On 11/17/19, Eli Schwartz via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. >> > > 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. > > Eli Schwartz > Bug Wrangler and Trusted User Another option worth trying (in my experience): Tiny Core Linux https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Core_Linux http://tinycorelinux.net/ And maybe: SliTaz GNU/Linux https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SliTaz http://www.slitaz.org/en/ Just for reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-weight_Linux_distribution Best regards
