Keith, My responses interleaved below.
On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Arun, > > You mentioned you are using Mint XFCE. Mint, if I recall correctly, is > an Ubuntu derivative ( is that the correct word?). That I like!! > The default Linux Mint XFCE is a derivative of Ubuntu XFCE with Mint's UI tweaks. FWIW there is a Debian derivative called LMDE > > All of my hardware is old. I think all of it will run Kubuntu. > Define 'old' :) In my mind these factors come into play, a) CPU, b) Storage type, c) RAM, d) Network (Wired, Wireless). Although KDE (Kubuntu) has shed quite a bit of bloat, it requires more system resources than XFCE. I have repurposed HP/Dell/Lenovo thin clients circa 2015-2017 era (AMD CPU 2-4 cores, 1.8 GHz, 8GB RAM, 1GB NIC, 32GB SATA SSD) with LM XFCE. This is sufficient to run Firefox (5-7 open tabs), LibreOffice Suite, and a bunch of CLI tools (Bash scripts) Lubuntu (LXQt) is another good candidate for computers with lesser hardware resources. The UX is not as polished as XFCE (GTK) > I am interested in XFCE. I played with it maybe 30 years ago. > Try a 'live' session. You can customize quite a few items, you may end up liking it :) > Are you limited in installing apps that run on your desktop? Most 3rd party apps should work assuming their author provides it in a package form (DEB, Snap, Flatpak) because they will pull in the library dependencies. Keep in mind anything that requires more computation, storage, or memory resources, may slow down your user experience. HTH -- Arun Khan
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