Smallest GUI distro (for a low-RAM Chromebook)? (programming.dev)

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PeppermintOS? I'm trying to prepare an ancient Chromebook C202S for Linux and have had some ideas from antiX to MXLinux and Loc-OS, but it seems that PeppermintOS may be among the best choices.

The tech level of this Chromebook's end user is unlikely to work well with Arch + BSPWM, which was recommended to me by someone else.

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[-] Flagstaff@programming.dev 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I think AntiX and Puppy Linux are RAM-based distros, yeah, or something like that. But I think I'll try Devuan + Runit as per another commentator here who uses this same machine... sounds promising! I've never heard of icewm, though, thanks; I'll check it out.

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