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  2. Light-weight Linux distribution - Wikipedia

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    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

  3. Comparison of Linux distributions - Wikipedia

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    The table below shows the default file system, but many Linux distributions support some or all of ext2, ext3, ext4, Btrfs, ReiserFS, Reiser4, JFS, XFS, GFS2, OCFS2, and NILFS. It is possible to install Linux onto most of these file systems. The ext file systems, namely ext2, ext3, and ext4 are based on the original Linux file system.

  4. System requirements - Wikipedia

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    The most common set of requirements defined by any operating system or software application is the physical computer resources, also known as hardware, A hardware requirements list is often accompanied by a hardware compatibility list (HCL), especially in case of operating systems. An HCL lists tested, compatible, and sometimes incompatible ...

  5. Puppy Linux - Wikipedia

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    Puppy Linux is a family of light-weight Linux distributions that focus on ease of use [6] and minimal memory footprint.The entire system can be run from random-access memory (RAM) with current versions generally taking up about 600 MB (64-bit), 300 MB (32-bit), allowing the boot medium to be removed after the operating system has started.

  6. Tiny Core Linux - Wikipedia

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    Tiny Core Linux (TCL) is a minimal Linux kernel based operating system focusing on providing a base system using BusyBox and FLTK. It was developed by Robert Shingledecker, who was previously the lead developer of Damn Small Linux .

  7. Lubuntu - Wikipedia

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    Lubuntu (/ l ʊ ˈ b ʊ n t uː / luu-BUUN-too) [1] is a lightweight Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that uses the LXQt desktop environment in place of GNOME.Lubuntu was originally touted as being "lighter, less resource hungry and more energy-efficient", but now aims to be "a functional yet modular distribution focused on getting out of the way and letting users use their computer".

  8. SliTaz - Wikipedia

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    SliTaz GNU/Linux 1.0 is not just another small desktop distro; it is, in fact, the smallest by some margin and just half the size of Damn Small Linux. When it runs, the 25 MB compressed CD image expands to about 80 MB, so any computer with 128 MB of RAM will be able to load it fully into memory, ensuring blazing fast program execution.

  9. Debian - Wikipedia

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    Before Debian's release, the Softlanding Linux System (SLS) had been a popular Linux distribution and the basis for Slackware. [17] Murdock was motivated to launch a new distribution by what he saw as poor maintenance and the prevalence of bugs in SLS. [18] Debian 0.01, released on September 15, 1993, was the first of several internal releases ...