Synex Linux is a minimal distribution for several use cases. Synex boots fast, runs smoothly, and is very stable. You can download, install, and use Synex for free ...

I need a small linux distro for use in VMware. It needs to be light on resources, using hopefully 32 or 64 Megs of ram. I am considering damn small linux, but I am open to others. I need to be able to ...

There was a time when the gulf between a new computer and one a decade or more old was so large as to be insurmountable; when a Pentium was the chip to have an older computer had a 16-bit 8086 or 286.

Tiny Core Linux is as lightweight as a GUI-based Linux distribution can be. Jack Wallen walks you through the installation that makes this operating system unique. The Tiny Core desktop is as minimal ...

Damn Small Linux (DSL) is a lightweight GNU/Linux distribution designed to breathe new life into old computer hardware by offering a full desktop operating system that runs on a wide range of hardware ...

Last week we were talking about Damn Small Linux, but before we continue on with that we need to mention a few other items. First, you will remember from two weeks ago that the standard configuration ...

I'm looking for a fairly small distribution to run from a flash-disk for a PC/104 board. The current distro being used is LinuxMZ, which is terribly annoying. It lacks gcc, the kernel doesn't support ...

Not every distro is suited for every job.

LibreELEC is a lightweight free and open source operating system designed to turn a computer into a media center. The GNU/Linux distribution provides “just enough” of an OS to run the Kodi media ...

Debian, Fedora, and Arch: the big three distributions on which nearly all other flavors of Linux are based. You can throw a rock into an ocean of distributions and be certain you'll hit an operating ...

Are you sticking with your Linux distro just because everyone says you should? Don't let peer pressure dictate your choice of ...