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I just tried Ubuntu OS Desktop arm processor version.
Installed it to SD card.
Booted on a Raspberry Pi 400

I thought I was using my Android based phone.
A lot of stuff seemed the same as it is on my phone.

This thing was about 8GB in size, after it completed the install.
Fast, it was not!
Everything you tried to run, took 5 to 10 seconds to start, and open up in a window.

Any of the Puppy versions for a Raspberry Pi, work fast, as they do on a regular x86 computer.
Same SD card install.

I agree. Ubuntu Desktop is too slow and clumsy for any serious work, even in a Pi4 with 4+GB RAM.

Puppy runs very well, although the range of software I found limiting. Anybody else care to comment on this ??

I now run TwisterOS, ( or MX-Fluxbox ). Both really build on the basic raspbian OS, adding their own Desktop and other features. They are lightning fast, offer a huge range of options for software and an easy to use desktop experience which can be easily configured (especially TwisterOS).

Best of all, I can run a selection of Windows applications under WINE as part of Box86 which comes with Pi-Apps, which is very easily setup under TwisteOS. Yeh, its a lot of layers, but it does work, mostly. FYI, Box86 has been around a couple of years, but has only been part of Pi-Apps since late 2020.

Meanwhile, I just installed Linux Mint Xfce Edition on my ThinkPad and it works pretty good so far. I might use it as a daily driver, but here's the thing: my ThinkPad X140e is pretty old, so I might use Puppy again eventually.

Anyway, did you try Ubuntu MATE on your Pi 400? Because I wonder if you tried vanilla Ubuntu or something.
Otherwise, I would guess it's gonna run a bit slow anyhow.

When I mention Puppy to most linux folk I get called a minimalist. Maybe true, but if waiting 5-10 sec for apps to start is the norm in big distros, give me Puppy anyday.