Does someone knows a small linux distro that comes with apt package?
I tried puppy linux and dsl, but I didn't like any of those.
I am looking to setup a LAMP into a virtual machine with a small linux, and I am looking for a distro with apt because i am familiar with the package, and it would be easier for me to setup and upgrade a server.
Ubuntus JeOS was beeing build for exactly your purpose.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/JeOS
as single iso until 8.04
Now part of the server iso. Just select "install minimal virtual machine" in the install menu.
You can create a minimal, customised virtual image with vmbuilder (docs), from the python-vm-builder package.
sudo vmbuilder kvm ubuntu
vmbuilder relies on a very useful debian command, debootstrap.
There is also virt-install (virtinst package), which can work from an install cd. You can use a netinstall image, here are debian's, and here is ubuntu's mini.iso. virt-install isn't quite as fast and automated as the python-vm-builder option, I'd only use that to have the option to run the debian-installer or as a fallback for non-debian, non-debootstrap distros.
Well for light DE you could try lubuntu.
If you just want something light, then use the Ubuntu minimal install and build from there
Have a look at ArchivistaVM, it is only about 100 MByte (with Xorg + Firefox), or 72 MByte without GUI:
http://www.archivista.ch/en/pages/support/download.php
Zip-File without GUI (same password) https://www.archivista.ch/avtest5.zip
It works completely in RAM, startup time is about 15 or 20 seconds, there is a cluster mode (drdb), but at this time, the documentation is not yet fully available in English.
openSUSE Rescue is only 591 MB. It comes with the Xfce environment. It does not come with APT, but does include the similar zypper tool.
