SLAX is fast and beautiful Linux operating system which fits on small (3.14") CD-ROM disc. It runs directly from the CD (or USB) without installing. The Live CD described here is based on the Slackware Linux distribution and uses Unification File System (also known as unionfs), allowing read-only filesystem to behave as a writable one, saving all changes to memory.

Medium
either IDE connected CDROM (to boot from the CD) or USB FlashDisk (to boot from the mass storage device) or maybe some harddisk (to boot SLAX from the disk)

BIOS
either non-emulation booting enabled (to boot from the CD) or USB FlashDrive booting enabled (to boot from the mass storage device)

Memory
36 MB to boot slax. 96 MB to run Xwindow with fluxbox 144 MB to run Xwindow with KDE

Processor
i486 or better, Pentium or AMD are both OK.

Peripheral devices
some keyboard PS/2 or USB connected mouse (required for Xwindow only) serial (COM) mouse is not automatically recognized, but can be used

Harddisk
No harddisk is required