Comparison of lightweight Linux distributions

Short description: Linux distribution with low resource requirements

In the extreme case - user can use a computer without a GUI and even browse the internet in a terminal, without images, in Lynx, on a weak computer

A light-weight Linux distribution is a Linux distribution that uses lower memory and processor-speed requirements than a more "feature-rich" Linux distribution. The lower demands on hardware ideally result in a more responsive machine, and allow devices with fewer system resources (e.g. older or embedded hardware) to be used productively. The lower memory and processor-speed requirements are achieved by avoiding software bloat, i.e. by leaving out features that are perceived to have little or no practical use or advantage, or for which there is no or low demand.

The perceived weight of a Linux distribution is strongly influenced by the desktop environment included with that distribution.[1][2] Accordingly, many Linux distributions offer a choice of editions. For example, Canonical hosts several variants ("flavors") of the Ubuntu distribution that include desktop environments other than the default GNOME or the deprecated Unity. These variants include the Xubuntu and Lubuntu distributions for the comparatively light-weight Xfce and LXDE / LXQt desktop environments.

The demands that a desktop environment places on a system may be seen in a comparison of the minimum system requirements of Ubuntu 10.10 and Lubuntu 10.10 desktop editions, where the only significant difference between the two was their desktop environment. Ubuntu 10.10 included the Unity desktop, which had minimum system requirements of a 2 GHz processor with 2 GB of RAM,[3] while Lubuntu 10.10 included LXDE, which required at least a Pentium II with 128 MB of RAM.[4]

## Contents

* 1 Overview of some distributions
* 2 Comparison
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Overview of some distributions

* ArchBang – inspired by CrunchBang Linux but based on the Arch Linux distribution instead of Debian.[5][6]
* DebianDog[7] \- Debian Live CD shaped after Puppy Linux. It is packaged with JWM and IceWM, or Openbox and Xfce. Debian structure and behaviour are untouched.[8][9]
* LinuxConsole \- a lightweight system for old computers made to be easy for youth and casual users.
* MiniOS[10] \- a debian based live system with various Desktop Environments.
* Parabola GNU/Linux-libre - an Arch-based lightweight system endorsed by the Free Software Foundation.[11][12]
* postmarketOS – a derivative of Alpine Linux designed primarily for smartphones
* Arch-based distros: Mabox, Archcraft, and Archman.

## Comparison

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Distribution  | Minimum system requirements  | Desktop / Window manager  | Based on  | Package manager | Image size  | Purpose  | Latest release year  | Maintainer  | Created  | Founder

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Absolute Linux | CPU: x86-64
RAM: 64 MB (1 GB+ recommended)[13][14] | iceWM | Slackware | XPKGTOOL  | 2264 MB[15] | Desktop  | 2023  | Absolute Linux Team  | 2007  | Absolute Linux Team
Alpine Linux | RAM: 128MB (256MB to install)[16] | None by default[17] | BusyBox, musl | APK  | 8 MB (container), 130 MB (disk)  | Lightweight desktop, security[18] | 2024[19] | Alpine Linux development team  | 2010  | LEAF Project members
antiX | CPU: x86-64
RAM: 256 MB [20] | IceWM, Fluxbox, JWM, herbstluftwm[21] | MEPIS < Debian  | Synaptic[22] | 700 MB Base, 1000 MB Full, 310 MB Core  | Desktop, portability (with persistence)[23] | 2024[24] | Anticapitalista  | 2007  | Anticapitalista
Bodhi Linux[25] | CPU: 32-bit, 500 MHz (non-PAE)
RAM: 512 MB [26]
Drive: 5 GB  | Moksha (a fixed E17)  | Ubuntu < Debian  | APT  | 575 MB (Standard),
1024 MB (AppPack)  | Desktop  | 2023  | Bodhi Linux team  | 2011  | Bodhi Linux team
BunsenLabs Linux  | RAM:

256 MB to run X[27]
1 GB for Firefox
2+ GB recommended

| OpenBox  | Debian Stable  | Synaptic, APT, dpkg  | 674 MB (i386, no PAE)

1100 MB (i386, AMD64)[27]

| LiveCD, LiveDVD, lightweight desktop  | 2024[28] | Core maintainers | 2015  | Core maintainers
CrunchBang Linux | CPU: x86 or ARM

RAM: 1 GB

Drive: 2.1 GB.

| OpenBox  | Debian  | dpkg  | 1600 MB[29] | Lightweight Desktop  | 2013[30] | Philip Newborough (corenominal)  | 2010[31] | Philip Newborough (corenominal)
CRUX | CPU: x86-64 (AMD Athlon 64, Intel Core, Intel Atom) or newer processors

RAM: 192 MB (2017)[32]

| OpenBox  | \-  | pkgutils  | 1773 MB  | BSD / experienced users, lightweight  | 2022[33] | Core maintainers | 2002  | Per Lidén
Damn Small Linux | CPU: 486dx

RAM: 8 MB[34]

| Fluxbox, JWM  | —  | APT (optional)[35] | 700 MB  | Desktop  | 2024  |  | 2005  | John Andrews, et al.
Elive | CPU: 32 bit 500 MHz (non-PAE)

RAM: 512 MB [36]

| Enlightenment | Debian  | APT  | 3000 MB  | Desktop  | 2024  | Samuel F. Baggen  | 2005  | Samuel F. Baggen
eLxr  | RAM: 512MB

CPU: 500 MHz

Storage: 1 GB

| None by default, but Xfce is supported  | Debian Stable  | apt  | 300 MB  | Edge to Cloud  | 2024  | eLxr.org and Wind River  | 2024  | eLxr.org
FunOS  | CPU: Intel/AMD 64bit

RAM: 512 MB

Hard drive: 8 GB

| JWM  | Ubuntu LTS  | APT  | 1800 MB  | Lightweight desktop  | 2024[37] | FunOS team  | 2024  | FunOS team
Gentoo Linux | RAM: 32 MB  | None by default, but you can install any  | —  | Portage | 400 MB  | Desktop, server, source-based, advanced  | Rolling release  |  | 2002  | Daniel Robbins
GoboLinux | RAM: 128 MB RAM

1000+ MB for full graphic[38]

CPU: x86_64

| Awesome | —  |  | 1900 MB[39] | Desktop  | 2020  | GoboLinux team  | 2003  | Hisham Muhammad and André Detsch
Knoppix | RAM: 32 MB text, 512 MB LXDE.

1 GB recommended[40]

CPU: 486

| LXDE  | Debian | dpkg  | 701 MB  | Live  | 2022  |  | 2000  | Klaus Knopper
Lightweight Portable Security |  | iceWM  | Arch Linux |  | 390 MB  | Secure live operating system  | 2021  | United States Department of Defense  | 2011  | United States Department of Defense
Linux Lite | CPU: Intel/AMD 1GHz dual core 64bit

RAM: 2 GB (2025)[41]

Drive: 20 GB

| Xfce  | Ubuntu LTS  | APT  | 2900 MB  | Desktop (Windows users)  | 2023[42] | Jerry Bezencon  | 2013  | Jerry Bezencon
Lubuntu |

No minimum system requirements provided.[43]

| LXQt  | Ubuntu  | APT  | 3300 MB  | Lightweight desktop  | 2024  | Lubuntu team  | 2009  | Lubuntu team
LXLE  | RAM: 1 GB (2022)[44]

CPU: 64-bit (2022)

| LXDE  | Ubuntu LTS  | APT  | 1300 MB  | Older computers, intermediate users  | 2022  | LXLE team  | 2012  | Ronnie
Nanolinux | RAM: 64 MB (2017)[45]

CPU: 486

| SLWM on Nano-X  | Tiny Core Linux;[46] MicroCore Linux with BusyBox.  |  | 19 MB  | Lightweight, Runs on RAM, advanced  | 2015  | Georg Potthast  | —  | Georg Potthast
OpenWrt | CPU: x86 and over 50 router platforms

RAM: 32 MB (2018)[47] 64 MB recommended

| None (headless server) - Includes LuCI admin UI[48] | BusyBox, musl | opkg  | 6 MB  | SOHO Routers  | 2023[49] | OpenWrt developers  | 2004  |
PCLinuxOS |

CPU: 64-bit (from 2016)

RAM: 2 GB (2020)[50]

| KDE, MATE, XFCE  | Mandrake  | APT-RPM  | 1000-3800 MB  | Live  | 2023[51] | Bill Reynolds  | 2003  | Bill Reynolds
Peppermint Linux OS |

CPU: x86

RAM: 1 GB.
4 GB recommended[52]

| XFCE  | Debian, Devuan  | APT  | 1332 MB  | Desktop  | 2024[53] | Peppermint, LLC  | 2010  | Peppermint, LLC
Porteus |

CPU: 32 bit

RAM: 36 MB[54]

| (multiple)  | Slackware  | USM  | 260 MB (LxQt)  | Lightweight, portable (with persistence)[23] | 2022[55] | Porteus  | 2010  | Fanthom
Puppy Linux |

RAM: 256 MB (2017)[56]

| JWM-2.3.2  | Ubuntu LTS from Puppy 6  | Puppy Package Manager  | 234 MB (Slacko)[57] | Portable (with persistence),[23] lightweight[58] | 2023[59] | Puppy Foundation  | 2003  | Barry Kauler
Q4OS | CPU: Intel / AMD 64bit

RAM: 256 Mb / 1 GB

Hard drive: 3 GB / 5 GB

| Plasma/Trinity  | Debian  | APT  | 1464 MB  | Lightweight desktop  | 2024[60] | Q4OS team  | 2013  | Q4OS team
Salix OS |

RAM: 512 MB

CPU: Intel Pentium III 1 GHz[61]

Hard drive: 8 GB

| MATE, KDE, Xfce, Fluxbox, Openbox  | Slackware  | slapt-get  | 613 MB (Fluxbox), 852 MB (MATE live)[62] | Desktop  | 2022[63] | George Vlahavas  | 2009  | George Vlahavas, Thorsten Mühlfelder and Cyrille Pontvieux
Slax |

RAM:256MB

without web browser

| KDE till Slax 8
Fluxbox since Slax 9  | Slackware till Slax 8
Debian from Slax 9  | APT  | 226 MB[64] | Portable  | 2023[65] | Tomas Matejicek  | 2002  | Tomas Matejicek
SliTaz |

RAM: 24 MB loram-cdrom[66]

128 MB loram

256 MB standard

| Openbox | —  | TazPkg  | 50 MB  | Portable. Live (no persistence by default)[67] | Rolling Release[68] | dev team | 2008  | Christophe Lincoln
SparkyLinux | CPU: Intel/AMD 64bit  | LXQt, MATE, Xfce and KDE  | debian LTS  | APT  | 1900 MB LXQt; KDE 2100 MB  | Lightweight desktop  | 2024[69] | SparkyLinux team  | 2012  | SparkyLinux team
Tiny Core Linux |

CPU: 486DX RAM: 46 MB[70]

| FLTK/FLWM, none, or you can install any  |  | appbrowser (GUI) tce (CLI)  | 11 MB (Core), 16 MB (TinyCore), 106 MB (CorePlus)  | Portable, advanced  | 2024[71] | Tiny Core team  | 2009  | Robert Shingledecker
Tiny SliTaz  |

CPU: 386SX

RAM: 4 MB

8 MB recommended

| None (VNC viewer or headless server)  | SliTaz  | Tiny SliTaz WEB site[72] | Down to 800 KB, likely a 1.44 MB floppy  | Portable. Live (no persistence by default)  | 2021  | dev team | 2011(?)  | Pascal Bellard
Trisquel Mini  |

RAM: 256 MB

CPU: 64-bit CPU for latest version [73]

| LXDE  | Ubuntu LTS  | APT  | 1200 MB  | Free software: desktop  | 2023[74] | Rubén Rodríguez Pérez (quidam)  | 2005  | Rubén Rodríguez Pérez (quidam)
TurnKey Linux Virtual Appliance Library |

RAM: 256 MB 2017[75]

| None (headless server) - Includes Webmin admin UI  | Debian (a minified base)[76] | dpkg  | 212 MB (Core)  | Lightweight headless server[77] | 2023[78] | TurnKey Linux team  | 2008  | Alon Swartz, Liraz Siri
VectorLinux Light |

RAM:

64 MB Light edition

96 MB Standard

256MB Live[79]

| Several / IceWM  | Slackware  | slapt-get  | 618 MB  | Desktop  | 2017  | —  | 2001  | —
Void Linux |

CPU: ARMv6

Pentium 4 (SSE2)

RAM: 96 MB

Hard drive: 350 MB[80]

| Xfce, or none[81] | —  | XBPS  | 250 MB (i686, without desktop environment)  | Desktop/embedded  | 2024[82] (rolling release)  | Void Linux Team, Void Linux Community  | 2008  | Juan Romero Pardines
Xubuntu | CPU: Intel/AMD 64bit

RAM: 1 GB

Hard drive: 8.6 GB[83]

| Xfce  | Ubuntu  | APT  | 1660 MB  | Lightweight desktop  | 2024[84] | Xubuntu team  | 2008  | Xubuntu team
Zenwalk |  | Xfce  | Slackware  | netpkg  | 974 MB  | Desktop  | 2023[85] | development team | 2004  | Jean-Philippe Guillemin

## See also

* Minimalism (computing)
* Software bloat
* Comparison of lightweight web browsers
* List of Linux distributions that run from RAM
* List of live CDs

## References

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