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Questions tagged [lightweight]

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Linux: lightweight pdf reader which can bookmark where I left off reading?

I am using Arch Linux on a notebook, which has a 4GB SSD drive. so I have to save disk space/storage by any possible means. Reading technological PDFs are really painful when you have to memorize daily reading progress. I have tried…
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Fastest light-weight image viewer over forwarded x11 session (linux)

I have a slow network connection over which I'm forwarding x11 over ssh. I want to view images on the remote host (Ubuntu) quickly and efficiently. I'm looking for an image viewer that will take into account the image viewer window's resolution and…
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Lightweight Linux on Hewlett-Packard 2133 Mini-Note - Recommendations?

I've got an HP 2133 Mini-Note with a small (40 GB) IBM SSD installed. I'd like to use the machine as a fast, ultra-portable bare-bones word processor, and I'm tired of the relative "heaviness" of Win7 + Microsoft Office. I'd like to replace it with…
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What are some Linux lightweight PDF alternatives that support tabs?

Adobe Reader is the best, but it's so resource heavy. It takes almost 10% of my 8GB ram. Evince has trouble with highlighting text and does not support tabs. Foxit Reader for Linux does not support tabs. Any assistance in choosing an appropriate…
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Looking for a lightweight laptop thats under 2 KG

I'm looking for a lightweight laptop (under 2 KG or preferable 1.5 KG) thats not too hard on the pocket. I was thinking of a Sony VAIO but I wanted to know if I have any better and/or cheaper options. A Core 2 Duo or similar processor with 2gigs RAM…
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How to automatically show USB camera or memory stick contents in Icewm?

I normally use a very lightweight Linux setup. No desktop like Gnome or KDE, just Icewm as the windows manager and nothing else that normal users might consider essential. Well, I do need a file manager - I use Thunar. Recently I've been trying…
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looking for continuous Screen Capture for retroactivly reproducing errors, timeback machine

Usually Screen Video Capturing software are tailored for kind of video producers, who have a plan, have prepared keynotes, etc. However, I want a "time machine" program for a specific use case: Hey, there is a problem with computer/problem! Come…
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jsf lightweight application server

I need to run a web application based on JSF, JPA and EJB. But the server has very limited resources: CPU: VIA C7 Esther 1000Mhz RAM: 1GB HDD: 500GB 5400RPM Now, is there any particular lightweight java application server that can perform honestly…
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raspberry pi fast linux based os

I have made a server with python that does some stuff with databases. My original plan was to install raspbian, but now that I have it is kind of sluggish. is there a more lightweight and thus faster linux flavor which runs python and has the…
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Running a program on boot from cd

Can anyone tell me how to create a cd which when booted from will automatically run a script I choose? I am trying to read the contents of the RAM before the system entirely boots so it must be lightweight too. I can get a light linux distro but how…
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Are there benefits to a lightweight linux for a new computer?

I have a new laptop. It is an Intel Core i5, 1TB HDD, 8GB RAM. I will use it for some programming and modeling in Python and 3D CAD/CAM. I want the PC to be as fast as possible and I don't care much about looks. I will also use it to browse the…
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