Lightweight Linux Hosted by Gareth Davies and Joe Ressington The Mind Tech Podcast is your weekly dose of tech, privacy, security and conspiracy. Each week we’ll talk about the very latest tech news and the continued threats to internet freedom. Mind Tech News: Police tap social media in wake of London attack WikiLeaks tears apart 'We Steal Secrets' documentary in full annotated transcript Confidential report lists U.S. weapons system designs compromised by Chinese cyberspies Wis. child-porn suspect ordered to decrypt files   Lightweight Desktop Linux  Full featured Linux distros like Linux Mint, Ubuntu, or Fedora are an ideal alternative to Windows or Mac OS X on a modern laptop or desktop computer but not everyone is fortunate enough to have the latest hardware so sometimes a lighter alternative might be more suitable. There are loads of Linux distros out there and a lot of them can be run on extremely old hardware, often with surprising success. This is a summary of some of the lightweight Linux distros and desktop environments that I’ve tried. Desktop Environments The main full featured (or big and bloated) desktop environments are Cinnamon (first developed for use in Linux Mint), Mate (a fork of Gnome 2), Gnome 3 (default in Fedora), Unity (first developed and used in Ubuntu) and KDE. I might go into why I don’t use any of those at some point in the future but for now I will be ignoring them. For the Full Breakdown (including screenshots) head over to Joe's Blog HERE Some more Linux/Computer/Conspiracy talk in the facebook group Support Mind Set Central Suscribe or donate