Tiny Core Linux is as lightweight as a GUI-based Linux distribution can be. Jack Wallen walks you through the installation that makes this operating system unique.

Looking for a light-weight, but capable operating system? It doesn’t get much lighter than Tiny Core Linux. The disc image for the most basic version of this operating system is just 16MB, and ...

Due to Tiny Core’s very small footprint, it loads into memory. This gives the distro seemingly unbridled performance speed. However, without a persistent memory feature, you must install it from a ...

Several projects exist that purport to be small, run-in-memory distributions. The most popular probably is Puppy Linux. Puppy has spawned several variations, and I have used it several times myself on ...

However, Tiny Core Linux takes the resource-efficient nature of its brethren to the next level with its 17MB ISO file. Heck, even the GUI version of the OS takes up merely 23MB!

Tiny Core can be installed to a HD like a traditional distribution but the process is relatively complicated and not the main focus. Instead, a typical Tiny Core installation would be portable and ...

The Raspberry Pi is a tiny computer. Tiny Core Linux is a tiny operating system designed to offer the bare minimum you need to get started while taking up as little disk space as possible.

The download page also offers three different versions: Core (the base system), Tiny Core (the recommended option), and CorePlus (an installation image that includes the choice of seven different ...