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Lightweight Linux

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[edit] Under 50Mb

Distros under 50Mb fit onto a Mini CD.

  • DamnSmallLinux - (<50Mb) popular distro using Knoppix hardware recognition. Based on 2.4.x kernel (puppy uses 2.6.x) Also has good way of running programs using .uci .unc
  • Austrumi - (<50Mb) Austrumi is a business card size bootable live CD Linux distribution based on Slackware.
  • Mitrax - (<50Mb) MitraX is live distro based on Slackware
  • Luit - (<50Mb) with Xfce

[edit] Under 128Mb

  • Puppy Linux - (83Mb) see also teenpup, tmxxine, muppy and pizzapup.
  • DamnSmallLinux-Not - (84Mb) popular distro using Knoppix hardware recognition with Abiword and Gnumeric.
  • DeLi - (<128Mb) Desktop Light
  • SLAX Popcorn Edition- (<128Mb) **Quite good**, It's a smaller version of SLAX
  • FeatherLinux - (<128Mb) **not as good**, a Knoppix based distro, can't boot off read-only sticks

[edit] Under 256Mb

  • Slax - (~200Mb) Distro based on Slackware using KDE
  • Runt- (~200Mb); future development is uncertain
  • Featherweight- (<250Mb). based on Feather Linux. The goal is to be a full featured Linux that isn't bloated.
  • Flash Linux- (<256Mb) Gentoo-based, initially designed to run off of a 256Mb USB key.
  • AliXe (278Mb) - Slax based
  • Kanotix CpxMini- (230Mb) **quite good** but 250 MB, "toram" boot option runs off ram-disk.

[edit] Under 700Mb

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