I’m currently using Ubuntu and I want try a different distro because I have an older computer and Ubuntu is pretty slow. So far the only one I’ve tried was Porteus and while it does boot and load apps very quickly I had an issue where Porteus wouldn’t boot if it was installed on top of ext4 but would boot fine if it was installed on top of fat32, which is also another potential problem because Porteus requires a save file for persistence when using Windows filesystems. If there is a problem where my computer can’t boot with an ext4 filesystem, Ubuntu doesn’t have this problem because sda1/2/3 all use a different filesystem.
If I’m correct on this, would I be better off trying Porteus on ext3/2 and hoping it works or just use it with fat32 and have a separate partition formatted for ext4 to serve the same purpose as sda3 in Ubuntu and possibly store the save file (if I have the correct understanding of how save files work).
Also, I would just use NTFS but not only have I heard that it has issues with Linux, I’ve had issues using it with Linux, so I’m using fat32 for stability.
Well, I’m looking for a Linux distro that boots faster and loads apps faster than Ubuntu and Porteus performs well from the little bit of testing I did. I understand that I should use a more mainstream Linux distro but to be honest, I actually don’t remember why I have Porteus. I just remember it being the first Linux distro I ever tried and most of the distros in the list of lightweight Linux distros on Wikipedia are portable, so I figured I wouldn’t be wrong to try Porteus, even if I don’t end up using it.
If there is one that’s better, I wouldn’t know. I know I wont be using Porteus because for some reason I can’t get the WiFI adapter to work but I still wanted to use Porteus so I can get some experience using that type of distro in case I end up using something similar. I don’t like to just ask for a different distro because I know that the answers I get might not be 100% what I want and will just be what they think is the best for me. I’d rather find one on my own but the problem is that the documentation for Linux distros is so disproportionate that, unless I manually look through every single distro that exists (assuming they all have the information I need), I can only find lists that contain information for seemingly random distros.