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Initializr
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Integrates Twitter Bootstrap and HTML5 Boilerplate
Initializr allows you to "fine-tune" your template by allowing you to take the good stuff from both HTML5BP and Twitter Bootstrap and download a mashed up basic template, which you can begin development on.
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Is going to be retired at the end of 2017
It's been anounced on their homepage that Initializr will be retired at the end of 2017.
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Well documented
Initializr is very well documented, even though it itself being a pretty easy to understand and use tool. The documentations are available in different languages as well, available via the International Guides section on the website.
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No ZURB Foundation support
Some developers much prefer Foundation over Bootstrap due to the flexible grid and large selection of widgets. However, Initializr supports only Bootstrap.
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Speed: Setup time is significantly reduced
With initializr, very little setup is needed. All you need to do to be ready for development is provide your favorite template maker (HTML5BP or Bootstrap).
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HTML5 templates generator
It's not really a template by itself but allows you to create a custom template from known good technologies.
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Webapp generator
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Default support is for libsass
Webapp generator currently has default support for libsass, which falls behind Sass in features (therefor has some incompatibilities with Sass).
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Auto resolve dependencies
Any dependencies in the webapp generated can be automatically resolved, thanks to Web-app-generator's powerful integration with Bower.
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Requires Yeoman
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Image optimizations
Automatic automatic image optimization is a pre-built functionality of the web app generator. So that any sites that are made using this tool are perfectly optimized for performance.
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Automatic compilation & linting
As the title suggests, the yeoman watch will auto-compile your JavaScript and Sass scripts for you. Also your code will be run through JsHint (for liniting) to make sure best practices are followed as well.
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Built in preview server & live reload
The yeoman watch will compile your source files for you and refresh your page in the browser, as soon as it detects some changes that you've made.
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HTML5 Boilerplate
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Not a complete solution
HTML5 Boilerplate is basically just that, a template or a basis on which to build an HTML page. It doesn't have much mark up or components out of the box. In other words, it doesn't provide all the components and tools needed to build a UI, it contains best practices and a generall template on which to build your UI.
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Includes a comprehensive set of server configuration files
These configuration files may help increase performance of the webapp.
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Includes Modernizr
Modernizr checks browser support for HTML5, CSS3, as well as a few other miscellaneous elements and allows for easily writing fallbacks if they're not supported.
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Documented and undocumented versions
To help out newcommers to either programming in general or HTML5 Boilerplate specifically, the boilerplate includes in-depth docs that help understand how things work and why certain choices are made. The documentation is highly comprehensive going even as far as to describe every single line of normalize.css that the H5BP includes.
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Cross-browser normalization
H5BP includes normalize.css that will help fix inconsistencies in the way browsers render elements.
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Performance optimizations
HTML5 Boilerplate theme doesn't only provide a base template for building your next modern site. It also has performance optimization features built into it which include stuff like html + js minification , image size reduction as well as css minification. This link here describes how to optimize your shiny new html5 site using these built in features.
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Optional support for XHR and Flash
With optional support for XHR, we can use techniques such as XHR eval and XHR injections to optimize the loading of external scripts and significantly reduce page load times. Alongside XHR, built-in support for Flash means that you can use your old swf/flash content on your website, where you feel you're not ready for HTML5 yet.
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Phở Devstack
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Uses Bower
Bower is deprecated in most modern stacks for npm.
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Highly configurable
It's easy to turn off any default plugin you don't want to use.
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Poor documentation
The documentation is poorly organized and doesn't provide a lot of details on using Phở.
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PsychOS
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Runs well on older, 32-bit hardware (i686)
PsychOS is designed for older/lighter, 32-bit, i686 hardware with plans to go even further back with i486 (PsychOS486), i386 and older (PsychDOS), and so on and so forth as opposed to always trying to run on the latest hardware, not that it could in most cases anyway since 32-bit i686 operating systems will run on most x86_64 ones.
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Bloated
Over 3000 packages by default including several package managers.
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RetroGrab is really cool
It lets you install old software for use with emulators like DOSBox but run them as if they were normal programs from the normal applications menu.
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7 package managers included
There should only be one.
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No fuss. Just works.
A lot of the programs are already set up for you. Just boot it and go. This is definitely one of the better SHTF distro's.
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QuickEdit
There's a yad-based tool you do not see on any other GNU/Linux distro in which you can simply right-click pretty much any file and then use the "QuickEdit" option to quickly edit small things about a file such as size if it's an image or video, convert the file, or even render the file if it's a Blender project. It's nice not having to open an image with GIMP every time I want to resize or convert something.
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The IceWM option looks and functions nice
Most GNU/Linux distributions that include IceWM as a desktop environment option don't do too much to it, if a t all. PsychOS seems to have a customized or themed version that actually doesn't feel you with dread and still uses many of the keyboard shortcuts from XFCE.
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Lots of command-line tools
Lots of command-line tools and I really like the CLIMax thing. It's a good tool to have if you want to spend time in the command-line but aren't that experienced. Also, it plays a quick, one-time ascii animation when you go into the tty for the first time.
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TONS of Thunar Custom Actions
PsychOS comes with a lot of Thunar Custom Actions, many of which as disabled, but they are there none the less; most probably just in case. Right-click on a DOOM WAD shows there's a menu item to play it directly using LZDoom.
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GPL v3
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Devuan
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XFCE
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3.8GB ISO
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Tails
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Privacy focused
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Not for daily use
Tails is a privacy focused Linux distro. The updates that you will receive are only for improving privacy and not for improving user experience.
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Has TOR built-in
Use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship; all connections to the Internet are forced to go through the Tor network.
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You can't install it to a hard drive
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Easy to use with an USB key
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Saved states are not present for security
For security reasons, saved states are not supported in Tails. Files can be stored in a separate, persistent volume which must be accessed with a root password. Personal settings (e.g. -- keyboard layout, window settings, etc.) are not saved persistently across reboots. This can be a hindrance for anyone not using English as their language, or not using a QWERTY keyboard layout.
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Only GNOME desktop environment
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Slow internet
Tails uses the TOR network and as a result the internet on your computer will be very slow.
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Debian
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GNOME
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Systemd
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Debian Package Manager
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Puppy Linux
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Extremely low minimum system requirements
Puppy Linux requires 128MB of RAM and 333Mhz of CPU, although 256MB of RAM is recommended.
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A bit ugly
Using puppy makes you feel like you just jumped 20 years into the past. Being that the purpose of Puppy Linux is to run or really low resource machines the software used is often on the older side, which is precisely why it has a 20 year old look.
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The whole OS runs off of RAM
Since Puppy Linux is completely loaded and run off of RAM instead of HDD, it's read/write speed is not a factor.
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Not as light as it used to be
It's light, but not as light as it was 1-2 years ago.
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Designed to run as a live USB/CD
A portable version, that can be carried on a thumb drive without requiring installation, weighs less than 100MB; a Live CD - less than 150MB. You can even save your settings and files for Puppy on the external device/media. Running off a live CD also has security benefits, as your system will reset to the known config after each boot.
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Smallest software library ever
You can barely find any precompiled packages for Puppy.
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Different distro based versions available
Puppy Linux offers a few different releases. The first is an Ubuntu based release called Tahrpup, by using this version the user is able to take advantage of all software and support from Ubuntu. The second version is called Slacko, which is built upon the Slackware binaries. The third is called Wary and it is built to support older hardware than the rest. And the fourth is called Quirky, which is used as a base to explore new ideas.
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No built in compositing
Being a low resource distro there is zero built in compositing for the JWM window manager. Though one can be added through a bit of work.
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Linux distro designed for this exact purpose
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Offers a long term support release
Puppy Linux offers an LTS release called Precise.
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It can be the only distro that works
Sometimes, Puppy Linux is the only distro that works on an old machine: all other distros are more demanding.
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JWM used as window manager
JWM is a low resource window manager that is used in most Puppy Linux installs.
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TinyCore
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VERY small
Can be as small as about 9MB, and with even X, wireless modules, and more, it takes up only 72MB.
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Not visually appealing
The operating system is not very pretty.
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Surprisingly customizable
Fluxbox window manager is especially slick looking all considered, and the options one gets with it's toolbar, app bar, and wallpaper are surprisingly complex for such a small distro.
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Can be somewhat slow to turn on
Once it is up and going it is unrivaled in speed, but it can be sluggish when it comes to turning on, restarting, or turning off.
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Use of tcz packages stored on media outside of MyData
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antiX
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Extremely lightweight
Has a 70-90MB memory footprint.
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Not really free and not available for download in Iran
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Quick installation
The installation procedure for antiX is quick and painless. It installs the OS and grub in no time.
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Works well on 32-bit PC
Fewer distros are available to work on 32-bit machines. This works well on old Toshiba. Quick enough on older machines not to notice any lagging.
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Stats appear on the desktop
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Works very well on ASUS 1005HA netbook
Faster than other distros tested, including many on this list.
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Debian Stable
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IceWM
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SysVInit
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Debian Package Manager
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Slax
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Overly complicated HDD/SSD installation
While it has a nice layout Slax's lack of an installer tool like Tinycore's just can't be justified. It seems strange that it comes built in with programs that some users may not want, yet it doesn't have an easy way to install it. Due to its heavier use of RAM, built in software, and lack of an installer its hard to choose it over TC.
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Persistent changes
Changes you make in the configuration persist if you run from USB.
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Works slowly on old computers
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Pretty fast to boot up
It was considerably fast to turn on when booting from cd.
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Infrequent releases
Since Slax is maintained by only one person, releases are not that frequent. So it may take a while to get bug fixes or new features once you start using it.
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Modules
Standard tar archives plus some simple shell scripting produces modules that you can load dynamically into the OS for added apps and functionality.
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Modern desktop
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Small footprint
About 200mb, but with a full KDE4 environment and loads of useful apps.
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Debian or Slackware
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Fluxbox
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slackpkg or dpkg with apt
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Mint
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Not international
Only works for US & Canada banks, and even then there are banks (like EQ Bank) that have actively blocked access to Mint.
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All accounts in one place
Mint can handle banking accounts, saving accounts, credit cards, etc. It consolidates all your accounts together so you do not need to put work into following multiple accounts.
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Online only
It does not work offline.
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Organizes budget into categories
Mint splits your spending into different categories, such as gas or fast food, so you can see where you're spending too much money or how much you need to budget for.
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Unsafe
With very few exceptions, Mint isn't just syncing your data over, but is using your username and password to log directly into the bank website. Banks will not reimburse for any fraud or stolen funds that may result from this, or may use Mint as an excuse to not reimburse for charges or stolen funds that occur from other causes.
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Alerts
Mint can be set to alert you to various events such as upcoming bills, or low balances on any accounts. It can be set to alert you from the app, through email or by text message. In addition you can sign up to recieve monthly emails about your money and ways to improve your budget.
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Categories organization not flexible
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The budgeting part has too many bugs
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Very complicated tool
Of course, it's powerful but also very complicated. Some would prefer tools which are less robust, has less features but are a lot easier.
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Zorin OS
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Stable
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Limited desktop styles in Free Version
All free editions only offer Windows XP, 2000, and 7 and Gnome 2. You have to pay $9-10 in order to get Unity (Ubuntu) and Mac OS X themes.
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Good Selection of pre-installed software
New users may be unaware of what software is available for Linux, but Zorin includes a good selection for everyday tasks out of the box.
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Even with v16 Pro, zero tech support replies
Do not pay for Pro. You’re supposed to get tech support with your $39 purchase. After contacting them a few months ago about the inability to install build tools due to their wonky custom versions, to date there has been no answer. You could find a friend and get them to send you the theme and look packages. The rest is all available easily in the Ubuntu catalog.
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Windows desktop style
The desktop UI was made to resemble Windows 7, but alternative settings are available.
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Ubuntu-based
Zorin is compatible with Ubuntu's sizable repositories of Free Software.
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Bundles tools for changing the look and feel of the distribution
Zorin includes look changer and theme changer.
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Partial Windows compatibility
Zorin includes WINE and PlayOnLinux to run many Windows applications and games.
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Installer can set up dual boot
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Ubuntu got too big
Ubuntu uses too much resources, Zorin uses less.
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Accessibility features
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Zorin Connect
Allows syncing notifications with your phone.
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Low resources consumption
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Debian>Ubuntu LTS
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Gnome / Xfce
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Systemd
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