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[ale] looking for a very lightweight distro
- Subject: [ale] looking for a very lightweight distro
- From: skotchman at gmail.com (Scott Castaline)
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:53:50 -0400
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <[email protected]> <20100714214900.WY53A.8900215.root@mp07> <[email protected]>
On 07/14/2010 10:13 PM, Richard Bronosky wrote:
> You can download a 10MB (!!!) ISO of TinyCore Linux to run in a
> VirtualBox VM. It boots in less than a second! Once booted you can use
> its built it package manager to install a few packages and then choose
> "Burn USB Drive" to create a thumb drive you can boot from. I would
> suggest pulling the drives out to save power. Using a P2 is likely to
> cost a lot more in energy in 1 year than you would spend on an SBC.
>
MicroCore is 6MB, but strictly CLI main console only. But is usable.
>