Lightweight Linux implementations, or what Cray calls “Compute Node Linux” (CNL), can combine the performance advantages of a specialized compute-node operating system with the familiarity and ...

My first encounter with a lightweight, CLI-focused Raspberry Pi operating system was the official one. I installed the Raspberry Pi Lite 64-bit edition on my Pi Zero 2W and started building small self ...

DietPi is built differently from other command-line interface operating systems for the Raspberry Pi. I always keep an instance of DietPi on one of my SD cards because it makes it ridiculously easy to ...

Ubuntu unveiled Snappy Ubuntu Core today -- a new, lightweight version of the OS that offers a barebones platform combined with cloud-based application hosting. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

Leeenux is a light weight Linux distribution based on Ubuntu Netbook Remix. It takes up just 1.2GB of disk space and has a user interface that’s designed for netbooks with screens as small as 7 inches ...

Have you ever wondered how to turn your Raspberry Pi 5 into a sleek, ultra-lightweight desktop system? While many Linux distributions promise simplicity, few can match the sheer efficiency of Alpine ...

Spectro Cloud, a leading provider of modern infrastructure management, today announced Hadron, a lightweight, secure Linux distribution optimized for enterprise edge deployments. Hadron was created by ...

Microsoft, without any major announcement, recently updated its lightweight version of Windows 11. Released last year, this lightweight OS is not meant for the general end user. Based on Command Line ...

Linux has long provided an outstanding operating system for a wide range of users in a variety of settings. However, high-performance computing users, who must run applications on thousands of nodes, ...