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Old 03-07-2007, 04:40 AM   #1
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tiny linux distro's


i was wondering if there are any browser only distros out there, a tiny one where it just needs to beable to open web pages, no word or anything. is there?
 
Old 03-07-2007, 06:08 AM   #2
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Linux is very configurable, was more so than Windows, so with any distribution you can choose to install as many or as few programs as you like. Most have very user friendly installations to help you with this!

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Old 03-07-2007, 06:24 AM   #3
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Try:
Slax
Puppy
Knoppix
DSL (Damn Small Linux)

There are others but these are ones I've used. They are pretty easy to remaster if you have a working knowledge of Linux.
 
Old 03-07-2007, 12:43 PM   #4
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I guess your reasoning is somewhat important. Are you trying to save space or limit functionality?

If you just want to limit functionality, as Feelda stated, you can remove or choose to avoid installing most everything with virtually any Linux distribution.

If you want to limit size, Puppy is great. (DSL is also small, but I have not used it.) Puppy comes with many of applications, but all of them are very lightweight, making the entire distribution substantially smaller than 100 MB.
 
Old 03-09-2007, 03:42 AM   #5
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Vector Linux
http://www.vectorlinux.com/

DSL
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

Puppy Linux
http://www.puppylinux.org/user/viewpage.php?page_id=3

Slackware
http://www.slackware.com/

SLAX Live CD
http://www.slax.org/

BeaFanatIX
http://bea.cabarel.com/

Elive:
http://www.elivecd.org/

Luit Linux
http://luitlinux.sarovar.org/
 
  


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