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Lubuntu is worth mentioning as something that has been breathing life into old PCs while being noobie-friendly and with the access to current ubuntu software re

Lubuntu is worth mentioning as something that has been breathing life into old PCs while being noobie-friendly and with the access to current ubuntu software repos.

Brakenshire 10y ago
I think PIXEL is based on LXDE.
- tagrun 10y ago
  It's an LXDE theme, plus a few aesthetic modifications to a few LXDE programs. I wouldn't call it an OS or a DE.
zdkl 10y ago
Manjaro as well! Slimmer than ubuntu and less headaches than arch, it's pretty good for linux neophytes. https://manjaro.org https://manjaro.org
manaskarekar 10y ago
Lubuntu is, IMHO, the best balance between barebones, and works out of the box. Of course, this line moves for different people. Previous post listing reasons why I like it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12979949 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12979949
Animats 10y ago
The next step above Lubuntu is Xubuntu. If it will fit, use it. I buy old ASUS subnotebooks on eBay for about $40 and put Xubuntu on them when I need a little machine for something. Drivers can be a problem. However, [UXL]buntu finally fixed the years-old bug where the cursor goes away on devices using built-in Intel graphics. (You could make the cursor come back with CTL-ALT-F1, CTL-ALT-F7, which switches the display to text mode and back.) That prevented anyone not heavily into Linux from using the thing.
- abrowne 10y ago
  Ubuntu MATE is also a great option.
- jlgaddis 10y ago
  It's not just for old machines either! I've used XFCE for years and prefer it, even on my well-equipped machines (4-core laptop w/ 32 GB RAM and a new 16-core workstation w/ 128 GB RAM). It looks "nice enough" and is still flexible enough that I can customize it exactly how I want. I really liked Gnome back in the "good ol' days" (2.x) but I can't stand to use it anymore.
  - dispose13432 10y ago
    MATE?
  - unhammer 10y ago
    I want to like Gnome and Unity, but Xfce just lets me get things done with no fuss. The only issue is the name. My girlfriend pronounces "Xubuntu" like "Cthulhu".
  - tbronchain 10y ago
    You made me curious.. 128GB RAM on Xubuntu! Why? Which usage would require so much memory? Found 16cores quite a lot as well. Really wondering what you do?
    - seabrookmx 10y ago
      Not the person you're replying to, but we have lots of 64gb workstations at work for database and BI work, such a testing large queries in Apache Drill. With the right query, you can use up the 64gb quite quickly. Our servers run 384gb and have 16C/32T.

Lubuntu is worth mentioning as something that has been breathing life into old PCs while being noobie-friendly and with the access to current ubuntu software repos.

Brakenshire 10y ago

I think PIXEL is based on LXDE.

tagrun 10y ago
It's an LXDE theme, plus a few aesthetic modifications to a few LXDE programs. I wouldn't call it an OS or a DE.

zdkl 10y ago

Manjaro as well! Slimmer than ubuntu and less headaches than arch, it's pretty good for linux neophytes. https://manjaro.org https://manjaro.org

manaskarekar 10y ago

Lubuntu is, IMHO, the best balance between barebones, and works out of the box. Of course, this line moves for different people. Previous post listing reasons why I like it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12979949 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12979949

Animats 10y ago

The next step above Lubuntu is Xubuntu. If it will fit, use it. I buy old ASUS subnotebooks on eBay for about $40 and put Xubuntu on them when I need a little machine for something. Drivers can be a problem. However, [UXL]buntu finally fixed the years-old bug where the cursor goes away on devices using built-in Intel graphics. (You could make the cursor come back with CTL-ALT-F1, CTL-ALT-F7, which switches the display to text mode and back.) That prevented anyone not heavily into Linux from using the thing.

abrowne 10y ago
Ubuntu MATE is also a great option.
jlgaddis 10y ago
It's not just for old machines either! I've used XFCE for years and prefer it, even on my well-equipped machines (4-core laptop w/ 32 GB RAM and a new 16-core workstation w/ 128 GB RAM). It looks "nice enough" and is still flexible enough that I can customize it exactly how I want. I really liked Gnome back in the "good ol' days" (2.x) but I can't stand to use it anymore.
- dispose13432 10y ago
  MATE?
- unhammer 10y ago
  I want to like Gnome and Unity, but Xfce just lets me get things done with no fuss. The only issue is the name. My girlfriend pronounces "Xubuntu" like "Cthulhu".
- tbronchain 10y ago
  You made me curious.. 128GB RAM on Xubuntu! Why? Which usage would require so much memory? Found 16cores quite a lot as well. Really wondering what you do?
  - seabrookmx 10y ago
    Not the person you're replying to, but we have lots of 64gb workstations at work for database and BI work, such a testing large queries in Apache Drill. With the right query, you can use up the 64gb quite quickly. Our servers run 384gb and have 16C/32T.