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What's the best light desktop env to install in a Linux distro?

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I want to revive an old Lenovo laptop with an AMD A6 2.6GHz and 4GB ram, what would be the best option for a DE?

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cerement@slrpnk.net
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  • the big guns: Gnome or Plasma
  • the middle tier: Xfce or LXQt
  • the lightweights: tiling window managers (and there’s a LOT to choose from)
  • the alternative crowd: Mate, Cinnamon, Regolith
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Crying4625@lemmy.mlOP
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I think gnome and KDE Plasma are just too heavy. And I would use a WM if it was for me, in fact that what I use in my daily driver but it is for someone not that tech savvy. I may check one from the alternative crowd tho. Thanks for the answer

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Jumuta@sh.itjust.works
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plasma is surprisingly performant

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folkrav@lemmy.ca
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I seem to remember hearing about Plasma having similar memory usage to XFCE. Don’t quote me on that lol

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boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
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Try KDE Plasma, you can strip out a ton of it, for example XOrg entirely, baloo, animations, etc.

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krash@lemmy.ml
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Got any guides on how to strip plasma down to the bare necessities? I have it on a machine with 4 GB RAM, but I don’t know how to optimize it for such old hardware.

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RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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OP asked for desktop env, and tiling window managers are… Well only window managers and not desktop environments…

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sturlabragason@lemmy.world
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I like MATE. It feels familiar. (I’m a GNOME user 😅)

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loiakdsf@discuss.tchncs.de
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not sure, if cinnamon still qualifies as alternative considering the massive Linux Mint crowd.

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MonkderDritte@feddit.de
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  • the alternative crowd: Mate, Cinnamon, Regolith

Middle tier too.

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