#linux distributions

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Linux distributions reviews

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Favorite Linux distro?

Raspbian

Arch Linux

Bazzite

SteamOS

Ubuntu

Linux Mint

Debian

The second one

Void Linux

Pop!_OS

CachyOS

Voting ended onMar 28

[sistersorrow]

My TikTok FYP is currently flooded with Linux content because I decided to look at one too many distro recommendations, and now every third video is like "Here's why FlungusOS is a great distro for newbies," and then the top comment will be like "CockNBallsOS is the superior distro," and then when you click the "CockNBallsOS distro" search recommendations it turns out that was the OS used to successfully land a manned mission on Pluto last week

I just wanted to know how they make the desktops looks so pretty and now I'm learning about personal server architecture, how the fuck did I get here?

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Windows 11’s growing troubles and why so many people are turning to Linux

Windows once defined what personal computing meant. For decades, it shaped how people worked, studied and communicated, from the early days of MS-DOS to the broad adoption of Windows 95, XP and 7. In 2025, it still runs on more than a billion machines, yet many of the same users who grew up with Windows now feel pushed into an operating system they no longer recognise. The shift has been…

Windows 11’s growing troubles and why so many people are turning to Linux

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Understanding Linux: Your Essential Guide If you've ever typed "lxs" into...

If you’ve ever typed “lxs” into a search bar, perhaps as a typo for Linux, or simply out of curiosity regarding foundational computing concepts, you’ve landed in the right place. Linux is more than just an operating system; it’s a powerful, flexible, and often misunderstood cornerstone of modern technology. This article cuts through the confusion, offering a clear and comprehensive look at what…

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Reviving Old Computers: My Journey with Linux Mint and Other Distros

If you’re like me, you hate the idea of throwing away perfectly good electronics just because they’re a bit outdated. That’s why I’ve been experimenting with various Linux distributions over the years to get the most out of my old machines. I’ve tried everything from Ubuntu to Puppy Linux, but the one that’s stuck with me the longest is Linux Mint. As my daily driver, Linux Mint has proven to be…

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My super-causal reviews of some lightweight linux distros

I recently dug out an old laptop that ran windows 8.1 and installed linux on it. Since it's not my main computer anymore, i decided to distro hop a bit on it. The computer is roughly a decade old and has only 2 gb of ram, so lightweight distros it is. What I mean by lightweight is that they put little strain on the underlying hardware in terms of for example RAM or CPU useage. Of course, Linux distros in general have much lower system requirements than Windows ever-growing requirements and size, but there are still significant variations in system requirements. So lightweight distros are light by Linux distro standards. Here are reviews of four I've tried out.

Lubuntu and Xubuntu. I'm going to lump them together because they are both variations on Ubuntu, just with different desktop environments. Vanilla Ubuntu uses Gnome, while Lubuntu uses LXQT and Xubuntu uses XFCE, which are both lighter desktop environments. Xubuntu I think is more friendly to older hardware, while Lubuntu abandoned that goal some years back and nowadays don't even have official minimum system requirements. So Xubuntu is probably better as a light-weight version of Ubuntu, although they are both kinda heavy. And well they're both Ubuntu, and carries a lot of that distro's advantages and disadvantages. Ubuntu due to its focus on user-friendliness is easy to run, and you can get help easily online if something goes wrong due to its large userbase. On the other hand, the developers of Ubuntu, Canonical have gotten a fixation on their own "Snap" file format. And It's just a worse version of flatpaks. They're fine when they run, but take ages to start up, which is annoying. Despite their names, they are not snappy. Overall I prefer Linux Mint, which is based on Ubuntu, but which uses the superior flatpak file format by default instead.

Linux Lite: I dislike this distro. I have reblogged a post that recommended it, and there is one big problem with it: It's default web browser is Google Chrome. That could be forgiveable if I could just go into the distro's software manager and install firefox and uninstall Chrome. But chrome is uninstallable from the software manager and firefox is only avaialble as a snap without command line tinkering. Hard pass, I want to easily get rid of Chrome, Google's proprietary monopolistic mess and snap package firefox is just as annoying here as it is in ubuntu. Linux Mint has an xfce version, the same environment xubuntu and Lite uses, and I haven't tried it yet, but I suspect it's superioror to both of them just because of the lack of Snap bullshit.

AntiX Now this distro really impressed me. It's built to run on anything. "256MB RAM is the recommended minimum for antiX." which is insanely low in 2023. it's one of the few distros to still support 32bit versions. It doesn't even have a desktop environment by default, instead it uses window managers to create a GUI. I was shocked to discover you could install desktop environments from the package manager. And despite everything, it works perfectly fine. It's not super challenging to use, the installation works fine. There are sane default programs like libreoffice and firefox, and a decent selection in the package manager. The window manager desktop is easy to use and very responsive. It was very fast and responsive even when running from an usb stick. Impressive distro to remain perfecatly useable even when it's so light. I will stick to Mint as my daily driver, but if you have an old computer with a low amount of ram, use Antix.

[wylldebee]

Hey, Linux Community, do you have any linux distro recommendations for a window user with no coding experience? Thinking of changing as my laptop gets older and slower, and I honestly don't know where to start.