Crying4625@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoWhat's the best light desktop env to install in a Linux distro?message-squaremessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up177arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the best light desktop env to install in a Linux distro?Crying4625@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square77fedilinkfile-text
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?
minus-squareboredsquirrel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoTry KDE Plasma, you can strip out a ton of it, for example XOrg entirely, baloo, animations, etc.
minus-squarekrash@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoGot 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.
Try KDE Plasma, you can strip out a ton of it, for example XOrg entirely, baloo, animations, etc.
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.