You could also go straight up embedded with https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yocto_Project . This would let you get a very very small image built. On Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 01:26 riveravaldez via arch-general < arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 >
