This lightweight Linux distro I tried can run on older machines - but looks modern

Waydog is a lightweight Debian "Trixie"-based Linux distribution that uses the Wayland compositor and offers two desktop environments (Labwc for mouse-driven users and Sway for keyboard-centric tiling). The article evaluates Waydog's modern aesthetic and performance on older hardware, notes visual glitches and screen tearing observed in a virtual machine, and recommends trying Waydog on spare hardware while acknowledging it appears to still be early in development.