Parch Linux Lite is a lightweight edition of Parch Linux built around the LXQt desktop environment. It is designed for older computers and low-spec hardware, and runs comfortably on machines with 1 GB of RAM or more.
| Component | Minimum |
|---|---|
| RAM | 1 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB free space |
| CPU | 64-bit (x86_64) processor |
| Graphics | Any card supported by the Linux kernel |
To help low-RAM systems, Lite ships with zram (compressed swap in RAM) and earlyoom (OOM protection) out of the box.
| Name | Usage | Category |
|---|---|---|
| PCManFM-Qt | Fast and lightweight file manager | System |
| QTerminal | Tabbed terminal emulator | System |
| LXQt Panel | Desktop panel and start menu | System |
| FeatherPad | Lightweight Qt text editor | Productivity |
| Falkon | Fast, privacy-focused web browser | Web Browser |
| mpv | Minimal, powerful media player | Movie & Music |
| Zathura | Keyboard-driven PDF/EPUB viewer | Productivity |
| LXQt Archiver | Simple archive manager | System |
| GParted | Disk partitioning tool | System |
| Calamares | Friendly graphical installer | System |
- Desktop Environment: LXQt + Openbox
- Display Manager: SDDM (autologin on live session)
- Kernel: Linux LTS
- Audio: PipeWire + WirePlumber
- Boot: BIOS (syslinux) and UEFI (systemd-boot / GRUB)
- Compression: squashfs (xz) for a compact ISO
mkarchiso -v iso/The resulting ISO is written to out/.
This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.