Slim and sleek Linux distro
SliTaz
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In a world of multi-gigabyte Linux distributions, it's refreshing to see lightweight distributions like Puppy Linux and Damn Small Linux. But even these distributions look fat next to SliTaz.
The tiny SliTaz [1] Linux distribution weighs in at less than 30MB, but it packs a graphical desktop environment and an amazing array of applications. Similar to Puppy Linux, SliTaz loads entirely to RAM, so it runs blazingly fast even on older hardware. Because SliTaz is a Live CD Linux distribution, getting it running on your machine is a breeze. Before you do that, however, you have to choose which version of SliTaz you want to run.
Stable and Cooking
SliTaz is available in two versions: stable and cooking. As you might have guessed, the former has been fully tested and includes stable packages, whereas the latter contains bleeding-edge kernel, features, and software.
After choosing the version you like, you can download the appropriate .iso image, burn it on a CD, and then boot your machine from it.
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