A more detailed technical explanation about the configuration of core linux. We will learn about the important paths and files of the system, the persistency, some more stuff about extensions, cool stuff.
Hi, thanks for your video, it was very helpful for me. A question: Do you know how to configure the screen resolution in command line only? I installed tiny core with no GUI, only CLI and, like you, I use virtual box, but the screen is very reduced small, just like you were working in the video.
I don't remember well how I recorded this, but I am pretty sure the CLI is normal terminal window that I had on my debian host, and in that terminal window I did ssh into the tinybox host, so this way I can have good control over the font size. If you want to change the resolution of the console window right from the vm I think you have to look at kernel support for different console resolutions. I haven't done that in years but there were some options that you could compile in the kernel (some vesa drivers and stuff), that you can call with linux boot parameters. I wouldn't go this route but if you want to, have a look at the following boot line from grub: linux /boot/vmlinuz-xxx root=/dev/sda1 ro quiet vga=791 Mode codes: +--------------+---------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+ | Colour depth | 640x480 | 800x600 | 1024x768 | 1280x1024 | 1600x1200 | +--------------+---------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+ | 8 bit | 769 | 771 | 773 | 775 | 796 | | 15 bit | 784 | 787 | 790 | 793 | 797 | | 16 bit | 785 | 788 | 791 | 794 | 798 | | 24 bit | 786 | 789 | 792 | 795 | 799 | +--------------+---------+---------+----------+-----------+-----------+
Hello again. For me is too much information in a video. Of course I have to watch it again and again because I am only a simple Linux user but a user who loves very much GNU Linux and from some months Tiny Core. Thanks
if you want a lightweight distro to use it as a desktop and experiment with linux I would recommend bunsenlabs or alpine. tiny core can work very well as a desktop but the repository doesnt have too much apps and it has this persistence phylosophy which can be a pain sometimes.
