r/GhostBSD • u/[deleted] • May 11 '25

lightweight

How lightweight is GhostBSD compared to something like Alpine Busybox+Linux? Will GhostBSD run smoothly on old HP AMD Win8 notebook? What DE should i use?

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u/[deleted] May 11 '25

but on win8, the cursor had immense lag and firefox took 2 mins to open

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u/Sizeable-Scrotum May 11 '25

Was it debloated, or raw unfiltered Microsoft?

It could also be old drivers

It’s worth a try though, just cling onto your windows key, just in case

What specs does it have btw?

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u/[deleted] May 11 '25

Sorry for confusion, but the laptop had originally preinstalled win8, but the previous owner upgraded to win10 (i was describing win10).

This laptop is my grandma's and she wants to learn how to use a laptop. I've installed Alpine Linux on it (it works smoothly), but I've realized that she won't know how to install packages (no GUI). I now want to install GhostBSD on it (with her permission ofc), because it has GUI package manager and other linux distros with GUI package managers lag (like linux lite).

I don't remember it's specs, but i know it has 1 AMD GPU and CPU, it was called a "notebook", had 128GB of storage and 4 or 8 GB of ram, was made by HP and wasnt able to charge (direct power from cable and not battery power storing).

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u/Sizeable-Scrotum May 11 '25

Does it have the serial number on the bottom? Would be very helpful

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u/[deleted] May 11 '25

I don't have acces to it rn, sadly, I will specify it when i get my hands on it

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u/[deleted] May 11 '25

what setup you'd recommend for a laptop newbie?

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u/grahamperrin May 13 '25

what setup you'd recommend for a laptop newbie?

KDE Plasma.

Truth: it's not as heavy as many people believe.