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Based on Lubuntu but even more lightweight: Peppermint OS.

> Built for Speed > Peppermint OS was designed to be easy on your processor and system resources so you can get going and get things done...

> Lightweight > Peppermint OS is under 512MB and easy to run as a Live CD or USB. Loads and Shuts down in Seconds...

> User Friendly > Step-by-step installation, Works out of the box, Easy to Navigate with Automatic Updates....

For really old hardware I've usually had good success with Peppermint. It starts as pretty cloud-based (which is great for low-end hardware), but you can install most Debian/Ubuntu programs if you wish to.

Honestly, I just stopped using windows and downloaded Peppermint. http://peppermintos.com. It's s Linux based OS, and for my 5 year old XP laptop, it's a new lease on life. Runs faster than it did out of the box. I mainly use it to surf the web and check email, and in that respect it's awesome.

I'd recommend checking out PeppermintOS http://peppermintos.com/ or LXLE http://lxle.net/

Both are lightweight distributions based off Lubuntu, Peppermint is off 13.04 and LXLE is off 12.04 LTS. LXLE main value prop is to "Revive that old PC!"

I completely agree regarding going about it in this way, though I'd actually go so far as to defiantly dual boot the machine just to stand up for myself if I were in this situation. As long as they never get the root password, there isn't a lot they can do aside from wipe the system and reinstall.

Also, there are tons of easy to use distros including Linux Mint, Peppermint OS, Lubuntu, etc, etc, etc, and some are better optimized for web specific purposes than others, are faster/slower than others, take up less space than others, etc, etc, etc.

Your Lenovo Ideapad 330 has a Core i3-7020U has 2 cores; 4 threads with 4GB is fine for most distros.

If you want more "lightweight", see if you like : - https://www.bodhilinux.com/ or http://peppermintos.com/

>My distro options for people like this are xubuntu, lubuntu, zorin os, Ubuntu mate .

Debian is a good option too, or openSUSE.

>For browsing only distro, I will choose Chromixium/cub Linux or chrome os.

Peppermint is a viable option too, ChromeOS is a bit of clusterfuck to install unless you have a Chromebook.

>I will add mint if they already fixed the security issue.

To be fair, I don't think I'll recommend Mint anymore, the breach shows that they are complacent about security, and they have no dedicated security team, just like what happened to Manjaro. At least Mint didn't ask their users to set their clocks back.

But Zorin and Peppermit OS 6 are almost functionally identical to traditional Windows. After games, the only people holding out would be professionals that use software like Photoshop.

BTW, are there programs other than certian games and Photoshop that won't run on Linux. The main objection that I hear from people that refuse to switch to Linux is Photoshop. I'm thinking that there's some other piece of software that people are attached to, but I can't think of it for the life of me right now.

I prefer Cr OS Linux on my netbook myself. Peppermint OS is also great for a ChromeOS like experience while still having access to a full Linux repository.

Definitely look elsewhere. I loved #! but it won't receive further security updates and the #!-specific repos will not work.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest you look at Peppermint OS for your netbook. It's based on Lubuntu (LXDE desktop) and is cloud-focused, but not exclusively so. Runs well on light resources, but full-featured. Unless it's a priority for you to use a pure Debian base, it's a good alternative to an Xfce desktop.

Peppermint OS is really fast, cloud based, and needs very low system requirements. Besides the forum, there's also a website and a blog.

I use an Aspire One as my main PC. Ubuntu Netbook Remix used to be OK in it, but <strong>Peppermint OS</strong> changed the game completely. From their site: >Peppermint is a Linux based Operating System that is Cloud / Web Application Centric, Sleek, User Friendly and Insanely Fast

Peppermint is based on Mint, which is based in Ubuntu. It boots in less than 8 seconds and it's extremely fast. there are two versions: Ice (Uses Chrome) and One (uses Firefox). I highly recommend it.

u/cla_ydoh is right.
The CPU is quite old, and RAM today is really needed.

For older systems try:
- https://www.bodhilinux.com/
- http://peppermintos.com/
- https://www.bunsenlabs.org/

I know you asked for KDE, we can understand that.
The above are not that sexy, but can look quite modern, if you rice them a little.

Cce i30s laptop? That is an atom-CPU and like rly low RAM? Like 2GB?

"Today" gnome & kde have a hard time running on those, try a more "conservative" Distro and DE like: - https://www.bodhilinux.com/ or http://peppermintos.com/

Good luck!

You need a bigger boat.

If you have a DVD burner get some RW-DVD's. If your PC can boot from a USB port. Buy yourself a USB flash drive.

If you just want to try out Linux on that 700 MB. Find small foot-print of a Linux Live CD ISO.

http://peppermintos.com/guide/downloading/ size 665 MB

How big is your HD and RAM?

Wubi isn't really being supported all that much any more.

And yes, most distros are all on DVD now...

The simplest option I can think for you is Peppermint OS.

Peppermint OS is a Lubuntu-based distro, that's been set up as a sort of Chromebook alternative. Instead of GIMP they use websites like Pixlr. Don't let that worry you though, all that extra stuff is available in the (Linux Mint-based) software centre.

And it fits on a CD. :)

It's WordPress so everything is PHP with a tiny sprinkling of JS here and there. I haven't really gotten to the point of going over whether or not I should open source it or not (WordPress is GPL, but since the plugins I'm developing won't be distributed, I don't have to make them GPL if I don't want to). I will absolutely evaluate this at some point. I've done a fair bit of contributing to open source projects in the past and I even started a fairly sizeable open source project back in 2010 (http://peppermintos.com/), so trust that I'll consider it and do it if it makes sense to.

Regardless of Ubuntu's....questionable design decisions, the core distribution is a very solid daily driver and always has been. There are a multitude of desktop environments to choose from and running the system is probably going to be much easier than other systems you'll find.

I use an Ubuntu derivative called Peppermint OS that has all of Ubuntu's application choices but also has an emphasis on running webapps inside Chromium containers.

Definitely check them out : http://peppermintos.com/

I'd recommend giving Peppermint OS 4 a try. It's based on Ubuntu, also uses LXDE like Lubuntu. I have found, however, that for some reason it runs way faster than Lubuntu. It's more bare-bones too, so you can install only what you want.

Peppermint OS. It's something of a lightweight, sister distro of Mint, created by one of their developers, and is ready to go out of the box- easy to use with flash and proprietary codecs pre-installed.

If you want a lightweight, designed for netbooks, Linux-based OS, that is Cloud / WebApps - centric, sleek, user friendly and very fast, then Peppermint is a good choice.

There's a nice amonut of documentation available. The OS uses Pcmanfm 0.9.7, Openbox 3.4.11.2, Xorg 1.7.6, and Lxsession 0.4.3. It really works out of the box. Highly recommended.

Puppy is a fun, lightweight distro, and runs in entirely in RAM, either off a live cd or usb (check out unetbootin for installing live usbs- super easy to use), although you can do an hd install, too, if you want. Since others have already mentioned MInt, you may want to check out its sister distro, Peppermint, which is designed with netbooks in mind.