tumbling4986@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoUbuntu stopped being the lightweight Linux distro, and Linux Mint filled the gap it left behindwww.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up1311arrow-down166
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minus-squarePeffse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·17 hours agoMaybe Xubuntu or preferably Lubuntu, but never Ubuntu. I’d even have a hard time saying Linux Mint is going to be lightweight.
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·17 hours agoLubuntu definitely seems about the lightest weight desktop environment for it for sure. I suppose Ubuntu server can be pretty light… But so are most linux servers, that’s kind of their selling point.
minus-squareSuspiciousCarrot78@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 hours agoI’d argue AntiX or PuppyLinux… but if we’re talking about stuff a normie can just use, I agree with you. DietPi (headless) is ~ 300mb fully resident in memory. https://dietpi.com/
Maybe Xubuntu or preferably Lubuntu, but never Ubuntu.
I’d even have a hard time saying Linux Mint is going to be lightweight.
Lubuntu definitely seems about the lightest weight desktop environment for it for sure. I suppose Ubuntu server can be pretty light… But so are most linux servers, that’s kind of their selling point.
I’d argue AntiX or PuppyLinux… but if we’re talking about stuff a normie can just use, I agree with you.
DietPi (headless) is ~ 300mb fully resident in memory.
https://dietpi.com/