Hi everyone. I have an old ASUS S56C and I use it everyday for web (Firefox) and graphic design (Photoshop with Bottles, Inkscape). I have used for years Lubuntu, and it was all good with LXDE ambient, but with the latest versions it switched to LXQT and with snaps I don’t feel it comfortable anymore.

So, I’m looking for another easy weight lightweight distro, no fancy, only for Firefox, Bottles and Inkscape. I’m opened to any suggestions. Thanks in advance to everyone.

EDIT: Thank you all for your time and answers. I’ve read them all and I think I will start with Debian with LXDE. Thank you all again.

  • Deckweiss@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Ubuntu was reliably bugged and I could not use the software I needed for work because of that. I had to fuck with it on a monthly basis to fix it.

    Arch reliably works and is always up to date, so bugs that I experience get fixed in a timely manner.

    I never had to fix it after an update. On my personal PC I have the same arch install since 2020.

    Never ever did my arch not boot or not work after an update.

    I literally have a web server with arch that runs automatic daily unsupervised updates (which is not recommended by arch devs tbh.) And it has been serving my personal homepage for a year without downtime or maintenance (except for 15sec post update reboots ofc.).

    If you want to go beyond personal anecdotes as evidence, we both would need to conduct a significant study.

    But I feel like people keep saying that arch is unstable without trying it themselves or without looking at data.

    • irotsoma
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      28 days ago

      Unstable, in technical terms, is not unreliable or buggy. Unstable means it often changes in a noticeable or significantly way. Instability is not necessarily a bad thing, it just means you have to be more aware and adapt to changes.

      An average, nontechnical user will not like significant changes in an OS. They can barely handle changes in applications they use on a regular basis, much less the thing that controls their whole experience on the computer. Many users even prefer working around bugs to having to learn a new process.

      This is what instability is about. Instability has a correlation to unreliability/bugged experiences, but is not necessarily a direct relationship. Higher instability is just more likely to result in problems.