Porteus isn't the only distro I run, and as a paid enthusiastic supporter of Porteus, one can assume I'm not trying to headhunt devs or users with the following:
Have you ever tried dCore - from the same group that brings you TinyCore?
Sure - Tinycore is small - and can be made much bigger, but often overlooked is dCore, which has slightly different objectives. Mainly, instead of dev/user conributed packages/modules, dCore starts up with Xorg and relies on Debian/Ubuntu repos. Packages are converted into "sce" format. The emphasis isn't bloat, but if you want to go there, you can do so.
Sound kinda familiar? Interested in cross-training your skills? Perhaps give dCore a try. Thing is, dCore (or any of the cores) don't proselytize. Hit this page, and choose X86 or X86_64:
http://www.tinycorelinux.net/ports.html
I think this would be of interest to any Nemesis/Arch community effort testers too.
Again - this is NOT a cheap sneaky way to pull resources away from Porteus et al. But it might serve as some nice cross-training and frankly, I've used skills from both distros and user communities to help the other out. Win - win if you want to spend the time.
Cross-Training with dCore distribution
Cross-Training with dCore distribution
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Cross-Training with dCore distribution
nope, busybox
had a quick look at dCorePlus-stretch64.iso in VB
they certainly don't overburden you even with a 190MB ISO
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Cross-Training with dCore distribution
The funny "gotcha" is when one is bouncing back and forth between Porteus and dCore, and trying to pass distro-specific kernel parameters or executing shell utilities that don't exist amongst the two.
Gotta' keep your head straight. It'll make you laugh at yourself.
Gotta' keep your head straight. It'll make you laugh at yourself.
That's a UNIX book - cool. -Garth