[SOLVED] Fastest linux dist for slow laptop?

babaliaris · 07-15-2018, 08:56 PM

Hello!

I'm trying to find the best suitable linux distro for my laptop. Right now i have Linux Lite and it's quite slow (faster than windows though

). Boot time takes up to 3 minutes (without grub) including GUI to load. When i'm browsing it's also very laggy.

Right now, linux lite run's 150 (excluding programs i installed) processes which i think it's a lot!!!

Take a look at my specs:

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System:    Host: babaliaris Kernel: 4.15.0-23-generic x86_64 bits: 64
           Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 Distro: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Machine:   Device: laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP 655 Notebook PC v: 087F110000305B10002620110 serial: N/A
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 1885 v: 66.34 serial: N/A
           UEFI [Legacy]: Insyde v: F.27 date: 09/17/2013
Battery    BAT0: charge: 35.1 Wh 100.0% condition: 35.1/35.1 Wh (100%)
CPU:       Dual core AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon HD Graphics (-MCP-) 
           cache: 512 KB
           clock speeds: max: 1400 MHz 1: 865 MHz 2: 814 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Wrestler [Radeon HD 7310]
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 )
           drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1366x768@60.02hz
           OpenGL: renderer: AMD PALM (DRM 2.50.0 / 4.15.0-23-generic, LLVM 6.0.0)
           version: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.5
Audio:     Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel
           Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Wrestler HDMI Audio
           driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-23-generic
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCIE Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169
           IF: em1 state: down mac: 88:51:fb:c9:a4:35
           Card-2: Ralink RT3290 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
           driver: rt2800pci
           IF: wlo1 state: up mac: f4:b7:e2:2e:c4:01
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 320.1GB (4.0% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: Hitachi_HTS54503 size: 320.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 37G used: 12G (35%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 78.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 78.0
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 159 Uptime: 3:53 Memory: 679.0/1592.3MB
           Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.56

Requirements: I want a linux distro with a GUI interface (it does not matter if i have to install it manually) that will boot fast and run the minum processes it can (lets say only the GUI).

babaliaris · 07-16-2018, 12:06 PM

I installed Arch Linux with xfce and it's a lot faster!!! Boot time including log in it's 40 seconds! Also is not too laggy . But again i would like to hear your opinions.
Also since most popular packages are for debian/ubuntu arch linux makes it difficult to find and install some packages. But i'm not sure for installing debian. Will it be fast?

fatmac · 07-16-2018, 01:37 PM

My recommendation goes to AntiX, been using it for years on slower laptops with 2GB ram.
https://antixlinux.com/

Others to check out are Tinycore & SliTaz - & if you are OK not to be Linux, try BSD, (my choice is OpenBSD, but it doesn't run on all equipment, so you'd need to check your hardware).

Mill J · 07-16-2018, 02:40 PM

I agree on Antix.

Puppy Linux is another fast OS. I have antix and puppy running on an old compaq single cpu with 512mb ram. Debian Lxde edition also works great on there.

babaliaris · 07-16-2018, 04:14 PM

Then Antix it is! I will try both of them (Antix and Debian Lxde edition) and choose the fastest!

jefro · 07-17-2018, 02:58 PM

Some of the minimal distros could load to ram and make it about as fast as it could. The boot option may be toram or other phrases.

Ztcoracat · 07-17-2018, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by babaliaris

Then Antix it is! I will try both of them (Antix and Debian Lxde edition) and choose the fastest!

Do tell how they run for you.

mrapathy · 07-23-2018, 09:47 PM

Hard to beat Slackware its been around 25 years and alot of other distro's spawned from it.

jmgibson1981 · 07-26-2018, 02:33 PM

I'd choose debian with a window manager personally. But keep in mind you can go as light weight as you want for the de but that won't help with browsers using tons of ram these days. Just a fact of life. Unless you can find a lighter browser. They are where most of the ram use goes, at least on my laptop.

Ztcoracat · 07-26-2018, 09:29 PM

Did you try Anti-X babaliaris?

bbaker6212 · 07-29-2018, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ztcoracat

Did you try Anti-X babaliaris?

Also you might want to try Porteus Linux.

Browsers:
The following is a short list of browsers by engine.

Blink: Falkon/Qupzilla, Brave, Qutebrowser, Dooble, Otter, Opera, Vivaldi, Chromium, Google Chrome

Gecko: IceCat, Firefox, Seamonkey, Waterfox

WebKit: Gnome Web/Epiphany, Midori, Konqueror, Uzbl, rekonq

beachboy2 · 08-02-2018, 04:47 AM

babaliaris,

Surely you must use antiX and support a fello countryman anticaptalista, its maintainer/lead developer, from Thessaloniki?

https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=antix

https://antixlinux.com/author/anticapitalista/

zeebra · 08-07-2018, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by babaliaris

I installed Arch Linux with xfce and it's a lot faster!!! Boot time including log in it's 40 seconds! Also is not too laggy . But again i would like to hear your opinions.
Also since most popular packages are for debian/ubuntu arch linux makes it difficult to find and install some packages. But i'm not sure for installing debian. Will it be fast?

Seems like a good choice. If you want another one, try Slackware.

You install packages from source. You can extract source packages from Debian packages if this makes a difference.

lougavulin · 08-07-2018, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by mrapathy

Hard to beat Slackware its been around 25 years and alot of other distro's spawned from it.

Agree on Slackware !

If the hardware is a bit slow, don't choose KDE as VM, but Xfce or fluxbox, available out of the box.

FredGSanford · 08-20-2018, 07:56 PM

Take a look at Void Linux...