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

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

4MLinux 50.0 is now available to download. This release adds support for more multimedia and reproducible builds. 4MLinux is free to download and use. Most Linux distributions are based on one of ...

Can a Linux distribution shrug off nearly everything most distributions hold dear and still deliver a desktop operating system that is powerful, fast, and easy to use? That's exactly what AntiX ...

Tiny Core Linux 8.0, released last week, is a minimalist Linux OS built from scratch with a focus on being as small as possible. That means you should be able to run this Linux distro on a wide range ...

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.

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 ...