SliTaz GNU/Linux, The Smallest "Desktop" Distro Ever Created | Linux Today

SliTaz GNU/Linux, The Smallest “Desktop” Distro Ever Created

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 31, 2008

“The smallest distribution that I’ve used so far is Geexbox at
8MB. But, it can’t be considered as a complete ‘desktop’ distro
since it only specializes in playing multimedia files.

“So what about SliTaz? As described in Distrowatch, SliTaz
GNU/Linux is a mini distribution and live CD designed to run
speedily on hardware with 128 MB of RAM. SliTaz uses BusyBox, a
recent Linux kernel and GNU software…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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