Nanolinux

NanoLinux^[3][4][5][6] is an open source, free and very lightweight Linux distribution that requires only 14 MB of disk space including tiny versions of the most common desktop applications and several games. It is based on the Core version of the Tiny Core Linux^[7] distribution and uses Busybox, Nano-X instead of X.Org, FLTK 1.3.x as the default GUI toolkit, and SLWM (super-lightweight window manager). The included applications are mainly based on FLTK.

Nanolinux

Nanolinux 1.2
Working state	Discontinued[1]
Source model	Open source
Latest release	1.3 / April 5, 2015; 10 years ago (2015-04-05)
Latest preview	n/a
Available in	English
Platforms	x86, x86 64[2]
Kernel type	Monolithic Linux kernel
Default user interface	BusyBox, SLWM
License	Free software licenses (mainly GPL)
Official website	sourceforge.net/projects/nanolinux/

Applications included in the distribution

Nanolinux includes several lightweight applications, including:

• Dillo graphical web browser
• FlWriter word processor
• Sprsht spreadsheet application
• FLTDJ personal information manager
• AntiPaint painting application
• Fluff file manager
• NXterm terminal emulator
• Flcalc calculator
• FlView image viewer
• Fleditor text editor
• FlChat IRC client
• FlMusic CD player
• FlRadio internet radio
• Webserver, mount tool, system statistics, package install utility.

The distribution also includes several games, such as Tuxchess, Checkers, NXeyes, Mastermind, Sudoku and Blocks. Support for TrueType fonts and UTF-8 is also provided. Nanolinux is distributed as Live CD ISO images,^[2] installation on flash disk^[8] and hard disk^[9] is documented on its Wiki pages.

System requirements

Minimal configuration: The Live CD version without swapfile requires 64 MB of RAM and 14 MB of disk space.^[10]

See also

• Linux portal
• Free and open-source software portal

• Comparison of Linux live distributions
• Lightweight Linux distribution
• List of Linux distributions that run from RAM