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How do I make the lightest weight distro possible for a shit
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How do I make the lightest weight distro possible for a shit pc?

>Window Manager
>File Manager
>Archive Manger
>Image Viewer
>Video Player
>Audio Player
>Web Browser
>Text Editor
>Office
>Terminal
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>>53365951
Arch Linux with DWM.
Also there is /flt/, no need for a special snowflake thread.
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>>53365951
xfce
thunar
xarchiver
viewnior
mpv
deadbeef
firefucks
mousepad
libreoffice
xfce4-terminal
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>>53366072
Is xfce lighter weight than lxde?
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>>53366072
I love xfce but lose it to fluxbox
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>>53366072
>>53367227
> implying xfce is lightweight
use i3, its soooooooo faaaaast!

for other software:
office:
> abiword + gnumeric + xpdf
browser
> dillo or midori/epiphany
email
> ^ browser or sylpheed
file manager
> pcmanfm
archive manager
> xarchiver
image viewer
> imagemagick
audio/video player
> mplayer in terminal
text editor
> vim/emacs/nano
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>>53366120
No.
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>>53365951
just download this program called "emacs" it can do all of that
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>>53365951
there used to be a distro called Damn Small Linux. I'm pretty sure it's not maintained anymore though. it was designed to fit on old zip drives and old memory keys. it was based off knoppix or something.

it's like 50 mb.
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>>53365951
Puppy Linux maybe?
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>>53367313
Like i3 is faster then flux.

Lol nano faggot.
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>>53365951
>"Window Manager"
tmux/GNU screen
>File Manager
mc (midnight commander)
>Archive Manger
tar, bunzip, etc.
>Image Viewer
w3m-img/emacs
>Audio Player
mpd + ncmpcpp
>Web Browser
(e)links/w3m
>Text Editor
nano
>Office
emacs
>Terminal
getty : ^ )
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>>53365951
Alpine or Void with musl, check their package listings to see if they have what you need
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>>53368552
what's wrong with nano
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>>53365951
just install arch and dont install a de/wm. use it from the command line and use a text based web browser
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>>53365951
run arch
>Window Manager
none
>File Manager
ranger
>Archive Manger
none
>Image Viewer
none
>Video Player
none
>Audio Player
none
>Web Browser
elinks
>Text Editor
vi
>Office
vi
>Terminal
real one
>>
EDE with Dillo or links2 or elinks.
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>>53368449
underrated
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>>53365951
Specs?

Try tiny core if it's really shitty.
Even if tiny core is a shitty distro
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>>53365951
openbox
spacefm
7z
feh
mpv
mpv
midori
notepadqq
latex
termite
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>>53369257
>most none functional install ever

>vi
After that im not suprised
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>>53369257
Meme was too creamy, rajesh. I'll add some curry on top of that.
Also, your 5 rupees have been dispatched in your bing account
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