if you really want to hit minimalist in terms of linux environments, WMs are the way to go. They strip all the fluff from a DE and only give you the bare essentials. Everything else is something you bring, which honestly, not as big of a problem as you would think.
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Tag365@lemmy.world 2 months agoWhat are the lightweight Linux distributions?
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Compared to windows 11 all of them are
SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
There are multiple tiers of lightweight.
“Middleweight”: Something like Kubuntu, Xubuntu, or anything with KDE or XFCE, or MATE
More lightweight: Lubuntu, anything with LXQt
Super lightweight: AntiX, something with Trinity Desktop Environment or just a window manager instead of a full desktop environment
Most lightweight: Just a command line with no GUI (barebones Arch maybe?)