tumbling4986@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoUbuntu stopped being the lightweight Linux distro, and Linux Mint filled the gap it left behindwww.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square102linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarePeffse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days 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-up0·8 days 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-up0·8 days 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/