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Damn Small Linux is back!!! (www.damnsmalllinux.org)

submitted 2 years ago by hellfire103@lemmy.ca to c/linux@sopuli.xyz

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/14567056

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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Way back, I used to have the original, 50 MB DSL as a default PXE boot option in my lab. Was awesome for quick troubleshooting or to test hardware without having to mess with USB keys.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

netboot.xyz is great for this nowadays.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 6 points 2 years ago

I forgot this thing existed!

[–] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

At 700MB, it can no longer be called "damn small", especially considering there are much smaller distributions out there, such as TinyCore @ 23MB and SliTaz @ 43MB (yes, SliTaz is still around).

[–] jelloeater85@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Oh man SSL, I ran that on some janky old laptops, I think it was a pentium III.

[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Kind of a self-flex... I used to care about this distro way back when I was in my "I want everything to use as little to no memory!" phase.

...until I realized that 200 MiB "more" memory does little to no difference on (pretty much everything).

...unless you are using a really baked 'tater as a pc.