Which is the lightweight linux for virtualbox?

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ThisSiteSucks picture ThisSiteSucks · Jan 26, 2016 · Viewed 10.8k times · Source

I am completely new to Linux and I want to download and practice linux commands without letting go of my windows pc. I have a Dell Inspiron with 500 GB Hard Drive, 4 GB RAM and Pentium CPU B980 (2.4 GHz) processor with Windows 8.1 on it. I installed virtualbox and downloaded Ubuntu Linux, Linux Mint, Mageia but they all are very slow. I checked all possible answers here and on other sites, but I am unable to make it run faster. I believe it's because all these Linux Distros(This is the fancy word that's used to name them right? ) have graphical interfaces. So is there a linux which comes with only command line interface and is pretty much LIGHTWEIGHT FOR "VIRTUALBOX"?

Thanks

P.S. I am totally new to Linux and I dont even know what it is properly. I just want to install it and practice few commands for now.

Thanks :D

Answer

user5821336 picture user5821336 · Jan 26, 2016

You could try: http://puppylinux.org/

It's running even on my old netbook, your PC should be enough to work with it on VirtualBox.

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