A fast and lightweight Linux desktop with CRUX Linux 2.7 (i686)

http://crux.nu

Main advantages for CRUX :
- fast (simple yet efficient boot scripts) and “keep it simple” principle (targeted at experienced users)
- contains only essential software (reduced disk space usage)
- good package manager with support for dependencies (prt-get) and BSD-like ports system (few but quality packages)

Some cons :
- kernel must be compiled during installation process
- being a source-based distro, compilations will take a long time on slower machines
- no support for native languages (but this is done on purpose)

Building a tiny X.Org Linux System using Buildroot

This is my 3rd Buildroot howto, please read the previous ones in order to get started!

 

This howto was made using a Debian Squeeze 6.0 build host, with Buildroot 2011.02 (latest snapshot from the git repository)
Download and configure Buildroot :

Get the latest Buildroot and start configuring it (as a regular user)
$ cd
$ git clone git://git.buildroot.net/buildroot
$ cd buildroot && make menuconfig