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My first Linux install was in 1995 or 1996 with kernel 1.2.x and a functional desktop required way much more than a single floppy disk. IIRC, the kernel alone (
by glandium 5y ago
My first Linux install was in 1995 or 1996 with kernel 1.2.x and a functional desktop required way much more than a single floppy disk. IIRC, the kernel alone (with initrd) was taking one disk. I'm curious when "lightweight Linux" fit on one or two disks.
- sprash 5y agoASMUTILS were specifically made for this. All your typical unix command line applications implemented in x86 assembly. You can still download the floppy image here: http://asm.sourceforge.net/asmutils.html http://asm.sourceforge.net/asmutils.html
- brazzy 5y agoMy memory is a bit hazy, but it was actually later than that, 1999 or 2000, playing around with an old Toshiba laptop. It was a specialized distro of course, there were (and still are) a few of those. Maybe tomsrtbt. And a the desktop was functional inasmuch you could have multiple xterm windows and little else.
- morganvachon 5y agoIt's not quite one or two floppies, but today you can get a full Linux desktop in 12MB via Tiny Core Linux. http://www.tinycorelinux.net http://www.tinycorelinux.net