Lightweight Linux distribution
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Lightweight Linux distribution
 Lubuntu is described by its developers as light weight in comparison to Ubuntu |
A lightweight Linux distribution is a Linux distribution that uses relatively few resources. For example, Lubuntu, which requires a minimum of 128 MB of RAM and a Pentium II processor, is a lightweight variant of Ubuntu, which requires a 1 GHz processor and 1 GB of RAM.[1][2][3]
There is no accepted definition of what a lightweight distribution is. For instance, Paul Sherman of the Absolute Linux distribution defines "lightweight -- meaning 2 things: that it can run on older hardware and that the OS interface stays out of your way."[4]
Distributions described as lightweight
- Absolute Linux - Lightweight compared to its parent distribution Slackware[4][5]
- AntiX - Lightweight version of its parent distribution Mepis Linux, based on Debian stable.[6]
- BasicLinux - A very lightweight distribution capable of running on an Intel 386 and 3 MB of RAM[7][8]
- Bodhi Linux - A lightweight and minimalistic distribution, based on Ubuntu 10.04[9]
- Damn Small Linux - "Light enough to power a 486DX with 16MB of Ram"[10][11]
- Desktop Light Linux[citation needed]
- Lubuntu - Lightweight in comparison to Ubuntu[1]
- Porteus - It weighs in at under 300 MB, making it a lightweight contender[12]
- Puppy Linux - Lightweight relative to most other Linux distributions[13]
- SliTaz - 25 MB distribution [10]
- Tiny Core Linux - 12 MB distribution[14]
- xPud - 64 MB distribution[15]
- Wolvix- Lightweight compared to its parent distribution Slax[16]
- Xubuntu - Light weight in comparison to Ubuntu and Kubuntu[17]
See also
References
- ^ a b Lubuntu Developers (December 2010). "Lubuntu". http://lubuntu.net/. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
- ^ Behling, Mario (October 2010). "lubuntu 10.10 released". http://lubuntu.net/newsletter/lubuntu-1010-released. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
- ^ Canonical Ltd (October 2010). "Recommended Minimum System Requirements". https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
- ^ a b Sherman, Paul (December 2010). "Absolute Linux". http://www.absolutelinux.org/. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
- ^ DistroWatch (December 2010). "Absolute Linux". http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=absolute. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
- ^ "Main Page - antiX". Antix.mepis.org. http://antix.mepis.org. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
- ^ Keesan, Sindhi (October 2009). "BL on CF IDE drive". http://old.nabble.com/BL-on-CF-IDE-drive-td25683600.html. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ BasicLinux (undated). "BasicLinux". http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/baslinux/. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ Nitesh. "Bodhi Linux is a Lightweight Linux Distribution". Ubuntu Vibes. http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2011/01/bodhi-linux-is-lightweight-linux.html. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
- ^ a b Moparx (April 2008). "SliTaz: A light-weight GNU/Linux distribution". Linux Infusion. http://www.linuxinfusion.com/slitaz-a-light-weight-gnulinux-distribution. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
- ^ Damn Small Linux (undated). "What is DSL?". http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
- ^ Porteus (14 November 2010). "Why choose Porteus ? – IT IS PORTABLE". http://porteus.org/component/content/article/39-general-info/49-why-choose-porteus.html. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ Hell-Noire, Paul (July 2010). "Puppy Linux 5.0 Review – Lightweight, Fun, Fast!". Raymond. http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2010/07/08/puppy-linux-5-0-review-lightweight-fun-fast/. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
- ^ Lynch, Jim (July 2009). "Tiny Core Linux 2.1". Desktop Linux Reviews. http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/2009/07/01/tiny-core-linux-2-1/4/. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
- ^ "Xpud 0.92 review". http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/xpud-quick-booting-easy-64-mb-linux-distro-linux/. Retrieved October 2011.
- ^ Linton, Susan (March 2007). "A New Open Source Model?". DistroWatch. http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20070319. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
- ^ Siu, A.Y. (undated). "Installing Xfce on Ubuntu". Psychocats. http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/xubuntu. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
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