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(A better) Linux on Chromebook?
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this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2026
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K. Just making sure you knew of the newer one, since others I've talked to on occasion didn't.
I'd forgotten about TinyCore. Looks like it might be more useable than when I last looked at it many, many moons ago, so I'll have to put it on my rainy day play around list.
Yeah it looks to me like TinyCore is either made by the same guy as DSL, or uses a substantial number of components from DSL. Either way, it feels very familiar to anyone who's used DSL in the past, so I consider it a spiritual successor.