@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!
Downloaded XigmaNAS to also play with it in QEMU
Playing a little with QEMU running the TinyCore Linux distro
@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