07-05-2017, 12:21 AM
I flirted with SalixOS for a long while. Xfce desktop, ultralight, rock-stable (it has Slackware's legendary stability - like Debian "Old Stable" but with up-to-date applications), Slackware "for Lazy Slackers." User friendly (but not for Linux novices) and systemd-free.
Another great lightweight is LXLE. It's built from Lubuntu but with lots of extras that don't add much weight, but make it spectacularly gorgeous and intuitive. Using the LXDE desktop environment, LXLE is a bit less resource-hungry than most of it's Xfce counterparts and comes with a good selection of lightweight applications (like Seamonkey instead of the bloated Firefox / Thunderbird combination of most distros. But LibreOffice instead of the ultralight alternatives like Abiword and Gnumeric. The big issue with LXLE is all those extra PPAs added. It exponentially multiplies the risk of the "broken after update" scenarios common to Ubuntu-based distros. By default includes some cool tools, though, like some of stuff Ralphy offers in his repo for Linux Lite.
I'm glad Linux Lite made the list! I was surprised to see PCLinuxOS there, because the standard KDE edition can't really be called "lite." But the mini-Xfce version of PCLinuxOS rivals Linux Lite and it comes with only enough to make it run, then you choose your own applications to make it your own custom mixture. It also comes in an ultra-light Enlightenment flavor with is fast enough to break the warp barrier.
Another great lightweight is LXLE. It's built from Lubuntu but with lots of extras that don't add much weight, but make it spectacularly gorgeous and intuitive. Using the LXDE desktop environment, LXLE is a bit less resource-hungry than most of it's Xfce counterparts and comes with a good selection of lightweight applications (like Seamonkey instead of the bloated Firefox / Thunderbird combination of most distros. But LibreOffice instead of the ultralight alternatives like Abiword and Gnumeric. The big issue with LXLE is all those extra PPAs added. It exponentially multiplies the risk of the "broken after update" scenarios common to Ubuntu-based distros. By default includes some cool tools, though, like some of stuff Ralphy offers in his repo for Linux Lite.
I'm glad Linux Lite made the list! I was surprised to see PCLinuxOS there, because the standard KDE edition can't really be called "lite." But the mini-Xfce version of PCLinuxOS rivals Linux Lite and it comes with only enough to make it run, then you choose your own applications to make it your own custom mixture. It also comes in an ultra-light Enlightenment flavor with is fast enough to break the warp barrier.
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