Switching from ubuntu to ?

**Linuxratty** · October 1st, 2011

You can also try Bodhi Linux,which is quite lightweight.

http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=bodhi

**DayLite** · October 12th, 2011

Originally Posted by Linuxratty

You can also try Bodhi Linux,which is quite lightweight.

http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=bodhi

I have been using Bodhi since last month. Since trying it out I have removed Ubuntu and replaced it with Bodhi. Both in my laptop and desktop. I find it much faster, and once I tried Enlightment (E17) I will never return to Gnome.

Here are some desktop views.

All the programs I had on Ubuntu, I also have in Bodhi.

**zhogan85** · October 12th, 2011

Originally Posted by mips

Try straight Debian or Crunchbang.

+1 for Crunchbang. Also maybe consider Arch

**Elysius** · October 12th, 2011

Originally Posted by zhogan85

+1 for Crunchbang. Also maybe consider Arch

You can give Arch a try indeed. Very lightweight. If you're not familiar with Arch already I suggest to read the Beginner's Guide. Well documented.

**The Sorrow** · October 12th, 2011

I prefer Mint as my personal desktop OS. Its rather lightweight, simple to use and easy to navigate.

**LinuxFan999** · October 12th, 2011

Originally Posted by XubuRoxMySox

I disagree about Xubu being roughly the same as Gnome 2 on resources. That is only true if the user has all the compositing stuff turned on and uses heavier applications than the ones that ship standard with Xubu.

Xubu 10.04 runs awesomely on my old hand-me-down which is literally half of the OP's hardware.

Really? I once installed Xubuntu 10.04 on an old Compaq laptop, and it was very slow, and had trouble connecting to my wireless network. the install also degraded over time, like Windows does, so I re-installed it twice, then Gave up on it and installed Debian.