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Ubuntu stopped being the lightweight Linux distro, and Linux Mint filled the gap it left behind (www.xda-developers.com)
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[–] 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Did someone mentioned Ubuntu was never lightweight yet?

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    When they first started, they had a list of promises. One of them was to always fit on a 800meg CD.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

    That wasn't "light weight Linux" for 2004. Back then I would have probably been looking at Slackware or some other era appropriate minimalist distro if I wanted a minimalist Linux.

    Back in 2004 USB thumb drives were realtively new, and Ubuntu would have failed fitting on any available on the market. Yet a handful of minimalist distros could (depending on if the minimalist distro had a DE or not, and the overall package goals).

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