Are we lightweight? Let's ask the Internet.

[m654321]

For me, lightweight = able to run effectively with low-powered CPUs.
In this regard, my personal criterion for deciding if a distro is lightweight is whether it's capable of running effectively (i.e. without noticeable lag) on a machine with a single-core (dual-threaded) Intel Atom CPU. The hardware at my disposal for this test, is a 10" Samsung netbook N145 (Intel [email protected]; 2GB RAM) - see signature below.

LL2.8 32-bit/64-bit = definitely lightweight and runs very well on this machine, which I use mainly while on my travels, listening to downloaded podcasts and music files stored on its SSD. I wonder what the risk is, in continuing to use LL2.8 on this machine (for these uses) even though this edition is no longer officially supported ? 

Outside LL2.8, running well on an intel [email protected], there isn't a huge amount of choice.
Distros with a Debian base are the main ones, as 32-bit is still ongoing with many of these, with AntiX, being a real gem - I've tried it & it's a great little distro in many respects. For the Intel Atom, I've also tried Manjaro & Slitaz. MJ works (see signature) but is laggy & overbloated. Slitaz (independent base) has some great features, but is too much trouble (very buggy, lots of apps not working properly, recurrent problems with dependencies, panel disappearing at will etc, insufficient info for newbies, etc).

Well that's my tupenny's worth ...