@jbqueru and even then there are a lot of #distros that should be portable to #RISCv like @bunsenlabs / #BunsenLabs #Linux and #TinyCore.
I just don't have an #OrangePi #RV2 to target against...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mln2j3VxAos
I've just updated my Tinycore distro to the latest version and of course am playing with it again. So much fun!
@theregister
Sad news, and especially bad for #TinyCore! #TinyCoreLinux
@millihertz no.
Just honestly pointing at the free all-you-can-take buffet with everything from #TinyCore to @bunsenlabs to #UbubtuLTS…
@OS1337 @Yuki @bjornsdottirs well, it does work given aggressive #xz compression.
Problem is rather to shove more on a 1440kB FDD than initramfs+kernel.
Tho a bootfloppy w/ #syslinux that then bootstraps multiple splitted initramfs parts in RAM from multiple disks should be possible.
#TinyCore shows that a minimalist distro can be featureful!
http://tinycorelinux.net
I think I've finally graduated from #linux college.
I've got an old Sony Vaio with 2gb ram and a piss-poor CPU. I tried everything on it. #openbsd, #alpineliux, #tinycore, #antixlinux.. but at the end of the day, it's just slow. So I settled on Alpine with no graphical session. I've been living in the TTY for about 2 weeks now and I gotta say.. who needs a GUI?
With #tmux as my window(pane) manager, I'm able to do everything I need it to.
#TinyCore #Linux is stunning. Here it is running successfully on a 1999 Sony VAIO with a single 333Mhz Celeron processor and 128Mb RAM.
Getting it booted was no effort; burn a CDROM and boot from it. Setting up up wireless networking using an ancient D-Link branded WiFi USB dongle was a different story, but I got it working in the end.
That's the #Dillo browser running in the foreground!
A different tiny mushroom on the same tree, with my gloved finger for scale.
#fungi #Mosstodon #tinycore
Cutting willow for wreaths yesterday and spotted these tiny mushrooms and moss growing on the old pollarded willow tree.
#fungi #Mosstodon #tinycore
This photo is from tumblr by @razehider
I'm kind of proud of the image description I wrote. There are more photos at the link:
We will make #tinyCore happen yet!!
@EpicPawt I can recommend to take a look at #TinyCore and #BunsenLabs if you like some #smol #desktop #distro...
TinyCore is a #BusyBox / #Linux and @bunsenlabs is a nifty #Debian derivate which runs even on a #GMA500 / #Poulsbo / #IntelAtom Z-series system like the #VaioP11Z just fine despite using #llvmpipe for rendering...
@jk the reason there are different distros is they meet different needs.
RHEL: corporate linux
Fedora: unpaid dev for rhel
Arch: true rolling, minimal package changes from upstream
#Slackware you are expert, want vanilla upstream, patrick v. BDFL
#Debian install once run forever. Really. Sid/testing semi-rolling
Ubuntu: swahili for "can't install debian"
#TinyCore 26 MiB full OS install to RAM. Really.
#Alpine very groovy tech
Mint: new user choice 1
SLED/SUSE: Not rh, w/rpm
And so on