We list the best lightweight Linux distros, to make it simple and easy to run a simpler Linux OS on older x86 machines. This means you shouldn't expect these distros to provide blistering ...

It has been validated to install and boot Linux (SUSE, Ubuntu), NetBSD and FreeBSD, and there is experimental (64-bit) Windows on Arm support as well. It wound up being the early development platform ...

Read the partition scheme below. Install a minimal OS, as the Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) installer will add the packages you need.