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(If you have not done so, you can read DAY 1 HERE)

Day Two. Our weapon of choice: Linux Mint 9 LXDE.

On the face of it Linux Mint LXDE is just a tweaked Lubuntu, but there is more to it than that.

It features (many) more software packages on install, codecs pre-installed, and some “heavier” packages like Thunderbird.

What did we think about it? continue reading…

Lubuntu, the flavor of Ubuntu sporting the LXDE desktop environment. It is one of the newer kids on the block, and in some areas it shows. It does have the power of Ubuntu and its community behind it, and hence was our first selected distro for the Seven Day Lightweight Distro Challenge.

What do I think of it? continue reading…

Day One of our Lightweight Distro Roundup.

Our candidate? Lubuntu, a Ubuntu flavor that uses LXDE as its desktop environment. I has everything that Ubuntu has going for it; large community support, tons of packages in the repositories and years of Ubuntu legacy and know-how.

Does it provide what is needed in a lightweight distro? continue reading…

If you talked to anyone offering Linux as an alternative to Windows a few years ago, they would tell you that Linux did not need as much resources than Windows did.

Yep, most Linux Distros where lighter than even Windows XP, and you could have yourself an operating system that was modern and extremely capable while still using your laptop from 2001.

Fast forward to today and you are looking at a very different picture. Where are the lightweight distros? continue reading…