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FruityComputers:
Hi there. I'm new to TinyCore Linux, but not new to Linux in general. I recently installed TinyCore Linux on an old ToughBook CF-28 mk1 which has 256MB ram 40 GB Hard Drive 600MHz processor. I did try other lightweight versions of Linux on the my CF-28 but they seemed to freeze on a blank screen even Puppy Linux did the same, I think its to do with the fact that the video chip doesn't support anything. Tiny Core was the only one that worked.

Since installing Tiny Core to the hard drive of my old CF-28 laptop I'm interested in learning more about the Tiny Core OS. I'm using the CorePlus version which is about 100 MB.

The things I'd like to be able to do is to install Open Office and VCL Player and FireFox web browser and see how it runs. I don't know if its possible to do so. I'd also like to do some customizing by getting rid of the dock and just having the icons on the desktop instead. Also I'd like to know how to access my USB ports in Tiny core

Thanks   

Lee:
I have run Tiny Core on lower spec machines than that... although I -do- feel obligate to mention that I have since scrapped them.    ;)

You'll want some swap space to make the heavier applications more comfortable.  I've never been inclined to turn off wbar ("the dock"), but if you just don't load wbar.tcz it will not start.  If you are just trying to avoid the sometimes-annoying icon zooming on mouseover, that can be adjusted out via the tcWbarConf button on the control panel.  I seem to recall discussion of desktop icons in the forums and I'm sure that's do-able.  No doubt someone will chime in with more info on that subject.

Also, "The Core Book", the wiki and the forum search function will likely provide answers to many of your questions.

http://tinycorelinux.net/book.html
http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/

Misalf:
There is also the  noicons  boot code.

nitram:
Hi FruityComputers. On low spec hardware, only slightly more limited than mine, you will definitely need swap partition or file, as mentioned. If your driive already has a Linux swap partition it should be detected by Tiny Core at boot, run  free -m  to confirm swap or  cat /etc/fstab  and swap should also be listed. If not, then you don't need to add another partition, just open the TC Control Panel, select Swapfile Tool and create a swap file instead. If your system needs to use swap, however, it's generally quite slow.

I've recently spent time playing with two old systems, similar 800 MHz processor but one has 256 MB RAM and the other 512 MB. With Firefox there is a noticeable performance improvement with the additional RAM, so if you find extra free RAM somewhere (eg. kijiji free) that's a good thing.

The software you mentioned are all heavyweights in their categories - browser, media player, office tools. Due to hardware limitations you may find running this software frustratingly slow. Recommend leaner alternatives, such as QTWeb instead of Firefox, SMPlayer instead of VLC, Abiword instead of OO, etc. Also running Firefox and modern web on old hardware is crippling without a good javascript blocker like NoScript.

Have fun!

Misalf:
Just booted into Tiny Core half an hour ago, running Firefox 46.0.1 with currently only  forum.tinycorelinux.net  opened, nothing else since booted, RAM claimed by Firefox is at 316 MB.

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