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Going Linux #275 · Lightweight Linux Distributions Revisited

Going Linux #275 · Lightweight Linux Distributions Revisited

Going Linux

May 20, 2015

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Going Linux #275 · Lightweight Linux Distributions Revisited

Windows XP is no longer supported and quite a few of the computers that came with XP installed just do not have the specs to run Windows 7 or Windows 8. It's not safe to run an operating system that is no longer supported, so what do you do? Buy a new machine? Or you could try installing a lightweight Linux distribution. We take a fresh look at the array of lightweight distros available today that might make good alternatives for lower-spec machines.

Episode 275 Time Stamps
00:00 Going Linux #275 · Lightweight Linux Distributions Revisited
00:15 Introduction
00:43 Bill records on a phone app
01:33 Bill wants a Cray
02:59 Bill has SuSE system lockups
03:51 Blue Griffon and Wordpress
05:55 Why lightweight Linux distros?
07:36 The criteria
08:13 The process
08:26 LXLE
12:10 Ubuntu MATE
15:12 Lubuntu
17:17 Xubuntu
18:15 Honorable mentions
18:26 Puppy Linux
18:31 Bodi Linux
19:56 Tiny Core Linux
23:27 Application pick: Gentoo file manager
24:04 goinglinux.com, [email protected], +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe
25:00 End