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For a old laptop with Intel atom processor and I think 2gb ram.

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[–] Contort3860@links.hackliberty.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't LXDE basically discontinued? It got combined with RazorQT or something back in the day and became the LXQT we know today if I'm remembering right.

[–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems like you're right, I just remembered trying it a while ago and thinking it was quite decent.

Yeah it was a good middle of the road option. There's much lighter, but it gets a lot more involved at that point.