There’s no two ways about it: data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/windows-11″ data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/windows-11″>Windows 11 is absurdly heavy. Writing as someone who has been here since the days of DOS 3.3, it is patently ridiculous how pathetic Windows 11 makes multi-gigahertz multicore machines look. If only there was something smaller. Something like… I mean, yeah, Linux, but the download for data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/gaming-first-linux-distro-delivers-a-petabyte-of-isos-in-one-month-as-users-avoid-forced-updates-to-windows-11-bazzite-distro-is-another-safe-haven-for-win-10-refugees” target=”_blank” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/gaming-first-linux-distro-delivers-a-petabyte-of-isos-in-one-month-as-users-avoid-forced-updates-to-windows-11-bazzite-distro-is-another-safe-haven-for-win-10-refugees”>Bazzite is like eight gigs, and it wants over fifty gigabytes of space once it’s installed. What about something like the systems of my youth? What about data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”http://www.tinycorelinux.net/welcome.html” target=”_blank” data-url=”http://www.tinycorelinux.net/welcome.html” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>Tiny Core Linux?
Tiny Core Linux is data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tiny-core-linux-13-released” target=”_blank” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”…
