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Smallest linux distro? - deadgone - 13-12-2015
What would you guys say is the *smallest* linux (libre or not) distro there is? I was looking at rlsd2 recently but I found it unsuitable. Interested in hearing all of your opinions on this subject.
RE: Smallest linux distro? - Wildefyr - 13-12-2015
TinyCoreLinux is probably the smallest.
RE: Smallest linux distro? - venam - 14-12-2015
I've used TinyCore and rlsd2, both pretty small.
However, when it comes to the usage of small distro what I want is to be able to boot from a usb and directly be able to have a running system.
Slitaz is my main small distro choice, though not the smallest.
I guess in the bsd area you find smaller installs that can be put on a diskette.
RE: Smallest linux distro? - arcetera - 26-12-2015
TinyCore, rlsd, and Damn Small Linux are probably the smallest. For most uses something like SliTaz should be small *enough*.
RE: Smallest linux distro? - ninjacharlie - 26-12-2015
Linux From Scratch (also the most hardcore distro) ;)
RE: Smallest linux distro? - strang3quark - 26-12-2015
I've used Tiny Core, I like the frugal mode. The "bad" thing about tiny core are the repos, you'll probably need to compile and make some packages.
RE: Smallest linux distro? - z3bra - 26-12-2015
(26-12-2015, 12:28 PM)ninjacharlie Wrote: Linux From Scratch (also the most hardcore distro) ;)
LFS is not *that* hardcore in fact. Its pretty much like arch actually. If you can read up a guide, copy paste some commands and avoid being stupid, you can get an LFS setup in less than a day (depending on your computer power).
Also, its rather "big" due to the fact that most tools featured are GNU softwares compiled with sane defaults. A full alpine setup would be drastically smaller I think (busybox based)
RE: Smallest linux distro? - apk - 26-12-2015
https://github.com/pikhq/bootstrap-linux
RE: Smallest linux distro? - ninjacharlie - 27-12-2015
(26-12-2015, 06:25 PM)z3bra Wrote: Also, its rather "big" due to the fact that most tools featured are GNU softwares compiled with sane defaults. A full alpine setup would be drastically smaller I think (busybox based)
When I've done it, I've never used the GNU suggestions they have for software. I've always grabbed stuff from suckless.org/suckless alternatives, and figured it out from there, so it's a bit more hardcore ;)
RE: Smallest linux distro? - XcelQ - 24-01-2016
linux from scartch.
RE: Smallest linux distro? - z3bra - 25-01-2016
(24-01-2016, 01:44 PM)XcelQ Wrote: linux from scartch.
As I said, like, 3 posts above:
(26-12-2015, 06:25 PM)z3bra Wrote: LFS is not *that* hardcore in fact. Its pretty much like arch actually. If you can read up a guide, copy paste some commands and avoid being stupid, you can get an LFS setup in less than a day (depending on your computer power).
Also, its rather "big" due to the fact that most tools featured are GNU softwares compiled with sane defaults. A full alpine setup would be drastically smaller I think (busybox based)
RE: Smallest linux distro? - XcelQ - 25-01-2016
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(25-01-2016, 01:14 PM)z3bra Wrote:(24-01-2016, 01:44 PM)XcelQ Wrote: linux from scartch.
As I said, like, 3 posts above:
(26-12-2015, 06:25 PM)z3bra Wrote: LFS is not *that* hardcore in fact. Its pretty much like arch actually. If you can read up a guide, copy paste some commands and avoid being stupid, you can get an LFS setup in less than a day (depending on your computer power).
Also, its rather "big" due to the fact that most tools featured are GNU softwares compiled with sane defaults. A full alpine setup would be drastically smaller I think (busybox based)
I got arch in like 10 minutes. lfs probably takes longer.
RE: Smallest linux distro? - z3bra - 26-01-2016
It obviously does, but that's mostly due to the compilation time.
RE: Smallest linux distro? - arcetera - 04-03-2016
doesn't a minimal alpine docker container take ~5.5MB?
RE: Smallest linux distro? - z3bra - 04-03-2016
We're talking about docker containers, not actual distros though. so you don't have the kernel, modules and other things
RE: Smallest linux distro? - arcetera - 04-03-2016
ah; I've never used Docker so I didn't know that