Strapped for hard disk space? Install one of these lightweight Linux distros to make your PC usable again.

Do you have an old PC lying around gathering dust? How about a small-capacity USB flash drive sitting, unloved in a drawer? You can reuse your old computer and a USB flash drive by installing a tiny Linux distribution.

Mini Linux distros are great as they require fewer system resources than other options yet still deliver a whole operating system experience, and we have nine of the smallest Linux distros for you to choose from.

    • Montagge@kbin.earth
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      10 months ago

      Gotcha! I’ve never done that before so it didn’t occur to me to do it.

      Luckily Xubuntu did the trick on that old laptop

      • kanzalibrary@lemmy.ml
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        10 months ago

        Luckily Xubuntu did the trick on that old laptop

        yeah, because ubuntu have more stable repo server than antix. but if i comparison two of them in power consumption, antix used less power 3x in ram than xubun.