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1. Kev Quirk (kev@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 23-Jul-2018 14:23:18 EDT Kev Quirk

   Does #Linux actually need to be lightweight these days?

   I really hate that term, so I wrote a thing...

   https://kevq.uk/the-laboriousness-of-lightweight-linux/

   1. iona 🐝 (iona@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 23-Jul-2018 14:57:06 EDT iona 🐝

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      @kev The "main" distros and DEs are also getting lighter rather than heavier nowadays. I run Debian with KDE and it's noticeably lighter and faster than older versions. Apparently the latest KDE is getting even less memory-hungry.

      Software used to get more bloated as time went by, these days it's becoming more efficient.

      I run a 2011 laptop and no problems at all, no plans to replace it. I couldn't have done that with a 7-year-old laptop in 2011.

      1. iona 🐝 (iona@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 23-Jul-2018 14:58:10 EDT iona 🐝

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         @kev Basically, there's only very limited need for "lightweight" stuff like LXDE and Puppy Linux when the mainstream, widely used and supported software works so well on computers 7-10 years old.

      2. Kev Quirk (kev@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 23-Jul-2018 15:03:59 EDT Kev Quirk

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         @iona exactamundo! Debian with KDE isn't a "lightweight" distro (optimised for low-end hardware) and you're running it just fine on older hardware. Linux does not need to be "lightweight". :)