light weight linux options?

I would like to know what my linux options are in the light weight category? I have tried crunchbag linux 64bit and its pretty good with its live cd. However, I want to see what other options are there. I am mainly looking at something that is not necessarily small in size, but faster on speed. Thanks.

 

Depends on how fast you want to go. Linux is modular so you can take your favorite distro and install open box, lxde, icewm or whatever super lightweight desktop you want.

If you are an ubuntu fan you might consider installing a fast desktop on top of the alternate install cd.

 

Well Crunchbag is ubuntu(openbox interface) based and it was pretty good, and I am more familiar with Ubuntu based distro's right now. I just want to see other light weight options like Crunchbag.

 

Debian should also be pretty good, if you do a bare install, then just pick and choose the windows managers etc that you want.

 

If you have the time to spare you may want to try actually installing Crunchbang. In my experience it was tremendously faster installed to the HDD than running from the live CD.

Another option is Puppy Linux. I haven't tried 4.3 yet, but 4.2 was a great little OS. This isn't associated with Ubuntu.

 

Antix 8.x, it's debian based and pretty good...I've used it. It's part of the MEPIS community....it gives you Fluxbox and Icewm to choose from initially.

 

Puppy looks pretty good, and have to sample it as the interface looks a little more robust. If its debain based does that mean I can install ubuntu deb files?

Also, anyone know if Slaxs is any good?

 

slax is supposed to be a live cd only

 

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So right now its down between Puppy Dog and crunchbag linux. After using Ubuntu MIE that HP included in their netbook, which will I be more better off with? What is \the general consensus on which is better to use.

 

Load both onto a usb stick and try them out.

 

If you're used to Ubuntu, then you'd feel more comfortable with a Ubuntu/Debian distro like Crunchbang, or even Antix. I'm the same way...I can't seem to stray from Debian for long.

 

Thanks, I think I am gonna go with x64 of Crunchbag. Just two questions, I can install Xfce as the interface? Another questions is, I am pretty sure I can install this on a 2gb SD card. But, not sure if I can boot from via the SD card slot, or am I suppose to use a usb card reader to boot?

 

How does Xubuntu compare Crunchbag?

 

Modifying Crunchbang to use XFCE would be possible, but a bit redundant in my opinion as other ubuntu based distros do that already.

I've been using Crunchbang for a while now on a Toshiba U200 (nothing killer, 1 gig of ram, 120gb hd, dual core 1.7) but since I constantly get bored and have to reformat / tinker with something and my other main laptop was full of files, I got bored and reformatted the Toshiba and put on Linux Mint, the Community Edition with XFCE last week. http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_gloria_xfce.php

It works very well so far and I'd add it to your list of things to try for being Ubuntu & XFCE based. You can get Firefox 3.5 through apt-get (defaults to 3.x) & I installed terminator as well (very handy terminal program) but besides that it's mostly the default install I'm using as my very portable & easy to shove in a corner system for doing tech work (backups, troubleshooting, downloads, connecting to my servers, IM & email, etc).

Another one if you want to get more into doing the setup exactly how you want that I'd consider is ArchLinux ( http://www.archlinux.org/). It will take longer to setup and as it's a rollign release, if you update a lot you could run into issues if you aren't careful or need to do mission critical stuff.

Oh, I forgot to mention that I used to use Xubuntu but for some reason I just didn't care for it as much as some of the other options, can't really ptu a finger on why though.

 

Xubuntu was very fast on my 12 inch Vostro in sig. I ended going to 'straight' Ubuntu Studio because of problems with my DropBox and CXOffice. Xubuntu is a great distro this time around for sure.

 

Yup, xubuntu is pretty nice on the netbook. I install the lxde desktop if I want some extra snort for flash video and such.

Mint xfce is lighter than xubuntu but I am waiting for it to be based on 9.10 so that I can enjoy the benefits of having the updated intel graphics driver.

 

Yep...they do a great job with Xfce...I'd always thought Xfce should be their (Mint's) main distro.

 

How is Mint XFCE on speed vs the others? I like the look and feel of Mint but not sure how this XFCE build is on speed.