Light Linux

[technicianadvance]

I have an old dual core 1.3GHz AMD E-300 Accelerated Processor and 8 gigs of ddr2 ram in an old hp 2000 laptop. I need a light linux os that is like ubuntu but lighter and on it I need a graphical user interface that is easy to learn. It also needs to be capable of using virtual box.

[MrDrWho13]

7 minutes ago, dlscientist said:

I have an old dual core 1.3GHz AMD E-300 Accelerated Processor and 8 gigs of ddr2 ram in an old hp 2000 laptop. I need a light linux os that is like ubuntu but lighter and on it I need a graphical user interface that is easy to learn. It also needs to be capable of using virtual box.

I tried a few not long ago, but my favourite was Linux Mint XFCE. It has a fairly friendly GUI and doesn't look like it's straight out of the 90s like most distros.

VirtualBox is very resource intensive so it depends what OS you're planning to run virtually as to what the performance will be.

[technicianadvance]

10 minutes ago, MrDrWho13 said:

I tried a few not long ago, but my favourite was Linux Mint XFCE. It has a fairly friendly GUI and doesn't look like it's straight out of the 90s like most distros.

VirtualBox is very resource intensive so it depends what OS you're planning to run virtually as to what the performance will be.

Ok I will try that. I have also been looking at Bodhi Linux as well.

[Radium_Angel]

22 minutes ago, MrDrWho13 said:

I tried a few not long ago, but my favourite was Linux Mint XFCE. It has a fairly friendly GUI and doesn't look like it's straight out of the 90s like most distros.

VirtualBox is very resource intensive so it depends what OS you're planning to run virtually as to what the performance will be.

The desktop environment can be swapped out at will, but I agree with XFCE. Look into fluxbox as well

[TLCH723]

If you want to stick with something similar to ubuntu, you can try xubuntu and lubuntu.

Other distros you can try is linux mint, as mention above, puppy linux and arch linux.

[Linus_torvalds]

Do not use ubuntu! It's not light even with xfce or any other DE. I suggest install manjaro linux (one with xfce). It's user friendly even for begginers. It has much newer software then ubuntu or any other debian based distro. It's rolling release you will not have to reinstall or upgrade to newer version. You will always have newest version.

On distrowatch it's on second place https://distrowatch.com/

Mint 2868

Manjaro 2810

 

Or if you are advanced linux user then install arch linux and try i3-gaps there is no way you will have full system like that with lighter requirements.

[EPENEX]

Arch Linux if you're willing to spend a decent amount of time debugging and learning about GNU/Linux.

[OneEightZero]

On 4/29/2018 at 2:18 AM, mate_mate91 said:

Do not use ubuntu! It's not light even with xfce or any other DE. I suggest install manjaro linux (one with xfce). It's user friendly even for begginers. It has much newer software then ubuntu or any other debian based distro. It's rolling release you will not have to reinstall or upgrade to newer version. You will always have newest version.

On distrowatch it's on second place https://distrowatch.com/

Mint 2868

Manjaro 2810

 

Or if you are advanced linux user then install arch linux and try i3-gaps there is no way you will have full system like that with lighter requirements.

I usually recommend one of these two with XFCE for older machines. Of the two, I prefer Mint (I like Apt over Pacman), but I usually recommend one or the other depending on the user's tech savviness. 

[Theguywhobea]

Ubuntu MATE uses Gnome 2 I think, and it's a fairly light desktop environment and seems to handle tearing better than XFCE.