[arch-general] Extreme Minimalist Challenge

[riveravaldez]

On 11/17/19, Eli Schwartz via arch-general <arch-general at archlinux.org> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>
> 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.
>
> Eli Schwartz
> Bug Wrangler and Trusted User

Another option worth trying (in my experience):

Tiny Core Linux
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Core_Linux
http://tinycorelinux.net/

And maybe:

SliTaz GNU/Linux
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SliTaz
http://www.slitaz.org/en/

Just for reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-weight_Linux_distribution

Best regards