I used to use Crunchbang whenever I wanted a lightweight, easy and modern GNU/Linux virtual machine, but they seem to have pulled the plug.
Debian is what I'm most familiar with, so that's my new place to go. Still quite big with a relatively basic install, but not as big as Ubuntu or Linux Mint.
Really lightweight stuff is Damn Small Linux (old) or Puppy Linux (never tried it), but I'm not sure how usable that is for day-to-day tasks.
Debian is what I'm most familiar with, so that's my new place to go. Still quite big with a relatively basic install, but not as big as Ubuntu or Linux Mint.
Really lightweight stuff is Damn Small Linux (old) or Puppy Linux (never tried it), but I'm not sure how usable that is for day-to-day tasks.