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| 2009-11-06 |
Distribution Release: Tiny Core Linux 2.5 |
| Robert Shingledecker has announced the release of Tiny Core Linux 2.5, a very small (10 MB) minimal distribution with a graphical desktop based on Linux kernel 2.6, BusyBox, Tiny X, FLTK toolkit: "Tiny Core continues to get smaller and faster. Change log for 2.5: updated rebuildfstab for speed improvement; updated tc-config and tc-functions for NFS-PXE support; updated tce-load and tc-config with cp construct replaces tar pipe and rsync, speed improvement; updated tc-config for Microcore + no wbar = no X bug; updated exittc now norestore will uncheck the default backup option; re-implemented /opt/tce boot-time support; updated flwm system menu with transparent shell options; added home/tc/.wmx to /opt/.xfiletool.lst to protect basic system menu...." Read the rest of the changelog for further details. Download: tinycore_2.5.iso (10.4MB, MD5). |
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| 2009-10-10 |
Distribution Release: Tiny Core Linux 2.4.1 |
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| Robert Shingledecker has announced the release of Tiny Core Linux 2.4, a very small (10 MB) minimal Linux GUI desktop: "Tiny Core 2.4 is now posted. Change log: updated flwm_restart to use new capability of menu refresh; updated appbrowser - dropped access to TCE repository, 'Install Local' defaults to optional/; updated wbar.sh to read extra configurations from $HOME/.wbar; updated flpicsee to v1.0 - replaced Alt with Ctrl hotkyes; updated setbackground to process compressed logo template, saves much space; updated .Xdefaults for aterm transparency mode; updated .xsession to check and start flit and/or watcher...." Find more details in the changelog. Update: The developers have now released a bug-fix version: "Version 2.4.1 is posted and has a single character change, which only affects special permissions, e.g., setuid, and only when installing to the file system, i.e., not mounting. This fixes the X.Org not starting issue under such conditions." Download: tinycore_2.4.1.iso (10.6MB, MD5). |
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| 2009-09-05 |
Distribution Release: Tiny Core Linux 2.3 |
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| Robert Shingledecker has announced the release of Tiny Core Linux 2.3, an updated version of the world's smallest desktop Linux distribution: "Tiny Core Linux 2.3 is now posted. Change log: updated flwm replaces JWM as default, use jwm-snapshot extension for the latest JWM; new official Tiny Core logo added to base; new flit an Fltk GUI toolbar for battery, date, and sound controls in flwm; new 'noautologin' boot code; new 'appsaudit' GUI; new tce-audit command-line script engine for 'appsaudit'; new tcz2ram.flg placed in tce directory will cause all TCZs to be loaded into RAM; upgraded BusyBox to 1.14.3; updated tce2tcz.sh to use Squashfs; updated xsetup.sh to remove the xorg.conf requirement to support X.Org without configuration file; updated appbrowser to support the new tce-load option flags, and tcz2ram options, as well as both install and mount buttons for TCZs...." See the rest of changelog for further technical details. Download: tinycore_2.3.iso (10.9MB, MD5). |
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| 2009-08-01 |
Distribution Release: Tiny Core Linux 2.2 |
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| Robert Shingledecker has released Tiny Core Linux 2.2, a minimalist desktop distribution in 11 MB: "Tiny Core 2.2 is now posted. Change log: new boot option 'embed' to stay on initramfs; upgraded ISO now using isolinux 3.8.2 to easily support isohybrid; upgraded upgrade_tce.sh fixed false error warning and added to 'Tools' menu section; upgraded upgrade_tce.sh to support microcore's .core. elements; upgraded usbinstall with 'need root warning' also added to 'Tools' menu section; upgraded tce-load to use -c 'continue' option of wget to better support downloading; upgraded BusyBox, replaced missing dc applet, also added 'Length' to wget applet output; upgraded boot time F2 to display better message regarding kmaps; upgraded boot time F3 to display missing options, no icons and laptop...." Read the rest of the changelog as published on the project's user forum. Download: tinycore_2.2.iso (11.0MB, MD5). |
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| 2009-06-28 |
Distribution Release: Tiny Core Linux 2.1 |
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| Robert Shingledecker has announced the release of Tiny Core Linux 2.1, a minimalist desktop distribution in 11 MB: "The Tiny Core team is pleased to announce version 2.1 of Tiny Core and Micro Core Linux. Changelog: new modutils results in much space savings; new changed from using initramfs to tmpfs for better support of df and mount bind option; new Squashfs module to prevent spurious Squashfs errors upon boot; new aterm for better interaction with Appbrowser; new waitforX eliminates WM timing issues; new BusyBox 1.13.4 - command line history set to 150; new usbinstall, a command line tool to install to pen drive; new upgrade_tce.sh command line script, an extremely conservative batch upgrade script; new added modules hwmon and rfkill for better support of laptops; updated virtual hard drive to support persistent home on a virtual hard drive...." Read the rest of the release announcement for more changes. Download: tinycore_2.1.iso (11.0MB, MD5). |
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| 2009-06-07 |
Distribution Release: Tiny Core Linux 2.0 |
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| Robert Shingledecker has announced the release Tiny Core Linux 2.0, a minimalist (11 MB), but extensible Linux distribution for the desktop: "Team Tiny Core is pleased to announce the release of Tiny Core Linux 2.0 and introduce MicroCore, a 7 MB, no-X environment ISO image based on Tiny Core Linux. Change log: new Linux kernel 2.6.29.1 and modules; new glibc 2.9; new libstdc++, libgcc, ldconfig; new Dropbear 0.52; new flPicSee 0.9.1, new scaling, zomming, and pop-up information; new Squashfs module to base for support of 'squashed' extensions; new cryptohome to use AES; new mount and losetup; new virtual drive support; new extension-driven desktop boot option, adding a WM extension no longer requires the corresponding desktop=xyz option; updated JWM, fixed full screen video bug...." Here is the full release announcement. Download: tinycore_2.0.iso (11.0MB, MD5). |
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| 2009-04-27 |
Distribution Release: Tiny Core Linux 1.4 |
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| Robert Shingledecker has announced the release of Tiny Core Linux 1.4, a minimalist desktop Linux distribution in 10 MB: "Team Tiny Core is pleased to announce the release of Tiny Core Linux 1.4. Changelog: new virtual disk support; updated watcher, now supports no swap option; replaced Busybox losetup with GNU, for cryptohome support; moved start-up script processing to occur before restore; fl_picsee replaces imlib2_view; update .jwmrc screenshot menu option; update appbrowser loads .list and .dep upon demand; update .xsession for easier use of other X start-up utilities; update mousetool now makes output script executable. Files that have changed and are likely in your backup or other persistent store: .jwmrc, .xsession." Visit the project's user forum to read the release announcement. Download: tinycore_1.4.iso (10.2MB, MD5). |
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| 2009-04-12 |
Distribution Release: Tiny Core Linux 1.3 |
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| Robert Shingledecker has announced the release of Tiny Core Linux 1.3, a minimalist desktop Linux distribution with JWM as the default window manager: "Team Tiny Core is pleased to announce the release of Tiny Core Linux 1.3. Changelog: updated BusyBox to 1.13.3; pcmciautils to 015, aterm to 1.00.01; updated appbrowser to display .info, .list, and .dep files; added optional support for UUID and LABELS; added automatic modprobing for module extensions; added 25-tc.rules (better support USB printers, scanners and DVB sticks); improved device checking for restore; improved xsetup to better support framebuffer; improved support of persistent opt when sharing with an existing /opt directory; update to tce-load on handling tcz mounts; improved handling of start-up scripts on boot and upon load; added USB 2 button mouse choice; fixed a bug when trying to run tce-load from non X CLI...." Here is the full changelog. Download: tinycore_1.3.iso (10.2MB, MD5). |
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| 2009-03-11 |
Distribution Release: Tiny Core Linux 1.2 |
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| Robert Shingledecker has announced the release of Tiny Core Linux 1.2, an extensible, 10 MB mini-distribution with the JWM window manager. From the release announcement: "Tiny Core Linux 1.2 is now posted. Change log: new tcz-symlinker dramatically improves both boot and on-demand TCZ handling; updated udev rules 90-permission rules for USB; updated mnttool to better support other devices; removed unused files; fixed missing applications menu with persistent /opt; dropped unneeded loop in /root/.profile; added version command; added more support for traditional (scatter mode) installation; fixed duplicate icons in scatter mode; enabled suid on tclocal mounts; updated pci.ids." Download: tinycore_1.2.iso (10.2MB, MD5). |
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| September 2009 |
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At one point or another gamers can hit the wall when using other OS systems such as Linux and Mac, as Windows has always been renowned as the OS of choice for the gaming community. In a lot of cases this has changed somewhat over the last few years with the use of virtualization software that helps to bridge that gap, and it can be quite successful to a point. Of course, when you virtualize another OS you can lose some of the performance, than say running a game natively, and with slowdowns and bugs comes frustration. We have listed a few resources that we think are worth a mention for different types of gamers, both online multiplayer and single player, see what you think:
- World of Goo. This is a great puzzle game that will keep you busy for hours, there's also a free playable demo version.
- If you're a online poker enthusiast we can recommend you check out the pokerlistings.com Linux poker page, it has a list of poker apps that are compatible with your OS.
- For the MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) crowds you could always take a look at Vendetta online, "thousands of people can play together, at the same time, in a single, persistent universe", sounds great!
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