Distro for a Lenovo Thinkpad x140e? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 10 months ago by nokturne213@sopuli.xyz to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev

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I have a Lenovo Thinkpad x140e (AMD A4-5000M 1.5GHz 2MB L2 Cache Quad-core, 4GB DDR3) that I am currently dual booting with Mint and Windows 8. Mint feels sluggish compared to Win8.

I am not doing much with it, I need to run the Spotify app, and a webpage for hosting game tournaments. I am using the HDMI out on the laptop to a 4x4 Matrix.

I am looking for suggestions for a lightweight as possible distro.

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[-] EpicVision@monero.town 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Try out the Linux Mint XFCE edition. The default desktop environment in Mint is Cinnamon, which is a Fork of GNOME and uses a lot of JavaScript code and thus has high resource consumption. XFCE is very fast and lightweight, I think you will have a better experience with it.

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

It looks like i am already running Xfce.

[-] EpicVision@monero.town 2 points 10 months ago

Then perhaps try out PeppermintOS

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