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Re:MiniOS – a lightweight Linux distribution designed for US... by devsda on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @03:58PM (#37770789)
Apart from being a rescue os, what are some common usecases where it helps ?

One, you can have your data/software literally in your pocket assuming that's the threat model you are dealing with.

The other scenarios I could think of involve too much friction to stick with it for long term.

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Re:MiniOS – a lightweight Linux distribution designed for US... by wafer_thin on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @04:57PM (#37771679)
os for containers need to be small. eg Alpine Linux: the tiny os underneath a ton of docker containers has been downloaded > 1 billion times. But the website for miniOS seems to have design in mind which is at odds with this use case. Alpine's website is bland and unexciting - which appeals to me ;).
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