Debris - a light 185 mb Ubuntu, combining latest kernel and Hardy LTS packages.

sandGorgon · on June 5, 2009

to run it in VirtualBox, the livecd needs "xmodule=vesa" boot option. To install VBox/nVidia graphics drivers, you need to install dbrs-precompiled-linux-sources-2.6.28 (using apt-get). And OO 3.1 is at "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ppa/ubuntu hardy main" repository. Very lightweight on my 5 yr old laptop - with the OpenBox option.

ntoshev · on June 5, 2009

In VirtualBox I use the official minimal server Ubuntu distribution - JeOS.

http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition/je...

If you don't need GUI it's fine. You only need to allow PAE/NX from VirtualBox settings.

marcocampos · on June 5, 2009

I recomend CrunchBang Linux. Also has a small footprint version and the community around it is very active.

http://crunchbanglinux.org/

chanux · on June 5, 2009

People who love little things might like this too

http://kolibrios.org , minuteOS fork

I ran this on Virtualbox.

sandGorgon · on June 5, 2009

the difference between crunchbang and Debris is gnome. I like being on the mainstream desktop environment and being able to run it on older machines