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The specific problem is: Active distributions composed entirely of free software (Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre, gNewSense, Guix System, LibreCMC, Musix GNU+Linux, Parabola GNU/Linux-libre, and Trisquel) need information in all sub categories, #General is complete. Please help improve this article if you can.
LinuxConsole – a lightweight distro on installable live CD (or USB) for old computers with a focus on youth and casual users. Linux From Scratch Live CD (live CD inactive) – used as a starting point for a Linux From Scratch installation; Nanolinux – 14 MB distro on an installable live CD with BusyBox and Fltk, for desktop computing
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DistroWatch is a website that provides news, distribution pages hit rankings, and other general information about various Linux distributions as well as other free software/open source Unix-like operating systems. It now contains information on several hundred distributions [1] and a few hundred distributions labeled as active. [2]
List of GNU/Linux distributions considered free by the Free Software Foundation; Google's approach to a large-scale live upgrading between two widely different Linux distributions: presentation and text version, LinuxCon 2013, by Marc Merlin; Rolling release vs. fixed release Linux, ZDNet, February 3, 2015, by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Whitson Gordon from Lifehacker wrote review about ArchBang in 2011: [15] ArchBang has all of that, without the arduous installation process. ArchBang, like most other Linux distributions, comes on a Live CD. Just boot it up, and you'll head straight into a desktop, from which you can try out the system or install it directly to your computer.
Elive is a non-commercial [1] Linux distribution based on Debian. It uses the Enlightenment desktop environment, offering a live DVD and a persistent USB image for 32- and 64-bit computers with Intel or AMD x86 processors.
A light-weight Linux distribution is a Linux distribution that uses lower memory and processor-speed requirements than a more "feature-rich" Linux distribution. The lower demands on hardware ideally result in a more responsive machine , and allow devices with fewer system resources (e.g. older or embedded hardware ) to be used productively.