• LXDE - the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment
  "an extremely fast-performing and energy-saving desktop environment... it comes with a beautiful interface, multi-language support, standard keyboard short cuts and additional features like tabbed file browsing. LXDE uses less CPU and less RAM than other environments. It is especially designed for computers with low hardware specifications..."
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• Make Linux faster, lighter and more powerful | TechRadar UK
  "With just a few tweaks and some experimentation, your Linux system can realise your machine's untapped potential."
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• moonOS
  Lightweight Ubuntu-derived LXDE & Enlightenment DR17 Linux distro, focused on speed & looks.
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• Orpheus - console music & stream player
  Has windows/menus/dialogs (including for config), color schemes, handles mp3/ogg/CD & CDDB, load & save playlists, edit ID3 tags, repeat track/playlist & random feature, playlist sorting & search, autogenerated currently_playing file, internal mixer controller... Can control already-running instance from commandline.
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• Radio Tray
  "a simple application with minimal interface just to listen to online radios." ... Plays most media formats, supports bookmarks & sorting, as well as most popular streaming-playlist formats like PLS or M3U.
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• Salix
  Slackware-based distro that's lightweight & easy to use.
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• SAM Linux
  "a self-booting live CD containing a complete and modern desktop OS." The 'contains' list includes XFCE, Firefox, disc burning, OpenOffice, Exaile, Gimp, "and much more!"
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• Slax: your pocket operating system
  Lightweight distro with modular approach; copy software modules you want to Slax, no need to install. Provides a wide collection of pre-installed software, well organized graphical user interface, and useful recovery tools.
  Slax is beautiful and small bootable CD with Linux. It contains all the software you like. SLAX runs directly from the CD (or USB) without installing.
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• SliTaz
  Linux distro "working completely in RAM and booting from removable media such as a cdrom or USB key."
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• The Jupiter Applet
  A lightweight control applet that changes performance mode based on power source and offers quick access to control the video connection, resolution, wireless, and bluetooth.
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• The Lightest Web Browsers for Linux
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• The Mutt E-Mail Client
  "Small but very powerful text-based mail client for Unix operating systems." Still in development with plenty of documentation; includes color support, message threading, IMAP support, alternate outgoing addresses, header editing... Also super-customizable, using a relatively simple ".mailrc" config file.
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• The Syslinux Project's Wiki
  "...lightweight bootloaders for MS-DOS filesystems (sysLinux), network booting (pxeLinux), bootable "El Torito" CD-ROMs (ISOLinux), and Linux filesystems (extLinux). The project also includes MEMDISK, a tool to boot legacy operating systems (such as DOS) from nontraditional media."
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