[Request] lightweight distro

posted 1 year ago

heehaw@lemmy.ml

linux@lemmy.ml

55 commentshide report

For a old laptop with Intel atom processor and I think 2gb ram.

Sort:

Hot Top Controversial New Old

You are viewing a single thread.

View all comments

[ - ]

CAPSLOCKFTW@feddit.de

29 points

1 year ago

Might be overkill (or underkill), but Tiny Core Linux is the most lightweight I know. While having an up to date kernel (6.1.2) and glibc (2.3.6).

What are the minimum requirements? An absolute minimum of RAM is 46mb. TC won’t boot with anything less, no matter how many terabytes of swap you have. Microcore runs with 28mb of ram. The minimum cpu is i486DX (486 with a math processor). A recommended configuration: Pentium 2 or better, 128mb of ram + some swap

permalink

report

[ - ]

pastermil@sh.itjust.works

3 points

1 year ago

Okay, yeah that’s a bit much lol

permalink

report

parent

[ - ]

intelati@programming.dev

1 point

1 year ago

I want to daily driver this for fun for a while. Only problem, just installed Arch, so I need to wait a bit

permalink

report

parent

Linux

!linux@lemmy.ml

Create post

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word “Linux” in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
No misinformation
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, etc

[Request] lightweight distro

Linux

!linux@lemmy.ml

Rules

Related Communities

Community stats

Community moderators