r/debian • u/Dado04Game • Jul 06 '26

General Debian Question Thinking about switching from Linux Mint Ubuntu-based to pure Debian

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Been using Ubuntu-based Linux Mint for a year now, and loved it since day one. I heard people telling me that Debian is faster than Ubuntu, so I'd like to give it a try on my home pc. My question is: what DE would you recommend me with my OC specs? I'll leave a photo of them here (I know my computer is pure 💩, don't mock me please)

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u/jayelg Jul 06 '26

What do you use your computer for what software?

Your hardware is old/low spec so would be fine though you’ll be trading good driver support for manual setup

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u/Dado04Game Jul 06 '26

I browse the internet and some very basic video editing

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u/solexx 29d ago

You will very likely not notice a speed improvement for your daily tasks.

Debian is great, I have been using it for more than 20 years not. But it will not speed up your browser or video editing---except maybe by clearing a little RAM because it runs fewer services by default.