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Tiny Core Linux: a 23 MB Linux distro with graphical desktop

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518 points LorenDB | 3 comments | 06 Dec 25 14:18 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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alfiedotwtf ◴[06 Dec 25 21:18 UTC] No.46176668[source]▶
“Tiny” :)

I remember booting Linux off a 1.44Mb floppy

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1. jethro_tell ◴[06 Dec 25 21:21 UTC] No.46176691[source]▶
What gui were you running?
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2. alfiedotwtf ◴[07 Dec 25 00:37 UTC] No.46178114[source]▶
Ah. Yeah, no gui on that device, but I was running XFree86 on another tiny device. Maybe 8Mb though
3. extraduder_ire ◴[07 Dec 25 19:43 UTC] No.46184456[source]▶
Last time I ran a linux distro from a floppy disk (mid 2000s, novelty reasons), it was xfce.