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Ubuntu stopped being the lightweight Linux distro, and Linux Mint filled the gap it left behind
www.xda-developers.com/linux-mint-is-the-best-ubuntu-replacement/
Replying to @Crumpled6273@lemmy.ca
Did someone mentioned Ubuntu was never lightweight yet?
Replying to @Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works
When they first started, they had a list of promises. One of them was to always fit on a 800meg CD.
Replying to @ki4jgt@feddit.org
That wasn’t “light weight Linux” for 2004. Back then I would have probably been looking at Slackware or some other era appropriate minimalist distro if I wanted a minimalist Linux.
Back in 2004 USB thumb drives were realtively new, and Ubuntu would have failed fitting on any available on the market. Yet a handful of minimalist distros could (depending on if the minimalist distro had a DE or not, and the overall package goals).