Condres OS 2019.03

This issue Mayank Sharma learns yet another lesson: just because a distro has the right formula for success doesn’t mean it’ll necessarily be one.

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On paper, Condres OS seems like another addition to the growing number of distros that use Arch to produce a desktop for both new and experienced users. It has custom tools to ease complex tasks such as switching kernels, yet doesn’t drop any of Arch’s adaptability to make a truly malleable desktop. But it all starts to go off the rails pretty soon.

First up is the developer’s love for the Gnome desktop – so much so that Gnome is the default desktop on the MATE edition as well. You’ll have to log out of the Live environment and manually select MATE from the login manager if you want to use its desktop inside the MATE edition. Gnome is even listed as an option in the login manager on the Cinnamon spin, though thankfully that one boots into the correct desktop environment.

Next, there’s the project’s modified distro-agnostic