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prmoustachelast Sunday at 11:24 AM1 replyview on HN

Any distro. You just install a very light display manager like cdm(or no dm) and a light window manager/compositor (icewm, windowmaker,fluxbox i3/sway).

I tested it on Fedora. I tend to use Gnome as a main desktop s I like all the bell and whistles but use lighter config on VMs to save on RAM use. I reckon you could probably go below 100MB with a distro that doesn't use systemd.

Have a bit of decency and try it before talking about bad faith.


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joe_mambalast Sunday at 9:39 PM

>I tested it on Fedora.

And did you get below 150mb ram usage in Fedora? Can you show any proof of this or are making stuff up?

>I reckon you could probably

'I reckon you could proabaly' is not proof of anything. I tested AntiX linux couldn't get below 150mb and that's in no way a competitor to Fedora with a modern DE.

>Have a bit of decency and try it before talking about bad faith.

No, you have the decency and post proof of your claims. You're the one with the "sub 150mb" claim, it's your responsibility to prove it, not mine.