Minimal and Tinkering Linux Distributions — Build Your Own
If you want a system that contains only what you put in it, these distributions start almost empty and let you build upward.
36 distributions suited to minimalism
- Arch Linux — Arch family, systemd, pacman
- EndeavourOS — Arch family, systemd, pacman
- MX Linux — Debian family, systemd, apt
- NixOS — Independent family, systemd, nix
- Void Linux — Independent family, runit, xbps
- Alpine Linux — Independent family, openrc, apk
- antiX Linux — Debian family, runit, apt
- Artix Linux — Arch family, openrc, pacman
- Devuan GNU+Linux — Debian family, openrc, apt
- Gentoo Linux — Gentoo family, openrc, portage (emerge)
- Bodhi Linux — Ubuntu family, systemd, apt
- Slackware Linux — Slackware family, sysvinit, pkgtool
- Rhino Linux — Ubuntu family, systemd, pacstall
- Trisquel GNU/Linux — Ubuntu family, systemd, apt
- BunsenLabs Linux — Debian family, systemd, apt
- Guix System — Independent family, shepherd, guix
- Armbian — Debian family, systemd, apt
- Raspberry Pi OS — Debian family, systemd, apt
- Tiny Core Linux — Independent family, custom, tce
- Parabola GNU/Linux-libre — Arch family, openrc, pacman
- Archcraft — Arch family, systemd, pacman
- Mabox Linux — Arch family, systemd, pamac
- Bedrock Linux — Independent family, custom, strata (apt, pacman, dnf, emerge simultaneously)
- Funtoo Linux — Gentoo family, openrc, portage (emerge)
- Salix — Slackware family, sysvinit, slapt-get
- Porteus — Slackware family, sysvinit, modular xzm packages
- PCLinuxOS — Independent family, sysvinit, apt-rpm
- EasyOS — Independent family, custom, pkgget
- SliTaz GNU/Linux — Independent family, sysvinit, tazpkg
- postmarketOS — Independent family, openrc, apk
- Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre — Arch family, openrc, pacman
- Regolith Linux — Ubuntu family, systemd, apt
- Chimera Linux — Independent family, dinit, apk (Alpine package keeper)
- Clonezilla Live — Debian family, sysvinit, apt
- GParted Live — Debian family, systemd, apt
- Mobian — Debian family, systemd, apt
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