Raspbian minimal: What's your choice? (Part II)


We continue exploring new distros, new flavors, to boldly go where no operating system has gone before...

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Remember I start to write about some minimal Raspbian based distribution on [this article](https://misapuntesde.com/post.php?id=349). Now it's the turn of two new OS very interestings: *pipaOS* and *PiBang Linux*.

pipaOS. A Debian Raspian based distribution for the Raspberry Pi board computer.

**Download pipaOS:** [512MB](http://pipaos.mitako.eu/download/pipaos-2.6-tiny500mb.img.gz) | [1GB](http://pipaos.mitako.eu/download/pipaos-2.6-small1gb.img.gz)

**Last file updated on May, 2014.**

**Login:** *sysop* | **Password:** *posys*

Some useful command to take a look. Click to full size

**Info:**

• Fully functional Linux system based on latest Raspbian ArmHF distro

• Runs the official Raspberry PI kernel version 3.12.18

• Compact size dual versions fit in 512MB/1GB cards

• Built-in support for most popular wireless usb dongles

• Fast: login screen in 10 seconds, online wireless association in 20 seconds

• Network time synchronization built-in using public NTP servers.

• System customization support: Just plug the SD-card and edit a text configuration file.

• System administrators can chroot into the card from a Linux Intel system, QEMU static emulator included

• Power failure tolerant: Uses ext4 non-journal file system

• Automatic open wireless association builtin: just plug in a usb dongle and get connected

• Secure shell server ready, sysop user with root privileves available to login with password or RSA key

• USB tethering ready: Connect the Android/iPhone phone and get pipaOS networked

• Support for FM radio transmission built-in

• Python 2.7.3 ready

• Python GPIO libraries

• HostAP ready, turn your RaspberryPI into a Wireless Access Point

• Comes with dnsmask so you can turn it into a lightweight DHCP server

**Notes:** I wrote an article about pipaOS that you can read [here](https://misapuntesde.com/post.php?id=289). No desktop environment installed. *raspistill* and *raspivid* ready to use. *raspi-config* is missing. Very fast distro. SSH enabled by default. **RECOMMENDED**.

PiBang Linux. Openbox Linux distro for the Raspberry Pi

**Direct Download:** [sourceforge.net](http://sourceforge.net/projects/pibang/files/?source=navbar)

**Last file uploaded:** *pibang-server-systemd-20131119.img.zip (557.9 MB)*

**Login:** You must create a user with **raspi-setup**

This time I'd like to show you a screenshot. Click to full size.

**Info:**

• No specified on its website. Read the notes.

**Notes:** Inspired by *Crunchbang Linux*. The author cover three versions: server, openbox and [i3](http://i3wm.org). Long time that not being updated. Pibang use SystemD. They have their own repository and a [forum](http://pibanglinux.org/forums) to get involve.

Conclusion

This 4 presented distros are for me the best option to get a Raspbian minimal with a base system packages. Like I said, I recommend *pipaOS* because it's the lighter distro I've tested and fast. I hope you liked these articles.

Do you know any other minimal OS?...