The Linux hype this time was precipitated by Valve's Linux-based operating system, SteamOS, opening up for use on other ...

Tiny Core Linux is a true example of just how small a functional desktop operating system can be, even in 2025.

With the release of version 3.6, the Tiny Core crew have added a GUI method for hard disk installation. As I have, on previous occasions, banged on about this omission, I thought I'd take a look. In ...

At Ubuntu Summit 2023 in Riga, Latvia, Canonical product manager Oliver Smith and engineering manager Ken VanDine introduced the Ubuntu Core Desktop. It's not shipping yet, but it's getting closer -- ...

Looking for a light-weight, but capable operating system? It doesn’t get much lighter than Tiny Core Linux. The disc image for the most basic version of this operating system is just 16MB, and it ...

Once upon a time operating systems shipped on a stack of 1.4MP floppy disks. These days most come on DVDs because the installer files can’t fit on 640MB CDs. And then there’s Tiny Core Linux. Tiny ...

Ubuntu Core 16 for the Internet of Things does this with regular and reliable security updates and app stores for intelligent connected devices. Ubuntu Core is a tiny, transactional version of Ubuntu ...

Head over to our on-demand library to view sessions from VB Transform 2023. Register Here Embedded and internet of things (IoT) devices are a growing category of computing, and with that growth has ...

Several projects exist that purport to be small, run-in-memory distributions. The most popular probably is Puppy Linux. Puppy has spawned several variations, and I have used it several times myself on ...

Due to popular demand, we're looking into AMD's Threadripper 2990WX performance using Linux. Apparently this is something we should have done since day one, according to many AMD fans, although of ...