Those looking for lightweight distros may be better off with Arch Linux with a lightweight DE installed on it. You can also see our 2017 guide to lightweight Linux distros. Other “lightweight”’ distros have been omitted as the focus here is on easy-to-install distros that which can be used as full-blown systems. Here are some handpicked Linux distros, suitable for any of the three use cases mentioned above. Basically, there are three points that make lightweight distros important: 1) They can revive old hardware, bringing new life into it 2) They can power modern, but low-power systems such as Raspberry Pi and 3) They can run on the most powerful modern hardware, reserving resources for users instead of consuming them themselves. You might wonder why you should care about lightweight Linux distributions in the era of multicore processors and inexpensive RAM.
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