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Re:Ask HN: Would you recommend a framework laptop by machinestops on Monday November 18, 2024 @11:56AM (#42174289)
Maybe I should reconfigure my OS to run out of RAM.
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Re:Ask HN: Would you recommend a framework laptop by malfist on Saturday November 23, 2024 @08:35PM (#42225317)
You're probably joking, but OSes like damn small Linux, knoppix, and puppy Linux can be configured to boot to ram. They're often used as a rescue os
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Re:Ask HN: Would you recommend a framework laptop by machinestops on Sunday November 24, 2024 @06:18AM (#42227297)
I'm not joking. I used to be an Alpine user, but I ran it in disk mode. Any OS can probably be made to boot to RAM. You just need to get the initramfs to extract a rootfs image to RAM (tmpfs), and set that filesystem as root before handing off to init. What makes Puppy special is the stuff it does to persist changes.
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