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Post by ligoxi on Mar 18, 2022 13:47:14 GMT
www.linuxformat.com/Popos, mint, lubuntu, zorinos are the distros compared to bodhi. Again for copyright reasons i cannot post anything more, if one again contacts the magazine perhaps we can get a licence like we did a few months back? In my opinion, the fact that bodhi is in the list, should make our devs proud Ok, i am biased, but i am happy with what i have read. Eventhough i want to write more, i respect the authors work and not tell anything more. Linux format worths buying
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Post by thewaiter on Mar 18, 2022 13:53:13 GMT
In which issue is Bodhi mentioned? In 287?
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Post by ligoxi on Mar 18, 2022 13:54:28 GMT
yes in the latest issue, my mistake i did not mention it
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Post by thewaiter on Mar 18, 2022 14:12:54 GMT
OK, I was able to download as pdf. Not very objective review. He criticizes the lack of main menu search box. The reviewer has no idea about quick launcher existence which is much more powerful than any other search boxes. He also gave us 3/10 related to SW extra tools. He knows we are the minimalistic distribution. He should compare app pack version then.
Ahhh, still the same story. Some people simply do not understand our philosophy and compare incomparable. Sure, it is nice to see our distro in such a magazine. Actually we placed on the lowest positions in all sections which could lead the readers to the conclusion bodhi is bad in all aspects. What about memory consumpsion chart? Boot time chart? The overall performance chart? Nothing? OK then, very nice review, lol
Stefan
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Post by Hippytaff on Mar 18, 2022 20:15:15 GMT
They will send you the pdf and permission to publish it here if you email them and tell them you’re a member of the community. I’m often in touch with them. I was unaware of this though so I will email them to tell them they completely missed the whole Bodhi ethos and features such as quick launcher…again! I’m sure I mentioned it last time. Are we on the cover disc again? Perhaps their readers will be more thorough in their investigation. Also have they worked out they can change the theme yet? Most reviewers get stuck on the theme being green and that’s as far as they get and so spend most of their time talking about that and completely missing what Bodhi actually is. lmao
All publicity is good publicity though. And the fact they mention us every six months or so is a compliment in its self and goes to show we’re note worthy and worth keeping an eye on.
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Post by Hippytaff on Mar 18, 2022 22:37:31 GMT
Sent them this email. I hope you all approve.
Edit - also, I noticed in the logos image in the article, our logo is centre. Kind of makes up a little for scoring low.
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Post by ligoxi on Mar 19, 2022 8:02:35 GMT
Being in the list is very important. Elementary os was just mentioned. Which is another distro without bloat of apps and according to many perhaps the most beautiful de. I am used to listening to people not understanding what bodhi tries to do. Ie something i often hear is: there is not a lightweight distro without compromising something. Only gnome kde are full de that as a consequence are more resources hungry. But they own current machines with for instance 8 cores 32 gb of ram. So bodhi usp is not important to them. I have seen in the net comments ie for E that are very aggressive. If the average linux format user is like me will find in the article reasons to give bodhi a try. The lack of software to give an example. Again in my opinion users hearing and knowing of bodhi's existence is only good. It is my personality that always sees the positive side of things. See the result 7 out of 10 same with other distros. So we are not last. Besides popos is backed by a company behind it. 2 devs here. I would be upset if everyone ignores our existence.
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Post by Hippytaff on Mar 19, 2022 9:17:16 GMT
Yeah I agree. Being considered a viable daily use distro is definitely a good and deserved thing. All in all it’s a very positive progression for Bodhi. The big time awaits lol
I can’t help but want to set things straight though, and I think people do miss the core of what Bodhi is and about and sometimes judge it on unfair parameters, by looking only on the surface.
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Post by ligoxi on Mar 19, 2022 9:43:01 GMT
"by looking only on the surface". This is true and very common. I do not think this is easy to change soon. Proof of that is the majority of voters just behave - vote "by looking only on the surface". This is why we should be very kind to each other. Choosing bodhi for sure means something about how one thinks... This holds true also for other distros that help us ie not urging to buy a new laptop or escuelas linux which serves educational institutions etc
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Post by thewaiter on Mar 19, 2022 9:57:34 GMT
Bodhi has also something which is hard to measure. The community. Fair, friendly and helpful community. I have read many times about us in some articles and people really highlight our friendliness. It is something I never heard related to Arch linux community...
Stefan
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Post by ligoxi on Mar 19, 2022 10:21:30 GMT
I have seen support here from thewaiter which tends to be abuse of dev time and kindness, will to help. I believe users should contribute with bug reports, suggestions. If one wants to change the look of moksha should try with reading all documentation. After having tried for days one should then and only then ask in here: i tried to do this and i am in a dead end. Eventhough with all these themes perhaps one should be happy with what alternatives bodhi offers.
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