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What's the best lightweight Linux distro?

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bmarkus:

--- Quote from: danielibarnes on January 26, 2011, 11:36:56 AM ---Ubuntu can be lightweight: "64 to 128 MB of RAM, less than 1 GHz processor, ... the total installation size is a little under 1 GB." It's an order or two of magnitude greater than an equivalent Tiny Core installation, but less than a full Ubuntu installation. Other examples are out there, too.

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Right. Agree, a week old elephant baby is much lighter than her mom, but anyhow a bit heavier than a 5 years old fat lazy cat :)

tinypoodle:
Hahaha, bmarkus, you made my day   ;D

Rich:
I'd like to respond to a few of the posts but first I want to point out that most people (mom, dad, computer
for the kids, etc.) don't install operating systems, they buy a new computer with it already installed.

bmarkus reply#7: I still don't fully understand them. The Core Concepts page as I view it does not focus
clearly enough on the various operating modes by mixing in terms like grub, boot codes, dependency
checking. Someone new to Linux will just walk away confused.

Guy reply#12: A simple tutorial (if it does not exist yet) on how to walk up to a wired machine with a TC CD
and USB stick to set up a PPI installation and then run it on the target machine would solve the wireless
problem. I think that helping people to help themselves is a better solution than a remastered disk.

roberts reply#21: New computers with Windows typically come with very few worthwhile applications
installed. A browser and file manager which are basically one and the same, notepad, and wordpad. The
copies of Word, Excel, PPT, etc. are 60 day trial packages that you can pay for if you wish to keep using
them. That isn't really a full turnkey system either as far as I'm concerned. The difference is you are doing
it the right way by starting with a basic desktop and leaving the rest to the end user.

lucky13 reply#22: You are being way too hard on Vista. Two years ago we got my mom (she's 73) a new
computer, unfortunately Vista was the only choice available. It boots in 3 minutes, shuts down in 1, and
in general is slow, which should not be the case for a 3Ghz machine. Yes, thanks to the software model
(fatter, dumber, and slower) used by MS I have started using Linux as much as possible, thanks Vista.

jur reply#21: I disagree. I'm glad I don't have to upgrade to faster hardware due to the software model
mentioned if I install a newer version of linux.

bmarkus reply#40: I used to have one of those, cat that is.

Personally I think Linux is a wonderful operating system and that TC's architecture is well thought out.

curaga:

--- Quote ---bmarkus reply#7: I still don't fully understand them. The Core Concepts page as I view it does not focus
clearly enough on the various operating modes by mixing in terms like grub, boot codes, dependency
checking. Someone new to Linux will just walk away confused.
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Any improvements to the docs are welcome. ;)

roberts:
Let me second that as well.

I also see some nice videos on Tiny Core posted on YouTube.

Contributing videos to our collection on any area of Tiny/Micro Core would be very much welcomed. It could really make things clear for new users.

If you have made such a video or willingly to do so please contact me or a team member.

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