Using Linux for the first time

!xowAT4Z3Q@lemmy.sdf.org to Linux@lemmy.ml – 32 points –

I'm going to replace my host os on my shitty laptop with Linux specifically puppy Linux or alpine Linux from scratch and I need to know how will I get started and make it easier for myself, I use a HP notebook 540

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Peppermint's a joke. Isn't xfce as heavy as other DEs nowadays?

No not really. Gnome for me is about 2.5 gigs of Ram, XFCE 700 megabytes and the CPU load also is way lower. XFCE can be heavy or light depending on how you configure it