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This will be for a physically small i5 laptop for various programming fun. The candidate linux should be easy to install, and provide a large selection of CLI programs.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There's a version of Debian whose desktop environment is just the CLI. (I learned the "fun way" at first boot whilest helping a friend install Linux on their machine). It was certainly a lightweight, fast, & easy installation, I'll say that! Lol!

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I am running Debian 12 on another machine.