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Reddit API blew up and now I run Linux? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I feel like I've been gaslit into running FOSS but every success only brings me closer to fighting god

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[–] 17 points 2 years ago* (8 children)

Congrats! Your laptop will be even happier with a lighter but still nice-looking desktop environment like Xfce and you even have an Ubuntu flavor around it: Xubuntu.

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  • [–] [S] 13 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    I can be swayed easily! I’ll throw it on the list!

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    I'd recommend Linux Mint with the XFCE desktop over Xubuntu, because they're mostly the same thing but Mint doesn't use Snap packages by default while Ubuntu does and Mint is better suited for desktop usage due to their various nice little config tools.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (5 children)

    Xubuntu is still too heavy, you have to strip it further and go for Lubuntu. Nothing like a 400 MB idle memory load on the desktop

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    My xubuntu is at 380MB idling on the desktop. Also, thanks for making me check. I should probably disable snapd.

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