What is the most lightweight Operating System that exists?

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Quote from: sionsandman on August 29, 2014, 11:17:47 AM

Quote from: lcharles123 on August 28, 2014, 08:43:10 PM

What is the OS that runs on any machine, even older, that spend the least possible energy and have support at least one web browser?
If not exist, is need.

For the record here.

You are looking for JustBrowsing.

If your requirement is just a web browser this is one of (if not) the best.

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I tried both damn small linux and puppy linux years ago, and damn small linux was the smallest. It worked great at the time and I think you could run it from a business card sized CD. If it's stopped working nowadays then puppy linux might be worth a try.

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Quote from: lcharles123 on August 29, 2014, 08:16:53 AM

Quote from: BiTJack on August 28, 2014, 10:50:30 PM

Lubuntu then Linux Lite.

What use on an old machine (512 RAM) is Linux Mint, which is very light and functional. The Lubuntu does not work, I will test those indicated here.
Thanks for suggestions.

512MB RAM is enough for the OS but very little for modern web browsing.

The best configuration for a modern operating system and quite usable is Debian Unstable + Openbox + preload, then disable unnecessary services, enable zram, and it should perform quite well.

Quote from: Microbit001 on August 29, 2014, 02:59:50 PM

Quote from: lcharles123 on August 28, 2014, 08:43:10 PM

What is the OS that runs on any machine, even older, that spend the least possible energy and have support at least one web browser?
If not exist, is need.

For the record here.

I guess it is Damn small linux which is the most lightweight and smallest os in the world,

You can find it here
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

DSL is dead, it's not usable, I have tried.

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Quote from: lcharles123 on August 28, 2014, 08:43:10 PM

What is the OS that runs on any machine, even older, that spend the least possible energy and have support at least one web browser?
If not exist, is need.

For the record here.

I guess it is Damn small linux which is the most lightweight and smallest os in the world,

You can find it here
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

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lubuntu

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Quote from: lcharles123 on August 28, 2014, 08:43:10 PM

What is the OS that runs on any machine, even older, that spend the least possible energy and have support at least one web browser?
If not exist, is need.

For the record here.

You are looking for JustBrowsing.

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Slackware maybe?

The oldest one still alive, and most people complaim that it is hard to configure, so it must be efficient

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DOS?

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Quote from: Damnyo on August 29, 2014, 10:32:06 AM

Lubuntu is lovely.

Yep, not only is it lightweight and powerful, it looks good as well! Wink

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Lubuntu is lovely.

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Quote from: SquallLeonhart on August 29, 2014, 08:47:20 AM

Quote from: blacksails on August 29, 2014, 08:21:46 AM

Quote from: BiTJack on August 28, 2014, 10:50:30 PM

Lubuntu then Linux Lite.

I installed Lubuntu on a ~10 years old computer that took like an hour to boot up with XP.
Now it takes like 10 seconds. Lubuntu is awesome!

Is it easy to find program that support lubuntu?

Since Lubuntu is based on Ubuntu, almost all programs available for Ubuntu (debian) can be used on Lubuntu.
So, yes, it's very easy to find!

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Im trying to get going with linux ubuntu but its a total pain in the arse to even get installed on windows 8. Are any versions of linux more windows 8 friendly? - easier to use the better

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SliTaz is also good

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Quote from: blacksails on August 29, 2014, 08:21:46 AM

Quote from: BiTJack on August 28, 2014, 10:50:30 PM

Lubuntu then Linux Lite.

I installed Lubuntu on a ~10 years old computer that took like an hour to boot up with XP.
Now it takes like 10 seconds. Lubuntu is awesome!

Is it easy to find program that support lubuntu?

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Quote from: BiTJack on August 28, 2014, 10:50:30 PM

Lubuntu then Linux Lite.

I installed Lubuntu on a ~10 years old computer that took like an hour to boot up with XP.
Now it takes like 10 seconds. Lubuntu is awesome!

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Quote from: BiTJack on August 28, 2014, 10:50:30 PM

Lubuntu then Linux Lite.

What use on an old machine (512 RAM) is Linux Mint, which is very light and functional. The Lubuntu does not work, I will test those indicated here.
Thanks for suggestions.

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Lubuntu then Linux Lite.

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Puppy Linux
Damn Small Linux
Easy Peasy
Tiny Core Linux

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gentoo, (or other linux built from source distro) with no desktop environment using links as web browser

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Debian with openbox and a few adjustments is pretty fast even on older machines.

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What is the OS that runs on any machine, even older, that spend the least possible energy and have support at least one web browser?
If not exist, is need.

For the record here.

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