Are there any small Unix or BSD distributions? [closed]

Question

I was wondering if there are any small BSD or unix releases. The smallest Linux release I've seen that looked good is partedmagic (around 70MB). Free BSD needs like 4 CDs, maybe more.

Answer 1

Small Distros

• Tomsrtbt ~1.7M
• Tiny Core Linux 10mb
• miniBSD 80mb
• Jailbait (Linux) 16mb
• ByzanineOS (Linux) 32mb
• Puppy Linux 94mb
• Damn Small Linux 50mb
• Damn Small BSD 50mb
• BerliOS (Linux) 180mb
• Hacao (Linux) 70mb
• mfsBSD 25mb

Single CD BSD Distros

• LiveBSD
• FreeSBIE
• DragonFlyBSD
• FreeBSD LiveCD

Answer 2

PicoBSD is a floppy based tiny BSD.

Answer 3

There are a few good tiny linux distros. How small are you looking for?

The first two that spring to mind are Damn Small Linux (DSL) and Puppy Linux.

DSL is <60MB and Puppy is less than 100 MB

Check out Distrowatch for a very comprehensive and handy list :)

Answer 4

You bet.

• DSL ("Damn small linux")
• MINIX (certainly in the UNIX family and some nice modern features)
• there are a number of small to very small Solaris versions