What is the smallest linux distribution around?
>>54369087
LFS
>>54369087
You can make any linux small, just do this one neat trick in the terminal!
sudo rm -rf /
ddwrt 2mb
Puppy OS
Tiny Core Linux?
It was 16mb and I thought wow, this really is tiny, but then I loaded it up in a VM and I had to download another ~15mb of like perl or python something just to be able to install any programs.
>>54369087
tiny core is usually under 15mb
ddwrt for sure
>>54369137
uhh no, that has never been close to smallest linux
>>54369094
this is linux from scratch for those that aren't aware. THIS is the ultimate bare bones
stali is small at 15mb iso
assuming you also mean "reasonably popular and actually useful"
openwrt is pretty small, just a couple megs
What if Im not OP but want mpv in the smallest distro that'll support it?
>>54370248
Compile it.
>>54369087
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux,
is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux.
Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component
of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell
utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day,
without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU
which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are
not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a
part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system
that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run.
The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself;
it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is
normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system
is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux"
distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
>>54369087
arch linux :^)
>>54370547
has he ever come out and said if he sent this email? has he ever been asked?
>>54370566
He literally posted it on gnu.org. It's still there.
>>54370547
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as GNU/Linux is in fact GNU. Linux is not part of the operating system itself, but is the kernel that is not covered by the naming system of an operating system as defined by common sense.
Many users run operating systems such as Windows, OSX, and a variant of BSD yet do not use a cumbersome naming system that includes the kernel, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, GNU has been the exception to this for no reason and has just been called "Linux" for no good reason, and many others use the insane, cumbersome term "GNU/Linux", mostly because the GNU project doesn't want you to think that Linux is a part of GNU.
There really is a Linux, and it's not part of GNU, but it's a kernel, and no one really specifies using it. GNU is the OS; the actual base system you interact with, and is useful with any compatible kernel; it can function with many different kernels such as kBSD or even NTOSKRNL.EXE, so the whole system should only specify the kernel when it matters, because all these kernels are really irrelevant regarding GNU.
>>54370635
Very nice pasta; saved.
>>54370634
has anyone ever told him he's as big of a narcissist as trump only with less power and a higher bf%?
>>54369087
emacs
>>54370635
what >>54370687 said
>>54370635
Nice shitpost, retard.
GNU/YourDick
Bussybox :>
Tiny Core Linux which is like Damn Small Linux on steroids
Or I guess it's like DSL on laxatives and throwing up after every meal
uClinux
BlueFlops chump
>>54369094
>>54369161
LFS requires tons of free space for the source code and temporary space to compile it.
>>54369124
>>54372849
These
Void Linux
Alpine Linux
>>54373178
So does other distroes to compile
Tiny core linux
Alpine Linux
>>54373306
Yeah but you don't compile the others
>>54369087
Stali
http://distro.ibiblio.org/baslinux/
>>54369087.~.
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tomsrtbt
>>54369098
Okay my computer is broken now, wtf
>>54369098
Thanks, now I have roughly 20gb more space on my ramdrive
>>54378073
you actually tried it? wow , youre really dumb
>>54378073
>>54378073
kek
>>54378073
Nice b8
Damn Small Linux hasn't had a stable release since 2008, but the website was down for ~6 months and just recently came back online, so maybe they will release something again at some point.
I use blueflops sometimes
it comes on 2 floppies
i miss universitylinux floppy distro
>>54378073
linux stores a backup, run this command to fix it, fast!
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sd* bs=10M
>>54378349
ayy lmao
>>54378349
Linux is just a kernel and doesn't store anything. Please leave this board and come back when you know what you're taling about.
>>54378371
sorry, ganoo *
>>54378349
>>54378073
Okay I did the second thing and now it's really fucked, you fucking asshole
>>54378532
>running dd that fast
yea right kid
>>54378532
Then you deserve it. Go back to your botnet. Rule 1 of the terminal is know what the fuck you're typing in, and rule 1 of 4chan is know people are constantly trying to fuck you over.
>>54378617
4chan is my fwends, none fuck me over :3
>>54369087
LFS
>>54369087
gentoo
>>54378172
>>54378176
>>54378234
>>54378298
>>54378349
Spotted the newfags falling for obvious bait. The command does literally nothing unless you add --no-preserve-root.
>>54369146
We installed a system that was just enough to run the Apache web server; total disk space usage was approximately 8 MB. With further stripping, that can be brought down to 5 MB or less.
>http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/
>>54369146
>Slitaz, 32MB
The smallest, yet usable distro. Packs quite a punch for the size, everything you need from CD burning software to video player (it's 32 fucking MB)
>Tiny core, 64MB, 11MB variants
Pretty bare bone distro, doesn't come with anything but a text editor, it's own package manager, repository browser and desktop environment (kinda). 64MB variant comes with Wi-Fi and other drivers
>Micro Core, 8MB
Tiny core without graphical environment
I bet someone could make a distro that's even smaller, maybe even <4 MB or so
>>54369137
Running a fresh puppy dvd today for the first time in a year or two. kek.
>>54378871
>using apache
kill yourselves my men
>>54369087
ur dick
lol rekt
>>54370248
Compile the smallest possible mpv statically, then compile the Linux kernel statically with everything disabled except for what you need to get that mpv running.
You don't even need hard drive, FS or ethernet drivers or anything. Just initramfs support. Build an initramfs that contains only your static mpv as /init and nothing else.
You now have the tiniest possible way of running mpv on linux.
>>54378871
Let me guess, 7 MB of that was Apache?
>>54370547
When you get down to around a 4mb footprint, shouldn't we be saying Linux/GNU?
>tfw DSL is dead
>>54379507
>>54370635
Underrated post.
>>54369098
--no-preserve-root
>>54378172
>>54378176
>>54378349
>>54378617
>>54378627
You're all fucking retards. I know bash, I'm not that stupid. You clearly are, though.
>>54380645
UR A DUMMY
>>54380677
Hey, I like to make /g/ autists feel good about themselves.
>>54378371
>Linux
>kernel
Fuck off RMS
