Tiny Core Linux
Tiny Core Base => TCB Talk => Topic started by: swiftlinuxcreator on January 25, 2011, 06:55:00 PM
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TinyCore is INCREDIBLY fast. Even Puppy Linux and antiX Linux are much slower than TinyCore. I think TinyCore and SliTaz are the only distros with a significant following that can work on a Windows 95-era computer. Puppy Linux and antiX Linux need at least a Windows 98-era computer.
I realize this is a dumb question, but how do I start browsing the web when I boot up TinyCore from the live CD? I understand that the founder used to work on Damn Small Linux (which I used in my earlier days as a Linux user). Am I supposed to download an extension from the repository? Where do I save the extension file?
So far, I've only installed software from the repository AFTER installing the OS, not before. I get the impression that the other lightweight distros I've used (antiX, Puppy, and DSL) have more in common with the heavyweight distros (like Ubuntu and Mint) than with TinyCore.
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Tiny Core is very different from DSL, etc.
Short answer download a web browser of you choice.
You should carefully peruse ( http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=7495.0 )
the documentation provided.
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Use AppBrowser to download and install a browser. I like "links", as it has few dependancies, and is small and fast. It doesn't do much that's fancy, but it'll work for downloading files and reading forums.