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LeoPanthera ◴[30 Oct 25 19:30 UTC] No.45764262[source]▶

>>45763076 (OP) #

What's the smallest Linux distribution with a graphical desktop?

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watermelon0 ◴[30 Oct 25 20:20 UTC] No.45764856[source]▶

>>45764262 #

Tiny Core Linux at 23 MB

http://www.tinycorelinux.net/downloads.html

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1. Grom_PE ◴[30 Oct 25 20:47 UTC] No.45765118[source]▶

>>45764856 #

I have experimented with Tiny Core Linux + Wine, that netted around 100 MB, would be a good starting point for running Windows software on a minimal OS. Certainly would run more software than any Windows cut and shrunk to that size.

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I have released a 69.0MB version of Windows 7 x86