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I want a command line only UNIX/Linux OS. I want the download of the OS to be below 80MB. I want minimum software.

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closed as primarily opinion-based by Patrick, Mat, jasonwryan, maxschlepzig, l0b0 Oct 19 '14 at 8:22

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As with all distro recommendations, the best solution is for you to try them and see. Below 80 MB is going to be troublesome though since a fairly vanilla Linux kernel is roughly 71 MiB anyhow. –  HalosGhost Oct 19 '14 at 6:35
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I want a pony... –  jasonwryan Oct 19 '14 at 7:03
    
similar closed question, Also this may helpful –  Pandya Oct 19 '14 at 7:09
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look at tinycore. then get @jasonwryan a pony. –  mikeserv Oct 19 '14 at 7:27

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You can Install "Ubuntu command-line system" and try Minimal CD.

The command-line version of Ubuntu is a sparse system without any graphical elements. It's a text-only version of what lies underneath all the advanced graphical elements. It's also the starting point for a minimal installation.

You can download following Ubuntu 32 or 64 bit minimal ISO images:

They are all smaller than 80 MB.

For more Information, Visit : this and this.

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Also take look at Ubuntu server –  Pandya Oct 19 '14 at 7:18
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I guess almost all Distros have a minimal version without GUI. Dont know any below 80MB, but I suggest the CentOS minimal, which is around 400MB.

But there are distros below 80MB but they include both GUI and CLI. So I guess if 80MB is your limit you can use them and simply not use the GUI.

  1. Slitaz is just cool.
  2. Damn Small Linux (DSL) lol :D just 10MB.
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