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I'm looking for a linux distro that has the following:
- Be as light as possible. I won't be using it as my main OS, it's just for testing purposes.
- Can be loaded in Virtual Box without installing (Dream Studio allowed this).
- Have a UI and automaticaly plugs a USB drive. I had a bad experience mounting/unmounting drives in Ubuntu Server.
- Supports python 2/3.
- Allows me to write/test my programs.
If you know any that fits my purposes please let me know.
Thanks in advance.
The lightest I can think of of the top are puppy linux, crunchbang, or damn small linux.
Whether any of these support the python you'll need IDK.
Thanks. Precisely what I was looking for.
Btw, what would you suggest?
SliTaz is also very, very light. Only 30mb.
30mb? Wow, now that is light.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dlambert
A little less than 35Mb, my bad. :)
Hi prostudent.
If you want to go extra hardcore light with still with a GUI, try TinyCore (12Mb).
Regards.
Personally, I like Puppy. Mainly because it has worked on every system I've thrown it on. Also because they offer different versions, one based on slackware, I believe, another based on ubuntu-lucid(though that might be dated knowledge)
I think the tiny,small distro market is far more competitive than the feature-full market.
Even the United States Department of Defense has a lightweight distro.
WOW! I didn't know that!Quote:
Originally Posted by deadflowr
:) Thanks for the link!