FunOS
A lightweight GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu LTS that uses the JWM window manager and removes heavy components such as Snap, targeting older hardware and minimalist desktop scenarios.
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FunOS is a lightweight GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu LTS, focused on minimalist design and support for old hardware, using JWM as the default window manager and removing heavy components such as Snap.
FunOS uses the Calamares installer and completes installation in about two minutes on a virtual machine with 6GB of memory and 2 threads, defaulting to Erase Disk mode, with Ext4 as the file system and swap as a file.
FunOS's preinstalled software includes LXTerminal, PCManFM, Mousepad, Firefox ESR, LX Music, SMPlayer, Evince, GPicView, LXTask, Galculator and Xarchiver, but no office suite and no Htop are preinstalled.
On a virtual machine with 6GB of memory, FunOS uses only about 382MB of memory after running for a while.
FunOS's release announcement claims that replacing the GNU core tools with Rust implementations (uutils coreutils) was for stability, performance and security, but the actual system contains both GNU coreutils and rust-coreutils, for example the man page for the cat command shows uutils coreutils 0.12.0.
The video's author criticizes FunOS's official claim that the Rust toolchain is 'better performing and more secure' as lacking basis, because uutils' performance is generally on par with the GNU tools and the security advantage only manifests in specific scenarios, and keeping two sets of coreutils at the same time may lead to command resolution conflicts or inconsistent behavior.
FunOS's default resolution is 1280x800 and can be adjusted to 1920x1080 via 'Monitor Settings'; the wallpaper setting tool is Nitrogen.
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FunOS is a lightweight GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu LTS, focused on minimalist design and support for old hardware, using JWM as the default window manager and removing heavy components such as Snap.
50%UnverifiedFunOS uses the Calamares installer and completes installation in about two minutes on a virtual machine with 6GB of memory and 2 threads, defaulting to Erase Disk mode, with Ext4 as the file system and swap as a file.
50%UnverifiedFunOS's preinstalled software includes LXTerminal, PCManFM, Mousepad, Firefox ESR, LX Music, SMPlayer, Evince, GPicView, LXTask, Galculator and Xarchiver, but no office suite and no Htop are preinstalled.
50%UnverifiedOn a virtual machine with 6GB of memory, FunOS uses only about 382MB of memory after running for a while.
50%UnverifiedFunOS's release announcement claims that replacing the GNU core tools with Rust implementations (uutils coreutils) was for stability, performance and security, but the actual system contains both GNU coreutils and rust-coreutils, for example the man page for the cat command shows uutils coreutils 0.12.0.
50%UnverifiedThe video's author criticizes FunOS's official claim that the Rust toolchain is 'better performing and more secure' as lacking basis, because uutils' performance is generally on par with the GNU tools and the security advantage only manifests in specific scenarios, and keeping two sets of coreutils at the same time may lead to command resolution conflicts or inconsistent behavior.
50%UnverifiedFunOS's default resolution is 1280x800 and can be adjusted to 1920x1080 via 'Monitor Settings'; the wallpaper setting tool is Nitrogen.
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