[CS-FSLUG] Lightweight Linux in 2020

[Eduardo Sanchez]

What is the RAM level?

I would recommend straight Debian or Slackware Live with MATE, LXQt or
Xfce. These are great but lightweight desktops.

Eduardo


-- On Sat, 7 Mar 2020 18:36:13 -0600, the Hon. Member Timothy Butler
<tbutler at ofb.biz> spoke thusly:

>>Friends,
>>If you were going to recommend a lightweight distro at present, what
>>would it be? I have a little Asus x201e I ended up “inheriting”
>>(organizationally speaking). It’s not speedy, but its dual core
>>Celeron 1.1 GHz processors seem to handle Ubuntu 19.10 reasonably
>>well. I just installed a cheap SSD to replace the hard disk. 
>>
>>I figure if it can handle Ubuntu ok, maybe something lighter weight
>>would be even better? Something MATE based? LxQt based? Elementary OS
>>looks interesting and different....
>>
>>If the same thing ran well on a Raspberry Pi, that seems like a bonus
>>to me. 
>>
>>If nothing we’ll run markedly better, I might just stick with Ubuntu,
>>it’s familiar and compatible with anything I might want...
>>
>>Thoughts?
>>
>>Tim
>>
>>Sent from my iPhone
>>
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