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<blockquote data-quote="i7ii" data-source="post: 1102121" data-attributes="member: 116614">Have&nbsp; MX Linux Xfce on 2x Old Systems (9 year old Laptop +&nbsp; 17 year old Desktop) , tho... there&#039;s multiple flavors to chose from - including ahs (Advanced Hardware Support) - which is using a newer Linux Kernel (yet, since stability is a main focus for the devs - also based on Debian -&nbsp; won&#039;t be using the latest out of the box - so called bleeding edge Linux Kernel) - compared to other builds:[ATTACH=full]285523[/ATTACH]For anyone new to Linux.... Xfce, Fluxbox &amp; KDE are basically Desktop Environments (the Graphical User Interface - if you will). There&#039;s lots of others - depending on Linux distribution - tho, this 3 are among the general ones (can be used with almost every distribution). Xfce is among the lightest on resources (but some use it even on high end machines) - while KDE is slighly more demanding (just not for 2024 - even a entry level system with 16 GB ram and iGPU cn handle it just fine). Still, they also come with their own tools - and that&#039;s why some would prefer one over the other. As a Windows Manager Fluxbox has the lowest memory imprint :[MEDIA=youtube]SE8uRUOoLSI[/MEDIA]But switching from Windows to Linux - some might find Fluxbox a bit confusing - preferring Xfce and KDE since it&#039;s quite similar to Windows:[MEDIA=youtube]u53M3kRlGSE[/MEDIA]Also, the Taskbar on Xfce being set to left side - is a design choice for MX Linux. Most of the others - have it at the bottom same as Windows - and you can easily swap it - if you don&#039;t like it on left. Anyway, on <a href="https://distrowatch.com/" target="_blank">DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.</a> MX Linux - is the 1st on the list (popularity wise), tho...&nbsp; that&#039;s not to say it&#039;s the best - more like easier to transition&nbsp; - since the devs main focus is stability and GUI/Windows like experience (terminal free - for most users). Other Linux distributions should be able to manage that as well - like Linux Mint - so maybe their marketing team did a better job. Which is a bit surprising, since it&#039;s still rather new - compared to the big boy (by name/status - like Fedora, OpenSuse, Debian, Slackware, Arch or even Ubuntu - despite being Debian based - Ubuntu is a core Liux distro at increasing Linux popularity - by releasing a user friendly Linux OS).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="i7ii, post: 1102121, member: 116614"] Have [B]MX Linux [/B]Xfce on 2x Old Systems (9 year old Laptop + 17 year old Desktop) , tho... there's[B] [/B]multiple flavors to chose from - including ahs (Advanced Hardware Support) - which is using a newer Linux Kernel (yet, since stability is a main focus for the devs - also based on Debian - won't be using the latest out of the box - so called bleeding edge Linux Kernel[B]) - [/B]compared to other builds: [ATTACH type="full" width="523px"]285523[/ATTACH] For anyone new to Linux.... Xfce, Fluxbox & KDE are basically Desktop Environments (the Graphical User Interface - if you will). There's lots of others - depending on Linux distribution - tho, this 3 are among the general ones (can be used with almost every distribution). Xfce is among the lightest on resources (but some use it even on high end machines) - while KDE is slighly more demanding (just not for 2024 - even a entry level system with 16 GB ram and iGPU cn handle it just fine). Still, they also come with their own tools - and that's why some would prefer one over the other. As a Windows Manager Fluxbox has the lowest memory imprint : [MEDIA=youtube]SE8uRUOoLSI[/MEDIA] But switching from Windows to Linux - some might find Fluxbox a bit confusing - preferring Xfce and KDE since it's quite similar to Windows: [MEDIA=youtube]u53M3kRlGSE[/MEDIA] Also, the Taskbar on Xfce being set to left side - is a design choice for MX Linux. Most of the others - have it at the bottom same as Windows - and you can easily swap it - if you don't like it on left. Anyway, on [URL="https://distrowatch.com/"]DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.[/URL] MX Linux - is the 1st on the list (popularity wise), tho... that's not to say it's the best - more like easier to transition - since the devs main focus is stability and GUI/Windows like experience (terminal free - for most users). Other Linux distributions should be able to manage that as well - like Linux Mint - so maybe their marketing team did a better job. Which is a bit surprising, since it's still rather new - compared to the big boy (by name/status - like Fedora, OpenSuse, Debian, Slackware, Arch or even Ubuntu - despite being Debian based - Ubuntu is a core Liux distro at increasing Linux popularity - by releasing a user friendly Linux OS). [/QUOTE]

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