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Damn Small Linux is back!!! (www.damnsmalllinux.org)
submitted 1 year ago by hellfire103@lemmy.ca to c/linux@sopuli.xyz

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

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[-] ptz@dubvee.org 8 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 6 points 1 year ago

I forgot this thing existed!

[-] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[-] GustavoM@lemmy.world 2 points 3 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.

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