Best 5 SMALLEST/Lightweight Linux Distros that are Super Lightweight!

Are you in possession of an old PC that's been gathering dust? Perhaps you have a small-capacity USB flash drive lying around that you'd like to put to use? You can repurpose both items by installing a super small Linex distribution on them. Installing a mini Linux distro is an excellent option because it requires fewer system resources compared to other alternatives, while still providing a complete operating system experience.
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#antix #oldlaptop #laptop #pc

[@edwardfletcher7790]

Antix is FANTASTIC.
I've been using it for over 10yrs on an old 400mhz EeePC Netbook and it's actually fast !

[@serafinaaranda8739]

What versión?

[@beickus]

yea it is good - put it in a thinkpad x61t

[@kalimeru2473]

I like Puppy Linux !

[@greenrocket23]

Thank you! I have been searching for a lighter distro to install on my PC. Hopefully now I will be able to make an informed decision.

[@rmcellig]

Excellent video!!! Fossapup along with the other puppy flavors as always been my go to distros. I LOVE using it. Many things in puppy are easier to set up than some of the major distros. I highly recommend puppy Linux!!!

[@ahmadanees4233]

What is the best version of puppy linux? I’m completely new to linux. I tried fossa but it was quite unstable and crashed on me multiple times. Then I tried vanilladpup. It did crash on me a few times but the thing I hated about it the most was the fact that it had nothing in its package manager. Can you guide me?

[@rmcellig]

I have been using fossapup as well as bookworm which is the debian version of puppy Linux. You might want to check out the UA-cam channel puppy_byte. It's an excellent channel.

[@rkenw996]

I like the Bionic Puppy version of Puppy

[@bennguyen1313]

Do any of the distros mentioned (tiny core, pupplylinux, slitaz, porteus, xfce, antix/iceWM) or others (slax, archbang, absolute linux, bodhi) come with 'ethtool'?
Just looking to do a quick mac address change and installing linux, even a minimal version on a vm, takes a while and gigs of space. Hoping just to keep a bare live cd around that can do ethtool.

[@dottyy7]

Porteus is the real deal. Man its fire!💪🌋🔥

[@freeT0watch]

We all want super lite but functional OS . That we can use for browsing and running simple apps like music and video player and and docs editing.
So i appreciate it if you can make a video abou that

[@itmall8325]

Would any of these OS have an RDP, for instance Remmina

[@FeelingShred]

so... hey we are in 2024... do we finally have a variant of Puppy Linux that comes with WINE pre-installed and working out of the gate?
and what are the linux distros that come with WINE pre-installed besides Zorin OS?

[@rmcellig]

So do I!

[@diydinhobr]

Hello Brow, I'm here with Linux Lite 6.2 LTS - ( Ubuntu based system ); It's Lightweight Linux Distros too, look there :
This PC comes with Intel Pentium D 3.3Ghz - 1 core - 2 threads - 4MB L2 Cache /
4GB Ram DDR2 800Mhz / Board 9265BL7 of one Lenovo ThinKCentre A55 /
nVidia G72 - GeForce 7300 GS 256MB - PCIe x16 slot - driver nouveau /
HD Sata Seagate 160GB ST3160815AS / with Linux Lite 6.2 LTS XFCE 4.16.0 -
Base Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) /
Kernel: 5.15.0-69 and it flows very well here... Tks for ALL !!!

[@kychemclass5850]

But what's it like using a browser with a couple of tabs open and watching a 720 video online? It's easy to get a distro operable on an old machine but can it be used alongside modern 'tasks' ?

[@diydinhobr]

@@kychemclass5850 This distro is light, current and modern, it can be used with several modern applications, as it uses a stable Kernel and the applications are the same as those that can be installed in Ubuntu, it just depends on the hardware on which it is installed. It works great for old PCs and also the latest ones like AMD Threadripper or i9 13th gen. Success out there!

[@diydinhobr]

@@kychemclass5850 Watching a 720p video in a browser needs a video card of at least 1GB and I usually do one activity at a time respecting the limits of the old hardware.

[@elalemanpaisa]

I wonder how this "I load all in ram an ciao" deal with kernel security updates

[@erjigit17]

Alpine.

[@hrk59]

Whats desktop use POrteus on the video?

[@Subh8081]

A fork of KDE - not the latest KDE 6, but KDE 4.

[@theretrometalman7157]

Which of these are Ubuntu/Debian based?

[@monotematico]

There are Puppy variants with apt

[@theretrometalman7157]

@@monotematico thanks I’ll try it tomorrow when I get home from work
I’ll keep you posted

[@cobanzoso1472]

There is antix

[@onman14]

If you're goint to use an AI to talk for you, why the hell would you choose the indian one??

[@rxkshan]

Lmao

[@AbdulGhani-vm6oq]

😂😂😂😂

[@roguerangerroger]

Makes it more believable guess