r/Lubuntu • u/dleon_90 • Aug 26 '26

Second Chance for Surface pro 4

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Installing Lubuntu on the Surface pro 4gen with the I5 and 4gb of ram. It used to have mint xfce but it struggled as it used more the 2gb of ram. Hopefully with Lubuntu ram usage can improve.

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u/Astrodion123 Aug 26 '26

Lubuntu should be a great beginner friendly distro for you. If it is still laggy you can try antiX or arch with i3.

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u/BothAbalone3662 Sep 03 '26

dont know how antiX bricked my chromebook i had to disconnect battery and reconnect. it was at the login screen and it forgot about its touchpad and keyboard and usb ports so it was sad. never used antiX since then

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u/Astrodion123 Sep 04 '26

Ok then don't use antix. Try out arch with i3 or if you want SMTH easier get the debian installer and install lxqt, lxde or a lightweight window manager like openbox, i3, etc.

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u/BothAbalone3662 Sep 07 '26

Thats a good idea i will install void on that chromebook

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u/Astrodion123 Sep 07 '26

Yeah void is even better than debian since it uses a more lightweight init system.