OS installs

[vinceASPECT]

Hello Forum,

....i just wondered why OS's such as Haiku only take 20 seconds to install to HDD but your
original live ISO download burned to pen drive is 1.4 gigs?..........how come is that?

Where-as say Kolobrios is just a tiny download which is a live RAM boot each time from either floppy disc or pen drive ........and it's not intended for HDD install.....(it's a single floppy disc in size)

thx
C

[gadget42]

this was an interesting screenshot:

https://kolibrios.org/static/img/screenshots/3.png

is the date/time on the one file manager january 12th, 2021 - 7:44PM or december 1st, 2021 - 7:44PM

also while searching "kolibri" found this:

https://www.rockislandauction.com/riac-blog/the-diminuitive-kolibri-pistol

fascinating indeed.

[vinceASPECT]

not sure sir

i would say........ FIRST of December 2021......

Kolobrios offers several file managers on it's desktop........ontop of hundreds of other free tools all from a single floppy disc. 

It's an incredible OS.

Any advance on WHY Haiku just takes 20 seconds to install to HDD from it's live session of a 1.4 gig pen drive live boot...?

Thx
C

[vinceASPECT]

This seems a great free phone app.

"Tessera"

https://github.com/daryan044/tessera-linux

full HW acceleration

Thx
C

[gadget42]

...
https://github.com/daryan044/tessera-linux
...

snip...
Comes with Claude Code, which installs itself on first run.

snip...
Claude Opus 5.5 was used in the process of creating this app.

[gadget42]

speaking regarding claude and then i saw this interesting bit:

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/11/claudes-new-rules-against-game-cloning-wont-stop-the-ai-copying-boom/

[vinceASPECT]

Hello forum,

Regarding putting Linux OS's onto your devices like
Android phones,  earlier i mentioned the app "Nomone Desktop"
which requires just one click to get Linux.

Well, the app also supports any Gpu's for accelerating
Any apps that benefit from gpu... .......
It is  ready made & works out of the box.

Its not free ,  but it is ridiculously simple for it
to get to the levels it achieves.

More importantly , its simple to get a 60 inch Linux
Desktop by sliding your phone into a "VR box" which is
a  $5 headset ........and using a bluetoothe mouse &
Keyboard or  an OTG of both.
Then click the VR option in their app.

It's a super computing experience
for which you use the "black background" version
Of the app  on their website.

Thx
C

[gadget42]

hat-tip @vinceASPECT for the reference to OTG

today i learned:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_On-The-Go

https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/o/otg.htm

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/what-is-usb-otg-5-cool-ways-use-android/

also found computerhope's historical references interesting as well:

https://www.computerhope.com/history/2026.htm

rip to the various computer pioneers listed