Tiny Core Linux Alternatives

Tiny Core Linux is described as '(TCL) is a minimal Linux operating system that manifests the Core Project's philosophy and focuses on providing a base system using BusyBox and flwm' and is a Linux Distro in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Tiny Core Linux for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, Mac, Windows and HP webOS apps. The best Tiny Core Linux alternative is Fedora, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Tiny Core Linux are EndeavourOS, Lubuntu, Puppy Linux and Haiku.

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  1. eComStation icon
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    eComStation is an operating system based on IBM OS/2 that runs on current hardware.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
    • eComStation is the most popular commercial alternative to Tiny Core Linux.

    • eComStation is Paid and ProprietaryTiny Core Linux is Free and Open Source
  2. ArcaOS icon
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    A new OS/2-based operating system from Arca Noae, codenamed Blue Lion, arrived today, May 15, 2017, after nearly two years in development.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • HP webOS
    • AROS
     
  3. Mezzano icon
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    An operating system written in Common Lisp. Contribute to froggey/Mezzano development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Pearl OS icon
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    Pearl Linux OS has been available for free download since 12/2014 with our first release simply titled Pearl Linux. It was based on the 14.04 released version of Ubuntu. That release was using the XFCE desktop environment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. DeLi(cate) is a fork of DeLi Linux 0.8 targeted at very old and low RAM computers. It also works very efficiently on ordinary computers where you want to run lightweight applications and avoid the bulk of ordinary distributions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. Astral OS icon
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    Astral is a 64 bit operating system with its own kernel written in C for the x86-64 architecture.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. FatDog64 icon
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    Fatdog64 Linux is a small yet versatile 64-bit multi-user Linux distribution. built to run on virtually any computer with a 64-bit architecture.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. Minimal Linux Live is a tiny Linux distribution which is designed to be built from scratch using a collection of automated shell scripts.

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    • Linux
     
  9. UwUntu icon
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    The Best WeaboOS.

    Cost / License

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    • Linux
     
  10. Absolute is a 64-bit Lightweight Linux distribution based upon Slackware; It concentrates on "desktop" use so that it is ready for internet, multimedia, document and general home use out of the box.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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