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From a superficial, distro-hopper view, DSL, Puppy, EasyOS and Tiny Core all feel quite similar, I guess. As a side note, it is interesting to se", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Damn Small Linux"}, {"id": 735866273, "item_id": 45991642, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45991642", "by": "d3Xt3r", "date": "2025-11-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "it addresses most of the complaints you've raised, so probably worth checking out", "excerpt": "Perhaps you'll like AppImages instead: they're standalone binary bundles, that any indie dev can host on their website (or have it on their github or whatever). You don't need to \"install\" it via some store or something, don't need to worry about dependencies - just download a single file and run it. Also, if you hate sudo and messing with permissions etc, there's EasyOS - in fact it addresses most of the complaints ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What are some modern technologies that you refuse to adopt?"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": [], "compared": [], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48323920", "title": "It Will Never Be the Year of the Linux Desktop", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46187387", "title": "Damn Small Linux", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45989059", "title": "Ask HN: What are some modern technologies that you refuse to adopt?", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"recommend": 1}, "2025-12": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 773248384, "item_id": 48328024, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48328024", "by": "card_zero", "date": "2026-05-29", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "EasyOS is a very unlinuxy Linux that somebody here mentioned once", "excerpt": "EasyOS is a very unlinuxy Linux that somebody here mentioned once when I was having a similar whine. https://easyos.org/about/how-and-why-easyos-is-different.html Note the remarks about sudo, folders, and GUIs.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "It Will Never Be the Year of the Linux Desktop"}, {"id": 739144416, "item_id": 46196526, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46196526", "by": "marttt", "date": "2025-12-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Another distro worth noting here is EasyOS", "excerpt": "Another distro worth noting here is EasyOS, a current project by Puppy Linux creator Barry Kauler: https://easyos.org/ I remember having tested it, but can't remember what it was like :) -- at least it didn't make me switch from Tiny Core Linux, which I've used extensively. 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