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Dsitro DE/WM Pro
Lubuntu LxQt/Openbox nothing special
Slax NA/fluxbox very thin ito software
very clean itf interface
no installation option
antiX
live default pw: demo
FAQ, Forum
iceWM/IceWM include many goodies:
SMTube, mpv,
Youtube video player
ISO snapshot.
  • List of Linux distributions that run from RAM
  • Ubuntu
    • Memory usage is 5.4GB according to System Monitor
    • When I try to 'Power off' my USB drive through the 'Disks' utility. But I got an error that Device or resource is busy.
    • If I forcefully pull out the USB drive, the whole live session is gone. So the conclusion is boot to ram is not fully supported.
    • My experience with Ubuntu 20.04/22.04: press "e" and add toram just before or after "quiet splash" on line 4 (starting with linux) and then press F10. See screenshots.
setparams 'Ubuntu'

        set gfxpayload=keep
        linux   /casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/pressed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity toram quiet splash ---
        initrd  /casper/initrd
  • List of Linux distributions that run from RAM. Some based on Debian include antiX (#15), Knoppix (#73), Slax and Tails (#31) (ranking is by DistroWatch as Oct 2021). RAM usage is about 350MB except antiX uses only 125MB.
  • For antiX/MX Linux, we need to add toram parameter to the option line on the boot screen (tested on antiX-19.4_x64-full.iso).
    • First boot screen -> Use Legacy Kernel -> Normal Boot (but add "toram" to the Boot Options line at the bottom). So the boot options become "quiet splasht disable=1xF toram". Enter. It will show "Copy 1.33 GiB to RAM" on the screen (about 1 minute).
    • I delete all partitions on HDD and add 2.0TB as "/". Then the installation can continue.
    • After we see the desktop df -h should not reveal /dev/sda1 and it should only have tmpfs and /dev/loop0.
    • I can remove the USB drive.
    • To configure wifi, open antiX Control Centre -> Network -> WiFi Connect(Connman).
    • Somehow, it can remember my identity so I don't need to go to wifi to reconnect. Interesting.
  • What are the best Linux distros that run entirely in RAM?
  • A screenshot of antiX-21 (taken from running in Proxmox, so the res is 1024 x 768/4:3)
AntiX21 mmedia.png

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Debian derived distributions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions#Debian-based

MX Linux

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Peppermint

https://peppermintos.com/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppermint_OS

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Raspberry Pi OS

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Q4OS

SparkyLinux

Twister OS

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Fedora

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Arch Linux

Arch Linux

Small/lightweight Linux distributions

Live USB

See Live USB.

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Kids

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