Best everyday usable linux?

Aivis · 11-29-2015, 12:35 PM

So i want to make portable pc on my flash drive and i need os... I searched windows but there is no live windows and then maybe linux..
I am used to linux but i need mutch and mutch experience with it.
I need small but usable distro to fit in 4GB flash drive and i still can install app on it.
I like more debian based and i want install a bit torrent client, Open arena(game) maybe some songs or movies.t here is some downloader on linux?
And there is some benchmarking and stress testing software on Linux?
Cpu and Gpu stress tests and overclocking software. I will soon buy from friend older pc and try to overclock a bit... Or more

onlyonemac · 11-29-2015, 01:27 PM

Try to be more specific in your questions. You are asking a lot of questions all at once, which makes it difficult to know exactly what you are wanting.

To answer the question in the thread title, I would recommend Ubuntu MATE. You could try straight Ubuntu, but their desktop environment is... not the best ;-)

273 · 11-29-2015, 01:33 PM

I would say that 4GB is a little small for comfortable use of most mainstream distributions so I would suggest saving a little money and purchasing a bigger USB stick -- 8GB should be OK but 16GB or larger would be better especially if you're thinking of downloading large files. Otherwise you'll have to use something like Damn Small Linux with persistence.
With a larger drive you could run pretty much any distribution.

Aivis · 11-30-2015, 12:13 AM

Ok. I understand. Is there other distro what i can use? DSL is ok

Aivis · 11-30-2015, 12:17 AM

Ubuntu mate is a bit two big... I am using Lubuntu for a moment and it is only 700mb

DavidMcCann · 11-30-2015, 10:57 AM

If you want a live Linux on a USB stick, it makes sense to get a distro that's designed to be run live from a USB stick! Look at Puppy or Slax.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/review...p/product/2684
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppy_Linux

http://www.linuxquestions.org/review...page/15/sort/7
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slax

PS 4GB will be fine.

rng · 11-30-2015, 07:31 PM

Take a look at Slitaz.

rokytnji · 11-30-2015, 08:32 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W__qWfacOZs

AntiX supplied the tools for that in MX. So the same steps work for AntiX also.

Both are Debian based. Persistence is easy, because of custom scripts.

onebuck · 12-01-2015, 09:43 AM

Hi,

I would like to point you to Alien_Bob's contribution for a Live Slackware;

Quote:

Slackware Live Edition

I thought it would be a cool idea to celebrate the farewell to udev. With the abandoned ConsoleKit replaced by ConsoleKit2 which is actively maintained by the Slackware-friendly XFCE crew, and Gentoos eudev taking the place of udev, we are well equipped to keep systemd out of our distro for a while. Basically eudev contains the udev code as found in the systemd sources, but then stripped from all standards-violating systemd crap and with a sane build system. Hooray, were back in business and eudev gained some more traction. Win-win.
How to celebrate the occasion? Easy! By releasing a first public Beta of the Slackware Live Edition.

You can find links within the blog entry Live Slackware

Hope this helps.
Have fun & enjoy!

Shadow_7 · 12-01-2015, 10:48 AM

4GB + torrent seems like a bad experience by design. 5CDs and you don't have room for the OS. I run debian and my base install is around 1GB and I'm browsing the web with that. But add one needy thing and it's easily 2GB. Throw in a couple months of using it and you've added enough things to be 6GB-12GB of usage. You can ofc run linux in 4GB just fine, but if you plan to USE linux, plan on at least 16GB. A 16GB SDHC card and a usb card reader is $20-ish USD these days.