Are we lightweight? Let's ask the Internet.

[Artim]

As a general rule in Linux, "newbie friendliness" and system speed are considered almost mutually exclusive,  To get more of one, you sacrifice the other by degrees.  That has been considered an axiom in Linux for many years.

Linux Lite generally disproves that axiom!  Rather than just assume that speed is lost when adding "newbie friendliness,"  Linux Lite thinks differently:  Why not both?  Most developers would say it can't be done, since previous efforts in other distros have demonstrated the truth of that "axiom."  I'm not sure how, but Linux Lite largely defies that rule and offers greater speed than many others along with some of the best "newbie friendly" tools available.