michelinus
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Hello to all guys, I wanted to ask your opinion about what the linux os less heavy to install on my pc, you have any idea? :smile:
In your opinion, what is the linux os less heavy in the world?
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strokerace
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It all depends on the distro. I use the live cd version of Backtracks for security audits. I have also used Ubunto that also has a live version so, nothing to install. I boot off of my usb thumb drive.
kodonokami
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I recommend to use debian and gnome interface or another, however there linux ah well light as the puppy already quoted, and "dawn small linux" and some lighter still as "tiny core" that runs on very old machines with only 50mb of ram and hd 200mb kkkk
michelinus
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strokerace
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Here is the thing with lighter distro's. They have next to nothing installed. You will have to add things that you want to use and may need to update things.
As for Kali, I recommend staying away from it. Its buggy and crashes a lot. It has too many young kids trying to make it l33t and it doesn't work. It was a replacement for Backtracks, but failed big time. Its more like windows then an actual linux distro.
As for Kali, I recommend staying away from it. Its buggy and crashes a lot. It has too many young kids trying to make it l33t and it doesn't work. It was a replacement for Backtracks, but failed big time. Its more like windows then an actual linux distro.
michelinus
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strokerace said:
@strokerace
And Kali is also very heavy, I'm looking for a lightweight distro that you can put in an old pc, on live because the hard drive is dead. What do you think of elementary os?
It is all about the graphic desktop, Kali, backtrack and ubuntu uses gnome, but I invite you to try Lubuntu http://lubuntu.net/
Which to is the lightest desktop, and it is still simple to use.
Last year there was a even lighter and better distro called #! http://crunchbang.org/, but the proyect died :sorry:
Which to is the lightest desktop, and it is still simple to use.
Last year there was a even lighter and better distro called #! http://crunchbang.org/, but the proyect died :sorry:
strokerace
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michelinus said:
It doesn't matter how old the the computer is. You are using live with no install. I am using it on an 8 year old laptop.
All live distro's will work as they need a min of 256 megs of ram.
Elementary is garbage.
_Hoh_ said:
Its not about the lightness in the desktop. They are interested in light over all. Gnome is also heavier then KDE in my opinion
T.Kawabata
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I am using puppy linux and archlinux. Both are good. Puppy linux is very compact but if you want to various things, sometimes it may be suitable. Archlinux is very flexible and you can setup one by one , then you can avoid to install unnecessary modules at all . I personally recommend it.
smalpierre
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Gentoo if you can get it installed and configured. Nothing extra whatsoever, you install only what you want.
I've heard good things about Arch, but I haven't used it. Debian is light enough depending on what you install. I use Debian / KDE on desktop, Debian / XFCE if it's got to be light.
I've heard good things about Arch, but I haven't used it. Debian is light enough depending on what you install. I use Debian / KDE on desktop, Debian / XFCE if it's got to be light.
jbjenterprises
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Yozora said:
I like Puppy Linux because it is portable. When you think about it, how many applications do you use that actually require you to have a full-install of an OS?
TS, try this http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ 
michelinus said:
To get a helpful answer you should give enough details when asking your question. In this case, you're asking about the most lightweight Linux distro. but you didn't tell us what exactly are you going to do with it?... A desktop, a server, a firewall etc..... If we get pass that by assuming that you're after a desktop, then again what are the specs of your PC?...
Anyway, I'm a long time adopter of RedHat/Fedora both as servers and desktops. My current Fedora 23 (latest version) runs on modest specs: P4 3.2GHz with1.5GB RAM, and I have an older Fedora version (16) running comfortably inside a VMware VM with 750MB of RAM.
There may be 'thinner' offshoots of the 4/5 main Linux distros, but it's been a long long time that I've made my choice.... so never looked outside RHEL/Centos/Fedora since they came into being and don't have any plan to change that.
For a lightweight Linux operating system I believe you must try the Ubuntu Deriavatives Xubuntu and Lubuntu as they both are known to pump life into aging old systems with hardware not capable of running conventional Operating systems such as Windows and/or heavier linux kernals such as Debian, Ubuntu Stable and Fedora.
Greetings
Of course there are always Puppy, Damn Small Linux, and similar projects (you could search for them on distrowatch!) - but in case you're wondering, there's something ELSE. There are ASM (assembler) based operating systems; that weights as little as 1.44 megabytes (1 floppy drive!) and has GUI and coding IDE, some small 3D games and more! These OS are:
* Menuet OS
* Kolibri OS
There's also a pick of other small operating systems, such as:
* Haiku
* React OS
* MINIX
* RISC OS
They are in some sort similar to linux and interesting to learn. PM me if you have any questions & good luck!
Of course there are always Puppy, Damn Small Linux, and similar projects (you could search for them on distrowatch!) - but in case you're wondering, there's something ELSE. There are ASM (assembler) based operating systems; that weights as little as 1.44 megabytes (1 floppy drive!) and has GUI and coding IDE, some small 3D games and more! These OS are:
* Menuet OS
* Kolibri OS
There's also a pick of other small operating systems, such as:
* Haiku
* React OS
* MINIX
* RISC OS
They are in some sort similar to linux and interesting to learn. PM me if you have any questions & good luck!
travismailsa
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michelinus said:
Personally i like Ubuntu and Mint