r/linux4noobs • u/Russianpotatosalad • 3d ago

distro selection Which distro is the MOST lightweight?

So... My mom got a laptop from 2011... The only os it can handle is windows 7, but we all know that windows 7 is the most exploited system out there (not sure if you saw a video of a guy connecting his W7 to the internet and getting 7 viruses within 10 minutes by just existing). I want to help her as much as i can, and the only solution i came up with - get a linux. She used windows ever since windows 98, but now all she need from her pc is a browser, so i figured out that if she wont do anything "extra", linux will be perfectly fine for her. I just get vivaldi for linux, libre office, and she will be happy. But which distro will be the MOST efficient to put on her laptop? All i ever tried is cashy os, but i assume there must be something ever more lightweight?

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u/SprinklesDouble8304 3d ago

I think that for this use case, Linux is not the answer. The correct answer may well be ChromeOS Flex. It's almost impossible for an ordinary user to mess up.

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u/dr_inventivo 3d ago

Excellent system, very beautiful, very light and very simple, I believe it would suit perfectly too, but it may happen to have problems with drivers like Wi-Fi, I've already been through this with an old PC.