GuideOS is a Debian-based distribution with the goal to create a distro that’s suitable for everyone, but primarily geared towards beginners and those switching from other operating systems.
Playing videos and music, browsing the internet, and playing games from Steam and other libraries should be easy and require no prior knowledge. However, the entire project is still under development, so at this time we only recommend it to people with basic computer skills who want to try out the distribution and don’t require their system to be absolutely stable and error-free.
GuideOS is not an attempt to become the next “big” distribution or to outperform existing projects.
| Working state: | Active |
| Desktop: | Cinnamon |
| Init Software: | systemd |
| Package Management: | APT |
| Release Model: | Fixed |
| Platforms: | x86_64 |
| Home Page: | guideos.de |
| Developer: | GuideOS |
| This article is part of our Big List of Active Linux Distributions. |
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