Recently I’ve gave up Windows for Linux and installed Ubuntu with KDE Plasma desktop on my pc and laptop from 2007. It’s an i7 Intel processor with 8gb ddr ram so I thought it would be fine, but it seems quite sluggish. What distro could I use that would be faster and still fully functional? Thanks for your help in advance.

  • d3Xt3r@lemmy.nzM
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    1 year ago

    Zorin OS Lite, or Xubuntu. Both are based on XFCE and should be a lot lighter than stock Ubuntu.

    If you want something even lighter (still based on XFCE), Puppy Linux (QuickPup) might be a good option. One of the things that makes Puppy so fast is that it run entirely from RAM, so it doesn’t need to touch the HDD to access files. It saves all disk changes to an overlay filesystem which runs in the RAM, and when you’re done with your session, you get an option to save it do your HDD (there’s also an option to periodically save your session). Puppy can be a bit quirky but it really makes a big difference on an old system, so it’s definitely worth checking out IMO.

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      1 year ago

      Thanks, I’ve ordered ssd and I’m trying opensuse now. Puppy linux sounds great for persistent usb set up. I’ll definitely try it.