▲ 83 ▼ What's the best light desktop env to install in a Linux distro? (lemmy.ml) submitted 2 years ago by Crying4625@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml 78 comments fedilink hide all child comments I want to revive an old Lenovo laptop with an AMD A6 2.6GHz and 4GB ram, what would be the best option for a DE?
[–] Crying4625@lemmy.ml [S] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children) If it was for me I could use something like that. But I don't think the person I'll give the pc to would be able to lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] schwim@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Could you tell me what would be lacking? There's a surprising amount of bells and whistle s you can add to the setup. Check out bunsenlabs distro for an example. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Telorand@reddthat.com 1 point 2 years ago If it's for someone else, I'd pick Mate or XFCE. Should feel familiar to Windows (which is what I'd guess they're coming from), and it should be light enough to work on that hardware. ElementaryOS comes with Pantheon, which is also very light, iirc, and it might be worth trying out via a live ISO. permalink fedilink source parent [–] muhyb@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago I think what you need is LXQT in that case. It's light while still being a DE. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] schwim@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Could you tell me what would be lacking? There's a surprising amount of bells and whistle s you can add to the setup. Check out bunsenlabs distro for an example. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 1 point 2 years ago If it's for someone else, I'd pick Mate or XFCE. Should feel familiar to Windows (which is what I'd guess they're coming from), and it should be light enough to work on that hardware. ElementaryOS comes with Pantheon, which is also very light, iirc, and it might be worth trying out via a live ISO. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] muhyb@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago I think what you need is LXQT in that case. It's light while still being a DE. permalink fedilink source parent