Review of Foresight Linux 2.0.2.1

“Foresight is a desktop operating system featuring an intuitive user interface and a showcase of the latest desktop software”

The question is, is this the case? Does it fulfill its goal? As it turns out, the July issue of Linux Format shipped with it a copy of Foresight Linux 2.0. On a whim, I tried that out, and very quickly got an unusable system. After being contacted by one of the developers in reply to a somewhat inflammatory tweet I made, I decided to give it a second shot with a more recent version.

For this trial, I used Foresight 2.0.2.1 GNOME edition compiled for x86_64. I appreciate the availability of an Xfce version very much, but given that it’s apparently still in a beta stage, I decided to pass on that.

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