Question Recommendation for Linux distribution for 2GB DDR3 RAM.

[allibilgin]

Hello,

If I posted this in the wrong place, I apologize. I'm looking for a Linux distribution recommendation for 2 GB DDR3 RAM. Which one would you suggest?

 

[COLGeek]

What CPU?

In the meantime, start here:

http://www.tinycorelinux.net/welcome.html

A good list of alternatives can be found here:

7 Super Lightweight Linux Distros

Light as a feather! These super small, lightweight Linux distributions should be interesting to try.

itsfoss.com

 

[allibilgin]

What CPU?

Athlon X2 260.

 

[COLGeek]

Athlon X2 260.

See links above. Cross-posted an update to my previous post.

 

[allibilgin]

Thank you for your help.

 

[COLGeek]

Thank you for your help.

You are welcome. Try several. Keep the one you like best.

 

[Grobe]

You need a light desktop environoment (DE).

You will be able to run a distro featuring the Xfce or mate DE. Therefore Linux Mint should do.

In my opinion Bunsenlabs Linux is probably the least memory demanding distro while still have a decent user interface.

pro tip: You can test many Linux iso images on same computer and there is a nice tool tha allow you to have many iso images in one single usb stick - Ventoy.
disclaimer: On very old hardware I've seen there does exist computers that just refuse to boot using Ventoy, but most will do.

 

[Satan-IR]

Not suer if Puppy linux is still being maintained. That one is a light one too. Not as light as Tiny Core I think.

Puppy basically used to fit in 1GB of RAM (600MB for the 64bit version). You could load from a flash USB and remove it as it can live in the RAM, of course untill you turn the PC off if you remove the flash.

 

[Grobe]

Not suer if Puppy linux is still being maintained.

According to their web site <link> - it states:

Puppy Linux is a collection of multiple Linux distributions, built on the same shared principles, built using the same set of tools, built on top of a unique set of puppy specific applications and configurations and generally speaking provide consistent behaviours and features, no matter which flavours you choose.

So - probably not due to expire anytime soon.

 

[Satan-IR]

According to their web site <link> - it states:


So - probably not due to expire anytime soon.

Yes, thanks @Grobe. I actually looked today but forgot to mention it in this thread!

I used this distro a few times when wanted to run from RAM and didn't want anything to be written to the HDD. In order to see if I could recover some folders accidentally deleted from friends' hard disks.

It's light and usable as a light linux with a graphical dsektop UI and some basic useful apps. It offered a save sesssion on shut down feature since user could run it from RAM so there's persistence too.