On 11/17/19 6:01 PM, Lonnie Cumberland wrote: > The project is basically to have the absolutely smallest possible Linux > distro (x86_64 based) that would be a type of LiveCD RAM-Based bootable > system that has an Xserver and VirtualBox 6.0 but no real desktop running. > I want it to boot directly into the VirtualBox 6.0 GUI. > > The other catch is that I need a system that has an extremely small > footprint image and am hoping that the ISO could be between 150 MB - 200 MB > in size, but of course even smaller is better. > > Its an ambitious project and I am seeking help on if Arch Linux may be a > good starting point for the basic OS and Xorg server as well as any > suggestions or advice that the mailing list might like to provide. Arch Linux is intended to be simple and close to upstream, but it is not fine-tuned to be "small". Among the issues you will run into when trying to use Arch in this manner: - we package headers and documentation by default - we compile packages with as many optional features as we can http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ is specifically oriented at being the smallest footprint possible. You could also experiment with Gentoo, by configuring the necessary USE flags to disable any features you do not need. I hope this helps. :) -- Eli Schwartz Bug Wrangler and Trusted User
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