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Looking for a minimal distro for a virtual machine (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi all :)

I manage a handful of websites and their emails using the PortableApps suite on Windows, so have a separate browser and mail client for each one. This has worked well for years, but now I'm switching to Linux, Mint specifically. I've read that I can set up profiles on Firefox and probably Thunderbird, or maybe run separate instances with things like AppImages, but it sounds like it's a messy solution, and could end up with me using the wrong profile by mistake

What I want to do is set up a virtual machine for each site, and have a completely separate instance of the programs, and hopefully a way to easily transfer the machines to other systems if needs be.

I'd prefer to use a Debian / Ubuntu based distro with Apt and the 'Windows' style desktop, as that's what I'm already used to, but am I better off installing Mint and stripping it down, or is there something more suited to this?

Thanks in advance :)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Alpine maybe ?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I was gonna say that but does alpine have KDE or XFCE (he said Windows style interface)? I’ve only used it as a container.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They have a wiki page for installing KDE so I'm sure it supports XFCE also. You'll want to download their virtual optimized version instead of mini root (which is what you normally use in a container).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Runs KDE and xfce fine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Alpine does seem to be the popular distro in the thread :)

I'm planning on trying it out tonight and seein g how I get on with the package manager, not that I should need it much after the initial installation.