#Lightweight linux distro al iso

A вЂњmodernвЂќ distro, as defined for this experiment, is one that has adopted systemd and has a kernel version that is greater than or equal or to the last 2 major LTS kernels (5.10 and 5.4). It can be a very vague term and interpreted as meaning different things. For my own needs, I wanted a distro that is: (1) modern and (2) updated regularly. Some qualifying criteria would definitely help in pairing down this list.

#Lightweight linux distro al iso

With a list this long, it is difficult and impractical to download the ISO and perform a test run for each and every distro. The values provided for the вЂњRAMвЂќ and вЂњDisk SpaceвЂќ columns are the preferred/recommended system requirement values (not the minimum system requirement values). Whenever possible, the most recent stable release of each distro was chosen. The distros which were recommended most commonly have been compiled into a list of contenders as shown below. Needless to say, the number of returned results was staggering. So, I began the online search and found many articles recommending copious distros which claim to check the boxes for the aforementioned requirements. It would have to be good enough to deploy as a daily-driver on my main machine. In the end, only 1 would be chosen as the lightweight Linux distribution of choice.

As a Linux user, I was recently in search of a Linux distribution (distro) that is lightweight and runs efficiently on a virtual machine or a physical machine using minimal resources.