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The GUI is usually the problem. I have booted Xubuntu and it's still slow. Slow systems with older GPUs simply can't keep up with newer desktops. Most of the ti
by compounding_it 10mo ago
The GUI is usually the problem. I have booted Xubuntu and it's still slow. Slow systems with older GPUs simply can't keep up with newer desktops. Most of the times I need a terminal but a lightweight desktop can help if I quickly want to open a browser and search something so that I can copy past more complicated commands.
- lproven 10mo agoIt is still slow. Try Alpine. It's amazing. Xubuntu 22.04 took nearly 10 GB of disk and half a gig of RAM. I measured it: https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/18/ubuntu_remixes/ https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/18/ubuntu_remixes/ Alpine takes 1.1 GB of disk and under 200 MB of RAM. https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/05/new_lts_kernel_and_alpine/ https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/05/new_lts_kernel_and_al... Both running a full Xfce $CURRENT desktop, in a Virtualbox VM.