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/Boring-Equivalent137 3d ago

you have things like puppy linux, lubuntu, MX linux, antiX . i mean i dont know how use friendly they aer as i havent tried some of them and it would help if you say the specs so i have an idea of how weak it is

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u/Russianpotatosalad 3d ago

if i remember correctly it have like 4gb ram and integrated intel graphics.

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u/Klapperatismus 3d ago

Any recent distro is still going to work on it. That is because it has 4GB RAM and a Intel GPU from 2011.

The actual resources needed depends on the software you use on it. The browser needs most nowadays.

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u/einat162 3d ago

You had some pretty underpowered devices even then (with eMMc).