1. Lubuntu
Lubuntu is fast, lighweight distro based on Ubuntu and comes installed with the LXDE desktop environment. Because it’s based on Ubuntu, you can install programs from Ubuntu’s software repositories. It is intended to have low system requirements and is designed primarily for older PCs.
Windows users will find Lubuntu familiar due to its easy to use desktop interface.
2. Puppy Linux
Puppy Linux is one of the best Lightweight Linux distros available. It uses JWM and Openbox window managger by deafult. Puppy has a number of really good applications with small footprints.
This distro takes very little resources to run on an old machine, and takes very little space, if you choose to install it. It can directly boot from RAM. You can even save your files and customizations to the USB drive containing Puppy Linux
Website: puppylinux.com
3.Tiny Core
Tiny Core is one of the most lightweight Linux distros, only 16 MB, which was forked from Damn Small project but now it’s developed independently. It comes with FLTK/FKWM and BusyBox desktop by deafult. The core runs entirely in memory and boots very quickly
Tiny Core is one of the most lightweight Linux distros, only 16 MB, which was forked from Damn Small project but now it’s developed independently. It comes with FLTK/FKWM and BusyBox desktop by deafult. The core runs entirely in memory and boots very quickly
Three types of edition are available Core (11mb), Tiny Core(16mb), and CorePlus(106mb)
Perfect for any old computer.
Website: tinycorelinux.net
Others lightweight linux distro:
antiX website: antix.mepis.org
Slitaz website: Slitaz.org
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