09-21-2022, 09:17 AM
Hi, everybody! 
From my perspective, one of the best steps forward, is the memory management.
While the previous versions (5.x, all) used about 1300 MB of residual RAM after about 5 hours of uptime and heavy (Chrome) browsing, the current, uses somewhere between 900 MB and 1100 MB, after closing Chrome or Chromium, FireFox, for that matter.
The number of running apps, after closing the browser, is low usually: Task Manager, Pluma (2 - 3 docs opened), LibreOffice (2 - 3 docs opened), DoubleCommander, being the usual list.
Now, considering the worst value (1100 MB), the gain of cca. 200 MB means something to me!
I know that nowadays RAM is less of a problem (I have 16 GB), but if you want the best amount of RAM available for apps, this is something very important.
On the other hand, the "flagship" of this distro, is "Lite". And this is something LL 6.0 proves undoubtly!
Many people can use a "state of the art" distro like Linux Lite, on a pretty old machine.
I can use it on a really "low resources" machine: ASUS X200M, which is quite very modest in resources. A Dual Core Celeron (N2830), with 2 GB of onboard RAM, which is a netbook, suitable for someone that moves a lot.
Now, the 200 MB RAM gain, I guess makes more sense, given the fact that this machine, has actually less than 1800 MB of RAM available (some 32 - 250 MB are dynamically allocated for video).
Far more than that, I far as I could see from the posts, many members here, setup Linux Lite on old machines, for various purposes.
While many distros get "fat", Linux Lite, stays Lite, while moving forward and staying up-to-date!
Best wishes!
From my perspective, one of the best steps forward, is the memory management.
While the previous versions (5.x, all) used about 1300 MB of residual RAM after about 5 hours of uptime and heavy (Chrome) browsing, the current, uses somewhere between 900 MB and 1100 MB, after closing Chrome or Chromium, FireFox, for that matter.
The number of running apps, after closing the browser, is low usually: Task Manager, Pluma (2 - 3 docs opened), LibreOffice (2 - 3 docs opened), DoubleCommander, being the usual list.
Now, considering the worst value (1100 MB), the gain of cca. 200 MB means something to me!
I know that nowadays RAM is less of a problem (I have 16 GB), but if you want the best amount of RAM available for apps, this is something very important.
On the other hand, the "flagship" of this distro, is "Lite". And this is something LL 6.0 proves undoubtly!
Many people can use a "state of the art" distro like Linux Lite, on a pretty old machine.
I can use it on a really "low resources" machine: ASUS X200M, which is quite very modest in resources. A Dual Core Celeron (N2830), with 2 GB of onboard RAM, which is a netbook, suitable for someone that moves a lot.
Now, the 200 MB RAM gain, I guess makes more sense, given the fact that this machine, has actually less than 1800 MB of RAM available (some 32 - 250 MB are dynamically allocated for video).
Far more than that, I far as I could see from the posts, many members here, setup Linux Lite on old machines, for various purposes.
While many distros get "fat", Linux Lite, stays Lite, while moving forward and staying up-to-date!
Best wishes!
"It's easy to die for an idea. It's way harder TO LIVE for your idea!"
Current Machine:
Dell Precision T1700, 16 GB RAM, SSD Kingston A400, 480 GB.
Laptop:
ASUS X200MA , Intel® Celeron® N2830, 2 GB RAM, SSD Kingston A400, 480 GB.
Current Machine:
Dell Precision T1700, 16 GB RAM, SSD Kingston A400, 480 GB.
Laptop:
ASUS X200MA , Intel® Celeron® N2830, 2 GB RAM, SSD Kingston A400, 480 GB.