Slitaz Linux - Tiny but fierce

[Mrkvonic]

Hi all,

When someone asks you to name a small Linux distro, under 100MB, names like Puppy and Damn Small Linux come to mind. Now, the featherweight category has another candidate, a 25MB fighter called Slitaz.

25MB sounds like an awfully little, so it begs a cliche questions: what can you possibly cram into 25MB of space and still maintain a functional distro? Well, the answer is - read on to find out.

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/slitaz.html

Comments and suggestions are welcome.

Mrk

[NoIos]

Thanks for this :thumb:

[Beavenburt]

Slitaz is a lovely little distro. Tis my favourite of all the mini distros. There's the odd bug here and there. I couldn't get flash working at all, even after following all advice and workarounds. But generally, it ran sweet as a nut (old British term meaning "well" for our non-brit people) I can see it doing really well once the creases have been ironed out. One to watch.

I started this thread a few weeks back.
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=235248&highlight=slitaz

Hey Mrk, have you looked at Tinycore yet? Very sweet minute livecd indeed.

[Meriadoc]

:) 8)

...shame about wireless, but its not a problem. Looks a really fresh distro.

edit : loaded into vm, like it alot, clean & fresh, small & fast.

[Mrkvonic]

Beavenburt, not yet ... Will you believe me I have 42 articles written and waiting for upload and another 77 listed ... Tiny just became 78 ... :)
Mrk

[Pedro]

Yep Slitaz is pretty cool. Longboard also tried it i think.

PS: don't tell Mrk about Austrumi, mentined in Linux Format..

[Arup]

25MB, wonders of Linux will never cease, this will be a boon for old laptops which don't have the horsepower left to run latest OS.

[Beavenburt]

-{ Quote: "Beavenburt, not yet ... Will you believe me I have 42 articles written and waiting for upload and another 77 listed ... Tiny just became 78 ... :)
Mrk" }-

I believe you alright. I don't write reviews and such. However, I just can't stop playing. I say to myself right, i'm sticking with Debian and that's that. And then curiousity gets the better of me.
Tonight it's kde's 4.2.2 INSTALLABLE livecd (which is basically Suse) I just can't resist it.

[Pedro]

-{ Quote: "
PS: don't tell Mrk about Austrumi, mentined in Linux Format.." }-
And whatever you do, don't show him gtk-iptables (http://gtk-iptables.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html), included in Austrumi (http://cyti.latgola.lv/ruuni/).
phew ;D

[Searching_ _ _]

-{ Quote: "But generally, it ran sweet as a nut (old British term meaning "well" for our non-brit people)" }-
So, If I just replace "sweet as a nut" with "well", then Bob's your Uncle?

[Beavenburt]

-{ Quote: "So, If I just replace "sweet as a nut" with "well", then Bob's your Uncle?" }-

And Fanny's your Aunt!!!

[Searching_ _ _]

It was nice having this Frank and Pat.

[Mrkvonic]

And if I write about Austrumi, it will be a feather in my cap and no mistake!
Mrk

[Pedro]

;D i'll give you e-chocolate!

[cortez]

Four minutes to get Slitaz up and onto the internet...Amazing for 25 megs or so. I am also impressed with its other offerings too.

Thanks for the heads up.

[Beavenburt]

Slitaz 2.0 has just been released. I'm going to give it a go later. See if I can get flash working in this release.