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Offline Kjellinux

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Difference in RAM usage?
« on: August 04, 2021, 02:13:04 AM »
I'm currently testing which lightweight Linux distributions can be used to give old low spec computers a second life. I have concluded that one of the most crucial bottlenecks is RAM usage. Lack of storage is usually less of an issue.

On http://tinycorelinux.net/downloads.html only the size of the .iso files is stated. Is there any difference in RAM usage between the 3 different cores?

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Re: Difference in RAM usage?
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2021, 02:41:24 AM »
Core uses the least ram as it doesn’t include a gui.

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Re: Difference in RAM usage?
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2021, 02:57:51 AM »
I guess I should have realised. Is there any diference in RAM usage between TinyCore and CorePlus?

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Re: Difference in RAM usage?
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2021, 03:19:25 AM »
It probably depends on which options are chosen in CorePure, but most likely TinyCore will use less.
« Last Edit: August 04, 2021, 04:44:08 AM by Juanito »

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Re: Difference in RAM usage?
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2021, 03:38:09 AM »
CorrPure? (I'm new to Tiny Core Linux)

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Re: Difference in RAM usage?
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2021, 04:42:04 AM »
Sorry, I should have said CorePlus.