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Any strong feelings about #linux distro Sparky? My machine running #Ubuntu is struggling to keep up in the GNOME desktop environment and I'm looking for a light weight distro for 15 year old hardware.

Islamic Audiobooks Central 1y ago

I've found #Alpine as the best lightweight distro. #Gnome on it takes just 1GB almost same as #KDE, a little more than #XFCE.

Depends how you're using it though

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𝔽𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 ℕ𝕚𝕔𝕜 𝔹𝕝𝕒𝕙𝕒 1y ago

That's a new one to me! I'll poke around. I am not a power user however and it looks... Out of my league 😅

𝔽𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 ℕ𝕚𝕔𝕜 𝔹𝕝𝕒𝕙𝕒 1y ago

I found some good material on YouTube about Alpine. Any suggestions you've found helpfu to get basic desktop functionality?

Islamic Audiobooks Central 1y ago

Yes, their Wiki has everything. After the initial configuration is complete, just type setup-desktop and it will let you select and install a DE: Gnome, KDE, XFCE, etc.

https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Main_Page

𝔽𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 ℕ𝕚𝕔𝕜 𝔹𝕝𝕒𝕙𝕒 1y ago

This has been great. A few hiccups but it's running like a dream on an old laptop. Now to try to get the printer working... 😅