Help Find Low RAM Requirement Linux Distribution

**tomandrew** · 09-21-2008, 07:40 AM

I have some motherboards, I need to test one and install Linux.

I have some RAM:
32 MB, 8 pieces;
64 MB, 5 pieces;
128 MB, 3 pieces.
I need to test all, I don't know which can work.

**Panopta** · 09-22-2008, 10:41 AM

Are you looking for a Linux distribution that can run in a low-memory environment? If so, check out PuppyLinux - Home Page | Puppy Linux, which is designed to run on older machines with as little as 32 MB of memory. Or try a base Debian install, without any graphics or applications like OpenOffice/Firefox/etc. it has pretty low memory requirements.

**mr_brain** · 02-10-2009, 09:04 AM

An old Slackware should do the work.

**notten** · 05-09-2009, 10:32 AM

I ran Slackware 8 on a machine with 16MB of RAM. This should be fine for your needs, and I think you can find an ISO on Google pretty easily.

Cheers,

Anthony

**rackaid** · 05-13-2009, 01:17 PM

You may want to look into the linux distros designed for embedded systems. Those will use trivial amounts of ram.

**linuxy** · 06-25-2009, 05:57 AM

For Low RAM you can try any Linux or BSD, Just make sure you don't install GNOME, KDE, etc.,

**whcdavid** · 06-30-2009, 03:53 PM

I would recommend ubuntu as well.

**Athlon** · 07-28-2009, 02:26 AM

Definitely, DSL is the very light.

**darklift** · 08-06-2009, 12:10 PM

Both Damn Small Linux and Puppy Linux are optimized to run on systems with very low memory. I think the better option out of the two would be 'Damn Small Linux', since it has many global followers.

**ubservers** · 07-19-2010, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by darklift

Both Damn Small Linux and Puppy Linux are optimized to run on systems with very low memory. I think the better option out of the two would be 'Damn Small Linux', since it has many global followers.

I agree, DSL is a better option for you.