Vinari OS

Reader supplied reviews for Vinari OS Average rating 8.9 from 7 review(s) Version: 5.0.0 Rating: 10 Date: 2026-02-18 Country: Brazil Votes: 3 I’ll admit my inexperience with Debian made things harder at the beginning, but looking back, it was much more about me learning the system than any real problem with it. Once I understood how it thinks, everything started to flow naturally. I installed the distro on a 2007 iMac and also on a 2023 PC, two completely different generations of hardware, and in both cases the performance has been amazing. It feels incredibly smooth and fast, with a lightness that genuinely surprised me. Screen resolutions were recognized properly too, without the usual headaches you might expect, especially on older hardware. Vinari is good precisely because it carries the solid foundation of Debian, which is known for its stability and reliability. It doesn’t constantly reinvent itself or force you to relearn everything after each update. It feels mature, thoughtfully built, and consistent. It runs beautifully on older machines while still respecting newer hardware, delivering steady performance across the board. The repositories are extensive, security is taken seriously, and there’s plenty of room for customization without sacrificing stability. In the end, it feels like using something well-rounded, a system that isn’t fighting you but working alongside you. Once you get past the initial learning curve, it simply makes sense. Version: 5.0.0 Rating: 9 Date: 2025-12-21 Votes: 4 Vinari OS 5.0.0 is a polished and well thought out distribution, featuring the Gnome desktop. Originating from Italy and based upon Debian Trixie. The Calameres installer performed like it always does, trouble-free and smooth when I installed Vinari to my test laptop, and I found it to be very responsive, attractive to look at right from first boot, and I the first thing I look through is the apps which are already installed and I must say I was surprised at how many apps are what I would normally have chosen, so this saved a lot of time. Flatpaks come ready out of the box, but I noted I could not uninstall Libre Office as the system told me it was not installed. The same thing happened when I used the terminal, despite there being icons for the suite. I had to uninstall Firefox using the terminal too, because I use Waterfox instead. I suppose it would be OK just to ignore the fact that Firefox uses 245mb of disk space, but I am stuck in the Windows 95 days when a Megabyte was a lot of space. It is still hard to accept I have a multitude of Terabytes now. To sum up, out of the myriad of Linux distributions available to us, Vinari is one of the best Debian-based Distros I have had the pleasure to use, and I have to wonder why it hasn't received more praise and use because it definitely deserves it in my opinion. This is one to try. Tony UK Version: 5.0.0 Rating: 10 Date: 2025-12-20 Votes: 2 I do not discard old, working laptops and distro surf to find the best Linux versions to make them usable. I have been installing LInux on my personal computers since before GUI interfaces and often prefer open source software to high priced versions. For my 64 bit dual core, 512mb ATI laptop this is the best distro I have found in many years. I can appreciate the Mac-like interface and find it easy to adapt to. Currently, I run three Linux distros on various machines and find this to be the one I go to most often. The fact that it supports both UEFI and BIOS boots and guarantees support until 2030 is a major plus. I hope more users considering Linux hear about this distro and try it. For those new to Linux, the installation is a breeze. See all 7 reader reviews of Vinari OS...