MiniOS — Fast. Simple. Reliable. MiniOS

What is MiniOS?

MiniOS is a lightweight and fast Debian-based modular Linux distribution that runs directly from a USB drive. Its main advantages are versatility and flexibility of customization. The system can be run on almost any hardware supporting x86 architecture, supports most popular installation programs, allows you to customize many parameters to perform any task, whether it is replacing a desktop distribution or developing an embedded system.

Why does MiniOS take up more space than my favorite portable distribution?

Many compact distributions sacrifice visual design quality, EFI support, and use powerful compression algorithms to reduce the size of the media. This reduces usability, limits the ability to run on different devices, and negatively affects performance. In MiniOS, we strive to find a balance between size, speed, convenience, and appearance, creating a product that takes up less space than desktop distributions while maintaining their convenience.

How to install?

You can install MiniOS in any way convenient for you. MiniOS supports the ability to save persistent changes if the system was installed using most popular programs such as Ventoy, Rufus, balenaEtcher, UNetbootin and many others.

How to change the language?

To change the language and keyboard settings, start Minios Configurator and enter your locale (e.g. es_ES.UTF-8), enter the necessary keyboard settings. You can also change these settings in the configuration file minios/minios.conf, or specify in the kernel parameters. After completing the settings, restart the computer.

What else do I need to know?

User password for live: evil
Administrator password for root: toor
You can change them in the configuration file minios/minios.conf, or specify in the kernel parameters.
You can find the rest of the necessary information in the documentation.

  • Standard

  • MiniOS Standard

  • MiniOS Standard is a compact operating system designed for everyday tasks. It is characterized by high performance and a concise but effective interface. The system includes basic graphical programs and necessary console utilities. The functionality can be extended by installing additional programs using the APT package manager from the extensive Debian repository.

  • Minimum system requirements

    768* MB RAM (64-bit), 512* MB RAM (32-bit)
    1 GHz processor
    700 MB of disk space

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    32bit 64bit

  • * You can run the system with less RAM than specified, but this will adversely affect usability and speed.

  • * It is recommended to use the 64-bit version if your processor supports it. The 32-bit version lacks additional drivers for Realtek, Broadcom wireless adapters and drivers for modern Intel sound cards.

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  • Toolbox

  • MiniOS Toolbox

  • MiniOS Toolbox is a specialized Linux distribution for maintenance, diagnostics and recovery of computer systems. It provides a rich set of graphical and console tools for working with disks and partitions (creation, resizing, formatting, cloning, data recovery), network diagnostics and administration (traffic analysis, port scanning, remote connection), data security (encryption, secure deletion), data and password recovery, hardware fault diagnosis and testing, as well as other utilities.

  • Minimum system requirements

    768* MB RAM
    1 GHz processor
    900 MB of disk space

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    64bit

  • * You can run the system with less RAM than specified, but this will adversely affect usability and speed.

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  • Ultra

  • MiniOS Ultra

  • MiniOS Ultra - the name speaks for itself. The distribution is an extensive set of software tools designed both for maintenance and diagnostics of computer systems and for solving a wide range of office tasks, from working with documents to editing images and video files.

  • Minimum system requirements

    768* MB RAM
    1 GHz processor
    1.5 GB of disk space

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    64bit

  • * You can run the system with less RAM than specified, but this will adversely affect usability and speed.

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