Ufficio Zero Linux OS Reviews

Will Cagliari ever be updated to fix some problems? Thanks Jim

I tested UZL-11 64 bit (in Live-DVD-mode, without HDD/SSD, Desktop: Cinnamon 5.8.4, Distro: Linux Mint 21.2, Base: Ubuntu 22.04): works like a charm! Just as stable, fast and comfortable (english=default) as the original Linux Mint Cinnamon 21.2 available from linuxmint.com. There's also a UZL-11 32-bit version (for older hardware): Works fine (in Live-DVD-mode) on 1x1,9 GHz CPU, 2GB RAM, but asks for the root password in the Firewall- and Date/Time applet, and the default keyboard layout is not English-US-int but Italian. Please put the default root password for the Live-DVD ("ufficiozero") in a info.txt alongside the .ISO. Why not ditch all the other versions (Urbino,  Cagliari, Tropea, Portofino, which I all tested) and put all your efforts into UZL-12 (64- and 32 bit)? It is very difficult now to choose a suitable version. I had to test all versions, as the info on ufficiozero.org is unscrutable (no clear desktop/distro/base/package/facilities info). Tropea (english=default) is also excellent. Cagliaria and Portofino use italian as default language, which means that the Live-DVD-mode is unsuitable for english users. Vieste (english=default) did also work great , but is no longer maintained. Urbino 32bit (english=default) works slow on older hardware (1 x 1,9 GHz CPU, 2 GB RAM), the 64 bit version is OK. Duplica BMRS has very useful apps onboard: Reset Windows passwords, ClamTk antivirus, Gparted, Undelete, TeamViewer and Rescue tools. In Duplica I could not find a Gufw firewall applet (and I was too lazy to search for a command).

these distros offer a new way of working in Italian offices: the software park is really large (from CAD to digital signature) and the system in its operation is quite fluid.