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I am looking to turn a 8Gb USB into a bootable drive with a minimal OS. All I want is an OS that will allow me to use vim, nothing else (no internet/any other services). I basically want to turn a USB into a digital typewriter.

I was able to make a bootable semi persistent Ubuntu USB using syslinux and uNetBootin on my mac. However, Ubuntu seems too bloated.

What would be a good OS for my needs? Also, could I make a persistent bootable USB with it?

Thanks :)

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  • There are several small Linux distributions; you might pick one of them (I don't have any particular recommendation). Jun 25, 2015 at 14:20
  • Do you have any recommendations?
    – guest12345
    Jun 25, 2015 at 14:22

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As a suggestion, you can always download a Gentoo minimal install ISO image to copy onto a USB key. It contains everything to access the network anyway. If you fancy some exploration you can still trim it down to disable or remove networking (i.e. emerge openrc without netifrc and newnet USE flags) but you'll have to rebuild an entire system.

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Can anything be smaller than damn small linux at 50Mbytes. It has vim and can persist data if you add a partition to your usb key.

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