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tumbling4986@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

Ubuntu stopped being the lightweight Linux distro, and Linux Mint filled the gap it left behind

www.xda-developers.com

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Ubuntu stopped being the lightweight Linux distro, and Linux Mint filled the gap it left behind

www.xda-developers.com

tumbling4986@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago
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A surprising shift to Linux Mint reveals leaner memory use, polished Cinnamon defaults, and a friendlier upgrade path.
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    There wasn’t a single second between now and 1970 where even the most delusional people could’ve seen Ubuntu as “lightweight”.

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      Not saying lightweight but Ubuntu 10.10 booting was fast at least even on HDD.

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        Compared to what “heavyweight” distro at the time?

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          Compared to Ubu…

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      Back when they were still fucking around with upstart and mir its was light enough. Today its just another windows.

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        It’s basically bearing the brunt of Windows heads using Linux. It’s a very common disto on WSL.

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      When they first started, they had a list of promises. One of them was to always fit on a 800meg CD.

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