Based on our record, CRUX Linux should be more popular than Porteus. It has been mentiond 11 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
I thought this was going to be related to Crux[0]. [0] https://crux.nu/. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago
Name collision with https://crux.nu/. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago
>I think Arch and FreeBSD have a lot in common, Well yes sure, Arch was made with Crux in mind, and Crux is: https://crux.nu/ >>which is reflected in a straightforward tar.gz-based package system, BSD-style initscripts, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_Linux#History >>Inspired by CRUX, another minimalist distribution, Judd Vinet started the Arch Linux project in March 2002. The name was chosen because Vinet... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
Most BSD-like GNU-system I know of would probably be CRUX though, but I haven't used that one in almost as long time. Source: over 1 year ago
I suggest you take a look at CRUX instead. Source: almost 2 years ago
There are lighter options, Porteus can is ~300MB for a desktop system. Source: over 1 year ago
Porteus is also designed for this purpose. Loads into RAM and is very fast. Source: almost 2 years ago
Or use a disposable os in a usb key like this one http://porteus.org/. Source: almost 2 years ago
Porteus is what I've been playing with, as it is impressively tiny, but there are many options. Source: over 2 years ago
Porteus seems to be still supporting 32 bits. Source: over 2 years ago
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