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Ed_Zep
Ed_Zep Posts: 340 Forumite
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Fantastic little Linux distribution that I've been using for years. Quite basic but customisable. I have it dual-booted with Windows 8 and the difference in performance is immense.

Does anyone use it here?

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  • debitcardmayhem
    debitcardmayhem Posts: 12,706 Forumite
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    Nope fedora for me and Windows 10
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  • boliston
    boliston Posts: 3,012 Forumite
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    it's a debian based distribution like ubuntu - i was starting to get annoyed by the commercialisation of ubuntu so switched to debian a few years ago
  • emptybox
    emptybox Posts: 442 Forumite
    edited 10 February 2018 at 2:20AM
    I used to use it on a very old low spec machine a few years ago.
    It worked while Gnome, KDE, Cinnamon wouldn't. Even XFCE struggled
    Fairly basic interface though.

    However I eventually replace it with CrunchBang Linux (also Debian based) running the Openbox desktop, and it flew. :D
  • esuhl
    esuhl Posts: 9,409 Forumite
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    I'm not wild about Ubuntu or its derivatives. I currently dual-boot Arch Linux on my main PC, and have just Arch on my laptops.

    The thing I like about Arch is that it tries to keep system management simple and minimalist... So it runs really fast on old hardware. I tried using Windows XP on my Asus EEE 901 netbook, but it was so slow as to be unusable. Arch runs much faster.

    https://www.archlinux.org/
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