Linux distribution
Sleeper OS Bee v2
Nate Drake fires up his laptop to discover whether Sleeper OS is the perfect dream or every Linux user’s nightmare.
IN BRIEF
The default version of Sleeper OS is easy to set up and boots fast. It’s let down by a dubious selection of pre-installed apps, patchy documentation and frequent references to MX/antiX.
SPECS
CPU: 1GHz Mem: 512MB (1GB recommended) HDD: 5GB Builds: x86_64
Sleeper OS is a new Linux distribution. So new, in fact, that DistroWatch has yet to add it to its comprehensive online database. In its short lifetime, the OS has gone from being based on Rocky Linux to “embracing an MX Linux base”. MX itself is based on Debian stable, while using components of antiX. This means that, like antiX, Sleeper OS doesn’t use systemd. While the project doesn’t have a dedicated website, its SourceForge page does have a basic wiki and the code for a site. This is where we learned that Sleeper OS is designed for “artists and hobbyists”. This may account for the flamboyant names of the distro’s alternative spins, including Snow White Gnome Desktop, OK KDE Desktop, Ratolí Xfce4 and Mountain Cinnamon Desktop.