@whitekiba I mean I want it to be extendable at some point, but I do want to beat #TinyCore in terms of size...

https://github.com/OS-1337/OS1337

I mean #Floppinux did it with @linux 5.13.0-rc2 kernel, so it's not impossible...

https://github.com/w84death/floppinux

@beforewisdom
Not that I don't think #Floppinux is bad - far from it.

But considering that #TinyCore #Linux can do 17 MB apparently with default userland and 23 MB with #Xorg + #Desktop I do want to get things to just work without being able to at least have #IPv4 #Ethernet working and being able to mount #SMB shares or at least #SSH into things using #Dropbear.
http://tinycorelinux.net/downloads.html

And the #TinyCore #inxi package for 3.3.29 was accepted unusually rapidly, so that is now available in tiny core. I have been fairly successful in my attempts to be a better packager, for a while I was being a bit lax in terms of not releasing often enough, but now I only skip packaged releases that definitely do not matter for tiny core re the changes etc. Most of the time they do matter.

Doing research on #Linux distros supporting a 80MB memory Pentium 200MHz MMX system that are still maintained and so far only #TinyCore looking viable.

Any other ideas?

So I boot #TinyCore #Linux from its latest bootable CD. It boots, works. I dd the image onto an USB thumb drive, boot from it. Half of the keys from keyboard do not work. Magic. :blobfoxconfused:

I modified astro (#Gemini client) and with a lot of bodging got it working on my ancient #TinyCore laptop! This thing has 128MB of RAM!

Tiny Core Linux richiede solo 48 MB di RAM
#Linux #TinyCore #TinyCoreLinux #memoria #RAM #opensource
https://guruhitech.com/tiny-core-linux-richiede-solo-48-mb-di-ram/

And yes, I submitted the new #inxi release to #TinyCore the same day of release, which is unusual for me. Checking the release notes, I've been packaging this now for 4 1/2 years, time flies. I'm not the best or more reliable packager in the world, but I like the TiinyCore project, what they do in a sense helps keep Linux honest in a way. Sadly the #Perl5 + inxi iinstall is bigger than the base TinyCore install, lol, but that's why TC is cool.

And yes, I submitted the new #inxi release to #TinyCore the same day of release, which is unusual for me. Checking the release notes, I've been packaging this now for 4 1/2 years, time flies. I'm not the best or more reliable packager in the world, but I like the TiinyCore project, what they do in a sense helps keep Linux honest in a way. Sadly the #Perl5 + inxi iinstall is bigger than the base TinyCore install, lol, but that's why TC is cool.

Packaged up #inxi 3.3.25 for #TinyCore linux, I'm a lazy packager, but I try to keep it relatively current.

If you've never checked out tinycore, give it a spin, how they can make a fairly complete operating system, including a window manager, package manager, etc, in that size, continues to astound me, and is also why I decided to package inxi for tinycore in the first place.

Moj poslednji susret sa #BSD (konkretno, #FreeBSD) je bio 2005. Na #Linux strani sam (primarno) koristio #Debian. I, onda se pojavio #Ubuntu 5.04 koji sam probao i ostao mu veran (kao primarnom OS). BSD sam batalio.

Elem, danas sam na jednu slabašnu mašinu instalirao #OpenBSD. So far, so good!

P.S. Light distroi Linuxa (sem *baš* ultra-light varijeteta tipa #TinyCore, #AlpineLinux) su štucali na predmetnom računaru al' OpenBSD radi vrlo lepo i glatko. 😎

Moj poslednji susret sa #BSD (konkretno, #FreeBSD) je bio 2005. Na #Linux strani sam (primarno) koristio #Debian. I, onda se pojavio #Ubuntu 5.04 koji sam probao i ostao mu veran (kao primarnom OS). BSD sam batalio.

Elem, danas sam na jednu slabašnu mašinu instalirao #OpenBSD. So far, so good!

P.S. Light distroi Linuxa (sem *baš* ultra-light varijeteta tipa #TinyCore, #AlpineLinux) su štucali na predmetnom računaru al' OpenBSD radi vrlo lepo i glatko. 😎

And for everyone asking, yes, sent #inxi 3.3.23 fresh package to #TinyCore. I'm the packager for inxi in that distro. If you've never checked out tinycore, give it a spin, it's really nifty.

This is going along with the just completed inxi 3.3.23 release to master branch, another fine release, with some ongoing docs and tools updates to make everything smoother.

There were some fixes I wanted to get out in this one, very nice stuff, corner cases, all kinds of things.

For some reason, I was having an extremely hard time preparing and booting #AlpineLinux on my Pi this time, so went around looking for some lightweight alternatives. Found #TinyCore's tailored build called #piCore.

Burning and booting it was a cinch, and it feels pretty close to alpine. Downside is I have to relearn its package management and other mechanisms. Luckily, there's a short book that seems to explain everything:

http://tinycorelinux.net/corebook.pdf

Off to some reading for me!