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   kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Sunday, 11-May-2025 18:16:47 JST kaia
   is there a Linux OS that needs less resources than Lubuntu and is similarly easy to install and use? my dad's laptop doesn't like the new Lubuntu
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     ModestinoSycamore (modestinosycamore@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 11-May-2025 19:34:51 JST ModestinoSycamore

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     @raccoon @kaia
     AntiX is the slim brother of MxLinux.

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     Trash Panda (raccoon@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Sunday, 11-May-2025 19:34:53 JST Trash Panda

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     Actually, what about MX Linux?

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     Trash Panda (raccoon@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Sunday, 11-May-2025 19:34:54 JST Trash Panda

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     Puppy linux?

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     Rosmarinus (rosmarinus@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 11-May-2025 19:35:07 JST Rosmarinus

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     @kaia Debian GNU/Linux is your best choice. No more ubuntu stuff and having a clean OS yet easier to use than ubuntu.

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     Ⓑⓡⓔⓣⓣ (brettm@swarm.coiloptic.org)'s status on Sunday, 11-May-2025 19:35:10 JST Ⓑⓡⓔⓣⓣ

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     @kaia@brotka.st alpine is pretty lightweight,with the right window manager should be as easy to use
     
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     ergo (ergo@social.ergo-research.org)'s status on Sunday, 11-May-2025 19:35:11 JST ergo

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     @kaia arch
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     Dr. Coyote, Conspiracy Therapist (coyote@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 11-May-2025 19:35:14 JST Dr. Coyote, Conspiracy Therapist

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     @raccoon @kaia
     
     Them:
     > "Proudly anti-fascist "antiX Magic"
     
     Me:
     WTF am I looking at.... /me goes back to compiling dwm...
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     Dr. Coyote, Conspiracy Therapist (coyote@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 11-May-2025 19:35:57 JST Dr. Coyote, Conspiracy Therapist

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     @kaia https://distrowatch.com/search.php Yes, maintained? Fewer. Depends on what choked Lubuntu? "mate" on mint is actually "comfy" without being to bloted, IMHO, but it's still bloated... so I'd say.... try linux mint xfce iso? see how it goes?
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     kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Sunday, 11-May-2025 19:36:54 JST kaia

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     @p it's a X200 ThinkPad with 2GB of RAM. I think I'll buy dad a new one
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     p (p@raru.re)'s status on Sunday, 11-May-2025 19:36:55 JST p

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     what spec is the laptop?
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     :blobcatflower: (methyltheobromine@netzsphaere.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 11-May-2025 19:37:03 JST :blobcatflower:

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     @raccoon @kaia it might not be easy to install ig like you have to know how to use a computer.
     
     xubuntu maybe? it's like ubuntu with xfce4 it's quite lightweight for being user-friendly afaik
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     :blobcatflower: (methyltheobromine@netzsphaere.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 11-May-2025 19:37:04 JST :blobcatflower:

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     @raccoon @kaia voidlinux
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     Robert "Szkodnix" (szkodnix@sk.szkod.ovh)'s status on Sunday, 11-May-2025 19:37:13 JST Robert "Szkodnix"

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     @kaia@brotka.st So far the lightest distro I know is antiX.
     
     And what about some other distros that ship with LXQt just as Lubuntu? Fedora is known from shipping mostly vanilla desktop environments.

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     snacks (snacks@netzsphaere.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 11-May-2025 19:49:04 JST snacks

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     @kaia @p maybe just get more ram? 2 gb is very little and will choke the moment you open a modern browser
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     p (p@raru.re)'s status on Sunday, 11-May-2025 20:14:57 JST p

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     https://www.amazon.de/-/en/dp/B0CT87KY8Y and just put fedora on it
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     Del Rio Kun~ (zrdr_delrio@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 11-May-2025 20:53:19 JST Del Rio Kun~

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     @kaia would mint be okay?
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     Roknrol (roknrol@beige.party)'s status on Sunday, 11-May-2025 21:17:07 JST Roknrol

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     @kaia I have found that Debian usually offers a decent user experience with fewer resources than *buntu distros.

     Depending on the hardware, of course.

     2 Gigs of RAM might be a little light for Debian, but I'd still give it a shot.

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     Fell (fell@ma.fellr.net)'s status on Tuesday, 13-May-2025 12:25:26 JST Fell

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     @kaia The OS can be as light as a feather, but it can never make up for browsers trying their best to run tons and tons of JavaScript IMO.
     At risk of sounding like a broken record, I would try Mint.

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