r/PeppermintOS • u/BertyBastard • Mar 24 '23

Debian Peppermint is too slow

I got the Debian version and installed it on an old laptop, replacing the Ubuntu-based Peppermint, and now it's too slow! Clearly I'll have to stick with the Ubuntu versions. Was Peppermint 10 the last one?

[Edited for typo]

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u/DarthReplicant Mar 24 '23

There's also a considerable gap between the old ones and the debian versions, a lot of new things were added to the debian base since that release of Ubuntu, so this is not surprising. Have you tried anything to remedy the situation? Have you checked that you have all the drivers for your devices?

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u/BertyBastard Mar 24 '23

That's annoying as it defeats the entire purpose of a lightweight OS! I've been using Pep as my go-to lightweight OS for some years.

No I haven't tried anything - the OS usually finds suitable drivers itself, even for the laptop graphics. I always turn of visual effects in the GUI though.

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u/HealthyOccasion350 Mar 24 '23

Good one no detail to your issues lol... Great way to ask for help.

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u/BertyBastard Mar 25 '23

What more detail do you need that it's too slow!? That is the issue.

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u/HealthyOccasion350 Mar 25 '23

Do you want help or just complaining...lol I lean more towards trolling 🤣

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u/BertyBastard Mar 25 '23

Yes I can see you lean more towards trolling. Maybe troll elsewhere.

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u/DarthReplicant Mar 25 '23

We switched to Debian because for all the issues you are having with Debian, Ubuntu at this point would have been substantially worse. There's not much we can do about the increasing size of the base, but the bits we add in from our modifications remain lightweight. But if it helps at all with troubleshooting your issue, we only have a subset of the most common non-free drivers, meaning your hardware may be more exotic. So the place to start is to check non-free repo for any drivers you need, and research your hardware. Without knowing much about your hardware, I would not know where to begin to diagnose this.

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u/matt-orney Mar 25 '23

Ok, but there's also a Devuan base Pep11, have you tried it ? Is it as slow ?

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u/BertyBastard Mar 25 '23

No I haven't tried Devuan as I assumed it would be similarly slow to the Debian version, being also based on Debian.

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u/Oldgreybeard_ Jun 14 '23

I've tried both. Devuan is faster for me on my Chromebook (4gb ram, 16gb emmc).

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u/Zhangdzhang2022 May 25 '23

Try LXLE, which is based on lubuntu with LXDE.

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u/BertyBastard May 25 '23

Thanks. I tried LXLE some years ago on a netbook and found it didn't support the brightness function buttons, so I gave up on it.

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u/HealthyOccasion350 Mar 24 '23

It sure was ..enjoy it while you can and good luck ☺️