Comments on: 6 Lightweight Linux Desktop Environments For Older Computers

By: James

James — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 13:22:10 +0000

What is an old computer? A computer that came with Win 3.2, Win 98, Win XP? A computer with an i5-2430M cpu @ 3000.00 MHz? Is this the main computer you want for daily use, or will you keep it for some other purpose? I have an older one as a jukebox.

There is a time every computer will need to go to salvage. Many can be donated, and if you have a use, many can be repurposed as things like a media center or server.

Knowing those things might help someone make a choice between puppy Linux and say, Mate. Your article is a good starting point though.

Thanks

By: James

James — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 13:13:27 +0000

In reply to James.

Amen to that, and all are experts on Linux!

By: patrick

patrick — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 02:54:17 +0000

I guess I am getting old. I use Nextstep or CDE for my old boxes.

By: PHONG TO

PHONG TO — Sun, 19 Feb 2023 03:39:51 +0000

In reply to evelyn bonbon.

old comment, but only one person was spewing opinion. If you can’t tell one from the other, you might want to consider Windows. It’s 2023 and I still do use XFCE, but it’s still relatively lightweight and seems to have picked up support.

LXQT is gaining, but not refined still (I have it on a few machines). KDE runs really well on my 10-year machines, though–one with 8 GB ram and another with 16. Only trimming the 8 GB machine because it does freeze up during day trading when a few accounts are kept open with different brokerages.

By: Nik

Nik — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 19:47:56 +0000

Bring back the lubuntu-desktop (not qt). There was nothing wrong with it

Now Lubuntu is crap…