The Tiny Core Project offers up the tiniest of Linux distros, shipping three variants on which you can build your own environments. The lightest edition is Core, weighing in at just 17MB, which comes ...

You're poking the bottom end of the barrel there, hardware wise. For a prepackaged distro which does all that you need (except root DNS. It does DNS caching though) is Astaro Linux. It has a nice web ...

The first name on the list, Puppy Linux is a must-try Linux distro for low-end PC users. It is renowned for its extremely small size and minimal system requirement. The distro is designed to run ...

There was a time when the gulf between a new computer and one a decade or more old was so large as to be insurmountable; when a Pentium was the chip to have an older computer had a 16-bit 8086 or 286.

Tiny Core Linux is a true example of just how small a functional desktop operating system can be, even in 2025.

Tiny Core Linux is the smallest Linux distribution on the market with a big heart Your email has been sent Tiny Core Linux is as lightweight as a GUI-based Linux ...

Damn Small Linux (DSL) is a lightweight GNU/Linux distribution designed to breathe new life into old computer hardware by offering a full desktop operating system that runs on a wide range of hardware ...

I need a small linux distro for use in VMware. It needs to be light on resources, using hopefully 32 or 64 Megs of ram. I am considering damn small linux, but I am open to others. I need to be able to ...

It's fun to play around with different Linux distros, but you might not want to use every new one that pops up. Here's why.

Last week we were talking about Damn Small Linux, but before we continue on with that we need to mention a few other items. First, you will remember from two weeks ago that the standard configuration ...

It seems that every year is supposed to be “the year” for Linux, but nobody ever manages to define what “the year” really means. You can find statistics on Linux adoption from a variety of research ...

I don’t envy any individual or small organization that has to market a Linux distribution (or a FOSS project, or an indie game). There are currently hundreds of Linux distros in active development. 72 ...