On 11/17/19 6:01 PM, Lonnie Cumberland wrote:
The project is basically to have the absolutely smallest possible Linux distro (x86_64 based) that would be a type of LiveCD RAM-Based bootable system that has an Xserver and VirtualBox 6.0 but no real desktop running. I want it to boot directly into the VirtualBox 6.0 GUI.
The other catch is that I need a system that has an extremely small footprint image and am hoping that the ISO could be between 150 MB - 200 MB in size, but of course even smaller is better.
Its an ambitious project and I am seeking help on if Arch Linux may be a good starting point for the basic OS and Xorg server as well as any suggestions or advice that the mailing list might like to provide.
Arch Linux is intended to be simple and close to upstream, but it is not fine-tuned to be "small". Among the issues you will run into when trying to use Arch in this manner: - we package headers and documentation by default - we compile packages with as many optional features as we can http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ is specifically oriented at being the smallest footprint possible. You could also experiment with Gentoo, by configuring the necessary USE flags to disable any features you do not need. I hope this helps. :) -- Eli Schwartz Bug Wrangler and Trusted User