Small Linux Distributions

ULTILEX is a Live CD Linux distribution which contains other Live Linux distributions, such as Slax, Finnix, Puppy or DSL. You can boot ULTILEX from CD/DVD, as well as from USB device. When you boot, the first thing you see is a beautiful startup screen where you can choose which Live Linux...

Devil-Linux is a distribution which boots and runs completely from CDROM. The configuration can be saved to a floppy diskette or a USB pen drive. Devil Linux was originally intended to be a dedicated firewall/router but now Devil-Linux can also be used as a server for many applications....

Draco GNU/Linux is a Linux distribution based on Slackware 11.0 and featuring packages from pkgsrc 2007Q1.. Draco is a small and flexible GNU/Linux distribution, expandable through the pkgsrc framework.


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Frankie Linux is a bootable CD containing the Linux desktop operating system for PC. Frankie Linux runs Linux directly from the CD without installing. All your available partitions and data storage devices (CD-ROM, USB storage devices, etc.) should be recognized at boot and should be mounted to...


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Freepia is a small GNU/Linux distribution designed to run on Via Epia-M Mainboards. It currently runs on the M-9000 and M-10000 (ezra and nehemiah cpu) but with some modifications like kernel and X11 modules it should run on others too. The main motivation behind this project is to build a full...


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Distcc Livecd is a small bootable cdrom that contains a uClibc Linux system, the GNU compiler and a distcc daemon. The purpose of this CD is to be able to borrow compile CPU power from computers without installing anything on the harddisk. The CD is build with the Gentoo portage framework....


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Santa Fe Desktop Linux is an easy to use desktop operating system. It puts some of the worlds best open source applications within the reach of non-technical users. It even runs right off the CD so you can try it without installing. Santa Fe Desktop Linux was built following these design goals:...


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AFROS Live CD is a bootable CD with a small collection of GNU/Linux software, ARAnyM and the AFROS. AFROS Live CD boots and runs completely from CD, does not write anything to the harddrive and so is safe to try out. It is meant as a demo version of ARAnyM/AFROS. It is not the dreamed...


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rPath Linux is a freely-available Linux operating system distribution, built with the Conary distributed software management system, supported and maintained by rPath, Inc. The rPath Linux distribution contains high-quality, up-to-date software, and is the base development platform for creating...


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Scientific Linux is a Linux release put together by Fermilab, CERN, and various other labs and universities around the world. Its primary purpose is to reduce duplicated effort of the labs, and to have a common install base for the various experimenters. The base SL distribution is basically...


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Shift Linux is designed to give the user an experience of being part of the Neowin community as well as having a simple, easy-to-use Live CD that can be installed to your hard drive, if you enjoy the way our distribution works. Shift is a free, GPL-based Linux distribution that can be freely...


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Lintrack is a small, easy to configure and highly integrated GNU/Linux distribution for routers, firewalls, network access servers, content filters and more. Lintrack is targetted especially to small and medium-sized wireless Internet service providers. Lintrack comes with many outstanding...


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Source Mage GNU/Linux distribution is based on a sorcerous metaphor of "casting" and "dispelling" packages, which we refer to as "spells". This is a development ISO and potentially loaded with bugs and glitches. This is where you come in. We need your help to squash these bugs. Please...


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Source Mage GNU/Linux distribution is based on a sorcerous metaphor of "casting" and "dispelling" packages, which we refer to as "spells". This is a development ISO and potentially loaded with bugs and glitches. This is where you come in. We need your help to squash these bugs. Please...


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Linux on a Stick is an attempt to make a Live-CD/USB-Flash server Linux distro. At its heart is a very small and simple Linux distro that boots off CD/Flash and runs from RAM (Ie no spinning hard drives of death). This approach allows us to strip the OS to its very basic components, which...


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SLAX is a small bootable CD containing the Linux operating system. SLAX distirbution runs Linux directly from the CD (or USB) without installing. The Live CD described here is based on the Slackware Linux distribution and is downloadable from this website as an ISO image. The primary goal of...


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Working Centre Linux Project is a Debian-based distribution geared towards low-powered computers (25mhz 486s w/16MB ram/400MB disk). The project exists to provide cheap, legal software, familiar software for refurbished computers – software usable for those who have never used computers, or...


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Xpress Linux is a Kubuntu-based distribution developed with a goal of making Linux more accessible to Windows users. The new theme looks very nice its very brushed and modern looking, its just small things that really impress me, like how when I scroll over to the close button it fades silently...


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S.M.A.R.T. Linux is a bootable floppy distribution containing tool (smartmontools) for monitoring IDE/SCSI hard disks (using Self-Monitoring, Reporting and Analysis Technology). Why floppy? Probably because all other distributions containing this useful utility are CD versions [and not...


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Zenwalk Linux (formerly Minislack) is a Slackware-based Linux distribution with focus on Internet applications, multimedia and programming tools. ZenLive Linux LiveCD is a complete system with software for Internet browsing, mail, chat, multimedia and office, as well as for programming in C,...


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