Maybe you mean Cachy OS or Tumbleweed?

Snap has advantages though, apps works across different distros I think?

I think I can handle the ads part, but the ‘lighter’ part, thats a good one.

Mint? Is it as slow and bloated as Ubuntu, its base? Didnt you need to make it LMDE to make it faster and lighter a bit?

Ok, I see, thanks for the info, man. That’s very helpful.

So the bloat is on the disk, ISO file size, not on ram or performance or something?

Are you saying Ubuntu isnt slow? The bloat only comes from the pre-installed apps, snap, and gnome desktop?

GNOME desktop and background processes others distros don’t have?

Yes, just recently, as a new user.

Dunno, Its Mint that I want.

No.

Ubuntu then Debian for lightweight then Arch, then still researching.

Arch was my first choice, but it forces you to keep up to date and use the latest cutting edge software, its like Windows. So I am researching Debian, Mint, and Fedora instead.

Tried xfce. Original, and looks like MacOS.

No, I’m fine.

Yeah, very close though, but you didnt get LMDE fully.

Yeah, but still fake. Tried fake ubuntu on debian and feels fake.

I think I can see it, codes added to the latest release is unnoticeable, but are you forced to use the heaviest software? or are you able to choose the older ones?

I can see it, latest distro is still small, but do you have the choice between older and newer software? Are there compatibility issues with Arch’s nonstop updates?

If latest release doesnt add bloat, what the software available is only the newest and bloated, for example the latest GIMP? What if you need older Photoshop version or something for ram or ssd?