LXQt
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Pros
- If you really want a light desktop, go for LXQt. Your system will stay significantly under 1GB.
- LXQt presents itself as being more energy efficient compared to other full DEs. The best battery life I've gotten on my ultra budget Chromebook is on LXQt Debian
- In general: use the LXQt desktop. It runs on machines with only 1GB of RAM.
- LXQt is extremely snappy, even on such an old device. Your standard apps open instantly. It only uses very little RAM. Plus, it is Wayland compatible a huge win (unlike legacy desktops like Xfce).
- LxQt is the ultimate low resource desktop, with labwc or another Wayland compositor inside.
Cons
- LXQt will also work and is a bit more modern looking but a bit heavier as well.
- I also love LXQt. I have a low-end device with only 4GBs of RAM. I put Debian on it with LXQt... It was quite a fight to get it working well, but now it does. I wouldn't recommend it on your main workstation though. You won't have...
- i have used lxqt but it was ugly and i couldnt find it much more customizable
- If you want something lighter, you could use LXQt or LXDE, though in my opinion, they are much uglier
Sentiment
8 positive (67%) · 2 mixed (17%) · 2 negative (17%)
Trust + time weighted score: +49% · raw score 50%
What redditors said (10 of 12)
LXQt will also work and is a bit more modern looking but a bit heavier as well.
If you really want a light desktop, go for LXQt. Your system will stay significantly under 1GB.
LXQt presents itself as being more energy efficient compared to other full DEs. The best battery life I've gotten on my ultra budget Chromebook is on LXQt Debian
In general: use the LXQt desktop. It runs on machines with only 1GB of RAM.
I also love LXQt. I have a low-end device with only 4GBs of RAM. I put Debian on it with LXQt... It was quite a fight to get it working well, but now it does. I wouldn't recommend it on your main workstation though. You won't have any real benefits from doing that.
LXQt is extremely snappy, even on such an old device. Your standard apps open instantly. It only uses very little RAM. Plus, it is Wayland compatible a huge win (unlike legacy desktops like Xfce).
LxQt is the ultimate low resource desktop, with labwc or another Wayland compositor inside.
i have used lxqt but it was ugly and i couldnt find it much more customizable
If you want something lighter, you could use LXQt or LXDE, though in my opinion, they are much uglier
Debian or Arch is fine, I personally like XFCE but LXQT is good as well.
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