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Lightweight replacement for CentOS
Posted: 2019/12/19 12:21:00
by MartinR
I have a couple of old tablets that struggle to run C7. It would be very handy to have one in the workshop just as a web browser. Cany anyone recommend a really lightweight distro that will for preference run firefox?
Re: Lightweight replacement for CentOS
Posted: 2019/12/19 12:32:56
by TrevorH
Mint?
Re: Lightweight replacement for CentOS
Posted: 2019/12/19 23:14:16
by MartinR
I run Mint in a VM and cinnamon seems to be a bit of a resource hog. Perhaps that is due to the 3D emulation running in software?
Re: Lightweight replacement for CentOS
Posted: 2019/12/21 08:12:53
by aks
AFAIK, Xfce (or possibly LightDM) are the "lightest" desktop environments of them all.
Re: Lightweight replacement for CentOS
Posted: 2019/12/31 16:57:14
by bonedome
If you want a truly lightweight and fully functioning OS, it's got to be puppy
http://puppylinux.com/download.html, the entire OS is about 100 to 200MBs and runs entirely in RAM.
I used it (slacko) exclusively for months a few years ago on an ancient laptop with no hard drive or battery till I got my current laptop.
You wouldn't believe how good it is given its size.
Re: Lightweight replacement for CentOS
Posted: 2020/01/02 08:25:45
by jlehtone
In the olde days ... one could start X11 with a "failsafe" desktop: just one application (xterm), no desktop environment, not even window manager -- no way to move or resize "windows" (but you could start applications with desired geometry).
I presume the "kiosk" are set up similar to that.
Re: Lightweight replacement for CentOS
Posted: 2020/01/07 16:24:45
by MakeTopSite
bonedome wrote: ↑2019/12/31 16:57:14
If you want a truly lightweight and fully functioning OS, it's got to be puppy
http://puppylinux.com/download.html, the entire OS is about 100 to 200MBs and runs entirely in RAM.
I used it (slacko) exclusively for months a few years ago on an ancient laptop with no hard drive or battery till I got my current laptop.
You wouldn't believe how good it is given its size.
does it still run everything under root account ?
Re: Lightweight replacement for CentOS
Posted: 2020/01/07 16:25:53
by MakeTopSite
MartinR wrote: ↑2019/12/19 12:21:00
I have a couple of old tablets that struggle to run C7. It would be very handy to have one in the workshop
just as a web browser. Cany anyone recommend a really lightweight distro that will for preference run firefox?
Devuan with LXDE
Re: Lightweight replacement for CentOS
Posted: 2020/01/09 17:33:42
by bonedome
does it still run everything under root account ?
It does but a few years ago an experimental user account could be added, but I never tried it.
If you search the net there are some guides on running any OS entirely in RAM, I imagine that wouldn't necessarily be lightweight but I bet if you had the RAM it would go like sh*t off a shiny shovel.