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Lilidog Linux is a lightweight, full featured distribution based on Debian stable with the Openbox window manager. Both X11, and Wayland versions are based on Debian 13 Trixie.
Available versions:
Lilidog - Comes with everything necessary to get started. Use this version if looking for an out of the box computing experience with everything you need.
Beardog - The 'bare' version of Lilidog, without Lightdm, but the option to install Lightdm and most of the other features of the full version. A great way to get a lightweight environment with all the features you want.
Waydog - A Wayland based release with Labwc, Sway, and Waybar. A fun release that shows some of the potential of Wayland and small window managers. Niri and Wayfire are also available as separate installer options.
Click on "Files" and then "Releases" for all download options. Click on the “i” information icon next to the file to show its checksum.
Features
- Customized WMs also available through the LD installers. Awesome, i3, JWM, and SOWM
- Multiple themes can be toggled on the fly and changed as needed. Apply your own custom colors.
- Autologin, notification sounds, gamma control, transparency, and other utilities.
- X11 and Wayland versions available. See the Waydog Readme, or look in the discussion forum for more information.
- Installer options for Backport sources, Google Earth, custom kernels, Snap, and more.
- Extremely lightweight and full featured making for a complete setup to use however you like.
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License
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)User Reviews
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Lilidog has been a very pleasant experience. There's many minimal so-called lightweight distros floating around, but often these feel overly compromised in many ways, but that's not so with Lilidog. I first tried it as a guest in Virtualbox running on Win11Pro, the install went through without a hitch, as did installing the guest additions. The overall first impression is one of confidence, that this distro has had some real thought put into it. There's no sign of common mistakes often encountered with some distros, my pet hate is when localisation at install time isn't properly carried over into the finished install. It's easy to fix I know, but to me it feels as though the dev hasn't taken the time on the details. With Lilidog it's obvious the dev has been thorough, I've come across nothing that suggests otherwise. I currently have a networking demonstration project built on virtualbox which involves simultaneously running four instances of desktop stations, one server and a simulated nas backup. For fun I switched out my usual desktop station choice, replacing it with Lilidog. Each station is driven by scripts simulating app usage, networking etc. I sat back and watched four instances of Lilidog all running like clockwork. Not a scientific test but still, up until now I've found only three distros that don't get their boxers in a bunch running this way, so i'm impressed. As a daily driver, in my opinion this is a good choice. It's stable, polished and fun. I likey.
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Outstanding distro, well engineered, caring with all details.
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Just tried the Trixie version. Great!
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The best OpenBox! The work is amazing! I hope at 'trixie'!
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My personal all time favorite. Great openbox implementation and great scripts for other window mangers along with a wonderful suite of easy customization options. SUPER stable and absolutely something that was a work of art. I genuinely hope to see a trixie upgrade but, more importantly I hope Sleek is doing great and thank him for the efforts across multiple projects
