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LXLE
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Reader supplied reviews for LXLE
Average rating
8.3 from 40 review(s)
Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-07-30
Votes: 3
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Fantastic lightweight distro that I stumbled upon for my old Acer 5620G laptop. It's like a breath of fresh air for my dusty, forgotten machine. The distro not only revived my laptop but also made it super useful again. With its sleek interface and quick performance, I can now browse the web, check emails, and even stream movies without any lag or crashes. It's like giving a new lease on life to my trusty old companion. I am so glad I found this gem of a distro because now I can enjoy using my laptop once again without any frustrations or limitations. Cheers to technology and all the developers who make these amazing tools possible!
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Version: 18.04.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-07-15
Votes: 3
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Excellent distribution that could easily and simply revive an ancient netbook samsung np-nc110 with only 1Gb RAM! Quickly and without problems installed the latest 64-bit software including the latest beta of telegram-desktop.
Not new to linux, as a non-IT home user I started with Slackware in 1995. When solving the current problem I tried Arch, Archman, Debian, antiX, Lubuntu, but each time I didn't get what I wanted. Lxle has succeeded. I was easily able to revitalize the netbook and achieve my goal.
Sincere thanks to the authors of this build.
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Version: Focal
Rating: 8
Date: 2024-06-29
Votes: 9
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This is a good distro to use on those PCs that are too slow to do well with Lubuntu, Xubuntu and other lightweight distros that simply aren't light enough to function well. I have it on a couple laptops over 10 years old that are too slow for the other full desktops out there, including Lubuntu/LXDE. I was disappointed to see Ubuntu stop making an LXDE spin of some kind, even if they felt they needed to move Lubuntu to LXDE. LXQT is no replacement for LXDE, but another competitor for XFCE. LXDE remains unique its its space at the low end, so its unfortunate that there are so few distros aimed at the non-technical user that have it pre-installed. I understand that LXDE was itself abandoned for a while, but that situation has reportedly been corrected in recent months.
LXLE was one of the few to have LXDE pre-installed, but as others have pointed out, this distro appears to be either dormant or abandoned based on the lack of activity on their website. There's been no update coinciding with the release of Ubuntu 22.04. However, the previously released version of LXLE can be manually updated to Ubuntu 22.04. First you need to make sure LXDE, the "metapackage for LXDE" was installed beforehand, using the Synaptic Package Manager. LXLE did not have this previously installed, but I was thinking it might help avoid a situation where the upgrade breaks the the distro and it seemed to work well enough. LXDE-Common and LXLE-Core were already selected by LXLE.
In the Sakura terminal, I then did a "sudo do-release-upgrade" command to start the upgrade process. It took a few hours and asked me several times to confirm if I wanted to replace some default files with the package manager's version, which I accepted with a "y". I kept none of the originals. In the process, it temporarily disables the set of ppa repositories that LXLE had pre-installed that are managed by people other than the LXLE maintainers. After the upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04 "Jammy" is completed, I used LXLE's "Y PPA Manager" app to "Update release name in working PPAs" to change them from focal to jammy. Then I rebooted the PC. Then I had the same app "Re-enable working PPAs after Ubuntu upgrade." After it completed, I went into the Sakura terminal to do another update with a "sudo apt update" and then "sudo apt full-upgrade" commands. After this, I rebooted the PC again and the upgrade was done.
While the maintainers have abandoned it, its still in a usable and upgradeable state with the latest Ubuntu LTS, so it's still not a bad option if you're willing to do a little manual maintenance work on occasion.
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Version: 16.04.4
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-02-18
Votes: 10
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After trying out a multitude of Linux OSs over the years, I finally settled for Lxle 16.04 as my go-to OS and installed it on 3 old laptops which I've since sold on some while back.
It reminds me of Windows XP. Easy to get up and running and it connected to my Wi=Fi without any hiccups.
i am considering installing the latest Lxle on my old refurbished MacBook because High Sierra OS, I believe, is no longer supported and my MacBook's processor is too old to upgrade to the latest MacOS version.
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Version: Focal
Rating: 5
Date: 2023-10-27
Votes: 35
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I tried LXLE in live mode and found it intuitive and easy to navigate.It comes with an almost never ending stream of wallpapers for those that find that care about ascetics. LXLE has very light desktop at boot up which has strong appeal for those who are RAM conscious. WIFI was easy to configure.
Unfortunately the browser kept freezing the system requiring reboot. This led me to seek help in the LXLE forum but the forum seems neglected as I could not even complete the sign-up procedure. After looking at the LXLE support forms carefully it seemed all posting stopped around June of 2022. Moreover the IRC channel is dead also. Putting this together it appears LXLE is abandoned. That is too bad in some respects as many running old hardware now have fewer choices.
One stand out choice, as an alternative to LXLE is Bodhi's Application distro which comes with a full fledged operating desktop out of the box. Where as Bodhi was historically geared toward experienced Linux users it now has embraced the novice providing a elegant out of the box desktop experience that is light on resources and still extremely fast. Bodhi has an active support forum so LXLE users have a very viable option. So if you want a do-it-for-me out of the box experience for old hardware look the Bodhi Application distro (i.e. not the standard Bodhi. The downside with Bodhi is you either like the Moksha desktop or you do not; I love it!
Q4OS Trinity latest edition is heavier than LXLE (512 MB vs 266 MB RAM at idle) but also delivers a great out of the box experience with an old timey Windows feel. However the support is mediocre so test the distro in live mode extensively. Other than that it is a viable option for those also looking at LXLE, albeit heavier.
Puppy distros are also a great choices,friendly as can be with great support and very light and extremely fast.
In conclusion it appears LXLE is dead but fortunately Bodhi has adroitly stepped into the breach left by LXLE's demise with the Bodhi application distro coming just as light, and just as fast (if not faster) than LXLE,. Puppy and Q4OS are also great choices with Puppy the lighter and faster of the two.
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Version: Focal
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-10-17
Votes: 15
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I just discovered LXLE and am running the latest Focal on a variety of relatively *new* hardware like the typical "hockey puck" Atom / Celeron boxes with 2 to 6 GB of ram and am quite pleased with performance. Brought back life to two older ChromeBox computers that went EOL, and am running LXLE in developer mode with it.
LXLE to me is a very "clean" respin, applications and utilites well-chosen and useful. A few tweaks with additions and deletions with Synaptic, and I made it mine. The "vibe" of the artfully tweaked desktop makes it a joy to use, and not just a sterile desktop - however it never goes over the top to become frilly. Kudos to the developer(s) and community.
I REALLY appreciated the use of timeouts in the boot menu of the live iso, since the Chromebox's keyboard does not wake up until AFTER the boot process, so some other distros left me sitting forever at a frozen boot menu were impossible to install. With LXLE, boot proceeded into the live environment afer timeout, and then could install from within the live environment itself.
Be sure to read the MUST-READ on the desktop, which basically states that installation on a drive should take place *without* a network connection, and after a successful install, go ahead and attach your network to avoid issues. I read that, and had zero problems installing to all my little boxes. Performed about a years worth of automated security and other updates with the included script, and all went just fine - although sure, I could apt update and apt upgrade manually like any Debian nerd could. :)
So don't be fooled - LXLE isn't just for old hardware. New(ish) hardware that are low-spec benefit quite well.
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Version: Focal
Rating: 2
Date: 2023-10-08
Votes: 5
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LXLE appears abandoned. I was able to download LXLE and run it in live mode but was unable to activate my forum membership due to a failure in their registration process. When reviewing the forum it appears there has been no activity in a very long time for a distro.
After reading the reviews at Distrowatch I look into the direction LXLE's antecedent distro, Lubuntu and see, as
others noted it changed its focus and no longer caters to old hardware which might have had major impacts on LXLE's ability to fulfill its mission.
As to LXLE itself, it is very light RAM-wise for a fully loaded distro and surprisingly nimble but subject to freezes
not only when running a browser but run basic office apps. The former is common and usually associated with hardware acceleration or RAM usage, but in LXLE's case RAM did not appear to be the issue, hence the want for a support forum and the disappointment that support appears to have gone away now.
I should note the only other distro I had similar freezing issues with was Elive. In particular upsteam Lubuntu and Ubuntu exhibited no freezing issues on the same hardware as LXLE so the issue seems likely to be LXLE itself.
LXLE is well appointed out of the box and a user can be up and running quickly, the trouble is in keeping LXLE from freezing and crashing so it remains up.
Given the nebulous state of LXLE I would suggest looking for alternatives. Puppy is a fine choice for home use,even for novices, due to its friendly support, for those who need a light yet loaded distro. Bodhi is a great choice for the technically astute who know what apps they want to run. And if you don't mind doing some reading Porteus is a great, light choice as is Slackware and Slax.
Given the uncertainty of support and the uncertainty of LXLE's future I cannot recommend LXLE.
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Version: Focal
Rating: 6
Date: 2023-09-08
Votes: 4
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I have tried LXLE on several old IBM Thinkpads and sadly LXLE was one of the three distros out of 43 distros that repeatedly froze. Sad as LXLE ticked the boxes in so many ways coming in at 266 MB RAM at idle, a nice software selection, and a intuitive desktop. I have no idea what the freezing is about as other Ubuntu based distros do not have repeated freezing issues on the same hardware.
I tried to get help from the LXLE forum but it now appears the forum, Home Page, User Forum, Documentation, and Dowmload Mirrors are all offline. So maybe this distro is now discontinued? That might make sense since LXLE is a respin of Lubuntu and Lubuntu has announced it is no longer aimed at old hardware but rather will focus on modular distribution, hence leading to a questionable future for LXLE.
I really wanted LXLE to work for me, but it has repeatedly failed on hardware that the sweeping vast majority of distros have no issues with. Still and all while it was up, LXLE was a positive experience, light, fast, and intuitive. All I can say is try it on your hardware.
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Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-09-04
Votes: 3
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I have been distro hopping for several years now with two PCs. One is very old at 19 years. A Toshiba Satellite, 32-bit with 4GB of RAM. The other is a 2012 Intel iMac. As to be expected, the 2004 Toshiba posed several limitations. Q4OS didn't do too bad. Sparky Linux was probably a little better. There were others but LXLE surpassed them all.
With the iMac, I didn't really need to consider LXLE until the last several months. I really like Zorin and it was my main distro on the iMac. However, when LXLE upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04, I put it on a VM on my iMac and loved the simple elegance of LXLE and the LXDE desktop.
Well, several months ago things started to go awry with Zorin upgrades (kernels to be more specific) and my iMac. My CD Drive would keep breaking on upgrades. I was always able to fix it but the need to fix it with upgrades was a pain. Then the upgrades started impacting my printer and its drivers. Usually an upgrade or two later the drivers would be fixed again. But each upgrade was a risk to my printer's functionality. Then finally, an upgrade broke internet connectivity. I was able to regress to the previous kernal and achieve connectivity but I didn't that was the end of my iMac with modern OSes.
I installed LXLE and was prepared to do a lot of fiddling with driver set-ups and the like. For example, my CD Drive had never worked out of the box with other distros. So, I was getting ready to pull out the terminal to get the CD drive rolling. But to my surprise, with LXLE it just worked. I didn't have to do anything. Then my printer and wifi just worked. Just this past week, I went to use a bluetooth peripheral. And Blueman just worked . . . and better than it ever has on any other distro.
I have always been impressed with the speed of this very simple platform and it is blazing along on this iMac. I am not a gamer at all so I can't speak to that. But for office software, a few basic peripherals, and browsing, LXLE is elegant in is own unique and simple way.
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Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-09-03
Votes: 2
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I have been distro hopping for several years now with two PCs. One is very old at 19 years. A Toshiba Satellite, 32-bit with 4GB of RAM. The other is a 2012 Intel iMac. As to be expected, the 2004 Toshiba posed several limitations. Q4OS didn't do too bad. Sparky Linux was probably a little better. There were others but LXLE surpassed them all.
With the iMac, I didn't really need to consider LXLE until the last several months. I really like Zorin and it was my main distro on the iMac. However, when LXLE upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04, I put it on a VM on my iMac and loved the simple elegance of LXLE and the LXDE desktop.
Well, several months ago things started to go awry with Zorin upgrades (kernels to be more specific) and my iMac. My CD Drive would keep breaking on upgrades. I was always able to fix it but the need to fix it with upgrades was a pain. Then the upgrades started impacting my printer and its drivers. Usually an upgrade or two later the drivers would be fixed again. But each upgrade was a risk to my printer's functionality. Then finally, an upgrade broke internet connectivity. I was able to regress to the previous kernal and achieve connectivity but I didn't that was the end of my iMac with modern OSes.
I installed LXLE and was prepared to do a lot of fiddling with driver set-ups and the like. For example, my CD Drive had never worked out of the box with other distros. So, I was getting ready to pull out the terminal to get the CD drive rolling. But to my surprise, with LXLE it just worked. I didn't have to do anything. Then my printer and wifi just worked. Just this past week, I went to use a bluetooth peripheral. And Blueman just worked . . . and better than it ever has on any other distro.
I have always been impressed with the speed of this very simple platform and it is blazing along on this iMac. I am not a gamer at all so I can't speak to that. But for office software, a few basic peripherals, and browsing, LXLE is elegant in is own unique and simple way.
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Version: 18.04.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-07-21
Votes: 2
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I installed LXLE on a very old EMachines Mini. It has a nice streamlined installer but I did encounter some bugs installing the OS, including a few crashes. To be fair, that could be down to the laptop which is 13+ years old.
Once installed it worked wonderfully. I like its simple, clean, window manager and lightweight, no nonsense approach. I did have issues running upgrade from the command line on first try. Interestingly, it actually offered the command to fix the issue, I've never seen that before in Linux. Mind you, I've never had that problem before either. Still, well done.
The key strength is this OS runs seamlessly and well, on very old hardware. I could install upgrades from the command line, all the while browsing on line, without interruption. Wow.
I like this OS so much I'm contemplating putting it on other laptops. It would work like a rocket on newer hardware. Great effort.
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Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-06-25
Votes: 3
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WOW ! REALLY GROOVY ! ( o I can say that , i'm 70), This is the best lxde version ever. Last good one I used was WATT10.
I used universal (UUI) to do a stick with persistence, I like to keep a couple usb around to carry w/ persistence, very handy for moving stuff around the house too. The old 32 bit laptop has the only surviving win 7 pro on it just to use w' UUI, for this.
My other portable w/ persist. is Mint 21.1 xfce. I cant tell which is faster. The 64 bit distros. will play on the old 32 bit laptop I use to install on the usb to test. OH and the libreWolf Browser is great ! Best light & fast browser I've trued. This is running on a 2015 HP probook, 64 bit, 4GB RAM, I3 intell, etc. I've been using linux since about uh, well Mint was doing lxle then...2009 ?
SO try this out, I'd suggest that it deserves a new review from DISTROWATCH. THANKS LXLE !
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Version: 12.04.5
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-06-09
Votes: 0
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Blast from the past.
I still run an old 32-bit version of LXLE on an ancient Asus Eee netbook (2009 BIOS) and it continues to works reasonably well in 2023 (and on the original battery). Of course the repositories fail and software updates are not available. But I can do what I want with it and love the interface.
As it is an old version, listing the cons might be irrelevant, such as playing a stuttering HD video MP4 in VLC or struggling for a large pdf to load but that is to be expected. It does the job and I can always run FLDIGI, minesweeper and solitaire if I get bored. I'm only an amateur Linux user but I like LXLE for running on something which would otherwise be in the skip.
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Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-03-22
Votes: 5
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I rate a 10 because I had no problems installing and configuring the distro. Nice looking in every way. Software reinstalled is exactly what I wanted; no bloat. I have tried many distros - I am a hopped. I think I will stand on Lxle or a while. I know that the software is not the very latest as on Manjaro but to be hones I can not tell the difference. Most software update are very incremental anyway. I would recommend Lxle to a beginner in Linux but a more advanced user would be satisfied. Need to try it.
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Version: Focal
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-02-20
Votes: 1
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My favorite distro for old 32-bit machines. I also like it for new hardware. Subjective, yes, but I just like the speed, clarity and simple elegance of his distro and desktop. I am not a gamer so I don't know how it would do in that regard. I keep trying to distro hop away from it but it just keeps me coming back.
My reason for giving it a 9 instead of a 10 is its software store while quite broad in scope, is quite outdated. But then again, I rarely use the software stores on any of the distros.
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Version: Focal
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-12-08
Votes: 5
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Runs excellent on an old Intel Centrino Windows Vista Thinkpad. I tried other distros, mostly ubuntu-based but also manjaro xfce, and LXLE is by far the best. It's tuned really well to ThinkPads, I haven't run it on any other machines, but I'd start with LXLE for any old machine that I wanted to resurrect. Super stable, straightforward. Not flashy or a ton of customization, but there's enough. It's real value is performance with limited resources, combined with ease of use, put this distro right at the top imo for executing a clear vision beautifully. Nicely done and thanks.
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Version: 18.04.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-10-22
Votes: 0
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Everything is very well. But Wine 7.0 not possible to install. LXLE Linux is based Lubuntu. Forum admins very well to answer the user's question. LXLE forum is amazing for about some issues'es question. The reason of my rating, LXLE Linux don't support Wine stable 7.0. I'm mad for this issue. I wish LXLE Linux would support Wine stable 7.0. Everything is very well. But Wine 7.0 not possible to install. LXLE Linux is based Lubuntu. Forum admins very well to answer the user's question. LXLE forum is amazing for about some issues'es question. The reason of my rating, LXLE Linux don't support Wine stable 7.0. I'm mad for this issue. I wish LXLE Linux would support Wine stable 7.0.
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Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-09-03
Votes: 7
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Fast, reliable, beautiful: What else could you want. Runs my every programs flawlessly. No crashes. Even though this is a 20.04 release it has mostly recent software; e.g. Gnucash is 4.10 when the most recent is 4.11. Much better than the 4.4. in the last version of Debian 11.
Has some unusual software like the nite lite switch. I placed it in my top panel and use it. I also use the Paper Rotator to see the 100 new wallpapers. I added them to my old Lxle wallpapers for a total of 400.
Blanket is another nice program. It puts a blanket of sound in your room. Want to hear a storm or rain or city noises, just turn on and relax.
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Version: Focal
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-08-19
Votes: 1
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Best lightweight distro i think. You can play many games (thx to Ubuntu based), you can use daily plus amazing speed. I have 2 gb ram with e2360 dual core intel cpu(2.0 ghz), ati radeon hd 2400 and i have amazing speed... Hopping many distro and i stopped LXLE. Sparky Linux is good and Fast also i like him too but i had many issues in games. In LXLE i had not any issues. Dudes i can play dont starve together in this pc with 50+ fps... I think dont need more proof.
Thats why my rating is 9: sometimes in poweroff, kernel panic error and pc need manual shutdown. My only issue in this distro. But like i said, sometimes..
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Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-07-28
Votes: 3
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I am very relieved to see the very worthwhile LXLE project is still very much alive with the new 'Focus' version. Relieved, as LXLE is one of only a few easy-to-use distros that will run well on old/low-powered software (in my case a 14-year-old laptop Asus X71Q). There seemed to be some uncertainty for a while, regarding LXLE's continuation - hence the relief!
One great improvement over the previous 18.04 version is that it will plug-and-play with an external monitor, i.e. our Samsung TV. With version 18.04, I had to add three additional lines of code to 'Autostart' under 'LXSession', to enable this plug-and-play. However, with the Focal version, it worked from the get-go, without any additions to LXSession. Many thanks for this!
Good to see other changes too. LibreOffice - nice to have this more comprehensive office suite preinstalled for the first time, over the previous lightweight (though somewhat limited) 'abiword' & 'gnumeric'. The extremely lightweight browser LibreWolf is a first and nice to have - the first time I've used this, and good that it comes with an adblocker (uBlock Origin) preinstalled.
The rest is much the same as before: all the essential stuff, but kept to a lightweight minimum. All-in-all, LXLE continues to be an excellent truly lightweight distribution.
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Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-07-24
Votes: 0
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I was looking for a while for a light-weight linux distro that I could stamp on my low-spec netbook (It's equiped with a dual core AMD A6-9225 @ 2.6 GHz to 3.1 GHz and 16GB RAM which runs VERY SLOW on almost every Linux distro I have tested on it; don't get fooled by the clock speed or RAM amount) and to my surprise after numerous failed attempts, LXLE was just right. It does everything a lightweight distro says it does: runs fast and low on system resources, and provides a familiar Windows look. If you want a lightweight distro for an older or lower end system with optimized performance for your hardware, here you go.
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Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-07-15
Votes: 4
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I have a 20-year-old laptop running Windows Vista which can no longer connect to internet. I planned to throw it away but I came to see this LXLE operating system, so I gave it a try. I installed it to the laptop, and it runs smoothly. It can connect to internet again, which is quite a miracle for me (I am not sure what happened). Libre Office may be too heavy for my laptop, so I installed AbiWord. Other functions (e.g. reading e-books, watching video, playing retro games) are all okay. I feel very happy.
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Version: Focal
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-06-11
Votes: 2
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Bonjour.
J'ai voulu installer LXLE focal sur mon PC de bureau Packard Bell, à l'installation, le fichier 114 sur 115 L'OS est resté bloqué sur le fichier. De ce fait après une attente de 20 mn, j'ai réinstallé l' ancienne version, L' OS 18.4.3. qui s'est installé sans aucun problème.
Question: pourquoi faire plus compliqué quand on peut faire plus simple, avec 400MB en plus, j'ai pu constater que la nouvelle version LXLE Focal ne s'installe pas sur mon PC.
Pour éviter les problèmes avec les nouvelles versions ne serait-il pas souhaitable qu'elles se fassent automatiquement par une mise à jour sur l'ancienne version?
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Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-06-10
Votes: 4
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I installed it on a desktop HP-Compaq former win 7, wit 5Gram.
The installation process went smoothly.
OOTB I could try a complete system that did all what I was expecting.
This distro is based on Ubuntu 20.4 LTS, and just after install the version 64 bit uses only 220 M, idle after boot.
Really an outstanding result!
In the period between 2016 - 2020 Peppermint and LXLE were the distros that I used the most.
Both were blown away by Lubuntu's decision to abandon LXDE.
Peppermint has taken a path that has led to > 950 Mb when idle after boot. And I left it with regret of how beautiful it was until the previous release.
On the other hand, LXLE remained with LXDE, obtaining a very respectable result.
I must confess that before trying it I was very skeptical, in fact after 18.4 all the derivatives of Ubuntu are becoming very heavy. Furthermore, the trend is that they will become more and more.
For those like me, still noob (since 2003) and very lazy, this distro is a great choice. In fact you get all the support and ease of use of Ubuntu, with a distro that is very light and responds very well.
My opinion is that LXLE may be very good for pc built after 2010, for those of the previous years now antiX has no more competitors and is unbeatable
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Version: Focal
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-06-04
Votes: 0
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Bonjour.
J'ai voulu remplacer LXLE la version 18.4.3 par la version focal, mais pas moyen de l'installer la copie de l'OS elle se bloque à l'installation, de ce fait j'ai réinstallé la version 18.4.3, avec celle-ci j'ai aucun problème, Dommage j' aurais aimé obtenir la nouvelle version pour la sécurité et la mise à jour de mon PC. Je souhaite rester sur LXLE car celle-ci est plus rapide que beaucoup d'autres OS.
J'espère qu' avec l'ancienne version je n'aurais aucun problème de sécurité.
Mon PC et portable COMPAQ ueffi 64 bit.
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Version: Focal
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-06-03
Votes: 1
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Try Focal on gnome Boxes, Qemu, Oracle virtual box.( laptop)
In all options during install process Focal release frozen on " retrieving file 86 of 87 ".
...45 min. without any changes.
Try multiple times . Change memory from 2048 till 4096.
Any ubuntu or arch , debian ,fedora work good...
My opinion this Focal LXLE release not ready for virtual machines, yet.
Sad about this...
ISO from official Source Forge net. site.
Download twice....,because I think about corrupted file...
Both ISO froze in same point ...
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Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-06-02
Votes: 3
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I have been distro hopping for about 2 years. I use computers seriously, for mathematical research, so I haven't got the time to play hide and seek games with knowledge and how to get a distro to do something normal. I recently tried Fedora, but the dnf system is too slow to be of any use. Moving to Artix led to more frustration as the veil of secrecy descends. All I need to do is to have something that gets hold of apps, but this opens up a pandora's box of complications and deviations. Enter LXLE and I am sorted.
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Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-06-01
Votes: 4
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LXLE distro is far better at computer resource management than any other distro that I have tried. For example, it uses 600 MB of memory at idle, whereas windows, ubuntu, and cinnamon mint use about one and a half gb at the very least., It is miles ahead of doing equivalent tasks and speed is like you are using a ssd with 16 GB of ram on the others. Even windows 10 IOT enterprise doesn't come close in wisely allocating system resources. With this distro, it is possible to even rescue Intel P4 processors from being thrown away as unusable e-waste. Unlike puppy linux, this has a full feature set of apps and up to date programs that will allow one to be fully productive and not have the limitations of a Chromebook also. I have not tried the x86 version yet, just getting used to this one. Focal is solid and stable and I would recommend it to any linux or windows user that is considering throwing old hardware away. Installation was smooth and easy, it will be even easier with the newer version just released which allow you to install while on the Internet. I think that the previous reviewer did not look at LXLE as a complete distribution.
LXLE_ADOPTER, PLEASE TRY IT!
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Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-06-01
Votes: 3
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Love this distro, and have for ten years as it evolved.
Great to see the LXLE machinery whirring again.
I run old boxes, and they ain't smart; but LXLE makes them run with everything I need.
Smart alecky things make me nervous these days. Keep it simple, but powerful and fast.
The genius of LXLE lies in the choices the developer makes for an out of the box combo of apps.
Perfectly simple for teaching boomers, persons with cognitive challenges, and seniors.
Once they are set up, my time as helper/teacher is freed up for more important issues - like reminding them of passwords.
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Version: Focal
Rating: 2
Date: 2022-05-28
Votes: 3
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cons:
-Freezes on login screen for ~minute.
-Apps don't open when clicked.
-Computer freezes solid if I try to use Openbox desktop.
- Freezes randomly
Couldn't use it long enough to find any pros. Didn't have this problem with any other Ubuntu based distro. Back to
ArchCraft. Wanted to like it but it wouldn't let me. From what I've read I'm not the only one having the hard freeze problems. I'll try the next release to see if anything changes.
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz, 4gb ram, radeon 5450 2gb video.
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Version: 18.04.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-02-02
Votes: 14
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This is, hands down, the best lightweight Ubuntu based distro I have ever used. Smooth, fast, solid, little bloat (at least for me, since I usually delete a lot of preinstalled programs), and even if it is based on Ubuntu 18, it does not look outdated at all. Surprisingly this distro was able to run all my GOG games without a problem, whereas distros based on Ubuntu 20 were missing some libraries. This is far better than Bodhi Linux and Linux Lite, and the LXDE desktop is minimal and awesome. I am usually not a fan of Ubuntu based distros at all but this one I will always recommend. I have read that its developer is waiting until the final cycle of Ubuntu 20 to release a new version, so I hope it happens. For old and new computers, this is a must try.
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Version: 18.04.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-10-05
Votes: 12
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really a sad news that this beautifull distro was moved to "dormant".
I think that they are in front of difficult choices after Lubuntu abandoned LXDE
I like this distro very much, over all because it's the Ubuntu derivative with the lesser footprint, and my main hobby is to rejuvenate old computers mainly born ante 2010.
I hope you can find a new road guys, so far your job was fantastic!
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Version: 18.04.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-09-27
Votes: 2
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I used a live boot DVD of this distro on a 20+ year old DELL computer with Pentium3 CPU and 700MB RAM and it works great. Encounters a lot of errors during startup (disks are all corrupt) but this distro powers through all that. UI is okay, I dislike the dual top AND bottom bars, I feel like this distro could be more minimal. I also think the graphics could be more flat rather than so many gradients and sprites, more like the current Plasma KDE. Very good overall, would recommend.
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Version: 18.04.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-09-12
Votes: 1
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I have an Acer Extensa 5620Z, from 2007, 2Gram, born with win xp.
There I tried Peppermint 10 (it started to be a bit too "heavy"), then Q4OS 3.14 and Antix 19.3.
With all of the above mentioned distros, all taylormade for old computers, I had the same problem: I couldn't open more than 3 tabs at the same time with Firefox or Chromium.
With LXLE I could open 7 tabs without the need of using swap.
Pro: - used ram at startup < 200 Mb;
- very quick and responsive system;
.- probably the lightest Ubuntu derivate.
Cons: - it is a bit dated, in fact it is based on Ubuntu 18,4 LTS, so now some new
program does not install anymore (e.g.: I couldnt install the "mega.nz"
package)
- (very minor cons) in the Italian translation, the folder's name is not
translated
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Version: 18.04.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-09-02
Votes: 4
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Extraordinary distro I have ever seen. Polished, user friendly and very detailed. Developer added customazations which in tact with modern os concept. I mostly liked that developer payed attention to every detail.
This is one of the lightest distro I have ever used.
And LXLE is the best out of linux distributions with lxde desktop.
It combines all the best from the lightweight applications to create a very unique and beautiful operating system
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Version: 18.04.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-09-02
Votes: 4
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Well designed. Runs very fast on my LGA775 motherboard with Pentium processor.
No glitches, no bugs
Everything is relevant. And every lightweight app accomplishes most of the everyday tasks, not as in other so called 'lightweight' distros where you get a bunch of trash not applications.
Very nice tool called 'random wallpaper', and I know that every day users of linux scratch their heads when choosing which wallpaper they like and sometimes spend a lot of time to that. So here is the solution, this specific app chooses wallpaper for you from the collection of the one of the most beautiful wallpapers.
Right now it uses 2.25G of RAM, with Telegram opened, Browser opened with several tabs, video player paused, file manager opened, terminal opened, and three windows of document viewers. And I have nicely customised desktop look and I can customise further if I wish
Well done, I recommend this distro over all other lightweight distros.
I would even suggest to Linux community to elect this distro as the best LXDE and the best lightweight relevant and meaningful linux distribution
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Version: 18.04.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-05-06
Votes: 1
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it's very fast and simple, it can be customized; doesn't recognised my keyboard perfecty (doesn't recognised my volume or brightness on keyboard), but i like it so much. I've also installed it with a new kernel (5.8) on a new laptop cause i like simple, minimalist and retro desktops (like bodhi linux, for example).
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Version: 18.04.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-04-09
Votes: 2
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I have HP Pavilion DV2 (released in 2009) with 2GB or ram and tried a number of different linux distros using this machine. The latest one was Debian 10 with Mate DE. While it can run ok, browsing is a painful experience.
However, it is a different story with LXLE. Everything runs faster and browsing with SeaMonkey is more enjoyable. Occasionally, I need to use more advance browser like Vivaldi, but it's not as painful as before.
Everything else is fine. The application selection is good and quite suitable for an old pc like mine. All works out of the box.
I also installed LXLE on my Core2Duo E8400 PC with 4GB of ram. It practically flies! Everything runs much faster.
If you have an old PC, LXLE is an ideal OS for you to consider.
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Version: 14.04.4
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-02-03
Votes: 3
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Runs nicely on an Asus Eeee 1005HA netbook (which I am typing this note on in 2021). A lightweight OS that runs quite well on a device made in 2009!
I'm not sure which version I use but it has been around on the netbook several years without any serious problems.
A bit clunky compared to my better Win10 PC and not enough grunt to watch HD vids or read large pdfs ('cos of 2GB RAM) but still good enough for day to day use, such as web browsing (Vivaldi), emails (webmail) and text editing. And Spider Solitaire. I like it. Well it is an old netbook.
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Version: 18.04.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-02-02
Votes: 3
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Seems to run nice on a Packard Bell netbook - 32bit Atom CPU N270 1.60 GHz
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Latest Reviews
Project: LXLE
Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-07-30
Votes: 3
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Fantastic lightweight distro that I stumbled upon for my old Acer 5620G laptop. It's like a breath of fresh air for my dusty, forgotten machine. The distro not only revived my laptop but also made it super useful again. With its sleek interface and quick performance, I can now browse the web, check emails, and even stream movies without any lag or crashes. It's like giving a new lease on life to my trusty old companion. I am so glad I found this gem of a distro because now I can enjoy using my laptop once again without any frustrations or limitations. Cheers to technology and all the developers who make these amazing tools possible!
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Project: LXLE
Version: 18.04.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-07-15
Votes: 3
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Excellent distribution that could easily and simply revive an ancient netbook samsung np-nc110 with only 1Gb RAM! Quickly and without problems installed the latest 64-bit software including the latest beta of telegram-desktop.
Not new to linux, as a non-IT home user I started with Slackware in 1995. When solving the current problem I tried Arch, Archman, Debian, antiX, Lubuntu, but each time I didn't get what I wanted. Lxle has succeeded. I was easily able to revitalize the netbook and achieve my goal.
Sincere thanks to the authors of this build.
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Project: LXLE
Version: Focal
Rating: 8
Date: 2024-06-29
Votes: 9
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This is a good distro to use on those PCs that are too slow to do well with Lubuntu, Xubuntu and other lightweight distros that simply aren't light enough to function well. I have it on a couple laptops over 10 years old that are too slow for the other full desktops out there, including Lubuntu/LXDE. I was disappointed to see Ubuntu stop making an LXDE spin of some kind, even if they felt they needed to move Lubuntu to LXDE. LXQT is no replacement for LXDE, but another competitor for XFCE. LXDE remains unique its its space at the low end, so its unfortunate that there are so few distros aimed at the non-technical user that have it pre-installed. I understand that LXDE was itself abandoned for a while, but that situation has reportedly been corrected in recent months.
LXLE was one of the few to have LXDE pre-installed, but as others have pointed out, this distro appears to be either dormant or abandoned based on the lack of activity on their website. There's been no update coinciding with the release of Ubuntu 22.04. However, the previously released version of LXLE can be manually updated to Ubuntu 22.04. First you need to make sure LXDE, the "metapackage for LXDE" was installed beforehand, using the Synaptic Package Manager. LXLE did not have this previously installed, but I was thinking it might help avoid a situation where the upgrade breaks the the distro and it seemed to work well enough. LXDE-Common and LXLE-Core were already selected by LXLE.
In the Sakura terminal, I then did a "sudo do-release-upgrade" command to start the upgrade process. It took a few hours and asked me several times to confirm if I wanted to replace some default files with the package manager's version, which I accepted with a "y". I kept none of the originals. In the process, it temporarily disables the set of ppa repositories that LXLE had pre-installed that are managed by people other than the LXLE maintainers. After the upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04 "Jammy" is completed, I used LXLE's "Y PPA Manager" app to "Update release name in working PPAs" to change them from focal to jammy. Then I rebooted the PC. Then I had the same app "Re-enable working PPAs after Ubuntu upgrade." After it completed, I went into the Sakura terminal to do another update with a "sudo apt update" and then "sudo apt full-upgrade" commands. After this, I rebooted the PC again and the upgrade was done.
While the maintainers have abandoned it, its still in a usable and upgradeable state with the latest Ubuntu LTS, so it's still not a bad option if you're willing to do a little manual maintenance work on occasion.
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Project: LXLE
Version: 16.04.4
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-02-18
Votes: 10
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After trying out a multitude of Linux OSs over the years, I finally settled for Lxle 16.04 as my go-to OS and installed it on 3 old laptops which I've since sold on some while back.
It reminds me of Windows XP. Easy to get up and running and it connected to my Wi=Fi without any hiccups.
i am considering installing the latest Lxle on my old refurbished MacBook because High Sierra OS, I believe, is no longer supported and my MacBook's processor is too old to upgrade to the latest MacOS version.
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Project: LXLE
Version: Focal
Rating: 5
Date: 2023-10-27
Votes: 35
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I tried LXLE in live mode and found it intuitive and easy to navigate.It comes with an almost never ending stream of wallpapers for those that find that care about ascetics. LXLE has very light desktop at boot up which has strong appeal for those who are RAM conscious. WIFI was easy to configure.
Unfortunately the browser kept freezing the system requiring reboot. This led me to seek help in the LXLE forum but the forum seems neglected as I could not even complete the sign-up procedure. After looking at the LXLE support forms carefully it seemed all posting stopped around June of 2022. Moreover the IRC channel is dead also. Putting this together it appears LXLE is abandoned. That is too bad in some respects as many running old hardware now have fewer choices.
One stand out choice, as an alternative to LXLE is Bodhi's Application distro which comes with a full fledged operating desktop out of the box. Where as Bodhi was historically geared toward experienced Linux users it now has embraced the novice providing a elegant out of the box desktop experience that is light on resources and still extremely fast. Bodhi has an active support forum so LXLE users have a very viable option. So if you want a do-it-for-me out of the box experience for old hardware look the Bodhi Application distro (i.e. not the standard Bodhi. The downside with Bodhi is you either like the Moksha desktop or you do not; I love it!
Q4OS Trinity latest edition is heavier than LXLE (512 MB vs 266 MB RAM at idle) but also delivers a great out of the box experience with an old timey Windows feel. However the support is mediocre so test the distro in live mode extensively. Other than that it is a viable option for those also looking at LXLE, albeit heavier.
Puppy distros are also a great choices,friendly as can be with great support and very light and extremely fast.
In conclusion it appears LXLE is dead but fortunately Bodhi has adroitly stepped into the breach left by LXLE's demise with the Bodhi application distro coming just as light, and just as fast (if not faster) than LXLE,. Puppy and Q4OS are also great choices with Puppy the lighter and faster of the two.
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Project: LXLE
Version: Focal
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-10-17
Votes: 15
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I just discovered LXLE and am running the latest Focal on a variety of relatively *new* hardware like the typical "hockey puck" Atom / Celeron boxes with 2 to 6 GB of ram and am quite pleased with performance. Brought back life to two older ChromeBox computers that went EOL, and am running LXLE in developer mode with it.
LXLE to me is a very "clean" respin, applications and utilites well-chosen and useful. A few tweaks with additions and deletions with Synaptic, and I made it mine. The "vibe" of the artfully tweaked desktop makes it a joy to use, and not just a sterile desktop - however it never goes over the top to become frilly. Kudos to the developer(s) and community.
I REALLY appreciated the use of timeouts in the boot menu of the live iso, since the Chromebox's keyboard does not wake up until AFTER the boot process, so some other distros left me sitting forever at a frozen boot menu were impossible to install. With LXLE, boot proceeded into the live environment afer timeout, and then could install from within the live environment itself.
Be sure to read the MUST-READ on the desktop, which basically states that installation on a drive should take place *without* a network connection, and after a successful install, go ahead and attach your network to avoid issues. I read that, and had zero problems installing to all my little boxes. Performed about a years worth of automated security and other updates with the included script, and all went just fine - although sure, I could apt update and apt upgrade manually like any Debian nerd could. :)
So don't be fooled - LXLE isn't just for old hardware. New(ish) hardware that are low-spec benefit quite well.
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Project: LXLE
Version: Focal
Rating: 2
Date: 2023-10-08
Votes: 5
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LXLE appears abandoned. I was able to download LXLE and run it in live mode but was unable to activate my forum membership due to a failure in their registration process. When reviewing the forum it appears there has been no activity in a very long time for a distro.
After reading the reviews at Distrowatch I look into the direction LXLE's antecedent distro, Lubuntu and see, as
others noted it changed its focus and no longer caters to old hardware which might have had major impacts on LXLE's ability to fulfill its mission.
As to LXLE itself, it is very light RAM-wise for a fully loaded distro and surprisingly nimble but subject to freezes
not only when running a browser but run basic office apps. The former is common and usually associated with hardware acceleration or RAM usage, but in LXLE's case RAM did not appear to be the issue, hence the want for a support forum and the disappointment that support appears to have gone away now.
I should note the only other distro I had similar freezing issues with was Elive. In particular upsteam Lubuntu and Ubuntu exhibited no freezing issues on the same hardware as LXLE so the issue seems likely to be LXLE itself.
LXLE is well appointed out of the box and a user can be up and running quickly, the trouble is in keeping LXLE from freezing and crashing so it remains up.
Given the nebulous state of LXLE I would suggest looking for alternatives. Puppy is a fine choice for home use,even for novices, due to its friendly support, for those who need a light yet loaded distro. Bodhi is a great choice for the technically astute who know what apps they want to run. And if you don't mind doing some reading Porteus is a great, light choice as is Slackware and Slax.
Given the uncertainty of support and the uncertainty of LXLE's future I cannot recommend LXLE.
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Project: LXLE
Version: Focal
Rating: 6
Date: 2023-09-08
Votes: 4
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I have tried LXLE on several old IBM Thinkpads and sadly LXLE was one of the three distros out of 43 distros that repeatedly froze. Sad as LXLE ticked the boxes in so many ways coming in at 266 MB RAM at idle, a nice software selection, and a intuitive desktop. I have no idea what the freezing is about as other Ubuntu based distros do not have repeated freezing issues on the same hardware.
I tried to get help from the LXLE forum but it now appears the forum, Home Page, User Forum, Documentation, and Dowmload Mirrors are all offline. So maybe this distro is now discontinued? That might make sense since LXLE is a respin of Lubuntu and Lubuntu has announced it is no longer aimed at old hardware but rather will focus on modular distribution, hence leading to a questionable future for LXLE.
I really wanted LXLE to work for me, but it has repeatedly failed on hardware that the sweeping vast majority of distros have no issues with. Still and all while it was up, LXLE was a positive experience, light, fast, and intuitive. All I can say is try it on your hardware.
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Project: LXLE
Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-09-04
Votes: 3
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I have been distro hopping for several years now with two PCs. One is very old at 19 years. A Toshiba Satellite, 32-bit with 4GB of RAM. The other is a 2012 Intel iMac. As to be expected, the 2004 Toshiba posed several limitations. Q4OS didn't do too bad. Sparky Linux was probably a little better. There were others but LXLE surpassed them all.
With the iMac, I didn't really need to consider LXLE until the last several months. I really like Zorin and it was my main distro on the iMac. However, when LXLE upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04, I put it on a VM on my iMac and loved the simple elegance of LXLE and the LXDE desktop.
Well, several months ago things started to go awry with Zorin upgrades (kernels to be more specific) and my iMac. My CD Drive would keep breaking on upgrades. I was always able to fix it but the need to fix it with upgrades was a pain. Then the upgrades started impacting my printer and its drivers. Usually an upgrade or two later the drivers would be fixed again. But each upgrade was a risk to my printer's functionality. Then finally, an upgrade broke internet connectivity. I was able to regress to the previous kernal and achieve connectivity but I didn't that was the end of my iMac with modern OSes.
I installed LXLE and was prepared to do a lot of fiddling with driver set-ups and the like. For example, my CD Drive had never worked out of the box with other distros. So, I was getting ready to pull out the terminal to get the CD drive rolling. But to my surprise, with LXLE it just worked. I didn't have to do anything. Then my printer and wifi just worked. Just this past week, I went to use a bluetooth peripheral. And Blueman just worked . . . and better than it ever has on any other distro.
I have always been impressed with the speed of this very simple platform and it is blazing along on this iMac. I am not a gamer at all so I can't speak to that. But for office software, a few basic peripherals, and browsing, LXLE is elegant in is own unique and simple way.
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Project: LXLE
Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-09-03
Votes: 2
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I have been distro hopping for several years now with two PCs. One is very old at 19 years. A Toshiba Satellite, 32-bit with 4GB of RAM. The other is a 2012 Intel iMac. As to be expected, the 2004 Toshiba posed several limitations. Q4OS didn't do too bad. Sparky Linux was probably a little better. There were others but LXLE surpassed them all.
With the iMac, I didn't really need to consider LXLE until the last several months. I really like Zorin and it was my main distro on the iMac. However, when LXLE upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04, I put it on a VM on my iMac and loved the simple elegance of LXLE and the LXDE desktop.
Well, several months ago things started to go awry with Zorin upgrades (kernels to be more specific) and my iMac. My CD Drive would keep breaking on upgrades. I was always able to fix it but the need to fix it with upgrades was a pain. Then the upgrades started impacting my printer and its drivers. Usually an upgrade or two later the drivers would be fixed again. But each upgrade was a risk to my printer's functionality. Then finally, an upgrade broke internet connectivity. I was able to regress to the previous kernal and achieve connectivity but I didn't that was the end of my iMac with modern OSes.
I installed LXLE and was prepared to do a lot of fiddling with driver set-ups and the like. For example, my CD Drive had never worked out of the box with other distros. So, I was getting ready to pull out the terminal to get the CD drive rolling. But to my surprise, with LXLE it just worked. I didn't have to do anything. Then my printer and wifi just worked. Just this past week, I went to use a bluetooth peripheral. And Blueman just worked . . . and better than it ever has on any other distro.
I have always been impressed with the speed of this very simple platform and it is blazing along on this iMac. I am not a gamer at all so I can't speak to that. But for office software, a few basic peripherals, and browsing, LXLE is elegant in is own unique and simple way.
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Project: LXLE
Version: 18.04.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-07-21
Votes: 2
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I installed LXLE on a very old EMachines Mini. It has a nice streamlined installer but I did encounter some bugs installing the OS, including a few crashes. To be fair, that could be down to the laptop which is 13+ years old.
Once installed it worked wonderfully. I like its simple, clean, window manager and lightweight, no nonsense approach. I did have issues running upgrade from the command line on first try. Interestingly, it actually offered the command to fix the issue, I've never seen that before in Linux. Mind you, I've never had that problem before either. Still, well done.
The key strength is this OS runs seamlessly and well, on very old hardware. I could install upgrades from the command line, all the while browsing on line, without interruption. Wow.
I like this OS so much I'm contemplating putting it on other laptops. It would work like a rocket on newer hardware. Great effort.
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Project: LXLE
Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-06-25
Votes: 3
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WOW ! REALLY GROOVY ! ( o I can say that , i'm 70), This is the best lxde version ever. Last good one I used was WATT10.
I used universal (UUI) to do a stick with persistence, I like to keep a couple usb around to carry w/ persistence, very handy for moving stuff around the house too. The old 32 bit laptop has the only surviving win 7 pro on it just to use w' UUI, for this.
My other portable w/ persist. is Mint 21.1 xfce. I cant tell which is faster. The 64 bit distros. will play on the old 32 bit laptop I use to install on the usb to test. OH and the libreWolf Browser is great ! Best light & fast browser I've trued. This is running on a 2015 HP probook, 64 bit, 4GB RAM, I3 intell, etc. I've been using linux since about uh, well Mint was doing lxle then...2009 ?
SO try this out, I'd suggest that it deserves a new review from DISTROWATCH. THANKS LXLE !
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Project: LXLE
Version: 12.04.5
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-06-09
Votes: 0
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Blast from the past.
I still run an old 32-bit version of LXLE on an ancient Asus Eee netbook (2009 BIOS) and it continues to works reasonably well in 2023 (and on the original battery). Of course the repositories fail and software updates are not available. But I can do what I want with it and love the interface.
As it is an old version, listing the cons might be irrelevant, such as playing a stuttering HD video MP4 in VLC or struggling for a large pdf to load but that is to be expected. It does the job and I can always run FLDIGI, minesweeper and solitaire if I get bored. I'm only an amateur Linux user but I like LXLE for running on something which would otherwise be in the skip.
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Project: LXLE
Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-03-22
Votes: 5
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I rate a 10 because I had no problems installing and configuring the distro. Nice looking in every way. Software reinstalled is exactly what I wanted; no bloat. I have tried many distros - I am a hopped. I think I will stand on Lxle or a while. I know that the software is not the very latest as on Manjaro but to be hones I can not tell the difference. Most software update are very incremental anyway. I would recommend Lxle to a beginner in Linux but a more advanced user would be satisfied. Need to try it.
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Project: LXLE
Version: Focal
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-02-20
Votes: 1
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My favorite distro for old 32-bit machines. I also like it for new hardware. Subjective, yes, but I just like the speed, clarity and simple elegance of his distro and desktop. I am not a gamer so I don't know how it would do in that regard. I keep trying to distro hop away from it but it just keeps me coming back.
My reason for giving it a 9 instead of a 10 is its software store while quite broad in scope, is quite outdated. But then again, I rarely use the software stores on any of the distros.
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Project: LXLE
Version: Focal
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-12-08
Votes: 5
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Runs excellent on an old Intel Centrino Windows Vista Thinkpad. I tried other distros, mostly ubuntu-based but also manjaro xfce, and LXLE is by far the best. It's tuned really well to ThinkPads, I haven't run it on any other machines, but I'd start with LXLE for any old machine that I wanted to resurrect. Super stable, straightforward. Not flashy or a ton of customization, but there's enough. It's real value is performance with limited resources, combined with ease of use, put this distro right at the top imo for executing a clear vision beautifully. Nicely done and thanks.
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Project: LXLE
Version: 18.04.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-10-22
Votes: 0
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Everything is very well. But Wine 7.0 not possible to install. LXLE Linux is based Lubuntu. Forum admins very well to answer the user's question. LXLE forum is amazing for about some issues'es question. The reason of my rating, LXLE Linux don't support Wine stable 7.0. I'm mad for this issue. I wish LXLE Linux would support Wine stable 7.0. Everything is very well. But Wine 7.0 not possible to install. LXLE Linux is based Lubuntu. Forum admins very well to answer the user's question. LXLE forum is amazing for about some issues'es question. The reason of my rating, LXLE Linux don't support Wine stable 7.0. I'm mad for this issue. I wish LXLE Linux would support Wine stable 7.0.
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Project: LXLE
Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-09-03
Votes: 7
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Fast, reliable, beautiful: What else could you want. Runs my every programs flawlessly. No crashes. Even though this is a 20.04 release it has mostly recent software; e.g. Gnucash is 4.10 when the most recent is 4.11. Much better than the 4.4. in the last version of Debian 11.
Has some unusual software like the nite lite switch. I placed it in my top panel and use it. I also use the Paper Rotator to see the 100 new wallpapers. I added them to my old Lxle wallpapers for a total of 400.
Blanket is another nice program. It puts a blanket of sound in your room. Want to hear a storm or rain or city noises, just turn on and relax.
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Project: LXLE
Version: Focal
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-08-19
Votes: 1
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Best lightweight distro i think. You can play many games (thx to Ubuntu based), you can use daily plus amazing speed. I have 2 gb ram with e2360 dual core intel cpu(2.0 ghz), ati radeon hd 2400 and i have amazing speed... Hopping many distro and i stopped LXLE. Sparky Linux is good and Fast also i like him too but i had many issues in games. In LXLE i had not any issues. Dudes i can play dont starve together in this pc with 50+ fps... I think dont need more proof.
Thats why my rating is 9: sometimes in poweroff, kernel panic error and pc need manual shutdown. My only issue in this distro. But like i said, sometimes..
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Project: LXLE
Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-07-28
Votes: 3
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I am very relieved to see the very worthwhile LXLE project is still very much alive with the new 'Focus' version. Relieved, as LXLE is one of only a few easy-to-use distros that will run well on old/low-powered software (in my case a 14-year-old laptop Asus X71Q). There seemed to be some uncertainty for a while, regarding LXLE's continuation - hence the relief!
One great improvement over the previous 18.04 version is that it will plug-and-play with an external monitor, i.e. our Samsung TV. With version 18.04, I had to add three additional lines of code to 'Autostart' under 'LXSession', to enable this plug-and-play. However, with the Focal version, it worked from the get-go, without any additions to LXSession. Many thanks for this!
Good to see other changes too. LibreOffice - nice to have this more comprehensive office suite preinstalled for the first time, over the previous lightweight (though somewhat limited) 'abiword' & 'gnumeric'. The extremely lightweight browser LibreWolf is a first and nice to have - the first time I've used this, and good that it comes with an adblocker (uBlock Origin) preinstalled.
The rest is much the same as before: all the essential stuff, but kept to a lightweight minimum. All-in-all, LXLE continues to be an excellent truly lightweight distribution.
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Project: LXLE
Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-07-24
Votes: 0
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I was looking for a while for a light-weight linux distro that I could stamp on my low-spec netbook (It's equiped with a dual core AMD A6-9225 @ 2.6 GHz to 3.1 GHz and 16GB RAM which runs VERY SLOW on almost every Linux distro I have tested on it; don't get fooled by the clock speed or RAM amount) and to my surprise after numerous failed attempts, LXLE was just right. It does everything a lightweight distro says it does: runs fast and low on system resources, and provides a familiar Windows look. If you want a lightweight distro for an older or lower end system with optimized performance for your hardware, here you go.
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Project: LXLE
Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-07-15
Votes: 4
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I have a 20-year-old laptop running Windows Vista which can no longer connect to internet. I planned to throw it away but I came to see this LXLE operating system, so I gave it a try. I installed it to the laptop, and it runs smoothly. It can connect to internet again, which is quite a miracle for me (I am not sure what happened). Libre Office may be too heavy for my laptop, so I installed AbiWord. Other functions (e.g. reading e-books, watching video, playing retro games) are all okay. I feel very happy.
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Project: LXLE
Version: Focal
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-06-11
Votes: 2
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Bonjour.
J'ai voulu installer LXLE focal sur mon PC de bureau Packard Bell, à l'installation, le fichier 114 sur 115 L'OS est resté bloqué sur le fichier. De ce fait après une attente de 20 mn, j'ai réinstallé l' ancienne version, L' OS 18.4.3. qui s'est installé sans aucun problème.
Question: pourquoi faire plus compliqué quand on peut faire plus simple, avec 400MB en plus, j'ai pu constater que la nouvelle version LXLE Focal ne s'installe pas sur mon PC.
Pour éviter les problèmes avec les nouvelles versions ne serait-il pas souhaitable qu'elles se fassent automatiquement par une mise à jour sur l'ancienne version?
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Project: LXLE
Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-06-10
Votes: 4
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I installed it on a desktop HP-Compaq former win 7, wit 5Gram.
The installation process went smoothly.
OOTB I could try a complete system that did all what I was expecting.
This distro is based on Ubuntu 20.4 LTS, and just after install the version 64 bit uses only 220 M, idle after boot.
Really an outstanding result!
In the period between 2016 - 2020 Peppermint and LXLE were the distros that I used the most.
Both were blown away by Lubuntu's decision to abandon LXDE.
Peppermint has taken a path that has led to > 950 Mb when idle after boot. And I left it with regret of how beautiful it was until the previous release.
On the other hand, LXLE remained with LXDE, obtaining a very respectable result.
I must confess that before trying it I was very skeptical, in fact after 18.4 all the derivatives of Ubuntu are becoming very heavy. Furthermore, the trend is that they will become more and more.
For those like me, still noob (since 2003) and very lazy, this distro is a great choice. In fact you get all the support and ease of use of Ubuntu, with a distro that is very light and responds very well.
My opinion is that LXLE may be very good for pc built after 2010, for those of the previous years now antiX has no more competitors and is unbeatable
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Project: LXLE
Version: Focal
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-06-04
Votes: 0
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Bonjour.
J'ai voulu remplacer LXLE la version 18.4.3 par la version focal, mais pas moyen de l'installer la copie de l'OS elle se bloque à l'installation, de ce fait j'ai réinstallé la version 18.4.3, avec celle-ci j'ai aucun problème, Dommage j' aurais aimé obtenir la nouvelle version pour la sécurité et la mise à jour de mon PC. Je souhaite rester sur LXLE car celle-ci est plus rapide que beaucoup d'autres OS.
J'espère qu' avec l'ancienne version je n'aurais aucun problème de sécurité.
Mon PC et portable COMPAQ ueffi 64 bit.
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Project: LXLE
Version: Focal
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-06-03
Votes: 1
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Try Focal on gnome Boxes, Qemu, Oracle virtual box.( laptop)
In all options during install process Focal release frozen on " retrieving file 86 of 87 ".
...45 min. without any changes.
Try multiple times . Change memory from 2048 till 4096.
Any ubuntu or arch , debian ,fedora work good...
My opinion this Focal LXLE release not ready for virtual machines, yet.
Sad about this...
ISO from official Source Forge net. site.
Download twice....,because I think about corrupted file...
Both ISO froze in same point ...
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Project: LXLE
Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-06-02
Votes: 3
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I have been distro hopping for about 2 years. I use computers seriously, for mathematical research, so I haven't got the time to play hide and seek games with knowledge and how to get a distro to do something normal. I recently tried Fedora, but the dnf system is too slow to be of any use. Moving to Artix led to more frustration as the veil of secrecy descends. All I need to do is to have something that gets hold of apps, but this opens up a pandora's box of complications and deviations. Enter LXLE and I am sorted.
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Project: LXLE
Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-06-01
Votes: 3
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Love this distro, and have for ten years as it evolved.
Great to see the LXLE machinery whirring again.
I run old boxes, and they ain't smart; but LXLE makes them run with everything I need.
Smart alecky things make me nervous these days. Keep it simple, but powerful and fast.
The genius of LXLE lies in the choices the developer makes for an out of the box combo of apps.
Perfectly simple for teaching boomers, persons with cognitive challenges, and seniors.
Once they are set up, my time as helper/teacher is freed up for more important issues - like reminding them of passwords.
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Project: LXLE
Version: Focal
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-06-01
Votes: 4
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LXLE distro is far better at computer resource management than any other distro that I have tried. For example, it uses 600 MB of memory at idle, whereas windows, ubuntu, and cinnamon mint use about one and a half gb at the very least., It is miles ahead of doing equivalent tasks and speed is like you are using a ssd with 16 GB of ram on the others. Even windows 10 IOT enterprise doesn't come close in wisely allocating system resources. With this distro, it is possible to even rescue Intel P4 processors from being thrown away as unusable e-waste. Unlike puppy linux, this has a full feature set of apps and up to date programs that will allow one to be fully productive and not have the limitations of a Chromebook also. I have not tried the x86 version yet, just getting used to this one. Focal is solid and stable and I would recommend it to any linux or windows user that is considering throwing old hardware away. Installation was smooth and easy, it will be even easier with the newer version just released which allow you to install while on the Internet. I think that the previous reviewer did not look at LXLE as a complete distribution.
LXLE_ADOPTER, PLEASE TRY IT!
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Project: LXLE
Version: Focal
Rating: 2
Date: 2022-05-28
Votes: 3
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cons:
-Freezes on login screen for ~minute.
-Apps don't open when clicked.
-Computer freezes solid if I try to use Openbox desktop.
- Freezes randomly
Couldn't use it long enough to find any pros. Didn't have this problem with any other Ubuntu based distro. Back to
ArchCraft. Wanted to like it but it wouldn't let me. From what I've read I'm not the only one having the hard freeze problems. I'll try the next release to see if anything changes.
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz, 4gb ram, radeon 5450 2gb video.
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Project: LXLE
Version: 18.04.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-02-02
Votes: 14
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This is, hands down, the best lightweight Ubuntu based distro I have ever used. Smooth, fast, solid, little bloat (at least for me, since I usually delete a lot of preinstalled programs), and even if it is based on Ubuntu 18, it does not look outdated at all. Surprisingly this distro was able to run all my GOG games without a problem, whereas distros based on Ubuntu 20 were missing some libraries. This is far better than Bodhi Linux and Linux Lite, and the LXDE desktop is minimal and awesome. I am usually not a fan of Ubuntu based distros at all but this one I will always recommend. I have read that its developer is waiting until the final cycle of Ubuntu 20 to release a new version, so I hope it happens. For old and new computers, this is a must try.
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Project: LXLE
Version: 18.04.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-10-05
Votes: 12
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really a sad news that this beautifull distro was moved to "dormant".
I think that they are in front of difficult choices after Lubuntu abandoned LXDE
I like this distro very much, over all because it's the Ubuntu derivative with the lesser footprint, and my main hobby is to rejuvenate old computers mainly born ante 2010.
I hope you can find a new road guys, so far your job was fantastic!
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Project: LXLE
Version: 18.04.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-09-27
Votes: 2
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I used a live boot DVD of this distro on a 20+ year old DELL computer with Pentium3 CPU and 700MB RAM and it works great. Encounters a lot of errors during startup (disks are all corrupt) but this distro powers through all that. UI is okay, I dislike the dual top AND bottom bars, I feel like this distro could be more minimal. I also think the graphics could be more flat rather than so many gradients and sprites, more like the current Plasma KDE. Very good overall, would recommend.
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Project: LXLE
Version: 18.04.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-09-12
Votes: 1
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I have an Acer Extensa 5620Z, from 2007, 2Gram, born with win xp.
There I tried Peppermint 10 (it started to be a bit too "heavy"), then Q4OS 3.14 and Antix 19.3.
With all of the above mentioned distros, all taylormade for old computers, I had the same problem: I couldn't open more than 3 tabs at the same time with Firefox or Chromium.
With LXLE I could open 7 tabs without the need of using swap.
Pro: - used ram at startup < 200 Mb;
- very quick and responsive system;
.- probably the lightest Ubuntu derivate.
Cons: - it is a bit dated, in fact it is based on Ubuntu 18,4 LTS, so now some new
program does not install anymore (e.g.: I couldnt install the "mega.nz"
package)
- (very minor cons) in the Italian translation, the folder's name is not
translated
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Project: LXLE
Version: 18.04.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-09-02
Votes: 4
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Well designed. Runs very fast on my LGA775 motherboard with Pentium processor.
No glitches, no bugs
Everything is relevant. And every lightweight app accomplishes most of the everyday tasks, not as in other so called 'lightweight' distros where you get a bunch of trash not applications.
Very nice tool called 'random wallpaper', and I know that every day users of linux scratch their heads when choosing which wallpaper they like and sometimes spend a lot of time to that. So here is the solution, this specific app chooses wallpaper for you from the collection of the one of the most beautiful wallpapers.
Right now it uses 2.25G of RAM, with Telegram opened, Browser opened with several tabs, video player paused, file manager opened, terminal opened, and three windows of document viewers. And I have nicely customised desktop look and I can customise further if I wish
Well done, I recommend this distro over all other lightweight distros.
I would even suggest to Linux community to elect this distro as the best LXDE and the best lightweight relevant and meaningful linux distribution
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Project: LXLE
Version: 18.04.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-09-02
Votes: 4
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Extraordinary distro I have ever seen. Polished, user friendly and very detailed. Developer added customazations which in tact with modern os concept. I mostly liked that developer payed attention to every detail.
This is one of the lightest distro I have ever used.
And LXLE is the best out of linux distributions with lxde desktop.
It combines all the best from the lightweight applications to create a very unique and beautiful operating system
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Project: LXLE
Version: 18.04.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-05-06
Votes: 1
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it's very fast and simple, it can be customized; doesn't recognised my keyboard perfecty (doesn't recognised my volume or brightness on keyboard), but i like it so much. I've also installed it with a new kernel (5.8) on a new laptop cause i like simple, minimalist and retro desktops (like bodhi linux, for example).
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Project: LXLE
Version: 18.04.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-04-09
Votes: 2
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I have HP Pavilion DV2 (released in 2009) with 2GB or ram and tried a number of different linux distros using this machine. The latest one was Debian 10 with Mate DE. While it can run ok, browsing is a painful experience.
However, it is a different story with LXLE. Everything runs faster and browsing with SeaMonkey is more enjoyable. Occasionally, I need to use more advance browser like Vivaldi, but it's not as painful as before.
Everything else is fine. The application selection is good and quite suitable for an old pc like mine. All works out of the box.
I also installed LXLE on my Core2Duo E8400 PC with 4GB of ram. It practically flies! Everything runs much faster.
If you have an old PC, LXLE is an ideal OS for you to consider.
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Project: LXLE
Version: 14.04.4
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-02-03
Votes: 3
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Runs nicely on an Asus Eeee 1005HA netbook (which I am typing this note on in 2021). A lightweight OS that runs quite well on a device made in 2009!
I'm not sure which version I use but it has been around on the netbook several years without any serious problems.
A bit clunky compared to my better Win10 PC and not enough grunt to watch HD vids or read large pdfs ('cos of 2GB RAM) but still good enough for day to day use, such as web browsing (Vivaldi), emails (webmail) and text editing. And Spider Solitaire. I like it. Well it is an old netbook.
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Project: LXLE
Version: 18.04.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-02-02
Votes: 3
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Seems to run nice on a Packard Bell netbook - 32bit Atom CPU N270 1.60 GHz
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