Linux Fedora y Q4OS vs Windows

Many posts on the web try to discredit Linux distributions, and attribute to Windows qualities that it does not have. Windows is an operating system that, starting with version 7, cannot get enough of its resources and its requirements are becoming more demanding every day, while Linux distributions, and in particular those that I use, Fedora and Q4OS, are distributions that can run on older processors such as the CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.40GHz (2) @ 3.400GHz GPU: Intel 82945G/GZ Memory: 1327MiB / 3206MiB.

Linux distributions come with all the software necessary to run your PC, in all the usual tasks that you can perform with Windows. All these applications are free and the advantage that Linux has is that it is updated in a very short time compared to Windows and it can also update its new versions in a very short time compared to Windows.

Recently, there have been posts on the web mentioning minimalist Windows 11 that can be installed on low-resource PCs. However, these modifications of Windows 11 do not guarantee updates or security of the equipment. Why waste time on this task? There are already Linux distributions of excellent quality, easy to install and that have the resources to protect your PC from threats. A Linux distribution based on Debian, which consumes few resources and can be installed on low-resource PCs is the Q4OS distribution, that comes in 32 and 64-bit versions.

 

 

Output of the Neofetch command, from the Fedora distribution that I have installed on my PC

 

 Another advantage of Fedora is that you can choose the desktop environment that best fits the characteristics of your PC. For this there are the so-called Spins distributions, each with a different desktop environment but all with the same applications and functions. The Spins distributions are the following: KDE Desktop Xfce Desktop Cinnamon Desktop MATE+Compiz Desktop i3 Tiling WM LXQt Desktop LXDE Desktop SOAS Desktop Sway Tiling WM Budgie Desktop Miracle Desktop KDE Mobile Desktop.

 

On my PC I have installed the Spins Xfce Desktop

Result of the command about Xfce on my PC

 

 

 

Wallpaper of the Fedora 41 Distribution installed on my PC

 

 Another advantage of Linux is that you can install two or more Linux distributions on different partitions, and each of those distributions takes up very little space on your hard drive. What is the significance of this? If one partition on your hard drive gets damaged, and you cannot boot into the regular partition, you can still boot your PC from another partition and save user files to the other partition and you can even create a partition to save user files.

I have several partitions on my hard drive where I have installed the Linux distributions Fedora 41  and Q4OS Aquarium 

I have several partitions on my hard drive where I have installed the Linux distributions Fedora 41 http://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/fedora/linux/releases/41/; and Q4OS Aquarium https://q4os.org/downloads1.html.

 

I was a Windows user, but until there is a better option, I will be a Linux user, and save myself from having to upgrade my PC or buy a new PC with every new Windows distribution.

 

Marco Antonio Muñiz en Venezuela

 Hace poco digitalicé un disco LP de RCA Victor titulado SUERTE donde Marco Antonio Muñiz canta canciones Venezolanas

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ambas caras del LP

Fedora 40 xfce para PC con pocos recursos

 Tengo una PC de Escritorio con una tarjeta madre Intel D945 GTP con procesador Pentium 4 de 3.4GHz, con 4 MB de memoria y con una tarjeta gráfica GeForce 710 y tenía instalado en su disco duro Windows 7. La PC era muy lenta.

Ahí comenzó mi camino en Linux. Primero Lubuntu y después Sparkylinux. Todo funcionaba bien hasta que una actualización de SparkyLinux provocó conflictos con la tarjeta gráfica GeForce. Busque una distribución de Linux que consumiera pocos recursos pero sin conflictos con la tarjeta gráfica Nvidia. Conseguí Mx Linux que traía un instalador para tarjetas gráficas Nvidia, pero luego de una actualización de nuevo los conflictos con la tarjeta gráfica Nvidia.

Estudié varias formas de instalar los driver Nvidia para Linux y malgaste mucho tiempo en esta tarea sin resultados satisfactorios hasta que opté por desintalar la tarjeta gráfica Nvidia para poder disfrutar de Linux.

Mx Linux es una distribución de peso medio y si bien la PC no era lenta tampoco era lo veloz que yo quería. Experimente con Q4OS y encontré lo que buscaba una distribución basada en Debian que hacía veloz a mi PC.

En ambas distribuciones pude configurar el antivirus ClamAV.

Como toda persona que se adentra en el mundo de Linux, quise experimentar con una distribución RPM y descargé e instalé el spin Fedora 39 xfce. Me gustó tanto la velocidad y el aspecto de esta distribución en mi PC, y quedé sorprendido por los pocos recursos que exige motivo por el cual no entiendo porqué no es recomendada para PC antiguas y con pocos recursos. Actualice a Fedora 40 y este es el resultado del comando Neofetch de mi PC.

Recomiendo para PC con pocos recursos las distribuciones Q4OS y Fedora 40 spins Fedora Xfce.