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Pats:
Our group is currently discussing the exclusive features of TC compared to other Linux Distros !
Apart from TCs small foot-print , can anyone tell - what are other exclusive specialities in TC - which are NOT available in other Linuxes ?

~ Pats

curaga:
I doubt anything is 100% exclusive, but many things are pretty rare elsewhere.

- initramfs is the OS. Most toram linuxes use a two-step boot: DSL, Knoppix, Puppy. They boot a small initrd that searches for the main data. IIRC Slitaz does it like we do.
Thanks to this we can boot from just about anything, no need for the kernel to support reading the media. Weird setups as well as new hw benefit from this.
- extensions, instead of installed packages. The concept of a pristine boot.
- customizability. Nimblex is somewhat similar, but doesn't go as deep in the possibilities.
- being a "busybox distro".
- Xvesa is not used much elsewhere.

bmarkus:
NimbleX in fact was a SLAX clone, so better to mentione SLAX. Its moduls are very similar to TC extensions with significant differences, for example SLAX is lacking dependency handling.

curaga:
I was mainly thinking of Nimblex's web creator, but yes, Slax has similarities too.

Pats:

--- Quote ---- extensions, instead of installed packages. The concept of a pristine boot.
--- End quote ---

Is there significant diff in exts of TC and packages of others ? Both can be built from sources and can be updated/built by the users - thats what I assume - I may be terribly mistaken - off-cource !

Does All the Live Distros like Knoppix et el diifer from TC as far as - pristine boot concept is concerned ? I am confused - really !


--- Quote ---- - customizability. Nimblex is somewhat similar, but doesn't go as deep in the possibilities.
--- End quote ---

You mean source/package customization or the basic sytem customization - for example ?


--- Quote ---- - being a "busybox distro".
- Xvesa is not used much elsewhere.
--- End quote ---

What exactly you mean by - a "busybox distro" ?

Above are just dumb Qs with my incomplete IQ abt Linux as whole -  I am NOT crossing your points refered above.



--- Quote ---NimbleX in fact was a SLAX clone, so better to mentione SLAX. Its moduls are very similar to TC extensions with significant differences, for example SLAX is lacking dependency handling.
--- End quote ---

This is some-what new refresher for me ! Thnks !

~ Pats

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