Recently, we asked you which obscure linux distro you regularly used. After all, someone has to use some of the 1,000 Linux distros in existence.
Some of the interesting comments:
I use TinyCore Linux, is the only linux distro that I can understand, and gives me a full control of what and how everything works, initially is only a small tool set, but carries with a complete extension repository, and you can create your own extensions from debian packages. (Julcar)
Regularly is a stretch but I used various time TinyCore Linux (64 bit and ARM) for its ability to load fully into ram and it’s slackware like package system (read-only archive overlay on top of /) not VPS related but quite useful for clients primed with an usb stick, definitely a project to check out in my opinion (DaF)
TinyCore is indeed a cool project and can run in as small as 46MB of RAM with an i486DX. That is indeed lowend!
The other major project mentioned was Alpine Linux:
Alpine Linux FTW <3 (o_be_one)
Artix and Void Linux on my desktops, Alpine Linux on my servers! (ivysaur)
Alpine Linux is amazing for low-end servers (ivysaur)
Alpine Linux is “Small, Simple, Secure” BusyBox-based distro and now undergirds Docker.
Thanks everyone for your comments and we’ll do another Comment Free for All soon!
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Not really exactly what you are getting at Andrew but FreeBSD used to be something we used extensively years ago.
RISC OS, baby