TinyCore doesn't come with a file manager: you have to install an extension for that. What you saw was LibreOffice's save dialog, which covered the entire screen and was probably made with a library from a window manager.
You can run C programs, but you're supposed to compile programs on the same version of linux you run it on. You can even build extensions & send them to them. To compile programs, you need the "compiletc" extension.
You should try looking up how to get sound. It doesn't always work, but you might need a sound card driver, & you should try using the alsamixer to see if it's muted.
Currently running on an ancient Dell dimension L667r Pentium III with 128M RAM (and 20M swap), if I had that Thinkpad, I think I'd be running a more fully featured system on it, like Debian which requires at least 257M RAM ATM
@@47DAF I was really surprised at how fast and normal it felt. It was a little weird wrapping my head around the "install" process, since it doesn't really want to be installed to a disk.
@@ActionRetro Did you have any other applications running on the Zero W? If so what where they and how did they work/run? I have 3 Pi ZW running Buster lite and only software to use as security cameras so they are basically running as RTSP and saving videos on a NVR (running Shinobi). I just need to know is it easy (and run faster) to install the RTSP software and setup the Zero W's with Wifi? Any help or experience would be helpful. Thanks.
By default, tinycore keeps the "home" & "opt" directories in RAM. When you shut down, the default is to save a .tgz of the "home" & "opt" directories. You can make the "home" & "opt" directories be on the hard drive with the boot commands "home=sda" & "opt=sda" and you can disable making & restoring the .tgz thru the control panel. Also, loading extensions onboot can make tinycore take a long time to boot, but loading them ondemand allows you to load them from the menu you get by clicking on the desktop.
Can you please explain the difference between saving extensions on demand and on boot?From what I understand with the "download" and "download +load" option whatever you install gets deleted when you reboot the system and with "on boot " it loads to ram every time you reboot ,but what about the "on demand" option?
@@d1mwn183 All the options save it to the tce directory(usually the path is something like "/mnt/sda1/tce/optional/") if it exists. Onboot adds the extension's name to a file called "onboot.lst"(it's path is something like "/mnt/sda1/tce/onboot.lst"), which the system reads when it boots up(it can be edited manually or thru the apps app). Ondemand creates a script in the ondemand directory(it's path is something like "/mnt/sda1/tce/ondemand/") that loads the extension on demand(you can load them by clicking on the desktop & rolling over ondemand in the menu that comes up & selecting the extension you want to load). I hope this wasn't too long...
On a machine like this, you would not have to resort to tiny core to get some utility and decent enough perfomance out of it. Puppy Linux would be slim enough and come with more practical apps right out of the box. Bodhi would also possibly run quite well. Also Slax (albeit that is just a live system). AntixLinux would probably also run just fine - albeit I haven't tried that one yet.
Some computers won't actually turn on without a bios battery. As is the case with Sony Vaio P i was using the other day. We were playing with it in the office for a friend who was having issues setting up a usable operating system due to the fact it's gma500 graphics card is not compatible with any Linux distro a they had tried to install on it. We wanted to help them so we had a look at it and what we found is that any Linux distro a that load completely out of ram, such as puppy Linux or in our case tiny core plus would work just fine and allow for total normality of usage. So for anyone having issues with gma500 graphics cards please try the Linux distro which load from ram. www.co.us.org Free Hosting Accounts And Free Domain Names.
Typically, unaccelerated graphics can be used on any system without issue, but some linux distributions don't have drivers or have bad drivers for accelerated graphics using various graphics cards.
I have not used it in forever, but I am wondering myself. As far as extensions there are few and far between, with many not functioning as intended. You may be able to add repos though, I am not sure on that part. Sparky Linux may be closer to what you are looking for.
The best OS for that laptop would be Windows 98SE those laptops go for good money when running Windows 98 SE with 256 MB RAM good for retro gaming. I like Tiny Core Plus I wonder if there is a version for the Pi?
