VectorLinux Light For Linux

VectorLinux Light is an open-source and completely free operating system derived from the Slackware Linux distribution and designed from the ground up to be as lightweight as possible, suitable for low-end machines and computers with old and semi-old hardware components.

The Light edition of VectorLinux is distributed as an installable-only, dual-arch and hybrid ISO image, which can only be installed on a disk drive, supports both 32-bit (i386) and 64-bit (x86_64) hardware platforms and is deployable on CD discs or USB flash drives.

From the boot menu of the ISO image, the user can only start the text-mode installer by pressing the Enter key. You will be asked to select a keyboard layout and start the installation process by partitioning the disk, choosing an installation method, installing the bootloader, configure the timezone and network.

Once again, please note that the entire installation process takes place in text-mode and will take approximately 10 minutes to complete, depending on your computer’s specs.

During the installation, you will be able to choose between the IceWM window manager (Light) or the LXDE desktop environment (Full). However, there are two more installation modes you may want to use, so choose those if you don’t endorse either of the aforementioned graphical environments.

Summing up, VectorLinux Light is indeed a slim and lightweight distribution of Linux. It uses some of the fastest window managers/desktop environments available on top of a rock-solid Slackware base.

However, we strongly suggest to try it before installing it by downloading the VectorLinux Light Live edition from Softpedia. It comes with a plethora of lightweight applications and is the perfect solution for slow and old computers.