Bonzai Linux - (formerly "miniwoody") has been build to offer a Debian based Desktop-OS that fits on a 180MB CD-R(W). The Distribution includes the current stable version of KDE and has been modified for easier installation.
http://developer.ber...rojects/bonzai/
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ROCK Linux - is a small distribution, but it's not a "mini distribution". It comes with over 200 packages including X11 and the GNOME Desktop - but excluding menu driven configuration tools.
http://www.rocklinux.../wiki/Main_Page
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Zipslack - is a kind of Slackware that can be installed onto any FAT (or FAT32) filesystem with about 100 MB of free space. It can also be installed to and booted from a Zip disk.
http://www.slackware.com/zipslack/
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ELKS - is the Embeddable Linux Kernel Subset, a project to build a small kernel subset of Linux (which will provide more or less UNIX V7 functionality within the kernel) that can run on machines with limited processor and memory resources. The initial proposed targets are the Intel 8086 and eventually the 286's 16-bit protected mode.
http://elks.sourceforge.net/
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Core - is a minimal distribution designed to be the basis for a complete system constructed by the end user. A fresh installation of Core will boot into a console and provide the user with the tools needed to download, compile and install other applications. Core contains nothing beyond what is required to perform these tasks.
http://coredistro.sourceforge.net/
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muLinux - is a minimalistic Linux distribution, suitable for old computers. X11, GCC, VNC, SSH, Samba, Netscape etc. are supported on additional addon floppies. It can be installed from DOS/Win9x or Linux, without repartitioning.
http://mulinux.sunsite.dk/
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Spinix - In it's simplest form, Spinix takes up only around 130Megs and with full development and X only around 500Megs. This makes Spinix ideal for firewall installations and old systems with limited resources.
http://www.ibiblio.org/spinix/
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Small Linux - is a partial distribution of the Linux kernel and support files that can boot on older x86 systems with less than 5 meg of ram memory.
http://www.superant.com/smalllinux/
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eisfair - is an easy to install Internet- Server, which uses linux as underlying operating system. The resources needed is kept as small as possible, in order to be able to start and operate even from a 16MB Compact- Flashcard.
http://www.eisfair.org/
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RUNT - is Slackware Linux designed to run off of a 128 MB or more USB pen drive. It consists of a boot floppy image and a zip file, similar to zipslack. It is intended to be a fairly complete Linux installation for use as a testing tool capable of booting on any x86 computer with a USB port and a bootable floppy drive.
http://runt.mybox.org/
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Compact Flash Linux Project - is designed to run on a compact flash card in read-only mode. It currently needs around 14 MB. It includes OpenSSH, quagga, iptables, hostap, madwifi, wireless-tools, pppoe, tcpdump, bridge-utils, and more.
http://www.cflinux.hu/
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Flash Linux - is a free (GPL-2) customised Linux distribution initially designed to be run directly off a 256Mb USB key or other (similar) forms of bootable flash memory. It has subsequently (also) become a Linux distribution that runs directly from a CDROM, typically known as a Live-CD. Flash Linux is based on Gentoo Linux and new versions / bugfixes should track the stable Gentoo tree. Whereas Gentoo is a source distribution, this is a binary only distribution.
http://flashlinux.org.uk/
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Linux4Geeks - is a slim and fast source- based distribution. It is intended to be a base system from which you can create every type of machine. It fits for workstations, servers or even firewalls. Linux4Geeks is based on Linux from Scratch. It's nothing for people who do not know what they are doing.
http://www.linux4geeks.de/
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Jailbait - is "Another Interesting Linux But Also Intimidating Too": A fully-functional Linux distribution that fits into 16 MB.
http://jailbait.sourceforge.net/
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MiniCD - is a LiveCD designed to run off 185MB CDs. It features a full desktop (KDE) and is based on Mandrake Linux.
http://developer.ber...rojects/minicd/
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Linux Live - is a set of bash scripts which allows you to create your own LiveCD from every Linux distribution.
http://www.linux-live.org/
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