The 11MB Linux distro – TinyCore!

[LazyLion]

http://www.techspikes.com/2009/08/the-11mb-linux-distro-tinycore/

Yes, you read the title right – an eleven megabyte Linux distribution.

Speed and ultra-minimalism are what TC is all about. Here are some quick specs:

Tiny Core runs the Linux 2.6 kernel with Busybox. It uses Tiny X for the GUI, along with the JWM window manager. It provides a basic environment with GUI and a web-browser. The whole OS loads itself into RAM and runs from there.

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/2.x/release/

 

[Avenue]

man, that is crazy- what would be the point of it though?

 

[The_Unbeliever]

man, that is crazy- what would be the point of it though?

Cellphone OS - a cellphone doesn't come with 4Gb's of RAM or 200Gb HDD's...

Also good for embedded systems where you can't slip in a big hard drive or 4Gb RAM... (such as microwaves etc).