On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Erik Mitchell <erik.mitchell at gmail.com> wrote: > But what if there was a distro that didn't have any services at all? Something like Core Linux? http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/downloads.html "Core is the base system which provides only a command line interface and is therefore recommended for experienced users only. Command line tools are provided so that extensions can be added to create a system with a graphical desktop environment. Ideal for servers, appliances, and custom desktops. " I believe it's just a kernel and busybox. I used it once to chroot into a broken debian install to fix Grub. -- Michael Moore