Hi everyone. I have an old ASUS S56C and I use it everyday for web (Firefox) and graphic design (Photoshop with Bottles, Inkscape). I have used for years Lubuntu, and it was all good with LXDE ambient, but with the latest versions it switched to LXQT and with snaps I don’t feel it comfortable anymore.

So, I’m looking for another easy weight lightweight distro, no fancy, only for Firefox, Bottles and Inkscape. I’m opened to any suggestions. Thanks in advance to everyone.

EDIT: Thank you all for your time and answers. I’ve read them all and I think I will start with Debian with LXDE. Thank you all again.

      • irotsoma@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        91·
        3 days ago

        Arch is more cutting edge and thus less stable in very general terms. And is would be a learning curve for someone used to Debian based distros.

        • Deckweiss@lemmy.world
          43·
          3 days ago

          Everybody keeps saying that.

          But when I used Ubuntu/Debian and it had a major bug in the software that I used, which made it completely unusable, I had to wait for half a year for the next release which included the bugfix. But then it also included new bugs in other things… It was mostly broken at any point in time, bUt At LeAsT iTs sTabLe

          • irotsoma@lemmy.blahaj.zone
            1·
            2 hours ago

            I mean, bugs are a part of all software. Stability is about reliability. That if you boot up your computer you are less likely to spend the first hour or two troubleshooting unless you just did a major upgrade. I’m not saying Arch is unstable, just less stable.

            • Deckweiss@lemmy.world
              1·
              1 hour ago

              Ubuntu was reliably bugged and I could not use the software I needed for work because of that. I had to fuck with it on a monthly basis to fix it.

              Arch reliably works and is always up to date, so bugs that I experience get fixed in a timely manner.

              I never had to fix it after an update. On my personal PC I have the same arch install since 2020.

              Never ever did my arch not boot or not work after an update.

              I literally have a web server with arch that runs automatic daily unsupervised updates (which is not recommended by arch devs tbh.) And it has been serving my personal homepage for a year without downtime or maintenance (except for 15sec post update reboots ofc.).

              If you want to go beyond personal anecdotes as evidence, we both would need to conduct a significant study.

              But I feel like people keep saying that arch is unstable without trying it themselves or without looking at data.

      • Deckweiss@lemmy.world
        41·
        3 days ago

        I don’t understand either.

        Personally I run it on my desktop, servers (with automatic updates, I know, I know - I like to live dangerously) and rhaspberry pi’s without any hiccups for years.

        I’d install it on my car or toaster if I could.

        Before that I was constantly fighting to keep my Ubuntus and Debians running…

        • nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          7·
          3 days ago

          it’s cool to have automatic updates turned off, but then obviously not read any of the names of packages that are getting updated, because im not following the development of any of them, and definitely going to update them all anyways, and i just hit Y all the time. And then I sit there for an hour while my internet is slow as balls because im downloading updates