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Lightweight Linux distribution
Lubuntu is described by its developers as light weight in comparison to Ubuntu

A lightweight Linux distribution is a Linux distribution that uses relatively few resources. For example, Lubuntu, which requires a minimum of 128 MB of RAM and a Pentium II processor, is a lightweight variant of Ubuntu, which requires a 1 GHz processor and 1 GB of RAM.[1][2][3]

There is no accepted definition of what a lightweight distribution is. For instance, Paul Sherman of the Absolute Linux distribution defines "lightweight -- meaning 2 things: that it can run on older hardware and that the OS interface stays out of your way."[4]

Distributions described as lightweight

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Lubuntu Developers (2010). "Lubuntu". Retrieved 14 December 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Behling, Mario (2010). "lubuntu 10.10 released". Retrieved 14 December 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Canonical Ltd (2010). "Recommended Minimum System Requirements". Retrieved 14 December 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  4. ^ a b Sherman, Paul (2010). "Absolute Linux". Retrieved 11 December 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  5. ^ DistroWatch (2010). "Absolute Linux". Retrieved 11 December 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  6. ^ Keesan, Sindhi (2009). "BL on CF IDE drive". Retrieved 16 January 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  7. ^ BasicLinux (unadated). "BasicLinux". Retrieved 16 January 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)
  8. ^ Nitesh. "Bodhi Linux is a Lightweight Linux Distribution". Ubuntu Vibes. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  9. ^ a b Moparx (2008). "SliTaz: A light-weight GNU/Linux distribution". Linux Infusion. Retrieved 11 December 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  10. ^ Damn Small Linux (undated). "What is DSL?". Retrieved 11 December 2010. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)
  11. ^ Porteus (14 november 2010). "Why choose Porteus ? – IT IS PORTABLE". Retrieved 30 april 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |year= (help)
  12. ^ Hell-Noire, Paul (2010). "Puppy Linux 5.0 Review – Lightweight, Fun, Fast!". Raymond. Retrieved 11 December 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  13. ^ Lynch, Jim (2009). "Tiny Core Linux 2.1". Desktop Linux Reviews. Retrieved 11 January 2011. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  14. ^ http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/xpud-quick-booting-easy-64-mb-linux-distro-linux/. Retrieved October 2011. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help); Text "title Xpud 0.92 review" ignored (help)
  15. ^ Linton, Susan (2007). "A New Open Source Model?". DistroWatch. Retrieved 11 December 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  16. ^ Siu, A.Y. (undated). "Installing Xfce on Ubuntu". Psychocats. Retrieved 11 December 2010. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)
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