Linuxdistrus nolongerexista: What Happens When a Linux Distribution Goes Extinct?
Some of these distributions were excellent and very capable. Damn Small Linux (DSL) is a notable one that I used extensively and have written about. It’s very disappointing to have a distribution pulled out from under you when you depend on it for productivity. More here
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First there was Knoppix, then there were the squashed 50mb distros LNX-BBC and DSL, then there was Puppy Linux, and more recently there were TinyCore and SliTaz. It’s funny how all of these are now thriving EXCEPT FOR LNX-BBC and DSL.
I know that operating systems come and go, developers get tired and sometimes technology might make some of them obsolete but it still stings a bit, doesn’t it?