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Old 10-18-2012, 10:30 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by fratermus View Post
Some of the RAM-resident linux distros like Puppy (~110MB!) and Tiny Core (11-60MB!) store the OS and standard apps in a single, bootable .iso file. Additional software packages are kept in individual files (ie, one file per application). Changes like documents and settings live in a combined user userspace savefile if you want to save state.
Sounds pretty cool. And those additional software packages are just single files, and not just hidden file packages like in OS X? If so, very cool indeed.
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