6 daysI’ve never heard of ubuntu being described as light weight.
only thing it was ever described as, is as an easy to use distro for first time linux users… and even thats not entirely applicable anymore
- SirEDCaLot@lemmy.todayEnglish6 days
I’ve never heard Ubuntu claiming to be lightweight.
Ubuntu’s initial claim to fame was a normie (non-techie) could install it and the stuff they wanted to work would Just Work- there’d be a little option during install ‘do you want to install closed source or proprietary or patent encumbered shit?’ and you’d click yes and then your graphics card would work and your MP3s would play and your sound card worked without having to fuck around with kernel modules and command lines.
If you want lightweight install Xubuntu (xfce environment).
- auzy1@lemmy.worldEnglish6 days
I’ve never understood the point of these articles.
What does anyone gain by attacking other linux distro’s? It’s not like people don’t give Linux Mint a chance… I’m not a fan of Snap, but, there are many who are…
Ubuntu also offers SLA’s to companies (15 years support) and Linux Mint doesn’t offer paid support, and there are likely many other reasons to use Ubuntu over LinuxMint.
Use what best suits your requirements.
It is an essential aspect of being Linux users that we claim our preferred distro is the absolute best and others are garbage not worth using. It’s in the terms I’m pretty sure.
When was Ubuntu “lightweight”? I’m not saying it was always bloated, but it was never supposed to be minimalist either. It was just an easy works-out-of-the-box Linux experience.
It was only lightweight in comparison to Windows, but every other OS is.
- ki4jgt@feddit.orgEnglish6 days
When they first started, they had a list of promises. One of them was to always fit on a 800meg CD.
- Jason2357@lemmy.caEnglish6 days
In the early 2000s, that wasnt particularily lightweight. I believe it came with openoffice and the full gnome desktop. That was not really minimal in any way.
- 6 days
Neither are lightweight. If you want lightweight then get debian
How debian is lightweight ? Isn’t it have too many bloats pre-installed ?
A distro i can build myself is actually lightweight. Like Arch or Void.
- 5 days
Both arch and debian fresh out the box is minimal. Debian minimum requirement is 1160MB for Hard Disk, I’d imagine something similar for arch. From scratch, neither comes with bloat. You’re probably conflating debian with ubuntu or linux mint out the box.
By bloat I mean specifically those kde applications and games that almost all beginner friendly distros bundle in.
- 3 days
Yeah no, you install it and it’s a black screen. There’s no de on fresh debian or arch, they’re very comparable.
- cybervegan@lemmy.worldEnglish6 days
As others have stated, Ubuntu was never a minimalist distribution.
When Ubuntu first came out, most common CD drives could only work with CDs of a about 700Mb capacity, but assuming that the tech would keep improving, it was reasonable to suggest this. It was never because Ubuntu was touted as “lightweight”, though. Then writable DVDs became almost ubiquitous, and they eventually migrated to that. In the meantime, USB flash drives were getting cheaper, and Linux installer tech was also improving, so eventually (quite early actually) these were supported too. But this was simply a logical progression of tech development and catering to the predominant baseline capacities of storage media.
If you want a proper minimalist, try PuppyLinux or DamnSmallLinux. If you want to run on a Raspberry Pi (or one of their other supported SBCs) try DietPi.
- hereiamagain@sh.itjust.worksEnglish7 days
My exact thought. Always been at least mid weight, if not flipping heavy as.
- muhyb@programming.devEnglish7 days
IMO that’s why it became popular at the time. It was a Linux distro anyone can install and use right away after installation.
- Jason2357@lemmy.caEnglish6 days
Easy install with drivers included and a rich guy willing to mail you installer CDs in a nice jacket for free. Every computer club in any school had a stack of them to give out.
- ki4jgt@feddit.orgEnglish6 days
When they first started, they had a list of promises. One of them was to always fit on a 800meg CD.
- Jason2357@lemmy.caEnglish6 days
Is it kind of weird to respond to every thread with this same claim? A CD iso with full gnome desktop and openoffice wasnt minimal at the time.
- luciferofastora@feddit.orgEnglish6 days
No, probably just a really passionate human determined to tell people where that alleged “lightweight” claim comes from. Don’t underestimate how persistent nerds can be when they think they’re right.
Yeah, possibly. One might ask what the difference between such person and a bot is…
- luciferofastora@feddit.orgEnglish6 days
The same as the difference between my rambles and AI slop: One is natural, the other artificial. One is organic, the other mechanic. One is passionate, the other soulless.
True, true. The one-dimensional layer of text forums covers up the means to differentiate.
- elbiter@lemmy.worldEnglish7 days
Ubuntu stopped being a viable desktop distribution 15 years ago, light or heavyweight.
- Scrollone@feddit.itEnglish6 days
GNOME 3 and afterwards didn’t help. And Snap was the last nail in the coffin.
- ki4jgt@feddit.orgEnglish6 days
When they first started, they had a list of promises. One of them was to always fit on a 800meg CD.
- aproposnix@piefed.socialEnglish7 days
Wow. I’m impressed… Loads of comments and no one had to chime in and say “Arch is the best” 😂
- MonkderVierte@lemmy.zipEnglish7 days
Arch is as lightweight or heavy as you want it to be. Except for the Systemd stack, that locks you a bit in. That’s where Artix comes into play.
- prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish7 days
Sometimes I feel like Linux Mint has a low-key marketing budget or something lol
- Bazoogle@lemmy.worldEnglish6 days
I don’t think they do, it’s just a good plug and play option for people just wanting to get away from Microslop. It’s not really meant for power users, but people that want as little tinkering as possible (while still having the option if needed). Though I think they should do marketing, and get more people off of Microsoft products.
And for the record, I am still waiting for my check from Linux Mint for this ad.
- ThomasWilliams@lemmy.worldEnglish6 days
The current version of Ubuntu recommends 6GB of memory and a dual-core processor
4 GB.
Ubuntu doesn’t have other lightweight options, but Linux Mint offers XFCE and MATE editions.
Wrong. XFCE and LxQt versions are offered - Lubuntu and Xubuntu.
Snap is a packaging system that includes every possible file or runtime that the app needs to work.
Yes, so it actually works at proper containerisation. That is actually the whole point of containerisation.
Flatpaks frequently fail to work because of library incompatibilities.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements
I ran hundreds of flatpaks and they never failed to run even once, what do you mean with “frequently fail to work”?
- NotAnOtter@lemmus.orgEnglish6 days
Hasn’t ubuntu always been the “non-tech friendly linux distro”? Their market niche was not being light weight.
