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How and what is TinyCore usually used for anyway?

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Lee:
I use it for various purposes at work and at home:

1: A server running (primarily) ssh and samba used for network backup storage
2: A desktop used for web browsing, email, playing music, rdesktop, etc on a fairly capable box
3: A server running (primarily) ssh, ftpd, httpd
4: An oldish desktop used as a secondary PC for email, web browsing, utility work.

All boot Core from a USB stick.  Only #1 ever mounts any hard disk file systems.

Zero:
Although it's very extensible, doing so I feel defeats the purpose of having a lean/mean OS. I would say it's intended for limited use machines.

I'm resurrecting some old machines for dedicated amateur radio services. My Dell L400 I'd like to use on Field Days. Bmarkus compiled fldigi into an extension that I have so far failed miserably at getting to work at all. If anyone has it running on TC4.x, please tell us how you did it!

I have another machine, P-III/1GHz that I want to run a dedicated managed firewall on.

My $0.02.

Z

thane:
I think of TCL as customizable. Most distros give you a fixed set of applications, based on what someone else thinks you need or should want. TCL lets you decide. It can be as lean or fat as each of us chooses.

curaga:
I run TC on practically everywhere, from six-core desktops to old laptops. I just like the speed and lack of bloat.

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