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I’ve always been a fan of extremely small Linux installs. Back when I first started using computers, I didn’t have access to great hardware. In the early 2000s I was using Pentium133 and eventually a Pentium III based system and I remember running floppy Linux (live boot off a floppy disk) and DSL (damn small Linux) in attempts to maximize the performance of the hardware I had.

Running Linux on a tiny ESP32 board just blows my mind!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

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[–] InvaderSkooge 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Afaik you can't run a full OS so I'm not sure what OP is talking about.

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