▲ 154 ▼ Why do you use/choose Linux? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 months ago by CarlLandry357@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml 199 comments fedilink hide all child comments Me, coder, student, cant afford mid range PCs, interested in learning computers, gamer, not professional. What about you guys?
[–] CarlLandry357@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children) Mint? Is it as slow and bloated as Ubuntu, its base? Didnt you need to make it LMDE to make it faster and lighter a bit? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago Mint does come with a lot of preinstalled software, but I wouldn't consider it bloated. It's stuff that most people will use. The MATE and Xfce versions are fairly light. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LedzMx@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 month ago Honesty, not much. Granted, my PC is not bottlenecked in specs so I haven't noticed. Tried Arch for a while but didn't like it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago Mint does come with a lot of preinstalled software, but I wouldn't consider it bloated. It's stuff that most people will use. The MATE and Xfce versions are fairly light. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LedzMx@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 month ago Honesty, not much. Granted, my PC is not bottlenecked in specs so I haven't noticed. Tried Arch for a while but didn't like it permalink fedilink source parent