I tried AntiX but I had problems with the configuration of connman, all the changes I have didn't persist after rebooting. MX Linux works out of the box, even setting up rdp, ssh, and SMB
Linux Mint Cinnamon is Definitely NOT Peak. you need to try Linux Mint MATE with COmpiz and Linux Mint XFCE to know what Peak means. Cinnamon is sluggish. try the Expo and windows effects and compare them and see. Cinnamon becomes a joke and toy instantly. That is one of the reasons I hate it...its based on Gnome which is already heavy.
@@paxalotinI want what you're smoking, nothing Debian even Sid is never going to be Peak anything, stable yes, so I hate to burst your bubble. Debian is always 3 to 4 years behind in software even with Sid. Mint team only included the Debian edition as a fallback in case Ubucrap really screwed up and dropped support for the Mint team. No, I am not an Arch BTW user, I'm a Gentoo Cinnamon and LM Cinnamon User. Though there is nothing wrong with LMDE, it's just never going to be PEAK.
@@kevinsteinman8967 ... 3-4 years behind ?!! .. HaHa ... nope. That is a gross exaggeration. _Maybe_ 3-4 months behind an unstable task specific distro. Debian can be adapted to do anything. It is a rock solid distro, and if one where to install Debian Xfce, they would have stable and up-to-date GPU drivers that support Radeon FSR right out of the box for an excellent gaming experience. Debian 12 Xfce is Awesome.
Just installed Antix Linux on my aging ThinkPad today. Really impressed about the RAM usage about 360MB of RAM used before launching a web browser! Thank you for the video! You are a new Linux youtuber to me, I will be exploring your channel and seeing what other videos you have!
@@fishmanloveslinux-mz7rf I tried it on my 1GB old netbook and I couldn't use youtube without resorting to using the SWAP file, so yeah. 500 megs at the very least for browsing. I've since upgraded it to 2 GB 😎 and use SMTube to watch videos via MPV instead, bit better experience.
I use Slackware for years now because it is totally adapted for my needs. It is very lightweight, fast and stable. I use it for my desktop and also headless server.
They still maintain Slackware? I cut my Linux teeth on that baby. Around version 10 or 11 I gave up hoping for a proper package management. I know building applications from source makes for a snappier more stable system. I just wanna be a bit lazy sometimes.
I actually used MX and AntiX for a lot of years and was enjoyable experience, newbies/oldies can't go wrong with it if they option to use it as very stable and really good for old hardware. Very small team, but dedicated to there system.
@@paolor.479 yeap, expired repo key problem. The fix is in their forum. Not that of a big deal but annoying. They have monthly ISOs also. Maybe there it was fixed. Otherwise it's phenomenal how little RAM it use.
Linux Lite can be downloaded with different from GA Kernels, and that saved a very old machine I have that refused to install anything with current kernels. And it's light and beautiful too. Plenty of very straight and useful tools. I came very impressed.
That pre install firefox thing is so true. Always uninstall the browser in your linux machine use deb version of chrome or firefox, you will be surprised.
I'm not though..what machine are you using a potato? I have used both Snap and .deb, I cannot see a difference..unless you did not upgrade it from software manager?
3:00 Snaps aren't slower than flatpaks. Both of them are pretty much the same speed. Since all of them are native binaries. But in very rare cases, a distro will have a package optimized for certain configurations and that MIGHT give some users better performance. But not always.
Can we get a "Top 10 Most Stylish Distros"? I know it would be somewhat subjective but I think many people are looking for something elegant because they feel it's an important part of the experience.
I decided to try Bodhi in my netbook, with its single core processor (Celeron 743 1,30 GHz). Luckily, the netbook has 4 GB of RAM and a 240GB SSD. The performance is the best I've ever seen in this netbook, and I dare to say it's actually better then the Windows 7 Home Basic it originally came with. I managed to download an 720p60fps video and the netbook successfully played it. Also managed to play 1080p videos fine, but 1080p60fps can't be played. Still, the netbook boots fast, opens programs fast and rarely freezes, even with some few programs open at the same time. The battery life also increased from around 3 hours to around 4 hours, and I can make it last longer by lowering the screen brightness. I will maybe try AntiX later, but I'll probably stay with Bodhi.
For blazing speed try a 32 bit Puppy Linux loaded to RAM - can't remember whether it was BionicPup32 or a FossaPup32 i used. On 64 bit systems give the 2024 Dpup64bw (Debian Pup 64 Bookworm edition a spin. You will be impressed !!! 😊 Surprised Linux Tex didn't mention them.
You should give our friend Nico's LOC-OS Linux distro a try. It's a super lightweight Debian-based distro, without systemd and with a set of applications chosen for being lightweight and super-optimized.
Cool 😎! Have a HP Chromebook from 2018, W/4GB Ram. Rather than recycling it, your lightweight Linux systems will make it a competent laptop to learn Linux! Also Have an 8GB Lenovo Core i5. But I need to learn Linux to isolate my activity from the Windows Jungle!
i replaced zorin os 17 with linux mint mate 21 since i heard you and other reviewers say its faster. applications dont launch immediately after click like brave browser or ghostery. Also i havent seen any speed improvements with boot up time with linux mint. it appears to take the same boot time as zorin os. should i replace linux mint mate with antix linux? i'm currently on Acer Aspire i5 5th generation with 8gb ram. Any comments/suggestions would be appreciated
I need to Export power point videos into Video(mpf). I tried Zorin OS and the libreoffice doesnt support it. also i ran into resulution issues on external monitor. Do you guys have any reccomendations?
My experiences on an HP Pavillion Laptop (4 GB RAM, Pentium B960) so far: AntiX booted fast but was difficult to use, starting with entering the Wifi password: there were a number of different boxes to input a password, eventually one of them worked. Next problem was to access the harddisk (after booting from USB), which I failed to do. Also I had to search the internet for the root password ('demo'), but still couldn't access the harddisk. LinuxLite and SparkyLinux took longer to boot, despite SparkyLinux beeing quite small. Both worked well, and I did not experience the usability problems. LinuxLite used as much RAM as Windows 10 (about 40% of 4 GB), so I preferred SparkyLinux in the end.
"Windows refugees". I love that. Thanks for this. Not only was I mildly surprised to see Ubuntu-based Mint in 10th place, I was surprised not to see the regular Debian distro higher up the lightweight ranking. I have no technical argument for this, it is based only on hearing several times that Debian is lighter than Mint. My own very, very brief experience is that Debian 12.7 LXDE is a little quicker/smoother than Mint Xfce (versions 19-22) on my 2011 macbook pro i5 (8GM memory). Firefox on Mint is often very slow to load/use websites and Firefox ESR on Debian a little better. Running as many applications as I could (including Firefox ESR and all office applications) at once, Debian took a few moments to open the applications opened last, but switched between them smoothly once they were loaded, and that was using the live USB boot before installation to internal drive. I would like something a little lighter even that those I mentioned, though, so this video gives me some ideas to consider. EDIT... I forgot to mention that I would have thought something like FydeOS, the de-Googled version of Google's ChromeOS, would have been featured here. Not very lightweight?
I have been enjoying linux and linux-based systems for around 14 years now. I used to be fishmanloveslinux but life happens. Your video is a great wake up call to Windows users about the downfall of the Windows OS and MacOS. Keep up the great work!
even the lightweight liinux become bloated once you start browsing and opening spreadsheet. Windows in much much better in this: OS, idling, firefox+libreoffice, open big file opensusetumbleweed, 1366 MB, +1512 MB, 47 s ubuntu 23.10, 1720 MB, +1336 MB, 1:11 s endeavouros, 2220 MB, +1514 MB, 1:21 s fedora, 2188 MB, +1187 MB, 1:24 s rocky, 1852 MB, +1724 MB, 1:25 s mx, 1190 MB, +1884 MB, 1:40 sd windows 10 2GB SSD, 550 MB, +405 MB, 1:45 s ghost, 1179 MB, +1139 MB, 1:53 s linuxmint, 919 MB, +1781 MB, 2:07 s debian, 2034 MB, +1873 MB, 2:15 s solus, 629 MB, +1900 MB, 2:29 s ubuntu 12.04, 1269 MB, +3412 MB, 4:15 s openbsd, 1329 MB, +1973 MB , 5:08 s
All of them are fast bro. Just use a distro that has all the packages you need in the repos or preinstalled, so u dont need to download everything from scratch.
I"m running ARTIX right now-- with the NEW kde6 on it-- and if I run it X11 everything works PERFECTLY-- even my krohnkite tiling works GREAT-- but turn on Wayland and a LOT of the stuff will NOT work at all and a lot more LOCKS UP or just goes out.. and Iv'e had the same issue with WAYLAND on anything.. The new kde6 still has enough bugs of its OWN without Wayland f... g it up MORE.... ARTIX with the new kde6 is beautiful- and I can tile on it- flawlessly-- no hangups, no jitters, no locks NOTHINg.. just GREAT.
@@skelebro9999EndeavourOS, basically preconfigured Arch with a simple GUI installer. You can even select between a bunch of different desktop environments during installation, including tiling WMs. But tbh, installing Arch is not very difficult either, especially with the Archinstall script.
Linux is perfect for me, an average user. It has a browser, Mail capability, RUclips app and Steam gaming. Everything I need. Mint is what I’m running. Quick and easy.
I Have Old PC , Processor-Intel pentium 2 dual core , G2020 its a 3rd Genration 64 -bit Old Pc Please Recommend me which Linux Disrto is best for this hardware..I am running Windows 10 but its not working
Hello sir thanks for the video. I'm not sure if you running these on Virtual machines. But Zorin Lite is not actually very light. It eats 1.1GB to 1.3GB on idle. That's bad for my 2GB laptop. I tried most of them on your list and more. The lightest are as per trying on my laptop. Porteus LXDE, Xfce then sparky, LXLE, Peppermint, debian 11 lxde. They actually lighter than Bionic pup and fossa pup.
antiX is excellent. It made my Celeron N3060 2GB DDR3 laptop usable. I also use it on my main PC, which has Ryzen 5 5600, 32GB 3200MHz DDR4, and RX 6700 XT.
Good to hear that, my friend is using acer 2gigs ram and very old amd processor it was originally windows 7 but the HDD got corrupted so he replaced and installed windows 10. Damn that computer is so f***king slow😂😂😂... I told him that I'll fix it for him, so antiX seems to be the best option. Would you share your recent experience as your comment is 1 months old
I am new to Linux, but I have been using Lubuntu for a while and started using Antix23 on my Dell Venue tablets. I am confused if someone can explain to me why Firefox from SNAP slows down the computer more than, say, installing it from the terminal. Isn't it the same type of browser? Just curious and learning.
Installing SNAP is a different source. From the terminal it's probably installing from somewhere else. SNAP uses more system resources. I'm no expert though. Hope that helps.
I would try antix for that If it has a 1gb RAM or more antix should run good on it I hope this helps and I hope you're having a good day a good weekend and a good Lord's Sunday God bless you and your family God bless you Jeremy Scruggs
I would recommend trying antix As long as you have a gig around or more it should run pretty good on that computer Give her to try it's definitely work a shot Thank you for reading this and I hope you're having a good day a good weekend and a good Lord's Sunday God bless you and your family God bless you Jeremy Scruggs
@@Mr.StrangeGuY You're welcome no problem at all sorry for the duplicate comment My phone was acting weird Thank you for reading this and I hope you're having a good day God bless you and your family God bless you Jeremy Scruggs
Good Morning. A beginner's question. I want to install Windows plus Linux in dualboot on a physical drive named A. therefore yes, because Windows is still useful, Linux to educate. The second physical drive name B, I want on files common to both systems. How to choose the type of formatting for physical disk B, so that it can be seen in two systems (write, read). thanks.
What I dont understand is, why have Linux-Distros different speeds with the same Desktop. Why is a PCLinux with Mate much faster than an Ubuntu Mate for instance.
LINUX IS THAT FRIENDLY OPERATING SYSTEM WHIT ALL KINDS OF VERSIONS FOR PEOPLE ON LOW BUDGET THAT CAN AFFORD TO SPEND A 1000 BUCKS ON A NEW PC,AND STILL MAKE YOU OLD LOVING MACHINE RUN .KUDOS I already install wubuntu 2024,but linux mint caught my eye or may be Zorin,or Mini OS.Many choices to pick from.
Which one should I pick? My computer specs. I3 3rd gen 1tb hdd 4gb ddr3 ram No gpu. I mainly use it on pc. I use IDM software and download big files and play RUclips and from other websites. And my dad uses it for trading. Uses multiple windows and multiple chrome tabs.
great video.... I'm an avid OS user from MacOS to Windows to Linux (which has so many great distros). Can you point me to where you got your wallpaper for Sparky Linux in the video? Thanks again!
@@quantumleap8888 this is driving me mad because all i see on the official zorin website on the download page is pro at the top and then core and education under it. is it only available in certain regions or something? im in the UK
@@quantumleap8888never mind i found it though a different link on google. it was not on the same page as the others on the website and it made it rather confusing
I don't know about Antix being easy on CPU, as idle desktop shows 30%+ usage. Also you have 16GB ram on that machine, which likely means the CPU ain't that old either.
I use Antix on a MacBook 13 2007 2GB ram for video editing , compared to Snow Leopard, the User interface is more minimalist, but performances are very good, wifi card works out of the box, only iSight camera and Bluetooth don't work.
instala , mx-linux 23.2 xfce 54 bits ou 32 bits... Funcionará tudo... e nao é necessario usar terminal... Muito bom Mx-linux 23.2 Video ...shotcuts kadenlive
Linux is very jitterish and laggy or just say it has alot of screen tearing when i use it on my mid 2012 macbook pro which has 10gb ram intel hd 4000, i searched alot but there is no solution can someone help
I have a MacBook 13 Intel core duo 64 2GB ram 2007, I installed Refit to enable boot from USB and then Antix, I use it as daily driver for video editing (when I do rendering I have only one program running), but with a 2012 MacBook it should work much better.
@@pierpig7058 i tried many distros but all were the same except mx linux. It works very well and no lagginess maybe it was some driver issue with other distro which mx linux was able to resolve.
i've tried all of these and peppermint too and didn't notice much speed difference though since puppy is loaded in ram it should be a bit faster. WHY ISNT PUPPY ON THIS LIST
I have just installed the latest version of Lubuntu but I’m thinking of using Linux Lite. I saw somewhere that Linux Lite requires less ram. Which is better for potato pc?
For very potato PCs, 1 GB RAM, try Puppy Linux, and there’s also the non Linux OS which is optimized for 8 MB (not GB!) of RAM (last I checked) = Menuet OS and its fork KolibriOS. Why? If you’re using your PC for research purposes, you want your your OS to be as lightweight as possible to support research/data processing programs that take up a lot of resources. Why is MenuetOS (and KolibriOS) more lightweight? It’s written all in Assembly language whereas over 95% of Linux is not (most of it is written in C).
I want to know more about your course-- is it ACTUAL virtual classroom type or VIDEO- or pdf? Self- paced or group paced? etc... I'm VERY interested and might order when I get paid first of next month.
Most 'lightweight' DEs actually look like they're from 2003 sadly. Don't settle for dated looks if your computer isn't decades old and you're willing to upgrade it. Even Gnome with nixOS (Arch) flies on a core 2 duo based machine, even with 2GB RAM, as long as you run it from a SSD as a general rule. Any web browser on the modern internet will benefit from it too.
Timestamps
1:48 Linux Mint
3:46 Manjaro
5:28 MX Linux
7:43 Zorin OS Lite
9:47 Lubuntu
11:56 Linux Lite
14:08 Bodhi Linux
16:02 Sparky Linux
17:59 Mini OS
19:26 AntiX
I tried AntiX but I had problems with the configuration of connman, all the changes I have didn't persist after rebooting. MX Linux works out of the box, even setting up rdp, ssh, and SMB
Thanks for this man
You are my best friend forever
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Which is best for Coding, Browsing for Beginners and I have good laptop
Linux Mint Cinnamon is peak....I never had any graphical issues with it. Its just so smooth along with being fast
@@paxalotin lmde just drains my battery otherwise I would have mentioned that.
That's interesting, how come?@@Home-o2v4h
Linux Mint Cinnamon is Definitely NOT Peak. you need to try Linux Mint MATE with COmpiz and Linux Mint XFCE to know what Peak means. Cinnamon is sluggish. try the Expo and windows effects and compare them and see. Cinnamon becomes a joke and toy instantly. That is one of the reasons I hate it...its based on Gnome which is already heavy.
@@paxalotinI want what you're smoking, nothing Debian even Sid is never going to be Peak anything, stable yes, so I hate to burst your bubble. Debian is always 3 to 4 years behind in software even with Sid. Mint team only included the Debian edition as a fallback in case Ubucrap really screwed up and dropped support for the Mint team. No, I am not an Arch BTW user, I'm a Gentoo Cinnamon and LM Cinnamon User. Though there is nothing wrong with LMDE, it's just never going to be PEAK.
@@kevinsteinman8967 ... 3-4 years behind ?!! .. HaHa ... nope. That is a gross exaggeration. _Maybe_ 3-4 months behind an unstable task specific distro. Debian can be adapted to do anything. It is a rock solid distro, and if one where to install Debian Xfce, they would have stable and up-to-date GPU drivers that support Radeon FSR right out of the box for an excellent gaming experience. Debian 12 Xfce is Awesome.
Just installed Antix Linux on my aging ThinkPad today. Really impressed about the RAM usage about 360MB of RAM used before launching a web browser! Thank you for the video! You are a new Linux youtuber to me, I will be exploring your channel and seeing what other videos you have!
I'm curious, how much RAM was used with your browser running?
@@fishmanloveslinux-mz7rf around 1.1 GB with Chrome and 1 blank tab running.
@@fishmanloveslinux-mz7rf I tried it on my 1GB old netbook and I couldn't use youtube without resorting to using the SWAP file, so yeah. 500 megs at the very least for browsing. I've since upgraded it to 2 GB 😎 and use SMTube to watch videos via MPV instead, bit better experience.
@@fishmanloveslinux-mz7rf I guess the idle RAM usage + whatever the browser use on any other distro.
I use Slackware for years now because it is totally adapted for my needs. It is very lightweight, fast and stable. I use it for my desktop and also headless server.
They still maintain Slackware? I cut my Linux teeth on that baby. Around version 10 or 11 I gave up hoping for a proper package management. I know building applications from source makes for a snappier more stable system. I just wanna be a bit lazy sometimes.
Slax debian version very good too
Glad to see MX Linux and AntiX Linux here haha. Watching this video from a Thinkpad with MX Linux 23 =)
Mx and AntiX are the pro lightweight distributions. OG🤟
I actually used MX and AntiX for a lot of years and was enjoyable experience, newbies/oldies can't go wrong with it if they option to use it as very stable and really good for old hardware. Very small team, but dedicated to there system.
mx linux is the best
@@rigel875 Com certeza, Eu uso Mx-linux 23.2 num computador modernissimo...
Supera todos, muito facil e completo...
MX Linux is amazing super fast on old laptops, just superb
Just MX fluxbox, other versions are heavy 🪨
AntiX is much faster and use much less RAM at idle. And they have common repo with MX.
@@RustedCroaker yes but now antiX is full of issues about repository signatures, I tried it.
At the moment is outdated, we need waiting next release 👍
@@paolor.479 yeap, expired repo key problem. The fix is in their forum. Not that of a big deal but annoying. They have monthly ISOs also. Maybe there it was fixed.
Otherwise it's phenomenal how little RAM it use.
Linux Lite can be downloaded with different from GA Kernels, and that saved a very old machine I have that refused to install anything with current kernels. And it's light and beautiful too. Plenty of very straight and useful tools. I came very impressed.
That pre install firefox thing is so true. Always uninstall the browser in your linux machine use deb version of chrome or firefox, you will be surprised.
I'm not though..what machine are you using a potato? I have used both Snap and .deb, I cannot see a difference..unless you did not upgrade it from software manager?
@@dfbess I3, kind of potato.
@@RakibHasan-hs1mei3 from the ice age
LXLE and EndeavourOS with either Sway or BSPWM are also really good lightweight distros.
hmm what is the average ram usage tho?
both use >600M at idle.
Compare it with, lets say, AntiX + IceWM: 250M at idle. And it's full featured desktop, not just a tiling manager.
I came to see the video looking for antix to be the top 1 and you didn’t disappointed
Antix is my day to day distro and I love it
Hi Tex,
Thanks for your Video. I agree.
Think would be helpful to include a LIST with all distros or - at least - to show them on the video sequencer.
So which one of these would be lightest and binary blob enabled by default for gaming?
The real answer is Void Linux with a tiling window manager. But it's not everyone's cup of tea.
i sign that
The real answer is Void. Period. Anyone for tea?
3:00 Snaps aren't slower than flatpaks. Both of them are pretty much the same speed. Since all of them are native binaries. But in very rare cases, a distro will have a package optimized for certain configurations and that MIGHT give some users better performance. But not always.
agreed. snap used to be a little slower opening apps but i havent noticed in a while any difference.
Can we get a "Top 10 Most Stylish Distros"? I know it would be somewhat subjective but I think many people are looking for something elegant because they feel it's an important part of the experience.
DEs matter more than the distros.
O Mx-linux é o melhor, mas não é Elegante...
Verdade, tem muitas pessoas que prezam por luxo..
Elegancia é importante , pra muitas pessoas...
CutefishOS is all the way
Yeah, but a top 10 stylish DEs. Lightweight or UX pleasant doesn't mean you still have to deal with 2003 UX like many in this video, sadly
@@purplevanilla Impressed! Thanks for the tip
🎉 excellent video explaining all these Fast distributions. Thank you.
i really love the unique choices you got there and i really take them into consideration when changing to linux, maybe a month from now
I decided to try Bodhi in my netbook, with its single core processor (Celeron 743 1,30 GHz). Luckily, the netbook has 4 GB of RAM and a 240GB SSD. The performance is the best I've ever seen in this netbook, and I dare to say it's actually better then the Windows 7 Home Basic it originally came with. I managed to download an 720p60fps video and the netbook successfully played it. Also managed to play 1080p videos fine, but 1080p60fps can't be played. Still, the netbook boots fast, opens programs fast and rarely freezes, even with some few programs open at the same time. The battery life also increased from around 3 hours to around 4 hours, and I can make it last longer by lowering the screen brightness. I will maybe try AntiX later, but I'll probably stay with Bodhi.
For blazing speed try a 32 bit Puppy Linux loaded to RAM - can't remember whether it was BionicPup32 or a FossaPup32 i used. On 64 bit systems give the 2024 Dpup64bw (Debian Pup 64 Bookworm edition a spin. You will be impressed !!! 😊
Surprised Linux Tex didn't mention them.
Have been using q40s on older hardware, very impressed. Also still works on 32 bit for those still holding on to old hardware
Timestamps... WTF?
You should give our friend Nico's LOC-OS Linux distro a try. It's a super lightweight Debian-based distro, without systemd and with a set of applications chosen for being lightweight and super-optimized.
What about Q4OS lite ?
Amazingly polished, perfect os after testing all of them. But i used q4os kde
Linux MINT XFCE has scrolling issue, It scrolls on opposite direction. Did any one faced that issue and was able to fix that ?
Very pleased to see Manjaro XFCE get some love here - it's on my main RUclips machine.
Lint Mint is the main distro for now...
This is a good place to start if you are a Windows or Mac user.
Or Zorin
@dinglebeey yes! I use Zorin every day too. Amazing Operating system.
Is linux mint good for cloud computing compared to Debian, RHEL, and Alphine linux?
@purplevanilla proxmox and Docker Containers are good for Cloud Computing .
@@tigerscott2966 Are they even linux distro?
The best way to decrease amount of views on video is to place red elements at bottom of thumbnail that looks like partially watched progress bar.
this exact thing confused me so much...
The only issue i have with Zorin is i can't change the font quality when using Wine which i have to use for some things. Ubuntu wine fonts are great
Cool 😎! Have a HP Chromebook from 2018, W/4GB Ram. Rather than recycling it, your lightweight Linux systems will make it a competent laptop to learn Linux! Also Have an 8GB Lenovo Core i5. But I need to learn Linux to isolate my activity from the Windows Jungle!
Just stick in a live ISO on a USB stick. You can then try without trashing the installed OS before you commit.
i replaced zorin os 17 with linux mint mate 21 since i heard you and other reviewers say its faster. applications dont launch immediately after click like brave browser or ghostery. Also i havent seen any speed improvements with boot up time with linux mint. it appears to take the same boot time as zorin os. should i replace linux mint mate with antix linux? i'm currently on Acer Aspire i5 5th generation with 8gb ram. Any comments/suggestions would be appreciated
Q4os kde, atleast try once. I am using from years works amazing and fast still.
Your laptop can run anything as long as you install an SSD instead of a slow spinning mechanical hard drive. That's your bottleneck.
Man! You have good vocabulary and great linux knowledge... Sweet Linus!!
Thank you Aaquib!
I need to Export power point videos into Video(mpf). I tried Zorin OS and the libreoffice doesnt support it. also i ran into resulution issues on external monitor. Do you guys have any reccomendations?
what about cachy os
My experiences on an HP Pavillion Laptop (4 GB RAM, Pentium B960) so far: AntiX booted fast but was difficult to use, starting with entering the Wifi password: there were a number of different boxes to input a password, eventually one of them worked. Next problem was to access the harddisk (after booting from USB), which I failed to do. Also I had to search the internet for the root password ('demo'), but still couldn't access the harddisk. LinuxLite and SparkyLinux took longer to boot, despite SparkyLinux beeing quite small. Both worked well, and I did not experience the usability problems. LinuxLite used as much RAM as Windows 10 (about 40% of 4 GB), so I preferred SparkyLinux in the end.
Try wattOS, Sparky is heavy like Mint, MX xfce and KDE.
which one of them is best for battery?
Thx for telling the distro that i currently using on my Surface GO😊🌿
So according to this set of criteria, Manjaro is the best arch-based distro?
What version of mini os you are using in the video
Mine one comes with xfce and this one is definitely not that
It seems the Flux version is the only one that doesn't come with XFCE - that's the one he's using, I think.
"Windows refugees". I love that.
Thanks for this.
Not only was I mildly surprised to see Ubuntu-based Mint in 10th place, I was surprised not to see the regular Debian distro higher up the lightweight ranking. I have no technical argument for this, it is based only on hearing several times that Debian is lighter than Mint.
My own very, very brief experience is that Debian 12.7 LXDE is a little quicker/smoother than Mint Xfce (versions 19-22) on my 2011 macbook pro i5 (8GM memory).
Firefox on Mint is often very slow to load/use websites and Firefox ESR on Debian a little better.
Running as many applications as I could (including Firefox ESR and all office applications) at once, Debian took a few moments to open the applications opened last, but switched between them smoothly once they were loaded, and that was using the live USB boot before installation to internal drive.
I would like something a little lighter even that those I mentioned, though, so this video gives me some ideas to consider.
EDIT...
I forgot to mention that I would have thought something like FydeOS, the de-Googled version of Google's ChromeOS, would have been featured here. Not very lightweight?
I've never even heard of Mini OS! Nice to see a hidden gem in the lineup
slax is just like the mini os both are same
Is Mini OS better than Linux Mint XFCE ? at present I use LInux mint (standard).
@@a.m.6752Linux Mint XFCE is not a light distro; try wattOS, Alt Linux
or MX Linux fluxbox 👋
Great voiceover!
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it😊
This is actually helpful. Thank you mate.
Is Wine available for all the distros ?
I have been enjoying linux and linux-based systems for around 14 years now. I used to be fishmanloveslinux but life happens. Your video is a great wake up call to Windows users about the downfall of the Windows OS and MacOS. Keep up the great work!
even the lightweight liinux become bloated once you start browsing and opening spreadsheet. Windows in much much better in this:
OS, idling, firefox+libreoffice, open big file
opensusetumbleweed, 1366 MB, +1512 MB, 47 s
ubuntu 23.10, 1720 MB, +1336 MB, 1:11 s
endeavouros, 2220 MB, +1514 MB, 1:21 s
fedora, 2188 MB, +1187 MB, 1:24 s
rocky, 1852 MB, +1724 MB, 1:25 s
mx, 1190 MB, +1884 MB, 1:40 sd
windows 10 2GB SSD, 550 MB, +405 MB, 1:45 s
ghost, 1179 MB, +1139 MB, 1:53 s
linuxmint, 919 MB, +1781 MB, 2:07 s
debian, 2034 MB, +1873 MB, 2:15 s
solus, 629 MB, +1900 MB, 2:29 s
ubuntu 12.04, 1269 MB, +3412 MB, 4:15 s
openbsd, 1329 MB, +1973 MB , 5:08 s
Dang, you listed those. Thanks
@@mikkun_ your welcome, here is the recent data.
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-DVD-x86_64-Snapshot20240419-Media, 1217, 2822, 00:54.45
openSUSE-Leap-15.5-DVD-x86_64-Build491.1-Media, 1312, 3073, 00:58.16
LXLE-Focal-Release, 330, 1926, 01:00.80
dsl-2024.rc3, 441, 1910, 01:03.25
alpine-extended-3.19.1-x86_64, 564, 3022, 01:03.43
bodhi-7.0.0-64-s76, 352, 1876, 01:05.87
Ubuntu-23.10.1-desktop-amd64, 1710, 3056, 01:11.67
deepin-desktop-community-20.9-amd64, 1306, 2536, 01:13.21
cldl-20240514-x86_64 (calculate linux), 500, 2281, 01:13.61
clear-41710-live-desktop, 977, 3295, 01:13.61
slackware64-live-15.0, 633, 2263, 01:17.08
EndeavourOS_Gemini-2024.04.20, 2220, 3734, 01:21.55
Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-40-1.14, 2188, 3374, 01:24.42
Rocky-9.3-x86_64-minimal, 1854, 3576, 01:25.82
Redcore.Linux.Hardened.2401.Tarazed.KDE.amd64, 1232, 3225, 01:26.25
void-live-x86_64-20240314-xfce, 647, 2516, 01:26.25
KaOS-2024.03-x86_64, 1293, 2899, 01:27.19
artix-lxqt-dinit-20230814-x86_64, 709, 2419, 01:28.82
sparkylinux-7.3-x86_64-minimalgui, 705, 2475, 01:28.96
void-live-x86_64-musl-20240314-xfce, 920, 2550, 01:29.12
lxle-18043-32, 238, 1520, 01:30.19
livegui-amd64-20240407T165048Z, 1069, 2634, 01:31.99
PeppermintOS-Debian-32, 1130, 2415, 01:33.83
debian-12.5.0-amd64-netinst, 875, 2690, 01:36.03
void-live-x86_64-musl-20240314-base, 584, 2249, 01:37.60
Porteus-LXQT-v5.01-x86_64, 325, 1958, 01:38.77
MX-23.2_x64, 1190, 3968, 01:40.97
manjaro-kde-23.1.4-240406-linux66, 1426, 3157, 01:41.20
absolute64-20231124, 350, 1956, 01:43.67
openmandriva.5.0-lxqt.x86_64, 976, 2685, 01:47.37
netrunner-23-64bit, 897, 2766, 01:48.88
void-live-x86_64-musl-20240314-xfce, 637, 2373, 01:51.38
GhostBSD-24.01.1, 1331, 3708, 01:52.63
bodhi-7.0.0-64, 400, 2051, 01:53.28
Solus-4.5-XFCE-Beta, 1331, 3714, 01:53.35
linux-lite-6.6-64bit, 1187, 3636, 01:58.28
debian-edu-12.5.0-i386-BD-1, 1508, 3026, 01:58.55
void-live-i686-20240314-xfce, 977, 2289, 02:06.56
linuxmint-21.3-xfce-64bit, 913, 2700, 02:07.83
Openbsdinstall75 64 bit, 165, 2042, 02:08.90
bodhi-5.1.0-legacy, 206, 1488, 02:09.26
Mageia-9-i586, 348, 1715, 02:18.04
debian-12.5.0-i386-DVD-1, 1335, 2804, 02:22.68
langitketujuh-live-x86_64-musl-20231005-kde-home, 977, 2935, 02:32.99
garuda-dr460nized-linux-zen-240428.iso, 1527, 3390, 03:00.45
ubuntu-12.04.4-desktop-amd64, 1343, 4684, 04:12.59
alpine-extended-3.19.1-x86_64, 1424, 4010, 04:22.17
Openbsdinstall75 64 bit, 1329, 3302, 05:08.07
with install problem:
dragora-3.0-amd64-beta2-dvd, BookwormPup32-23.12-240420, chimera-linux-x86_64-LIVE-20240421-gnome, dfly-x86_64-6.4.0_REL, crux-3.7, NetBSD-10.0-amd64-install, PeppermintOS-devuan_32_xfce, slitaz-4.0-firefox, MocaccinoOS-XFCE-0.20240330.iso
I tried miniOS, it's good for me but the problem is after installing it on my old potato laptop it kept booting on live version.
how about 32 bit old pcs , i tried L ubuntu 18.04 but still its sluggish with dual core 2gb rAM
Would be nice to have a list in description😅
Dude, arch (server) with dwm. Lightest and fastest. 300MB base when operating. Virtually no environmental gui overhead.
Great info, thank you very much 😊
Good video very informative and comprehensive, thanks
All of them are fast bro. Just use a distro that has all the packages you need in the repos or preinstalled, so u dont need to download everything from scratch.
I"m running ARTIX right now-- with the NEW kde6 on it-- and if I run it X11 everything works PERFECTLY-- even my krohnkite tiling works GREAT-- but turn on Wayland and a LOT of the stuff will NOT work at all and a lot more LOCKS UP or just goes out.. and Iv'e had the same issue with WAYLAND on anything.. The new kde6 still has enough bugs of its OWN without Wayland f... g it up MORE.... ARTIX with the new kde6 is beautiful- and I can tile on it- flawlessly-- no hangups, no jitters, no locks NOTHINg.. just GREAT.
Which distro is light and have the latest kernel?
@@RahulPalXDA something with a GUI please.
@@skelebro9999EndeavourOS, basically preconfigured Arch with a simple GUI installer. You can even select between a bunch of different desktop environments during installation, including tiling WMs. But tbh, installing Arch is not very difficult either, especially with the Archinstall script.
@@penta5421 Alright. Thanks.
@@skelebro9999 Majaro os with kde
@@vimadgamer7598 that's not light. I've tried that and it eats like 1 gigs of ram.
Linux is perfect for me, an average user. It has a browser, Mail capability, RUclips app and Steam gaming. Everything I need. Mint is what I’m running. Quick and easy.
Good selection, Q4os is missing, a great alternative in resources consumption, cheers from Argentina
Excellent video... original listing too. Thanks!
Glad to see MX but why no Fedora, theyre doing something to fedora that just makes it excel in a lot of tests
I Have Old PC , Processor-Intel pentium 2 dual core , G2020 its a 3rd Genration 64 -bit Old Pc Please Recommend me which Linux Disrto is best for this hardware..I am running Windows 10 but its not working
nixOS (arch-based) and install an SSD
Antix
Hello sir thanks for the video. I'm not sure if you running these on Virtual machines. But Zorin Lite is not actually very light. It eats 1.1GB to 1.3GB on idle. That's bad for my 2GB laptop. I tried most of them on your list and more. The lightest are as per trying on my laptop. Porteus LXDE, Xfce then sparky, LXLE, Peppermint, debian 11 lxde.
They actually lighter than Bionic pup and fossa pup.
DSL deserved an honorable mention, out of respect if nothing else. It just got updated recently.
now being based on anitX/debian. past versions based on knoppix/debian
antiX is excellent. It made my Celeron N3060 2GB DDR3 laptop usable. I also use it on my main PC, which has Ryzen 5 5600, 32GB 3200MHz DDR4, and RX 6700 XT.
Good to hear that, my friend is using acer 2gigs ram and very old amd processor it was originally windows 7 but the HDD got corrupted so he replaced and installed windows 10. Damn that computer is so f***king slow😂😂😂...
I told him that I'll fix it for him, so antiX seems to be the best option. Would you share your recent experience as your comment is 1 months old
Thank you, I could finally end the distro hopping. I found the ONE.
Which one?
I am new to Linux, but I have been using Lubuntu for a while and started using Antix23 on my Dell Venue tablets. I am confused if someone can explain to me why Firefox from SNAP slows down the computer more than, say, installing it from the terminal. Isn't it the same type of browser? Just curious and learning.
Installing SNAP is a different source. From the terminal it's probably installing from somewhere else. SNAP uses more system resources. I'm no expert though. Hope that helps.
Ponies spotted in Manjaro!
Hello I have very old intel celeron m 530 processor with 1. 73ghz so is there any os compatable with it?
I would try antix for that
If it has a 1gb RAM or more antix should run good on it
I hope this helps and I hope you're having a good day a good weekend and a good Lord's Sunday
God bless you and your family
God bless you
Jeremy Scruggs
I would recommend trying antix
As long as you have a gig around or more it should run pretty good on that computer
Give her to try it's definitely work a shot
Thank you for reading this and I hope you're having a good day a good weekend and a good Lord's Sunday
God bless you and your family
God bless you
Jeremy Scruggs
@@engagedswitch same to you and thank you!
@@Mr.StrangeGuY
You're welcome no problem at all sorry for the duplicate comment My phone was acting weird
Thank you for reading this and I hope you're having a good day
God bless you and your family
God bless you
Jeremy Scruggs
Is mini os safe to use as primary os ? Please answer
Puppy is hard to beat. Runs great on a Core 2 duo
Good Morning. A beginner's question. I want to install Windows plus Linux in dualboot on a physical drive named A. therefore yes, because Windows is still useful, Linux to educate. The second physical drive name B, I want on files common to both systems. How to choose the type of formatting for physical disk B, so that it can be seen in two systems (write, read). thanks.
ExFat is the file system you will need. But it will work with SSDs only.
NTFS.
What version of sparky are you using
its the minimal gui
16:11 . . . I didn't see that one coming I laughed so hard imagining a potato running an OS🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣! You really got m there😆
Should we try ubantu in old laptop which has 4 gb ram and hard drive, intel core 2 duo processor?
not good , use puppy linux or slax
Please try out MX Linux Fluxbox for this old C2D
Fedora Minimal Install with IceWM. ALT Linux nightly or startekit, P11, with IceWM. Maybe even WattOS.
Thanks for the video, good job.
What about Tiny Core Linux?
i found zorin os very easy to use and polished for those accustomed to windows.
What I dont understand is, why have Linux-Distros different speeds with the same Desktop. Why is a PCLinux with Mate much faster than an Ubuntu Mate for instance.
LINUX IS THAT FRIENDLY OPERATING SYSTEM WHIT ALL KINDS OF VERSIONS FOR PEOPLE ON LOW BUDGET THAT CAN AFFORD TO SPEND A 1000 BUCKS ON A NEW PC,AND STILL MAKE YOU OLD LOVING MACHINE RUN .KUDOS
I already install wubuntu 2024,but linux mint caught my eye or may be Zorin,or Mini OS.Many choices to pick from.
Which one should I pick?
My computer specs.
I3 3rd gen
1tb hdd
4gb ddr3 ram
No gpu.
I mainly use it on pc.
I use IDM software and download big files and play RUclips and from other websites.
And my dad uses it for trading. Uses multiple windows and multiple chrome tabs.
Bro, you explained my pc specs. ARE YOU SPYING ME?!
Try wattOS, Alt Linux or Mabox Linux 👋
Upgrade to SSD. Don't use a mechanical hard drive in a computer made after 1998, ever
I was waiting for a long time but 'intejar ka fal mitha hota hai' 😂 see the reply of the creater those who knows Hindi 8:18
Hah 😂
Ha
great video.... I'm an avid OS user from MacOS to Windows to Linux (which has so many great distros). Can you point me to where you got your wallpaper for Sparky Linux in the video? Thanks again!
Thanks bro. It is very useful
where do you get zorin light? i checked the website and they only have normal, pro and education.
It's there. I just upgraded my old laptop from Zorin 16.3 Lite to 17 Lite. It should be the option on the right.
@@quantumleap8888 this is driving me mad because all i see on the official zorin website on the download page is pro at the top and then core and education under it. is it only available in certain regions or something? im in the UK
@@quantumleap8888never mind i found it though a different link on google. it was not on the same page as the others on the website and it made it rather confusing
I don't know about Antix being easy on CPU, as idle desktop shows 30%+ usage. Also you have 16GB ram on that machine, which likely means the CPU ain't that old either.
I have high fidelity screen recording running. That's why usage is higher. But on idle CPU just stays at 1-2%.
Please check the Q4OS and Chimaera Linux.
What about kubunto and zubunto?
A new age computer with Linux Mint I think is the worlds best , most stable, Most usefull , No Nonsense computer. which will last years.
I use Antix on a MacBook 13 2007 2GB ram for video editing , compared to Snow Leopard, the User interface is more minimalist, but performances are very good, wifi card works out of the box, only iSight camera and Bluetooth don't work.
instala , mx-linux 23.2 xfce 54 bits ou 32 bits...
Funcionará tudo...
e nao é necessario usar terminal...
Muito bom Mx-linux 23.2
Video ...shotcuts kadenlive
wattOS is a light distro Debian based.
Give it a try 👍
Linux is very jitterish and laggy or just say it has alot of screen tearing when i use it on my mid 2012 macbook pro which has 10gb ram intel hd 4000, i searched alot but there is no solution can someone help
The best solution is to trade someone straight across for a 2012 Thinkpad!
I have a MacBook 13 Intel core duo 64 2GB ram 2007, I installed Refit to enable boot from USB and then Antix, I use it as daily driver for video editing (when I do rendering I have only one program running), but with a 2012 MacBook it should work much better.
@@pierpig7058 i tried many distros but all were the same except mx linux. It works very well and no lagginess maybe it was some driver issue with other distro which mx linux was able to resolve.
I assume you're not aware of the existence of the Void Linus distribution as you would otherwise have included it for sure.
Maybe cause Void is not for beginners 😊
Interesting that you have Manjaro but not arch. Stay away from Manjaro. Also, the DE makes the difference, not necessarily the distro.
i've tried all of these and peppermint too and didn't notice much speed difference though since puppy is loaded in ram it should be a bit faster. WHY ISNT PUPPY ON THIS LIST
I will try your course- as soon as I can-- I'm on SS so it's TIGHT right now.. :)
Zorin Lite isn't available anymore :( But the standard 17 version is super fast anyway.
It's available. 16.3 is available.
@@LinuxTexFor me the website only shows Pro, Core and Education. Perhaps they've hidden it? I know it was still there up until the 17.1 release.
@@LinuxTex No it isn't.
@@Minja-i3z It's there now! But, the Zorin team are sadly discontinuing it after the next 18 release.
I have just installed the latest version of Lubuntu but I’m thinking of using Linux Lite. I saw somewhere that Linux Lite requires less ram. Which is better for potato pc?
For very potato PCs, 1 GB RAM, try Puppy Linux, and there’s also the non Linux OS which is optimized for 8 MB (not GB!) of RAM (last I checked) = Menuet OS and its fork KolibriOS. Why? If you’re using your PC for research purposes, you want your your OS to be as lightweight as possible to support research/data processing programs that take up a lot of resources. Why is MenuetOS (and KolibriOS) more lightweight? It’s written all in Assembly language whereas over 95% of Linux is not (most of it is written in C).
Very good information,,,,🎉
Thank you very much😊
Can Antix or MX Linux be loaded on Mac Air ?
yup
I want to know more about your course-- is it ACTUAL virtual classroom type or VIDEO- or pdf? Self- paced or group paced? etc... I'm VERY interested and might order when I get paid first of next month.
Puppy linux is very best
Most 'lightweight' DEs actually look like they're from 2003 sadly. Don't settle for dated looks if your computer isn't decades old and you're willing to upgrade it. Even Gnome with nixOS (Arch) flies on a core 2 duo based machine, even with 2GB RAM, as long as you run it from a SSD as a general rule. Any web browser on the modern internet will benefit from it too.