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I feel like the very moment we go for any linux aimed at being lightweight, windows loses due to cramming cramming as much compatibility and tools as is possible inside.
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...and also you got me intrested in AntiX. I have old laptop that struggles even with Debian...wonder if that would work on it.
AntiX is a great choice for lightweight and easy.
However, I find even the most fully-loaded out-of-the-box distros crammed with everything including the kitchen sink are still lighter to run than windows.
But if even modern AntiX is too much for some ancientware, there are weirder niches of tiny & fast, like tinycore, slitaz, puppy (or forks of puppy), deli and damnsmalllinux (old versions especially), and others for old computers
Even debian (or (better yet) devuan) could work well on wimpy hardware with a clever choice of a lightweight DE/WM, like LXDE or IceWM... (but if you opt for IceWM, you may as well stick with AntiX, where it has IceWM already well configured). Don't have to stick with the old heavy bloaters like XFCE (not as light as promoted), GNOME, KDE, etc.