tumbling4986@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoUbuntu stopped being the lightweight Linux distro, and Linux Mint filled the gap it left behindwww.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down162
arrow-up1160arrow-down1external-linkUbuntu stopped being the lightweight Linux distro, and Linux Mint filled the gap it left behindwww.xda-developers.comtumbling4986@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square30linkfedilink
minus-squarezeppo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up126·2 months agoI don’t recall Ubuntu being a lightweight distro or ever aiming to be. It was always Debian with more stuff.
minus-squarepHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoThey have had light official flavors (Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Netbook remix). But primary distro that has always been either Gnome or Unity has been fully-featured. It’d only consider it “light” compared to Windows.
I don’t recall Ubuntu being a lightweight distro or ever aiming to be. It was always Debian with more stuff.
They have had light official flavors (Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Netbook remix). But primary distro that has always been either Gnome or Unity has been fully-featured. It’d only consider it “light” compared to Windows.