DistroWatch published two new distro reviews: ChimeraOS 2022.01.03 and Lilidog 22.04.

ChimeraOS 2022.01.03

ChimeraOS is an Arch-based system for 64-bit machines that specializes in running games. It's primarily intended to be easy to set up (it automates the installation and takes over our entire hard drive). ChimeraOS then boots into a console-style interface. The project's FAQ page says it works as a portal to Steam, Epic Games Store, Flathub, and GOG.

Lilidog 22.04

The next distribution on my list of projects to review was Lilidog. This distribution is based on Debian with Openbox as the default window manager. The project is available in three editions. The first is a full, 64-bit edition which features Openbox along with a collection of popular open source applications. These include Firefox, Thunderbird, and the Synaptic package manager. This full edition is a 1.6GB download. There is also a 32-bit version of this edition which is also 1.6GB. The third edition is a "minimal" edition which offers the same user interface, but almost no desktop applications. We're simply provided with the Thunar file manager, the Xfce virtual terminal, and a text editor. This minimal edition is still fairly large, 1.2GB in size. I suspect not many computers are old enough to be 32-bit while still being able to run DVDs or boot from USB thumb drives, but this edition does have five downloads at the time of writing.

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