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I opted for Lubuntu when I switched back to Linux after a ~15 year hiatus and I'm very pleased. It's really aimed at older/slower computers, but I think it offe
by arexxbifs 7y ago
I opted for Lubuntu when I switched back to Linux after a ~15 year hiatus and I'm very pleased. It's really aimed at older/slower computers, but I think it offers the convenience of Ubuntu (easy installation, good online resources for help, large and well-maintained package repositories, fast security updates) without much of what old neckbeards like me dislike about Ubuntu proper. Lubuntu has saner defaults (IMHO), no massive desktop environment or office suites in the default install, is less dependent on Gnome apps, etc.
(Edit: I see now that Lubuntu 20.04 LTS comes with Libreoffice, whereas 18.04 did not.)
- aceperry 7y agoI've been using Ubuntu and variants for a long time now. I find lubuntu is ok and small in terms of size. As for older computers, I must have some really slow ass hardware, because even lubuntu is kind of slow on some of my hardware. I stick to standard ubuntu on my desktop just to see what it's like, but prefer xubuntu because I prefer the DE over the gnome crap. I'm used to the more standard keystrokes and shortcuts that you see on windows and the IBM standard which gnome wants to ignore. It's also tough to customize gnome to how I like to do things.