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Smallest GUI distro (for a low-RAM Chromebook)? (programming.dev)
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PeppermintOS? I'm trying to prepare an ancient Chromebook C202S for Linux and have had some ideas from antiX to MXLinux and Loc-OS, but it seems that PeppermintOS may be among the best choices.

The tech level of this Chromebook's end user is unlikely to work well with Arch + BSPWM, which was recommended to me by someone else.

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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If you're constrained by the user's "tech level", it's unlikely that you'll find anything significantly lighter ... some other distro might shave off 50MB of RAM, but if it's more difficult to use, that's not really worth it.