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.

With the release of version 3.6, the Tiny Core crew have added a GUI method for hard disk installation. As I have, on previous occasions, banged on about this omission, I thought I'd take a look. In ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tiny Core is a light-weight Linux distribution focused on providing a fast, small, but usable operating system. TinyCore uses just 12MB of disk space and can be booted from a USB flash drive or a CD.

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!

I just installed Tiny Linux, a stripped down slackware installation....no GUI on my old 486 laptop. I would like to install GNU's "make". I downloaded the make-3.79.1.tar.gz file and have no idea ...

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 ...