Questions tagged [small-distribution]
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Run small Linux in RAM to provision a custom node image
We need to provision bare metal machines with custom node images. The bare metal machine provider has an API for booting the machine via iPXE. But no other APIs exist to provision a custom image. ...
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I need a Linux GUI distro which is lightweight and supports Python 3.7+
I am in search of a Linux "GUI" distro which also has python the distro must be under these criterion: 1. Be able to run on Virtual Box 2. ISO under 250mb 3. Total OS disk space: below 2.5gb ...
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Is Desktop Manager compiled with kernel in iso distribution files
I'm trying to see the process of redistributing a linux distribution. I was wondering if all the components are compiled with the kernel or kernel is seperated from components like is Desktop Manager ...
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Small Linux distro with GRUB2 as its boot loader?
I usually install GRUB2 on its own partition. This is because I consider all my OSs to be peers. No one of them should own the boot loader. Any one OS can be removed and the others would still boot....
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OpenBSD - Reduce the Base Install Size for Smaller Systems
I recently tried to install OpenBSD to my Soekris net4526, but the 64MB onboard storage is too small. Is there any way to make OpenBSD smaller, because even the smallest configuration (bsd and baseXX....
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Small CLI-only distribution based on Arch or Debian
I've looked at a lot of topics that look like what I'm looking for but aren't quite what I want. To give you some context, my ultimate goal is to have a Vagrant box that can compile some C code and ...
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Best small distro for ROM burning of the system for an embedded system
I am building a specific device and I would like to know what Linux based small distribution would be good when I would choose the put-Linux-on-the-ROM route, so, that the system is not possible to ...
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What is the most basic version of Linux with a package-manager? [closed]
I'm starting a project where all I really want is a shell with apt-get or something similar. I've searched for small distros, and there are plenty, but I don't need any GUI other than command line. ...
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