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What are the best Slackware-based distros?
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User-friendly package manager
Porteus has a user-friendly package manager (known as the Unified Slackware Package Manager or USM) that allows you to download programs from five different repositories.
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Can be run from variety of storage mediums, including a USB drive, hard drive or a CD-ROM
Porteus is specifically designed to run as a portable operating system and so will perform well on portable storage mediums. It does not require installation. Changes you make to the system can be saved to your USB or hard drive.
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Available in seven desktop environments
Porteus 4.0 (latest version) is available in seven desktop environments: Cinnamon, KDE Plasma 5, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, Openbox and Xfce.
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Fast boot time (takes 20 seconds or less to boot)
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Lightweight - needs only 256 MB RAM to run including the GUI
Porteus is very fast, even on older devices, and needs only 256 MB RAM to run if you opt to use XFCE, MATE or LXQT as your desktop environment. However, if you want to use KDE, you will need at least 512 MB RAM.
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