Re: Need light Linux OS for OLD computer
Generally Ubuntu 14.04 LTS uses the "unstable" Debian branch (Sid) so it is no surprise that the Ubuntu restricted-extras don't work with Debian stable (Wheezy).
I tried Xubuntu and I like XCFE, but I settled on LXDE just to save a few more MB of DRAM.
If you list your services via
sudo service --status-all
you can remove alot of stuff that probably isn't too important. For example, I remove
sudo apt-get purge ppp bluez whoopsie apport modemmanager
and a few more that I can't remember right now. Removing those daemons reduces DRAM up to 25 to 50MB.
Debian, has been generally known not to be newbie user friendly and Ubuntu filled that void and thus its rise to popularity for a number of years. Linux Mint refines Ubuntu even more by adding codecs, etc and thus is popular.
Thus, I started with the ?buntus and then moved onto Debian as I got more expertise. I tried Arch via Manjaro and Bridge, but for my purposes, I prefer a stable LTS distro versus a rolling distro.
That is the good thing about having so many choices in Linux distros. For the newbie, however, the choices can be overwhelming.
Originally posted by ivtec
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I'm going to upgrade as you say and hope i can install flash player, if not i'll keep xubuntu 14.04, that's not a bad distro and has everything you need .
but Debian is lighter.
but Debian is lighter.
If you list your services via
sudo service --status-all
you can remove alot of stuff that probably isn't too important. For example, I remove
sudo apt-get purge ppp bluez whoopsie apport modemmanager
and a few more that I can't remember right now. Removing those daemons reduces DRAM up to 25 to 50MB.
Debian, has been generally known not to be newbie user friendly and Ubuntu filled that void and thus its rise to popularity for a number of years. Linux Mint refines Ubuntu even more by adding codecs, etc and thus is popular.
Thus, I started with the ?buntus and then moved onto Debian as I got more expertise. I tried Arch via Manjaro and Bridge, but for my purposes, I prefer a stable LTS distro versus a rolling distro.
That is the good thing about having so many choices in Linux distros. For the newbie, however, the choices can be overwhelming.
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