Comes with a big number of updated components

Mar 3, 2010 14:45 GMT  ·  By

Tiny Core 2.9, the latest update to the frugal Linux distribution, has now been made available to all users in its final form. The distro comes with a number of upgraded packages and components under the hood, but also fixes several bugs and adds a few new features. Some of the changes to the very light Linux distribution also make Tiny Core 2.9 compatible with more hardware platforms.

"Many system updates, including udev, libstdc++ now supports exceptions, glibc now supports a wider array of processors, and virtual environments. Custom software upgrades to appbrowser, 'What Provides' and, appsaudit, 'Display All not depends on'. Wbar background relics bug fixed. Improvements to 'easy mode remastering,' improved language support by auto loading locale files when present," Tiny Core developer Robert Shingledecker writes in the official release announcement.

Highlights of Tiny Core 2.9:

· Upgraded to Udev 151 with several rule adjustments and new rules added. · Updated libstdc++ 6.0.9 to support exceptions. · Updated glibc 2.9 to support i486. · Updated wbar - eliminated background relics. · Updated appbrowser - added "Provides" to search for "What provides," also error handling & speed improvements. · Updated appsaudit - added "Display All Not Depends On." · Updated tc-config - persistent home and/or opt, changed EXT only support; no Microsoft file systems support. · Improved language support by auto loading locale support extension(s) when both "lang= " and the "-locale.tcz" extension(s) are available in tce/optional. · Updated OnDemand to also support re-launching applications. Now one can always use the OnDemand menu section. · Updated support for easy mode remastering /opt/tce now uses onboot.lst, copy2fs flag and list in static base /opt/tce.

About Tiny Core

Tiny Core takes lightweight Linux distributions to the extreme, weighing in at just 10 MB, but still providing a full graphical environment. It is designed to be a highly mobile distro coming with just the bare-bones minimum, Linux 2.6 kernel, Busybox, Tiny X, and Fltk. The previous version, Tiny Core 2.8, was released earlier this year.

Download Tiny Core 2.9 right now from Softpedia.