay safe.

If you have always thought about (Free)BSD as a potential daily driver, then GhostBSD provides the ideal - and probably the perfect and only - way to tryout.
Install is a doddle, certainly as a GhostBSD only system. Just follow install, choosing the default options, and entering personal requisites as befits.
For a channel who knows BSD, go to "Robonuggie" at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxwcmRAmBRzZMNS37dCgmHA .
Best wishes, and be safe.

....And some of my favourite applications, used daily....
Best wishes, and BE SAFE.

More adventures with the VERY best 'openbox' Linux distro!
I did champion LXQT several years ago, but TBH was one of many who became disenfranchised with the ongoing functionality. I am pleased to say those woes can be put behind us, as the current embodiment and the prospective future of LXQt is very bright in deed.
And a general chat, with my advice for good reading and viewing!
For the best uninterrupted YouTube experience, install "UBlock" to you preferred browser. Oh, "Lilidog" variations can be download from following links on the developers' website at https://lilidog.org/ .
Best wishes to all, and BE SAFE....

In my view, the only infallible way to create a Puppy bootable USB, using "UnetBootin". Prepare drive first using "GParted".
I also show "Ventoy" installation, and how to add 'iso' files you would like to boot - a great tool, works for all distributions bar one or two 'exceptions-to-the-rule'...;-)
Be safe...

Well, I'm sorry to say the result of my efforts is kind of disappointing from a personal perspective.
The spin just seems to be a bit confused and chaotic. Like I commented last video, I'm still not clear where this take on 'puppy' fits in the family? Puppy is somewhat of a 'clique' family and philosophy if we are honest, and not many peopl who have only experienced a mainstream OS will move here directly. And there are many Linux distros who execute Xfce very well, and many are Ubuntu based. So, its not for me. By the time this video is posted, the whole experience will have been put to bed in the annuls of, 'nearly/maybe'....
*For some unknown reason, audio disappears a couple of minutes from the end - luckily I had finished saying all i felt needed had to be said!
Best wishes to all, stay safe.

First of two videos highlighting this top-drawer operating system...
Best wishes to all...and stay safe....

Last time I looked at ane earlier version of EasyPup, I called it, "EasyOS without the steroids...". But to be honest, it is in my personal view, a more usable day-to-day OS than the one Barry produces currently sitting at '5.5.5'.
This just works like something Debian is based on. All the 'Buster' repos are supported, and all the applications I like are there to download of course - smashing!
Unfortunately, this was the last 'EasyPup'. BK pulled the plug at this Buster based release to concentrate on EasOS. I wish he hadn't....
Best wishes, and stay safe.

Just a visual description of font resizing in the menu, and one or two other things...
Stay safe...

In this video, I show how I have done some minor customisation to 'make-it-my-own' (as Dan@MiyoLinux would say!)
Thanks for the support. My last video for? Who knows?
Best wishes and BE SAFE...

OK, not nearly as bad as the title of the video sounds. Here is a short look at the the Xfce DE based version of Fossapup_9.6.
Unfortunately, a slight error caused me to curtail abruptly at an inopportune moment! So, I will continue the movement on another video, starting where I got to!
Overall, the development team have done a really nice job of implementing the Xfce DE; but I do have a slight issue in that as there seems to be so much tweaking and learning of additional tools to manage this 'puppy' variant, that I cannot quite work out where it fits? Someone wanting an Ubnutu-based Xfce distribution will simply pick 'Xubuntu' or something else providing that environment??
Best wishes to all. BE SAFE...

Well, it's running fine.
BUT, I must remind everyone that BK himself cites 'EasyOS' as an expremental project; so not always will things work as you might prefer...
Also, a couple of fixes for Nigel!!!
Best wishes and be safe.

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