I’ve never heard of ubuntu being described as light weight.
only thing it was ever described as, is as an easy to use distro for first time linux users… and even thats not entirely applicable anymore
As others have stated, Ubuntu was never a minimalist distribution.
When Ubuntu first came out, most common CD drives could only work with CDs of a about 700Mb capacity, but assuming that the tech would keep improving, it was reasonable to suggest this. It was never because Ubuntu was touted as “lightweight”, though. Then writable DVDs became almost ubiquitous, and they eventually migrated to that. In the meantime, USB flash drives were getting cheaper, and Linux installer tech was also improving, so eventually (quite early actually) these were supported too. But this was simply a logical progression of tech development and catering to the predominant baseline capacities of storage media.
If you want a proper minimalist, try PuppyLinux or DamnSmallLinux. If you want to run on a Raspberry Pi (or one of their other supported SBCs) try DietPi.
When was Ubuntu “lightweight”? I’m not saying it was always bloated, but it was never supposed to be minimalist either. It was just an easy works-out-of-the-box Linux experience.
When they first started, they had a list of promises. One of them was to always fit on a 800meg CD.
In the early 2000s, that wasnt particularily lightweight. I believe it came with openoffice and the full gnome desktop. That was not really minimal in any way.
Did someone mentioned Ubuntu was never lightweight yet?
When they first started, they had a list of promises. One of them was to always fit on a 800meg CD.
Alright ubuntu was the most preferred in companies and startups. At least for south asia.
Every college, and companies had ISO setups, cause it was the easiest software to install from boot. So i agree with this. The article is dumbly written tho
I recently abandoned windows for Linux on one of my machines (not my first, won’t be the last), and I chose Debian specifically because it’s the leanest by reputation.
Ubuntu stopped being a viable desktop distribution 15 years ago, light or heavyweight.
GNOME 3 and afterwards didn’t help. And Snap was the last nail in the coffin.
Sometimes I feel like Linux Mint has a low-key marketing budget or something lol
I don’t think they do, it’s just a good plug and play option for people just wanting to get away from Microslop. It’s not really meant for power users, but people that want as little tinkering as possible (while still having the option if needed). Though I think they should do marketing, and get more people off of Microsoft products.
And for the record, I am still waiting for my check from Linux Mint for this ad.
why would it stop when it never was to begin with? lol
When they first started, they had a list of promises. One of them was to always fit on a 800meg CD.
Is it kind of weird to respond to every thread with this same claim? A CD iso with full gnome desktop and openoffice wasnt minimal at the time.
My exact thought. Always been at least mid weight, if not flipping heavy as.
IMO that’s why it became popular at the time. It was a Linux distro anyone can install and use right away after installation.
Easy install with drivers included and a rich guy willing to mail you installer CDs in a nice jacket for free. Every computer club in any school had a stack of them to give out.
Right, it had everything built in and ready to go
Linux mint sux, Ubuntu sux, use arch instead, or Debian
Wow. I’m impressed… Loads of comments and no one had to chime in and say “Arch is the best” 😂
Arch is as lightweight or heavy as you want it to be. Except for the Systemd stack, that locks you a bit in. That’s where Artix comes into play.
There wasn’t a single second between now and 1970 where even the most delusional people could’ve seen Ubuntu as “lightweight”.
When they first started, they had a list of promises. One of them was to always fit on a 800meg CD.
Not saying lightweight but Ubuntu 10.10 booting was fast at least even on HDD.
Compared to what “heavyweight” distro at the time?
Compared to Ubu…
Back when they were still fucking around with upstart and mir its was light enough. Today its just another windows.
It’s basically bearing the brunt of Windows heads using Linux. It’s a very common disto on WSL.
I don’t recall Ubuntu being a lightweight distro or ever aiming to be. It was always Debian with more stuff.
yep, user friendly, easy install, gooey install, proprietary drivers; extra stuff.
i think they were aiming to loss lead, capture user base and ultimately get some b2b sales - oh well :( OP author even ignores stuff like Lubuntu and Xubuntu, which i assume canonical have at least some contribution to. OP gets downvote from me, worthless article.
Ubuntu is the enterprise distro if you need something Debian based you can get a proper enterprise support contract for.
They have had light official flavors (Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Netbook remix). But primary distro that has always been either Gnome or Unity has been fully-featured. It’d only consider it “light” compared to Windows.
ChatGPT, write me an article about Linux that gets traffic.
So XDA developers page too is affected by AI Slop.
Yea they got bought out recently, right?
Not recently I think. It’s around in 2022. Acquired by Valnet Inc.
Ah, that explains why everything I see from them is clickbait now.
You are all falling for the rage bait
Same for you.
Yup
Sure, why not? Isn’t that the whole point of the internet?
God, I hope not
