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t most likely will but just to be sure you can do a quick google with your hardware model and the distro and you should get some results most distros can run on a cheap usb flash drive you don t even need an hdd ssd this is often referred to as a live cd usb we ll include a minimum hardware requirements for each distro so you can check if the hardware stats you have will support the distro most of these distros can run perfectly fine on a raspberry pi shop for laptops usb flash drives and more at newegg go to newegg quick overview of the distros included in our list now finally onto the main part the best lightweight linux distros for old computers laptops click on the distro s name to find more info screenshots and download links distro minimum ram mb minimum cpu minimum disk space mb gui release cycle notes lubuntu 512 pentium 4 pentium m amd k8 or newer cpu at least 266 mhz 3000 lxle standard beginner friendly lxle 512 pentium 3 8000 lxde lts only based on lubuntu arch linux 512 any 64 compatible machine 1000 any rolling for advanced users archbang 256 i686 or x86_64 compatible machine 700 openbox rolling arch linux made easier archlabs 512 x86 64 processor 1 4ghz recommended 5000 openbox xfce4 i3 bspwm awesome rolling arch linux meets bunsenlabs puppy linux 128 233 mhz 512 jwm standard portable live only linux lite 512 700 mhz 2000 xfce lts only great for windows users knoppix 120 i486 2000 lxde standard portable live only peppermint 512 any processor based on intel x86 architecture 3600 lxde hybrid the cloud desktop based on lubuntu pclinuxos 512 any intel amd or via x86 64 processor 12000 kde mate lxde xfce rolling not the most lightweight but it is fast trisquel mini 128 amd k6 or intel pentium ii 3000 lxde lts only only free software porteus 256 any intel amd or via x86 64 processor 512 kde lxqt mate cinnamon standard the portable linux distro manjaro linux xfce edition 512 1 ghz 30000 xfce rolling very powerful and flexible peach osi 512 700 mhz processor intel celeron or better 8600 xfce cinnamon mate lts only 8 different versions to choose from raspbian 512 1 ghz 5000 custom environment standard turn a raspberry pi into a fully featured desktop pc modern x 256 366 mhz 3000 gnome standard great for windows mac users debian 256 1 ghz 10000 kde hybrid stable old modern popular sparky linux 256 i686 amd64 cpu 10000 lxde budgie enlightenment jwm openbox kde lxqt mate xfce rolling has the most editions versions slitaz 192 i486 or x86 intel compatible processors 80 openbox rolling the lightweight desktop and server os elive 128 300 mhz 700 enlightenment standard custom lightweight desktop environment bunsenlabs linux 256 1 ghz 10000 openbox hybrid new and improved crunchbang antix 192 any intel amd or via x86 64 processor 2800 icewm fluxbox jwm xfce herbstluftwm cyclical rolling great live usb options slax 48 any intel amd or via x86 64 processor 220 kde standard portable and modular linux mint 512 any intel amd or via x86 64 processor 10000 xfce cinnamon mate standard beautiful and easy to use wattos 192 any intel amd or via x86 64 processor 700 lxde i3 standard lightweight and fully featured zorin os lite 512 700 mhz 8000 custom lts only great alternative to the windows and mac os bodhi linux 128 500 mhz 4000 moksha custom lts only custom lightweight desktop environment tiny core linux 48 at least an i486dx cpu 11 flwm standard extremely lightweight but not recommended for beginners crux 192 x86 64 or newer cpus 1000 openbox standard unlike any other bonus distros starting from 3 mb ram starting from 1 44 mixed everything mixed our bonus list you can find anything there lubuntu lubuntu is one of the most popular and most widely used lightweight linux distros out there some use it as their main linux distro on their powerful hardware just because of its performance and beautiful ui lubuntu minimum hardware requirements it can run on just about anything pentium 4 pentium m amd k8 or newer cpu at least 266 mhz 512 mb ram 3 gb disk space or more anything more is just a plus the requirements listed here are for the 16 04 lts release other releases may have slightly different requirements lubuntu facts and features the lightweight ubuntu based on ubuntu without any bloat has all the essential lightweight software pre installed office browser media players etc uses lxde future releases will use lxqt great and active community support there are also a couple of active social lubuntu groups you can find them here easily installable and usable via a usb flash drive download lubuntu lxle as an alternative to lubuntu we have lxle based on lubuntu it has the performance optimizations of a lightweight distro with a beautiful ui lxle minimum hardware requirements similar to lubuntu pentium 3 processor at least 512 mb ram 8 gb disk space lxle facts and features plug and go easy to set up just install it and you are ready to go no complex configurations needed great for windows xp vista 7 users a wide variety of default apps pre installed based on lxde only has lts releases easily installable and usable via a usb flash drive download lxle arch linux flexible lightweight and powerful linux distro not recommended for beginners the screenshot above is from an arch linux with the gnome desktop environment elegant theme arch linux minimum hardware requirements depends on what you re going to use any 64 compatible machine has to be 64 bit minimum 512 mb ram at least 1 gb disk space arch linux facts and features make it your own fully customizable you choose which packages desktop environments etc you are going to use you need to install them yourself the official wiki has in depth tutorials on just about anything as lightweight as you make it be you install only the packages and features you need nothing more easily installable and usable via a usb flash drive download arch linux archbang if you want the power and flexibility of arch linux but don t want to do the complex set up and installation you can use archbang it s based on arch linux and it s inspired by crunchbang archbang minimum hardware requirements lightweight and easy on the system i686 or x86_64 compatible machine 256mb ram 700mb disk space archbang facts and features arch linux made easy easier can be used as a fully featured desktop and as a live os best of both worlds based on arch linux and inspired by crunchbang openbox window manager rolling release easily installable and usable via a usb flash drive download archbang archlabs linux archlabs linux is an arch linux based distro inspired by bunsenlabs they ve evolved so much that they re no longer a bunsenlabs clone now it s a rolling distro and it s quite lightweight it has an involved and very helpful community no matter how small it is archlabs linux minimum hardware requirements lightweight arch linux bunsenlabs x86 64 processor 1 4ghz recommended 512mb ram 5gb disk space archlabs linux facts and features various minimal desktop environments and styles to choose from easily installable using abif welcome script to help with installing additional window and desktop managers available window desktop managers openbox xfce4 i3 bspwm and awesome rolling release download archlabs linux puppy linux es very lightweight linux distro that should not be installed on a hard disk it should run on a live cd usb flash drive puppy linux minimum hardware requirements extremely lightweight 233mhz processor 128mb ram 512mb free hard drive space to create an optional save file no hard drive required cd rom dvd sd card or usb port puppy linux facts and features puppy linux is not a single distro but a collection of many distros with different purposes and different sets of software no hard drive required can run on a live cd flash drive sd card many different linux puppy distros to choose from the distro in the screenshot above is the puppy linux tahrpup distro puppy linux runs in your pc s memory as opposed to running on your hard disk which makes it extremely fast it s portable you can save data on your live flash drive and run it on any other computer easily installable and usable via a usb flash drive download puppy linux linux lite beautiful ui easy to use and often used as a gateway from windows to linux linux lite minimum hardware requirements full of features but quite lightweight 700mhz processor 512mb ram vga screen 1024 768 resolution at least 2gb hard disk space linux lite facts and features considering the ui it s a great alternative to the windows os based on the xfce desktop environment ready to use out of the box everything you need is pre installed every release is lts 5 years of support and updates one of the best uis on a lightweight linux distro easily installable and usable via a usb flash drive download linux lite knoppix another live only lightweight linux distro bootable distro with a set of gnu linux apps and different software just plug the live usb cd start it and you are good to go knoppix minimum hardware requirements one of the most lightweight distros intel amd compatible cpu i486 and up at least 120mb ram standard svga compatible graphics chipset 2gb disk space varies knoppix facts and features plug and play easy to use just boot from cd flash drive and use the distro all the software you need is pre installed gimp firefox open office mplayer based on lxde easily installable and usable via a usb flash drive download knoppix peppermint the desktop cloud linux integrate any cloud based web app into your peppermint os doesn t have a lot of pre installed apps so you can make peppermint your own peppermint minimum hardware requirements doesn t need much but it s recommended to use more 512mb ram 1gb recommended any processor based on intel x86 architecture at least 3 6gb disk space peppermint facts and features the desktop cloud easily integrated with web apps install the software you want make peppermint your own great ui especially if you re moving from windows based on lubuntu lxde desktop environment easily installable and usable via a usb flash drive download peppermint pclinuxos so cool ice cubes are jealous straight from their website easily booted from a live cd usb and easily installed on your hard drive various desktop environments to choose from and a great ui pclinuxos minimum hardware requirements doesn t need much but it would be great if you had more any intel amd or via x86 64 processor 512mb ram 2gb recommended 12gb hard disk space pclinuxos facts and features beautiful cool sleek intuitive easy you can install the kde based pcos lxde based pcos or the mate based pcos there s also an xfce community release easily installed on a live cd usb beginner friendly with lots of desktop environment options download pclinuxos porteus porteus can run on a usb flash drive cd dvd or an sd card it s the portable lightweight linux distro porteus minimum hardware requirements extremely lightweight any intel amd or via x86 64 processor 256 mb ram can be different depending on which desktop environment you use no hard disk required a flash drive with 512mb will work perfectly fine porteus facts and features the portable linux use it on portable storage devices usb cd dvd sd card different desktop environments to choose from kde lxqt mate cinnamon and more persistent mode is available save data directly on your rewritable removable storage device 15 seconds boot time porteus kiosk is a specialized edition that can be used on web terminals download porteus trisquel mini trisquel gnu linux is in a nutshell ubuntu with only free software the default version of trisquel runs with gnome but it has a mini edition which runs on lxde which is very lightweight trisquel mini minimum hardware requirements the default version is lightweight but the mini version is more lightweight amd k6 or intel pentium ii 128mb ram 3gb disk space trisquel mini facts and features only free software great for any kind of use home work education etc based on ubuntu mini version runs with lxde has different versions to choose from including trisquel sugar toast which is designed to be used by children in learning environments easily installable and usable via a usb flash drive download trisquel mini manjaro linux xfce edition another popular distro for advanced users is manjaro you can use the xfce edition with a pre installed desktop environment which makes it easier to get started manjaro linux minimum hardware requirements not the most lightweight system but very powerful and flexible 1ghz processor 512mb ram 30gb hard disk space manjaro linux facts and features flexible fast and powerful rolling release great for beginners and advanced users based on arch linux uses the xfce edition obviously easily installable and usable via a usb flash drive download manjaro linux peach osi lightweight linux distro that resembles the mac os x interface free beautiful easy to use and fully featured peach osi minimum hardware requirements the minimum requirements can be different depending on which version you choose 700 mhz processor intel celeron or better 512mb ram 1gb or more recommended 8 6gb disk space vga capable of 1024 768 screen resolution peach osi facts and features different versions editions to choose from depending on your needs you can choose from these versions peach tv the works barebones multilingual netbook peach kids peach pi peach pi tv multi purpose lightweight os use it as a desktop os for your home theater system for your kids etc based on ubuntu but highly customized easily installable and usable via a usb flash drive download peach osi raspbian the os built by raspberry pi that can easily run on a pi raspbian minimum hardware requirements lightweight yet powerful 1ghz pentium processor it can run on arm based processors too 512 mb ram 5gb disk space raspbian facts and features turn your raspberry pi into a fully featured desktop pc raspberry pi s own os based on debian raspbian lots of pre installed software including proprietary software can run as a persistent live os saving data on your removable drive download raspbian modern x based on opensuse and the gnome desktop environment lightweight and perfect for windows mac users not to be confused with modern x os modern x minimum hardware requirements extremely lightweight 366 mhz cpu 256mb ram 3gb disk space modern x facts and features beginner friendly gateway linux distro for windows and mac users uses the gnome desktop environment optimized for speed and windows mac users different versions available can run on a live cd usb sd card download modern x debian we included lots of distros based on debian but we should definitely include debian too the debian distro itself is very lightweight stable and popular debian minimum hardware requirements revive your old pc with an old yet modern distro 1ghz cpu 256mb ram 10gb disk space debian facts and features one of the most popular linux distros very active community and extensive documentation stable easy to use uses only...