I didn't see your reply until today. Email notifications haven't been working in the forums very well the last 6 months or so.
As to all the programs that you use and how they might work, I cannot say. I don't use any of them. I edit videos using different tools and wouldn't consider using those on an old chromebook (similar specs). Video editing prefers lots of RAM and lots of CPU. Trivial uses for The Gimp work on low end systems, but if you are applying gradients or transpose filters, it will be painful.
I agree - just install the programs and see how they work. It's 90 seconds to install all of them. They don't run anything when they aren't running. It is just a few MB for each on storage.
Please use normal fonts and colors unless highlighting specific things. I like to highlight suggested programs in my posts for people who are asking for suggestions, like you've done.
When posting code or any command output, it is best to use "code tags" - Adv Reply (#).
BOLD DOESN'T MAKE HUGE PARAGRAPHS EASIER TO READ.
I just bought a Micron 1100 500G SSD for a VM server here, so I agree with that part of the system.
See how nice using CODE TAGS can be?
Code:
$ inxi -Fz
System: Host: posc Kernel: 4.15.0-47-generic x86_64 (64 bit)
Desktop: Openbox 3.6.1 Distro: Ubuntu 16.04 xenial
Machine: System: ASUSTeK (portable) product: X510UAR v: 1.0
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X510UAR v: 1.0
Bios: American Megatrends v: X510UAR.303 date: 12/12/2017
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i5-8250U (-HT-MCP-) cache: 6144 KB
clock speeds: max: 3400 MHz 1: 800 MHz 2: 800 MHz 3: 800 MHz
4: 800 MHz 5: 800 MHz 6: 800 MHz 7: 800 MHz 8: 800 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel UHD Graphics 620
Display Server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: intel
Resolution: 1920x1080@60.01hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Kabylake GT2)
GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 18.0.5
Audio: Card Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-47-generic
Network: Card: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi
IF: wlp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (6.7% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: Samsung_SSD_860 size: 500.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 25G used: 7.3G (32%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-1
ID-2: /boot size: 721M used: 142M (21%) fs: ext2 dev: /dev/sda2
ID-3: /home size: 74G used: 20G (28%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-3
ID-4: swap-1 size: 4.79GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/dm-2
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 264 Uptime: 6 days Memory: 3392.7/7859.5MB
Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.35
I use a minimal desktop, lighter than XFCE. For me, having CPU and RAM used for programs instead of fancy GUI stuff makes sense. In reality, I doubt it makes more than 50-150MB of RAM difference. On a 2G system, that difference might matter. IDK.
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