When comparing Netrunner vs solydK, the Slant community recommends Netrunner for most people. In the question“What are the best Linux distributions for KDE Plasma 5?” Netrunner is ranked 24th while solydK is ranked 40th. The most important reason people chose Netrunner is:
Works well. Very similar to my experiance with Manjaro.
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Pros
Pro Everything works well out of the box
Works well. Very similar to my experiance with Manjaro.
Pro Beautiful and faithful KDE implementation
Modified but not overly tweaked (like BlueStar Linux or Ka OS).
Pro nice feel
Pro Always up-to-date
The "rolling" edition of Netrunner is based on Manjaro (an Arch derivative) which offers a semi-rolling release.
Pro Quick & lightweight
Surprisingly snappy for a fairly fully-featured distro.
Pro Netrunner Core is ideal for workstation
Netrunner Core is a vanilla version based on Debian Stable that only uses 400 MB RAM.
Pro Solid
As the name would suggest, SolydXK is rock solid Debian.
Cons
Con Very heavy on resources
The heaviest Linux distro I've ever used. It often gets my laptop fan to fly.
Con Installer doesn't recognise partition table SOMETIMES
On a couple of occasions the installer has told me one of my disks is missing a partition table but it definitely has one and other distros haven't presented this warning.
Con Default theming not to everyone's tastes
The default icon theme in particular is IMHO pretty ugly. Easily changed but if you like to just plug & play without changing themes it may not suit you.
