Subj : Stripped down Debian dist
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Digital Avatar
Date : Sat Aug 17 2019 20:45:36

on 17 Aug 2019, Dumas Walker said...
 
 DW> Is there still a stripped down distribution, based on debian, which keeps
 DW> the kernel and security packages updated while remaining a version
 DW> behind, or while stripping the bells and whistles?

Depends on what you mean by 'stripping the bells and whistles'. If you mean
"doesn't run Gnome 3 or anything Lennart Poettering has ever touched" then
you probably want Devuan running Cinnamon (a Gnome 2 derived desktop
environment, in case you were unaware). Everyone else drank the Poetter-Aid
and AIDS'd up their system with PulseAudio and Systemd (the d stands for
'doesnt work', obviously).

 DW> I was hoping there might still be some debian-based "lighter weight"
 DW> distros out there.  The ones I remember from a few years back have ceased
 DW> being maintained.

Well, if by "lighter weight" you mean "use fluxbox / jwm", then no, I don't
think there's any of those left. DamnSmallLinux was indirectly debian-based
(I believe it was a fork off of Knoppix) but that stopped being maintained
aeons ago.

I guess I really need clarification: Do you want a system that takes up
little disk space? Little RAM? Something that doesn't require a powerful CPU?
Or just something that isn't an unstable piece of shit?

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