[aklug] Re: Smallest workable Linux

I have been using tinycore of late for dedicated app server running in a vir=
tual machine. I also use it as a bootable OS on my memstick for virus scans o=
n windows machines.=20

Modular, tiny, 10 mb core (x11 version) then add the bits you need.=20

->Pat Rinehart

On Aug 11, 2011, at 8:54 PM, Christopher Howard <christopher.howard@frigidco=
de.com> wrote:

> Right off, let me say that this post is meant to stir up conversation=20
> (see your ideas) rather than find some quick solution. Let's say your=20
> goal was to build the smallest possible Linux system with only the=20
> following criteria:
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> 1. Can read/send e-mail (comfortably)
> 2. Can surf the Web (javascript unnecessary)
> 3. Can view images (say, through framebuffer).
> 4. Can edit files and read/write to disk.
> 5. Can SSH to other computers.
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> (Obviously, X11 is not a requirement.) How small could you get this=20
> system? Now, muLinux is supposedly one floppy, yet has X graphics, so=20
> presumably one could shrink this down even more.
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> I'm thinking, you could cut /anything/ you deem unnecessary. (E.g., why=20=

> have support for more than one file system?) So, what software would you=20=

> pick and how would you put it together?
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Received on Thu Aug 11 20:52:07 2011