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Re:DietPi is more than just a minimal image by m-p-3 on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @09:39PM (#28768169)
Alpine Linux is probably more what you're looking for.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_Linux

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Re:DietPi is more than just a minimal image by theamk on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @11:44PM (#28768944)
It does not seem to be particularly suited for embedded devices, unless I am missing something?

- <100MB initial install - check

- read-only root -- in some cases? the diskless mode/lbu operation is neat, but it puts everything into RAM, and some boards may only have 1GB of it.

- ssh-only -- nope, have to connect keyboard/monitor to setup

- "full power of debian repo" -- nope

Alpine is great out for small images, but unfortunately still unusable for headless embedded devices out of the box.

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Re:DietPi is more than just a minimal image by BizarroLand on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @05:15PM (#28778525)
You seem to know a lot about the specific requirements you are looking for. Have you considered rolling your own linux distro to meet your use case?

If there are enough other people that would be served by that setup, publishing the result could work very well for everyone with your niche needs.

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