First impressions of Chakra GNU/Linux 0.3.1

“Despite receiving several requests for a Chakra Linux review,
it took me a while to get motivated to write one, mostly due to the
project’s website. Oh, it’s attractive enough and well laid out and
there’s a wiki and a forum. The site didn’t appear to be missing
anything, but two things raised warning flags right away. First,
the website claims Chakra is alpha stage software and I usually
like to wait until after a project drops the alpha/beta/rc
designation before I try it. The other warning flag was raised upon
reading the Frequently Asked Questions section of the site. (Or
rather one of the FAQ sections, there’s another in the Wiki.) There
are just three questions and answers presented regarding the reason
for Chakra’s existence and its ease of use. Each of the answers
strikes me as being unusually defensive. For instance, in response
to a question about whether Chakra is user-friendly we’re told that
“in contrast to many other distributions, Chakra does not hide the
system under some obscure ‘administrative layer’ (automated
scripts, bloated front-ends, funky daemons etc)”. The statement
ends with: “However, newcomers to Chakra must expect to read and
have a do-it-yourself approach to just about everything; anything
less and they will be disappointed. We empower you, and you must
learn to handle that :-)”.”

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