**'Damn Small Linux' is Back - But Bigger** Back in 2006 Slashdot reported on a 50-megabyte "micro" distro called Damn Small Linux. (And in 2012 we wrote that it "rose from the dead" with a new release candidate.) Now Damn Small Linux has been reborn again, according to its developer's web site: Creating the original DSL, a versatile 50MB distribution, was a lot of fun and one of the things I am most proud of as a personal accomplishment ... ⌘ Read more

…#ela6ddq) 50mb to now 700mb... I dunno, I know the numbers would have to inflate quite a bit since the days of 2006 etc but for a distro with that ethos I would have thought maybe 300-400mb would be m…

(#ela6ddq) @eldersnake Maybe time to revive my GoNix at around 5MB 🤣

(#ela6ddq) @eldersnake The Linux kernel package on Arch Linux weighs 130.7 MB on its own. Any live image that fits on a CD is tiny in my book.

(#ela6ddq) @mckinley Bloody hell, things really have blown up

(#ela6ddq) @eldersnake Drivers, drivers, drivers, drivers, drivers, drivers, drivers, drivers, drivers, drivers, drivers, drivers, drivers, …