Light Weight Linux

[pradbhat]

Hi,

I am using an laptop with Corei3 370 Processor + 4GB Ram.
What would be an ideal version of linux to use?

I am currently using Ubuntu with Unity.
I am looking for a light weight linux version (Preferably with Debian at its heart) which is without much of the bloated softwares.

[baywoof]

I'm a big fan of Arch (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Linux) which just comes with the essentials and lets you install the rest, but the install process is definitely not straightforward. Lubuntu (http://lubuntu.net/) is a version of Ubuntu packaged with the desktop environment LXDE that's way lighter than Unity and is pretty fast.

[gopher7]

Give Linux Mint a try...

[Thibula41]

Hello,
You can install Debian Jessie under Gnome, KDE, LXDE, XFCE, Cinnamon works well.

You can also use Handy Linux, antiX Linux, Backbox, ...

[miss amber]

I would say from my experience, the lightest, live and popular is puppy linux.

[csniem]

my recommendation is Alpine Linux (https://www.alpinelinux.org)