InstantOS Is A Refreshing Take On Desktop Linux

instantOS is an Arch Linux based distro that is designed to just work out of the box, yet it is still aimed at power users. Everything is light, fast, and flexible. instantOS sports it own window manager that can handle tiling as well as floated windows.

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[glidersuzuki]

The dmenu installer is really cool and unique.

[francescopremsolidoro]

the advanced settings include cool stuff, like adding software at install-time and other things. Pretty nice that they have it

[tuffgniuz]

Always fun to see distro's I've never heard of. I personally would never use it though, since I like the process of configuring the window manager myself. But as always, a great video!

[donaldwilliams]

It's a very intereting take on a desktop. It's very functional and VERY low RAM/CPU. It does take some getting used to. I ran it as a VM then liked it enough to put it on an OLD asus laptop i5-3rd gen. It runs amazingly well! I like that someone is pushing the idea of what a desktop can be. It's not for everyone, but as a basic system on old HW I think it's great. It's also only beta so I think it will get better over time.

[tylerdean]

These are some sick DWM customizations, I’ll have to steal some of these.

[FrDismasSayreOP]

What ACTUALLY happened last time DT reviewed InstantOS: "This looks nice..." InstantOS: "DT is bald. " DT: "Imma 'bout to end this man's career "

[julianstephen]

Top of the morning DT...tis almost 6am in Fiji....love the content...keep it up

[christrathen]

Dude, you are the best, ive been looking for your channel for ages, saw you once on someone elses video, finally found your channel, much happines, keep it up, great content and info / insight

[omerefe]

Looks so nice it's exactly what I was looking for in a wm because i can't configure that much by myself

[GajendraMahat]

Feeling so happy to see your new video😊😊

[ricardosteijn]

Interesting project, I like the installer, and the whole thing definitely has some nice personality to it.

[walter_lesaulnier]

Very cool. I wish every distro was so VM friendly.

[jesse]

Wow, this looks really cool, frankly!

[Winnetou]

I don't know, the menu style, is interesting, but I can't shug the feeling like something is off with it. I don't know if it's the color on highlight on the side or something else. I can't say I have an idea how to change it though.

But I have to say, I am really pleased with all the info and tips baked in so somebody new can still pick it up in no time. That's a lesson that many devs can learn! Kudos to the instantOS dev for that!

[primo_geniture]

Paper Benni provided a response video to the first review 2 years ago. He stated that the file manager choice was because of its search capabilities and that he also doesn't like Gnome. Ranger is also installed. The menu comes up with mouse click or space bar when there is no other application in focus. As for those asking if it is a fork of DWM, he stated that 60% of the code is original.

[everyhandletaken]

I think I agree with the desktop mouse click, but this is a pretty friendly wm, could tempt me

[PenguinEye]

I didn't think you would ever revisit it. Glad you did. Been using it for some time and loving it.

[lorrewatkins]

You are so awesome and funny DT, I just Love you're password remarks "Needs to be strong and complicated" 1, 2, :=)

[brianguna]

Quit fun typical of any any other linux distros but with it's own niche. Thanks for the update.

[merthyr]

Very reminiscent of the "Material" GNOME extension but built from the ground up.
Think they'll need to add some aliases for stuff like file managers so people don't need to check through for the app you want (you had to try 3 or 4 apps before finding nautilus).

Also noticed a lot of screen tearing in this video. Could be my crappy windows laptop but just thought I'd mention :)