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Mint is less lightweight from what I can tell. Linux Lite and Lubuntu require far less in terms of resources and I think it's even possible to run them on a gig of RAM or less. On the flip side they're less full-featured. So it's a matter of what you want. If you have decade+ old hardware Mint probably isn't your best bet.Would you say this is a better version of Linux than Mint? That is what I have been using on my old computers.
Wow that is a bit of a difference. I will load it onto my clunker and give it a goLinux Lite has a minimum requirement of:
768 MB RAM (1 GB preferred)
8 GB storage (20 GB preferred)
Linux Mint Xfce (lightest edition) requires:
2 GB RAM (4 GB preferred)
20 GB storage (100 GB preferred)
I do like Linux Mint, though!
Really only as mentioned above on the system requirements. If you have the juice to run Mint, it is a more feature complete package. Linux Lite is going to be a better option for potatoes it sounds like. I just checked my clunker and apparently it has 16GB of RAM, so I will likely stick with Mint for now.I installed Linux Mint on 3 machines in the last couple of weeks. Wasn't aware of this one.
Any usability drawbacks compared to Mint?
You can create a Windows VM on a Linux host and run it there.Can you run microsoft 365 on Linux machines?
It is also possible to log onto your account through the internet and use the web versions of office.Can you run microsoft 365 on Linux machines?
You can create a Windows VM on a Linux host and run it there.
Respectfully, Arch isn't about bling first and foremost. Customization is its focus. Case in point: I have made some very potato-friendly minimalist setups that make Puppy look bloated. As for complications though...Linux Lite is much lighter (that is, easier on RAM and CPU) than even the lightest flavor of Linux Mint. And in my opinion, even more "newbie friendly" because of little things like renaming applications based on what they do. For example the file manager is called "File Manager" instead of "Thunar" or "Nemo" as in Linux Mint (and ZorinOS and the other "beginner friendly" Linux distributions).
And no, it's not Arch Linux (cutting-edge, newest and shiniest). It aims for stability and usability rather than bling and it's complications.
Linux Lite lacks one utility that Mint offers, but "mintstick" (the USB drive formatter and .iso writer) is easily added to Linux Lite (I just "stole" my copy from Mint's repository and installed it on Linux Lite). But I give Linux Lite the edge for simplicity, for Lite Tweaks (see the link to the release announcement), for renaming applications according to their function, for the highly modified Xfce desktop, and for being easy on older older hardware.I installed Linux Mint on 3 machines in the last couple of weeks. Wasn't aware of this one.
Any usability drawbacks compared to Mint?
There are uses for running Linux on a virtual machine (although most users run Windows in a VM on a Linux computer, which I think is what Irenaeus was suggesting.Doesn't that defeat the purpose of running LINUX on an older machine? If your computer can't run Windows how could it run it on a virtual machine?
Got it downloaded. Now I just need to burn it. I have my boot sequences set up to run it from the DVD.I tried last night but couldn't get it to download on the old laptop. Less friendly interface than I remember from when I downloaded Puppy a decade or so ago. I'll try again over the weekend
The Steam platform makes it very easy to find out which games run on Linux or not. I would say around 50% of my existing library works on Linux (a library which has been building since 2004 when the platform first came out).Really the only reason to run Windows virtually these days is for some very specific software that only runs on Windows. But even gaming on Linux is getting easier and easier.
I'd enjoy reading your review of it. LibreOffice is getting big and bloated these days.@RobertPGH1981 I've used LibreOffice quite successfully though I'm now testing OnlyOffice as it has a much cleaner UI and claims better MS Office compatibility.
Just like OpenOffice before it...I'd enjoy reading your review of it. LibreOffice is getting big and bloated these days.
I remember open office...Just like OpenOffice before it...