Best Lightweight Linux Distros for 2017 (Linux.com)

[Posted February 1, 2017 by ris]

Swapnil Bhartiya picks a few lightweight distributions for a mini-review. He includes Knoppix, Lubuntu, PIXEL, Arch Linux, Remix OS, Debian, and Puppy Linux. "Debian, the mother of many popular distributions is by default a lightweight distro, as it’s system requirements are relatively low and you still get the most stable distribution on the planet. Debian uses Gnome as the default desktop environment, which can be resource hungry on some machines, but I suggest the LXDE version of Debian which brings the best of both worlds: lightweight, without compromising on quality and stability." Knoppix, Lubuntu and PIXEL are based on Debian.