Cut down Linux + customisable X windows

[Chris Robinson]

Definitely have a look at Lubuntu.  It's an extremely light 'buntu that will typically use less than 100Mb at boot but does not require any Linux knowledge to get working on most hardware.  It has all the usual things we now take for granted - hardware support, package management, automated updates and access to the maintained repositories.  It will feel a lot more minimal compared to Ubuntu but does what you need it to do.

For a completely cut down Linux I think people should be looking to something like Tiny Core:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/welcome.html
which is still happily in continued development.  It's very bare bones at around 12MB and is a very interesting project.  Most people think of DSL (Damn Small Linux) when they talk about a minimal LInux distro, but Tiny Core is made by the same person after the originators of DSL had a falling out.  Given that Tiny Core is in continued development (currently 3.0.3 kernel) and DSL has stagnated (kernel 2.4.31) I'm rather surprised that more people don't know about it.  Tiny core is very easy to get working thanks to the installer but to add any hardware support (3G, specialised laptop hardware) will require you to configure it yourself.  It's impressive to see it boot, since it boots up almost as fast as the bootloader itself.

Chris



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 From: Scott Boyle <sjboyle at gmail.com>
To: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com 
Sent: Thursday, 9 February 2012 9:17 AM
Subject: Cut down Linux + customisable X windows
 

Hi all,
  Very new to the list so I am sorry if this is a repeat topic (if it is could you point me to an archive). I have been dreaming of a linux disto that is bare bones (but not so much to make it difficult to use as I am new to linux) one that doesnot come with all the bells and whistles and 30 apps for the same functionality, I want an OS that I need to add the applications for what I want to do. Also I would like to be able to have a highly cusomisable X windos application so I can completely change the look and feel to how I would like. I am hoping there is something out there for me, if not I am willing to start a project to roll my own but I would rather not reinvent the wheel if there is already a wheel that fits.

Scott Boyle

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