lightweight Linux distributions to compile a kernel lightweight Linux distributions More than once we've wondered what to do with an old computer, where resources are poor for the voracious operating systems and programs that are in today. Also, we want something quick, allure, complete, and that allows us to do almost anything.
On these computers, Linux is a safe bet, not only for costs, but also for reliability, stability and guarantee of success.
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relationship commitment outlined here and little-known distributions which are targeted specifically to computers from a 486 to the current equipment, although more powerful distributions discussed here can run on a Pentium II with only 64MB RAM. Some of these distributions are pulled only from CD, USB or Flash card, while others also can be installed on the hard disk.
Most of them have a graphical environment with network support, internet and a minimum number of utilities, such as office, chat, email, graphic design, programming, etc.
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[muLinux] muLinux is a minimalist version of Linux, which just takes up! DOS MEGAS!. You can download addons and extend the operating system: Extensions server (Samba, Smail ,...), Workstation extensions (mutt, ssh, PGP, ...), XWindow (VGA-16, fvwm95, Afterstep, WM2) VNC, gcc (make, nasm, lex & yacc, Fortran, Pascal), TCL / TK, Perl and support libc6, Wine, dosemu, Java Virtual Machine (Kaffe compiler, sshd), Netscape ... You can run into RAM from CD or hard disk cloning. There is also an ISO that can be booted from a CD that includes XFCE, Netscape, GTK + and GNOME, Gimp, OpenOffice, etc. Obviously, it requires more space, memory and resources.
[Damn Small Linux] Incredible
distribution occupies only 50MB, and can boot from a CD, a USB or Flash card. It can operate with a considerable speed even on a 486 computer with 16MB RAM. It has a graphical desktop interface FluxBox, not lack anything: repdroductor multimedia, FTP client, web browser, mailer, instant messaging, word processing, spreadsheet, text editor, image viewer, PDF viewer, system monitoring, games and more.
[Feather Linux] This distribution is intended to boot from CD's or flash drives under 128MB. It is based on Knoppix (Debian based). Despite being small is very, very complete. Includes Kernel 2.4.27, Abiword, SIAG, Dillo, Firefox, Captive-NTFS, gaim, ethereal, vim, Sylpheed, XMMS and plugins, Imposter, IceWM, wavplay, mpg321, FreeNX, John the Ripper, Tcl, qemu, kismet, abcde, macchanger, screen, paketto, ogg123 and Other Ogg Vorbis tools, AxyFTP, FireFTP, rox-filer, cdrecord, mkisofs, rdesktop, tcpdump, parted, partimage, xfsprogs, Rhapsody, didiwiki, torsmo, GNUpod, GRUB, dsniff, aircrack, madwifi, dnsmasq, foremost, antiword, e2undel, iftop, bbpager, utelnetd, minicom, index, gpart, socat, traceroute, SciTE, prozilla, Midnight Commander, Samba, elmo, tmsnc, apsfilter, gmplayer, mount.app, chntpw, tinycc, nano, Xzgv, Xpdf, naim, hdparm, usbview, index, recoverdm, mtr, cdparanoia, betaftpd, Chipmunk Basic, gqcam, e3, lua, cdparanoia, giFTcurs, mtools, emelfm2, vncdec, elhttp, quagga, ettercap, wavemon, iptables, recover, amap, hping2, cabextract, splitvt, pciutils, LinNeighborhood, nmap and nmapfe, portmap and nfs-common, aumix, CTorrent, VNCviewer, sqlite, SSH and SCP, DHCP client, xtdesktop, PPP and PPPoE support, NTFS resize support resize support, an RSS reader, stress, cpuburn, Monkey web server, XCalc, Fluxbox, evilwm, XBase applications and several standard tools and system console.
[Slax] Magnificent
distribution occupies about 190MB and booting from CD, USB or hard disk, allowing the configuration via online store. It is based on Slackware, and only need a computer 486 (or higher) with 36MB of RAM to boot (96MB for X with fluxbox, 144MB to 328MB to run KDE or completely from memory.) Includes Kernel 2.6, ALSA sound drivers, support for WiFi cards, Fluxbox, KDE 3.5, Abiword, Gaim, Firefox, Flash, Wine, Qemu, MySQL, network and internet tools, XVid, Samba, MPlayer, KOffice, games, etc. .
[GoblinX mini] light distribution, which occupies only 150MB. Includes XFCE, Abiword, Firefox, Gaim, Gcalctool, Gdhcpd, Gimp, Gnumeric, HardInfo, Urlgfe, Xmms, GnomeBaker, Xpdf, etc.. Is launched from CD (Live CD)
[Lamppix] This distribution is specially designed Web Developer. Includes MySQL, PostgreSQL, PHP, Apache. There are two versions: one with the XFCE environment (about 200MB) and a mini (about 150MB), which consumes very few resources to use Fluxbox and Firefox.
[XFLD] XFLD complete distribution is used to demonstrate the qualities of the XFCE environment, a graphical interface very similar to KDE, but uses very little resources. XFLD includes XFCE4.4, OpenOffice, Gimp, Firefox, Thunderbird, Abiword, Wireshark, Pidgin, Ruby, Python, Perl, gcc, gnumeric, gxine, vim, etc.
[Xubuntu] XFCE4 version of Ubuntu and Kubuntu, whose interface is very similar to KDE, but consumes far less recursos.Puede be executed on Live from the CD, or install on your hard disk. It is a complete operating system, ideal for Pentium II or higher computers, automatically detecting any device such as USB ports, CDROM, PCMCIA, network, etc. You can browse the internet (Firefox), writing emails (Thunderbird), chat (Gaim), navigate the file system, use a full office suite (Abiword and gnumeric), calendar (Orage), music (Xfmedia), see movies (Xfmedia), edit images (The Gimp), burn CD's (xfburn), etc. You can use in Castilian.
[Vector Linux] Full distrución XFCE4 interfaces Linux, Fluxbox and Icewnd. Includes Firefox, Dillo, Gaim, XChat, MPlayer, Flash, Acrobat Reader, Abiword, XView, GQView, XMMS, etc. The deluxe version includes many more applications, like OpenOffice, Apache, MySQL, Gimp, etc.
[Zenwalk] A distribution to take into account, since there are four versions to suit your needs. Use XFCE 4.4, you can surf the Internet, manage email, listening to music, watch videos, programming in C, Perl, Python, Ruby, etc., scan, print, office, image editing, games, etc. You can use it in Castilian.
[Dreamlinux] Distribution based on Debian, which uses the XFCE interface 4.4, and has two versions, one specifically focused on design and multimedia, including OpenOffice, GIMPshop, Inkscape, Blender 3D , gxine, Mplayer, DV Kino, Avidemux, GnomeBaker, Audacity, etc. Can be booted from CD or installed on the hard disk. Castilian language support. You can browse the internet (Firefox with plugins for Java, Flash, audio, video, etc.), Manage email, chat (aMSN), read PDF files (Evince), organize your tasks and calendar (Orage), office (OpenOffice), music (XMMS and gxine) audio editing (Audacity), exta audio tracks from CDs (Grip) burn audio CDs (Gnomebaker) videos from a digital camera (Kino), video editing (Avidemux), copy DVD's (XdvdShrink), play any multimedia (MPlayer, etc.).
[SAM Linux] Totally complete distribution using the interface and the 3D interface XFCE4.4 Beryl + Emerald. Includes: OpenOffice, Abiword, Gnumeric, Orage, Firefox, Opera, Gaim, Xchat, gftp, Skype, VNC, putty, mplayer, gxine, xmms, Grip, GnomeBaker, RealPlayer, TV Time, Gimp, evince, FLPhoto, GQView, XSane, games, security tools, Wine, BlueFish, etc.
[Kate] Complete and interesting target distribution that comes by default with XFCE environment, but can add modules to use Gnome or KDE. You may, at its most basic, run from a 486 computer with 32MB RAM and 300MB hard disk. It is very intuitive and easy to use and install. Includes KDE 2.6, gcc, Python, Perl, Ruby, Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice, XFCE4.4, Xorg, Gimp, Inkscape, gxine, MPlayer, Apache, Subversion, BlueFish, Wine, Xchat, Orage, etc.
[Austrumi] A very light distribution (50MB) based on Slackware, you can boot from a CD and requires very little machine (a Pentium CPU and 128 MB RAM). Is based on the Enlightenment window manager, and includes: gimageview, gimp, inkscape, gcalctool, abiword, gnumeric, StarDict, bluefish, gv (pdf viewer) client samba, gputty, vqcc-gtk (chat), firefox, xchat, gitmail, apache, vsftpd, xmail, mplayer, simplecdrx ("burner" of CD's), sweep (audio editor), games and more.
[Puppy Linux] light version that boots from CD, USB or hard disk. The desktop environment can be Icewnd, Fluxbox or XFCE. Includes Firefox, Sylpheed, Amaya, Bluefish, Gaim, Abiword, Gnumeric, Quisp, OpenOffice, etc.
[eLiveCD] Debian-based distribution, suitable for old computers with few resources (100Mhz CPU and RAM 64). You can do everything: office, internet, video editing, multimedia playback, games, music and more. The graphical environment is based on Enlightenment, a window light, fast and friendly. At first glance it seems to be making a donation to download it, but at the bottom of the page is a link for slow downloads (
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[BasicLinux] very minimalistic Linux distribution, basad in Slackware, you can get by on a computer 386, and only requires a 4MB ramdisk, but can be installed on hard drive . You can boot from DOS or Windows.
You can browse the Internet, manage email, downloading files. Although it is basic, you can add the packages you want, you can even add a graphic environment.
[Fluxbuntu] Ubuntu LiveCD distribution with FluxBox graphical environment, allowing guaranteed on older computers. Includes Rox (file manager), Dillo (web browser), evince (PDF viewer), Curl and Downloader for X (for file downloads), gqview (image viewer), xfi (image viewer), Abiword (word processing texts), rtorrent (P2P download torrent) xCHM (chm viewer (supports)), etc.
[GParted] Curiosa LiveCD distribution with Gnome environment, which is specially designed to manage hard disk partitions. There is also a version to boot from a flash drive or USB key. Occupies only 45MB.
[BackTrack] Distribution particularly targeting security. His multitude of tools allow you to audit hard drives and networks, "sniffing" and crack networks of all kinds and remote systems, discovering vulnerabilities and security flaws, and add protection to these systems.
[Guadalinex Mini] minimalist version of the prestigious distribution of Andalusia, which can run on a Pentium 100 with 32 MB of RAM. No documentation or access close at hand so to speak. Just a forum for developers.