You can revive your aging PC with a lightweight Linux distro such as Puppy Linux and Linux Lite. But which one should you choose?

Lightweight Linux distributions get a bad rap for shipping with minimal reinstalled software. Besgnulinux, loaded with old-school charm, is the exception.

Loss32 is more than just another Linux distribution — it’s a focused attempt to unlock the potential of underpowered ...

Linux has long provided an outstanding operating system for a wide range of users in a variety of settings. However, high-performance computing users, who must run applications on thousands of nodes, ...

Windows 11 slowed my hardware to a crawl. Linux runs lighter with rolling updates, and keeps older PCs fast for years instead ...

Damn Small Linux (DSL) is a lightweight GNU/Linux distribution designed to breathe new life into old computer hardware by offering a full desktop operating system that runs on a wide range of hardware ...

Luckily, I'd been using Joplin on my Linux laptop, phone, and Windows PC for months, and I found that it works without a ...

In my recent exploration of Microsoft’s Azure Linux 3, I was impressed by its efficient RAM usage — just 115MB upon booting. This sparked my curiosity about the RAM consumption of various Linux ...

Lightweight Linux implementations, or what Cray calls “Compute Node Linux” (CNL), can combine the performance advantages of a specialized compute-node operating system with the familiarity and ...