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Nanolinux is a very tiny Linux distribution based on MicroCore Linux with busybox.
It uses Nano-X instead of X11. FLTK 1.3.x is used as the GUI toolkit. The window manager is SLWM.
The following applications are included:
Dillo browser
FlWriter text processing program
Sprsht spread sheet program
FLTDJ personal information manager
FlMusic CD player
FlRadio internet radio
FlChat IRC client
Antipaint paint program
Fluff file manager
NXterm terminal emulator
Flcalc calculator
FlView image viewer
Fleditor
Games: Tuxchess, NXeyes, Checkers, Blocks, Sudoku, Mastermind
Mount tool, system statistics
Software package download and install utility
NTFS support
Grub package for hard disk install
OSS sound, Truetype fonts, UTF-8 support
Nanolinux runs completely from RAM. You can remove the LiveCD and play CDs.
Nanolinux on Distrowatch: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=nanolinux
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User Reviews
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Project seems to be dead. Booted from the CD and got: libbz2.so.1.0 not found soundon: not found nxclient: retry connect attempt 1 (2-10) nanowm: couldn't connect to Nano-X server! Posts to discussion are stuck in moderation since july 2017
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Awesome. Small, compact, low resources. So many possibilities. Needs more community support.
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super lightweight window manager
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Tested on Lenovo T61 but when it boots the speakers produce a very loud static sound.
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Perfect OS for any minimalist.