Pages: [1]

Author Topic: Lightweight OS?  (Read 2134 times)

0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic.

Offline Super_mario666

  • Knight
  • **
  • Posts: 160
  • Cookies: 7
  • Professional Badass
    • View Profile
Lightweight OS?
« on: September 24, 2012, 06:16:43 pm »
im look for a new distro of linux and i just need a lightweight version that doesn't take up that much space but that still has a few light program pre-installed on it like a GUI, browser, etc.

any suggestions?
Report to moderator   Logged
The Bigger they are...The more likely you'll get your ass kicked

Offline 2r

  • Serf
  • *
  • Posts: 28
  • Cookies: 3
    • View Profile
Re: Lightweight OS?
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2012, 06:22:15 pm »
I havent used it in ages, but DSL used to be pretty good.

Now I would recommend Fedora with LXDE, its lightweight, uses a lot less resources and is very fast.
Report to moderator   Logged
Conscious Code - Blog
"Statistical fact, cops will never pull over a real man with a huge bong in his car. Why? They fear this man, they know he sees further than they and will blind them with ancient logics."

Offline namespace7

  • Sir
  • ***
  • Posts: 561
  • Cookies: 115
  • My Brother's Keeper
    • View Profile
Re: Lightweight OS?
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2012, 07:11:02 pm »
archbang and crunchbang is quite lightweight. Not as lightweight as arch though.
Report to moderator   Logged
"A programmer’s greatest enemy isn’t the tools or the boss or the artists or the design or the legacy code or the third party code or the API or the OS. A programmer’s greatest enemy is getting stuck.
Therefore a crucial step to becoming a better programmer is learning how to avoid getting stuck, to recognize when you’re stuck, and to get unstuck." -Jeff Wofford

Offline techb

  • Soy Sauce Feeler
  • Global Moderator
  • King
  • *
  • Posts: 2350
  • Cookies: 345
  • Aliens do in fact wear hats.
    • View Profile
    • github
Re: Lightweight OS?
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2012, 04:20:18 am »
Angstrom? Lol, you never specified a target platform, so I'll go with Angstrom. WITH bootloader can fit on 256mb NAND flash.
Report to moderator   Logged
>>>import this
-----------------------------

Offline Live Wire

  • Knight
  • **
  • Posts: 189
  • Cookies: 4
  • Up on your Net
    • View Profile
Re: Lightweight OS?
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2012, 11:59:30 am »
A little larger, but still small. Puppy linux, or even mint.
Report to moderator   Logged
"There is no right or wrong, there is only fun and boring."

Offline Axon

  • VIP
  • King
  • *
  • Posts: 2047
  • Cookies: 319
    • View Profile
Re: Lightweight OS?
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2012, 12:37:19 am »
Report to moderator   Logged

Offline techb

  • Soy Sauce Feeler
  • Global Moderator
  • King
  • *
  • Posts: 2350
  • Cookies: 345
  • Aliens do in fact wear hats.
    • View Profile
    • github
Re: Lightweight OS?
« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2012, 12:52:01 am »
Quote from: Axon on September 26, 2012, 12:37:19 am
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/


^^This for desktop/laptop stuff. I had DSL running as a media server on an old ass tower for the longest time.
Report to moderator   Logged
>>>import this
-----------------------------

Offline lucid

  • #Underground
  • Titan
  • **
  • Posts: 2683
  • Cookies: 243
  • psychonaut
    • View Profile
Re: Lightweight OS?
« Reply #7 on: September 26, 2012, 06:42:29 am »
I've had that installed in Virtualbox before. There's also puppy linux
Report to moderator   Logged
"Hacking is at least as much about ideas as about computers and technology. We use our skills to open doors that should never have been shut. We open these doors not only for our own benefit but for the benefit of others, too." - Brian the Hacker

Quote
15:04  @Phage : I'm bored of Python

Offline Ullen

  • Peasant
  • *
  • Posts: 65
  • Cookies: 5
  • I may be down, but i'm not out!!
    • View Profile
Re: Lightweight OS?
« Reply #8 on: September 26, 2012, 11:01:27 am »

Porteus is protable and its fast and small. Try it

http://porteus.org/
Report to moderator   Logged
"The only real wisdom is knowing you know nothing"

th3g00n

  • Guest
Re: Lightweight OS?
« Reply #9 on: September 26, 2012, 01:46:56 pm »
Lubuntu is light weight and debian based
http://lubuntu.net
Report to moderator   Logged

Offline namespace7

  • Sir
  • ***
  • Posts: 561
  • Cookies: 115
  • My Brother's Keeper
    • View Profile
Re: Lightweight OS?
« Reply #10 on: September 27, 2012, 12:30:22 am »
Almost forgot to mention the smallest linux on Earth (as far as I know):
http://www.toms.net/rb/

:)
Have fun.
Report to moderator   Logged
"A programmer’s greatest enemy isn’t the tools or the boss or the artists or the design or the legacy code or the third party code or the API or the OS. A programmer’s greatest enemy is getting stuck.
Therefore a crucial step to becoming a better programmer is learning how to avoid getting stuck, to recognize when you’re stuck, and to get unstuck." -Jeff Wofford

Offline aaorato

  • NULL
  • Posts: 1
  • Cookies: 0
    • View Profile
Re: Lightweight OS?
« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2012, 08:04:07 pm »
Lots of stuff packed into 30MB
http://www.slitaz.org/en/get/


I've been using it since when it was 1
Report to moderator   Logged

Offline Kulverstukas

  • Administrator
  • Zeus
  • *
  • Posts: 6627
  • Cookies: 542
  • Fascist dictator
    • View Profile
    • My blog
Re: Lightweight OS?
« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2012, 08:22:40 pm »
God damn Puppy linux. I fucking love that distro. Very small, portable, fast as a rabbit fuck and with many, MANY tools and programs. Fits on my 2GB flash where I keep my documents and other stuff, and I still have more than half of drive space to use!!
« Last Edit: October 03, 2012, 10:22:17 pm by Kulverstukas »
Report to moderator   Logged

Offline Live Wire

  • Knight
  • **
  • Posts: 189
  • Cookies: 4
  • Up on your Net
    • View Profile
Re: Lightweight OS?
« Reply #13 on: October 03, 2012, 09:45:57 pm »
Quote from: Kulverstukas on October 03, 2012, 08:22:40 pm
God damn Puppy linux. I fucking love that distro. Very small, portable, fast as a rabbit fuck and with many, MANY tools and programs. Fits on my 1GB flash where I keep my documents and other stuff, and I still have more than half of drive space to use!!

sweet, I was actually right about something for once  :)
Report to moderator   Logged
"There is no right or wrong, there is only fun and boring."
Pages: [1]