My Favorite Linux Distributions

1. PUPPY Linux comes first.
I hate bloated Operating Systems.
With 100MB Puppy large collection of utilities.
It has save options.
FatPup supports 64 bit computers and all Puppy Linux in the past were 32 bit.
4 to 8GB USB is more than enough.

2. Knoppix comes second and last version was way back in early 2021.
Its desktop effects are fantastic and application list is enormous.
It can be booted with a persistent  volume and one should use 32GB USB.

3. Ubuntu 21.10 is only 3.1GB and bootable from a USB of 4GB. It has curtailed basic stuff in this volume but once installed it has enormous applications to install from Debian store.
It has AbiWord.

4. Number 4 is Emmabuntus which support old 32  bit computers.
It can be booted on a 64  bit computer and it's application supports children utilities and its application base is enormous.

It has AbiWord my favorite word processor.

5. Debian 11 is my workhorse and it does not support AbiWord.
It's disk tool is useful and I do not need Gparted for partitioning.

6. Number 6 is Gparted PAE and 64 bit versions booted on a USB.

7. Number 7 is MultiSystem OP which is Ubuntu based and one can boot multiple image on a USB.

8. Number 8 is Endless OS.
It takes over the HD and no dual booting options.

9. Number 9 is PinguOs.

10. Number 10 PCLinux which has fallen out of my liking and it does not support dual booting.

11. I have installed Ubuntu, Emma bantus and Debian on a external terabyte disk and I have 700GB left for data.
Emmabantus need 30GB for root partition and Debian 25GB.
Ubuntu needs only 3.1GB.

The 240GB is used for Home and Var partitions for data.

The operating system consumes the least resources.

Debian takes about 2 hours to install and configure 2700 packages.

Once installed booting is smooth and brisk.
It's fsckd takes a few minutes to check file system integrity at boot  time, although one can halt this process it is prudent to let it do it's house keeping job at it's leisure pace.

By the way, I am wrong about Debian cannot be booted on a USB.

All what one has to do is to download the ISO and use image writer from Debian, to write it to any bootable media external or internal.

In a flash it boots an image without an ESP partition (boots from a 2MB boot partition) and rest of the media is available for data.

All these are coming with kernel 5 and USB Mouse is very sensitive to slightest of hand movements.

I forgot about Peppermint but since it wants Microsoft words to be installed I have given up using it from version 10.

It took 20 minutes of fiddling to get torrents files for Debian and Knoppix 9.1 images.

It was a good exercise for my age  and clumsy hands.

With DVDs and CDs disappearing from the open market, it makes sensed to buy few USBs.

I have a big collection.