Top 5 Best Lightweight Linux Distros for Maximum Speed | The Ultimate Performance Showdown! (NEW)
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2024
- Today, we'll be having a look at 5 lightweight Linux distributions that are built for blazing speed and high performance. These distros can not only make your old computers fast but also make your powerful newer hardware give you an accelerated performance.
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I have a laptop which I bought 12 years ago so it's very low powered by today's standards. But I can easily run Android studio, a browser and an emulator on it, all at the same time, and guess what, the performance is very similar to what you get on a mid-range laptop available in the market today.
What my laptop lacks in the hardware department I make up for it by installing ingenious Linux distros that are built for superior performance.
These distros breathe new life into older hardware as these operating systems have a reduced overhead, allowing the computer to use more resources in terms of memory and CPU cycles for user tasks, thereby providing visible boost in performance.
Today I've picked for you the top 5 best Linux distros that deliver a power packed computing experience along with solid stability great usability and some with downright stunning looks. 
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1:05 MANJARO(personally as my laptop is pentium 2gb ram crashes every minute)
3:14 LINUX MINT (LOVED IT it is my primary driver)
5:19 ZORIN OS LITE(strated my linux journey here ,but some time it crashes randomly but definety best looks )
8:18 BODHI LINUX(GREAT ONLY A POTATO WILL NOT RUN IT)
10:23 MX LINUX (GOAT)
BANG THAT LIKE BUTTON
my laptop has only 4 gb ram which is best linux distro for my laperforce and better battery life than window ??
@@deadpool9432 Did you found any good distro?
@@deadpool9432which distro u are using?
@@deadpool9432Try Ubuntu mate
Linux mint consume 1GB of Ram in idle
I tried about 6 different Linux distros, and have found MX Linux to be my favorite overall. On a 12-year old computer, it performs like a much newer and more powerful one. It has so many extra features than any other distro.
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I have stopped distro hopping for 4 years now. Very happy with Manjaro KDE Plasma. It's stable and fast.
For performance, it might be worth looking at KDE-Openbox - looks like Plasma, but is openbox
Ex mac user here. Ive been using LM for months now. Extremely happy 😍
Another excellent video - nice work as usual!
Excellent video!!!! I have tried all these distros at some point. I still have a liking for bodhi Linux. It just looks cool and is fast!
I am using pure Debian with all the desktop environments installed from the net installer. It's fast. Even on my 2008 HP desktop it works great. No complaints whatsoever!!!
what's your laptop specifications?
@bakapotatoes I only use desktop computers.
@@rmcellig ooh okay
Great list and an easy transition from windows for most people.
I remember using mcc interim and tamu back in the early 90s then switching to dos and then to mandrake and other distros. These days I use bog standard manjaro xfce.
Is there a reason you didn't cover an lxqt de?
I've been waiting for this one!
Been using Manjaro KDE for two years now and its been great. Best distro I've used since 2005 other than Mint.
Great to hear bro
#metoo. I really jibe with Manjaro KDE.
Tho KDE is not lightweight at all ^^
@@gepron1x it’s about as light as XFCE these days. Lighter in some cases.
@@dragonballjiujitsu Absolutely. Nowadays, Xfce isn't even for low RAM usage anymore, rather just a user preference.
I really like Anti-x for lightweight computing. And a stripped down version of Xubuntu is really nice too. But I think the oldest, crankiest PC I had did best with Sparky.
AntiX work find with my 15 years old celeron laptop.
Sparky is a very fine distro as well, especially the openbox version.
Great pick, thank u!
I just quit manjaro from this list, and put Loc-OS XFCE instead, blazing fast & edge, based on Debian 11 bullseye, start with just 400 MB of RAM, amazing! Also has LXDE versions, that performs faster beginning with only 200 MB of RAM.
which linux distro uses less battery ?. my window my laptop battey life is only 5 hours .please suggest any linux distro which provide better battery backup and performance
Arch linux with window manager is the best.
Since 2009, I have been utilizing SliTaz. And I continue to use it today, which allows me to complete a lot of tasks efficiently. There is no need to acquire a new laptop.
Slitaz is amazing. I can't think of a distro that will run on less RAM
As an owner of a 12 year old laptop, I've tried many "lightweight" distros to revitalize it - including all in the list -, but none of them is really satisfying until I found *LUBUNTU.* It's not the prettiest but it's perfect for me, even better now with 24.04 LTS. 👍
Your video is really good. Kindly make the video on High graphics Linux distro specially for 3d animation and video editing.
Hi - - this is the video I've been looking for. Question: are these 32 bit distros? 🙂
Good information !💐👌👏
I thought MX Linux and Manjaro XFCE were both pretty good. But TROMjaro is on a whole other level IMO in terms of user friendliness, flexibility and ease of customization, and consistent aesthetics.
I never heard of this distro.
Is tromjaro still alive?
@@Leha__777 Yes, there was a big update released just a few weeks ago, and I believe more developments planned for the coming months. The Matrix chat is a lot more active than the forum, but you will get a quick response in either :)
How about CachyOS? Their packages come patched with all the latest optimizations (be it from clear linux, liquorix, xanmod, tkg...) as well as x86-64-v3 to ensure the highest performance. You can pair it with a minimal desktop like XFCE to make it lightweight.
Hi, I have a 12 year old laptop with intel i3 370m processor, 4gb ddr3 ram, it has a 240gb ssd on which I created a 110gb partition and loaded linux mint mate on it 2 days back (the other partition has windows 10). Initially it didn't support hd display for my connected monitor which I fixed through terminal, the display is fine but when I watch youtube it seems the display is a lil bit lagging but the sound is smooth... what to do. Other than that how to clear the cache? For example in windows searching %temp% gives the temporary files list deleting which makes the device smoother. (I am a first time linux user)
Can i opt out of zorin os pinging system?
For me, Debian is the best.
Ya bro its every one's father😂
It's not that lightweight, so it's slightly worse for bad pcs than other distros (its still lightweight, but there are some verry shitty pcs, you can't even imagine how shit can a pc get)
my computer is so bad, so what can i use if debian is bad?@@pretro6136
Me too 🥰
HaikuOS is also good OS for low power old PC. Work good on netbook. But still in beta version sometime freeze
Hey hi !
So the other day I was trying to dual boot windows with cutefish os.
During installation, it said :-
error: symbol 'grub_disk_get_size' not found
Entering rescue mode.
What do I do ? Windows is barely usable 😔
Make a bootable live USB with Ubuntu. Install it. Then you'll be able to use windows using Ubuntu's grub
hello, is there any linux os that can run IDE like visual studio 2022..??
Nice, thanks
I find it interesting how you praise XFCE in Manjaro but then put it down in Mint preferring Mate. I have tried all of your list in the past , as well as almost all the distros in the comments. Mint (Cinnamom) is my daily driver even on older machines that have at least 4GB RAM. My oldest machine is 2007 20" iMac with 6GB RAM and 500GB SSD using Mint Cinnamon and it works great. I also have some other machines 7-12 years old that are using Mint XFCE, Q4OS KDE and MX Linux.
I should have commneted after complete video!
What about Slax? It's both small and lightweight
I tried using Bohdi Linux a few years ago. It's time I look at it again. Antix is also a great low power distro, but I think MX is better. I'm about to virtual box both MX and Bohdi.
Linux mint for its simplicity
Linux Mint is the best in my opinion: it has all the codecs so I can readily play movies and listen music.
I am using Ubuntu both in my laptop and pc.
Plz make a video on how to play games on linax🙏
I also recommend EndeavourOS. Based on Arch, uses Xfce, has fewer apps hence less bloated and is insanely fast compared to other distros.
Yup. Endeavour coupled with either mate or xfce is definitely a fantastic choice.
EXACTLY IT IS MY SECONDARY DALIY DRIVER LOVED IT
Yeah, i normally use arch and add the endeavourOS repo to it because their hooks and utilities are really good
@@XenHat i also use arch with arco reop as i like their default tweak tools
@@LinuxTex Amateurs like visual effects, i am using Endeavour OS with LXQt and it is magical.
Remove Manjaro, it don't have 32 bit support🙂
A severely under-rated distro is opensuse. I use tumblweed with kde and it's never been more stable and usable
The installer is also very powerful, it allows you to choose any software you want. This includes desktop environments and window managers. Thus, it can be as bloated or lean after installation as you want it. I kind of wonder why it doesn't seem to get a lot attention ...
@@marasion0862 Precisely. I've been using it both as a main machine and another for a server and it holds up very good.
I don't think there is any common linux distribution that won't work on your computer if your computer meets the recommended hardware specs for windows 7
What's about sparky linux
But... How we don't have Gentoo on performance distros? I think three should be also antiX and artix, they are more lightweight I think
Have you tried Puppy Linux, Anti-X and Q4OS?
I have a very very old portable tablet pc (Pentium 3, 1gb ram)[~20 year old hardware] running Anti-X and it still works. That's what I call real lightweight with legacy support for old hardware. Not hardware from 5~8 years ago.
Yeah, it always bugs me when people with perfectly serviceable Core 2 Duos with 4 GB of RAM think that their PC is "vintage" when that can probably run the latest KDE Plasma quite comfortably. I have AntiX running on an Atom-based EeePC netbook with luxurious (for the time) 2 GB of RAM that is used to play lullabies to put my baby to sleep and, surprisingly, it can also be used to watch IPTV (as long as the channels list are provided through a .m3u playlist to VLC). Now THAT is what I call lightweight!
I have fossapup on USB sticks on all my computers so that I can easily boot up with this amazing distro when I feel like it. It's such an incredible distro!!
Recently i have a notebook Acer Extensa 5220 with 1 gb ram (ata disk) :). I try more distros Linux. Finaly, accept :
1. Ubuntu 10.10 netbook,
2. god-life-lxde-32bit. (problems with update-mirrors)
3. WattOS R12
4. Linux Lite 3.8
5. LXLE-(12, 14, 18)-32bit
6. Porteus LXDE v3.0 or v5.0 (32bit)
7. antiX-(17...23)_386-full
8. Slax (7, 11)-32bit
9.Lubuntu (16.04, 18.04)-alernate -32 bit
10. Variety of PUppy on 32bit
11. Runtu Lite(10...18)-32bit
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Default OS is Linpus-Lite-1.9.2-20130311-x86_64-DVD but, must more components exclude or delete
This notebook it used for watch video from RUclips and listen radio online:) . I install: FlickOS (ubuntu/debian based) easy to configure, aditional software for youtube: smtube (browser for youtube) and smplayer (player for videos from youtube). This distro detect all hardware, inclusive tuchpad and wifi module. 300-400 of RAM. Playing youtube - 50-75% load procesor ~500mb of RAM
can anyone consider nobara os as a lightweight linux distro please answer
Hi, i am going to use for the first time Linux. I have some questions. Bodhi Linux is lightweight, it looks very good, but other Distros have also lightweight options.
I am not a programmer or IT guy. But i know basic things about computers. I want something Debian based, because i heard that Debian is most stable.
1) I have an imac from 2009 with 8gb Ram.
Which lightweight, user friendly, complete and good looking Linux Distro do you recommend for my Imac?
2) I have also a new laptop from HP. Just bought. It has a i5 processor with 16gb Ram.
Which user friendly, complete and good looking Linux Distro do you recommend?
3) If i can use a lightweight Distro on an old computer. Can i use it also on a new computer?
4) What are the benefits to use a lightweight Distro on a new computer, especially a laptop?
5) I was thinking also about KDE plasma, Ultra Marine Linux, Alpine Linux, Open Suse
Actually, I prefer to use the same Distro on each computer. The same Distro in lightweight and Normal or both in lightweight. I am not a gamer. Only sometimes. I want to do also some simple video editing with the Distros. Vacation videos.
I want the best possible option. I will wait for your reply. Thank you very much.
MX Linux will be a good start for you. It is Debian-based, uses xfce, and is always #1.
@@HachikoThePoochInugami OK, thank you. I am using since 3 weeks LMDE6 , is Linux Mint Debian edition. It is good, it is like windows. I am very happy but not 100%. It must be more user friendly from the beginning. I have installed this on my iMac from 2009. I have used always iMac. Now i have discovered Linux Modicia and I think that is exactly what i was searching. It uses also xfce, it is Xubuntu based but it is more user friendly from the beginning and looks like Mac OS and it has all the apps. You have 3 options. One is specially for Multimedia use. Is very complete and good for Music and Videos. Big community and it is also used in Schools. I will install it in the new year. I will work until then in LMDE6.
Can someone please tell me which Linux distribution I can use for coding on my Lenovo X220 laptop with 4GB of RAM and 320GB of storage?
Just any distro with XFCE option will run fast on these specs.
Thank You.
Hope you enjoyed the video Neeraj.👍
@@LinuxTex
Yes I do. Keep the videos coming.
First, need to define what is an old PC. For example I have a Fujitsu Siemens 7440 laptop. Pentium M 725 , single core 32bit... Your video , I can watch only by downloading first , then playing fm HDD. Can not directly play fm RUclips , on browser. But yes, I am running MX Linux 32 bit on it, although Puppy Linux would be faster.
Linux mint is rock solid
1GHz processor amd 4GB Ram which distro best for me Lenovo X131e thinpad
Try MX bro
Bhai lubuntu try kar
Ah, it's lightweight that you want? May I introduce Linux From Scratch?
nutyx
They are good for new ultra low end machines that only runs the Intel cereron duel core cpus and only has 4gb of ram
Ubuntu MATE, Lubuntu, Mint XFCE are my pick. Ubuntu is not heavy at all.
please review Nobara and pop os
I believe that you didn't researched this issue very deep. Instead of Manjaro, I think you should have put Mabox, which is a lighter version of Manjaro
Debian 12 still the best
for maximum speed? Bodhi does it good yes, but not with Mint mate, Manjaro, or Zorin lite.. there's Antix, Lubuntu, Puppy, Q4OS Trinty, Sparky, Peppermint.. they beat them at speed
Linux Mint Mate makes a Lot of Sense and Bodhi Looks cool for Potatos, tried MX Linux and i am Not a Fan, the Aesthetics and and Handling Puts me Off. Nobara and Nitrux will Take a large share soon, that's what i expect.
I tried Linux Mint Cinnamon, MATE, XFCE and Lubuntu on my Lenovo Thinkpad X130e notebook. None give any performance. Specs: AMD E450 APU, 4GB RAM and 250GB HDD.
linux lite, puppy linux and ALOT of superlite distros
Has Zorin stopped spying on users via Telemetry?
XM Linux with KDE should be still relatively light
I am picking linux mint xfce
your definition of light is?
Unfortunately I hate xfce :( but also gnome is always buggy and laggy on my laptop specially when I use VS Code
MX Linux has a KDE version, and a Fluxbox version.
Installed mx linux on dual core, but still it takes 1.1 gb ram idle
Try antiX than. It takes around 250mb idle, I am using it on 2gb ram dial core laptop and it's very fast. (I am using also the 32bit version, I think it gives even a bit more performance, but I have no test to prove it)
VAIYAAA description check (body Linux ≠ Vodhi Linux)
make a video on pikaOs if possible...
What about pad gestures and other laptop-specific features? I like your videos but there's a sense of lack of criticism. In my view.
Manjaro is not stable b/c they do not test against a wide enough variety of software before releasing updates.
Who about checking out Manjaro i3wm?
TBH At last I saw the man the behind such good authoritative voice. 🤣
Are there any lightweight distros that *don’t* look like Windows? Something like a “light weight“ elementary OS would be nice. I am currently running Ubuntu Kinetic Kudu on 2012 iMac. It’s ok most of the time, but sometimes freezes a couple of seconds. But it looks so gorgeous, I’d rather suffer the performance hit for now 😅 Your Firefox GPU tricks did help making browsing better, thanks!
try a window manager they're light af
@@slimyfister Thank you for the suggestion! I will try Ubuntu Budgie.
endeavoros is very good linuxdistro fast and light
I thought huh interesting. Then saw Manjaro. That's not even close to lightweight... Just use some random lightweight distro that is customizable enough to take these (kinda suckless) parts. Sinit for the init system. sbase+ubase for coreutils + util-linux. Then for the gui you might expect me to say dwm. But that's based on xorg which has about 420k lines of code so no. I'd say velox is your best bet for the almost exact dwm experience. But with about 20x better speed and lower size. If you take these steps. Depending on what parts you use in you use in your system (Because some drivers are lighter than others). You would get about 50-70 MB RAM usage. And that RAM usage entirely depends on how light you compile the Linux kernel. My personal system uses about 10 MB because I compiled the kernel with the lightest settings that I would use.
IMHO there is no "workflow" built into an OS other than starting an application and switching windows. There are only a handful of ways to do that with your mouse or keyboard regardless of OS.
The fastest is Chrome OS Flex and easy for new users.
Not so lightweigh, but OK.
P.S. Try Q4OS or AntiX.
garuda is also very fast
WHICH IS THE MOST WINDOWS SIMILAR ???
what about puppy linux ?
You forgot Antix, the best one
Arch Linux only distro and then debian
Loc-Os
What makes Zorin good is that you can't easily mess it up and it's great for beginners and non-tech people. But for advanced users, it is by far the worst distro as it has been dumbed and locked down to the point that I could not recommend it for anything beyond web surfing and email. The list of things you can't do or customize with Zorin is just a mile long.
I'm hardly a Linux newbie, but Zorin is a good distro because it let's me run almost all the apps that I really need to use. So I use it for a lot more than web and email.
@@cejannuzi Fair enough. I guess I'm more of a keyboard short cut person (and short cut person in general). I avoid my mouse/trackball whever possible. For example, in Mint I can just press the / key to start typing a folder path in the file manager, or alt+up to go up a level, etc. I like to dock windows with Super+arrow keys. I want to be able to customize these things and all the available options in the file manager like opening terminal window at the current folder, or a quick toggle to show hidden files, and on and on.
Yes, I agree. It won't allow to open EFI folder in File Manager and also there is no root password menu in File Manager.
What distro do you propose for advanced users? please
@matthewlathum9312 Mint, but it's still not without its issues. For example, I swapped out my 7900XTX card for an older Nvidia card, and it won't boot. It's not like Windows that can pretty much auto detect anything.
The list/video started quite badly. But in the end, from the #2 it got better. I mean, #1 and #2 are genuine lightweight distros. And the information in the conclusion was pretty good.
Still, I can't get over things like not mentioning Antix, Arch or Gentoo (and there are more), but instead focusing on offtopic things like how good it looks. The author either doesn't understand a bit what "Maximum Speed | Ultimate Performance" mean or they're deep deep into clickbait. Disliked.
I use fedora
q4OS
Manjaro... close video.
instant os
Manjaro XFCE, Mint MATE, Zorin? Really? Those great distros should not be mentioned here. They could be good on ~6 year old any form computer with 4 GB RAM, but ~12 y. o.? With 1 - 2 GB of RAM? No way. After few days of using, installing software and updates, they will become slow and sluggish. Only Bodhi, MX, Debian +LXDE or OpenBox, LXLE, Manjaro+OpenBox.
Your choices based on taste. If I had made this video, without a doubt Zorin OS would have been number 1.
If you made the video, I would hope you didn't ranked the distro based on "Maximum Speed | Ultimate performance showdown" because Zorin in no way is in top 5.
@@Winnetou17 What nonsense is this! Zorin OS is very fast and stable, has no other problem than the ones I had with other distros. I have used Linux for over 25 years and have very good experience with various distributions. Ubuntu is ok, but not always as stable here with me. Most Linux distributions as I have experienced them are in constant development and that is a good thing. But it seems as if Zorin os is betting more on stability than rapid development! Maybe they depend on this because they sell computers with Zorin os installed, I don't know! but it is of course an advantage for those of us who seek more stability than the very latest new glamour! Without a doubt, there are Linux distributions for every taste, even for those looking for a stable day-to-day distro. Zorin os is built on ubuntu, it is as fast as ubuntu here at my place. Then it is also the case that different Linux distributions now and then behave differently on different hardware, and people have had different experiences with installing Linux. Everyone would like to highlight their dream distro that they like. I see a lot of Linux movie and cooment out here, and it seems quite often that all new Linux versions are always just better and better than everything else! After so many years under Linux, however, I am more critical and sober. But this with the fastest! sorry, but this now depends more on your hardware. Of course, if you have too few resources, then ubuntu is not the very best, I would say, then xubuntu is significantly better. Then it is also a matter of taste when it comes to the appearance of the desktop. Personally, I don't think either kde or standard gnome is the prettiest today. I rather prefer the look of zorin or deepin. But that's my taste. And the taste is like the butt, it is divided.
@@kjetilervikson I have used Zorin-lite and then I switched on the same 2gb laptop with AntiX. AntiX takes 250mb ram idle, and it's just way more fast than Zorin. That said Zorin is VERY good for newbies/normies and casual users coming from Windows. But it's not THAT lightweight.
I loved MATE, I used it for years on mint, then I fell hard when Cinnamon came about
You can remove linux mint from the list.
manjaro? mx en xfce and it is in fluxbox? ehh bro better don't give your opinion
As a 2 year Linux user, I can assure that every distro is same (except package managers). They all run the same. Every distro can be modified to look and perform like other distros. You just need to know your softwares. You first experiment with several distros and decide to settle down with one. Then you experiment on it to squeeze out every drop of performance.... ;)
Opensuse >>>>>>>>>> ALL distro
Opensuse == Linux gamer
Linux lite and puppy os is more lightweight then this!.
I use..... Nah it secret
Its "Bodhi", not "Body". I would have expected Indian to have better grasp at that.
Too bad they don't run the huge amount of Windows software out there. Windows is the best OS simply because it's the one that most programs run on. You can do anything with Windows....not so with Linux.
Linux Mint support for Nvidia is terrible. Pop!os has much better Nvidia support.