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Does anybody know of any lightweight Linux/UNIX command-line only distros? I'm trying to look for one that's less than 80MB if possible and comes with the minimum amount of required software included in the box. Any Linux/UNIX distros that can fit this would be greatly appreciated! If there aren't any that can fit this then what are the alternatives that I can use instead?

Thanks!

Vishal Subramanyam Rajesh
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  • As with all distro recommendations, the best solution is for you to try them and see. Below 80 MB is going to be troublesome though since a fairly vanilla Linux kernel is roughly 71 MiB anyhow. – HalosGhost Oct 19 '14 at 06:35
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    I want a pony... – jasonwryan Oct 19 '14 at 07:03
  • similar [closed question](http://superuser.com/q/265398), Also [this](http://superuser.com/q/275540) may helpful – Pandya Oct 19 '14 at 07:09
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    look at [tinycore](http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/). then get @jasonwryan a pony. – mikeserv Oct 19 '14 at 07:27

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I guess almost all Distros have a minimal version without GUI. Dont know any below 80MB, but I suggest the CentOS minimal, which is around 400MB.

But there are distros below 80MB but they include both GUI and CLI. So I guess if 80MB is your limit you can use them and simply not use the GUI.

  1. Slitaz is just cool.
  2. Damn Small Linux (DSL) lol :D just 10MB.
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You can Install "Ubuntu command-line system" and try Minimal CD.

The command-line version of Ubuntu is a sparse system without any graphical elements. It's a text-only version of what lies underneath all the advanced graphical elements. It's also the starting point for a minimal installation.

You can download following Ubuntu 32 or 64 bit minimal ISO images:

They are all smaller than 80 MB.

For more Information, Visit : this and this.

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