• henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’ve seen builds of the Linux kernel that comfortably fits in my on-die CPU caches.

    So it would just be a picture of an empty sofa.

    • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      There are mid range CPUs with 128MB of L3 cache now. A Linux distro like Tiny Core could fit entirely in cache.

      • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Tiny Core Linux is a minimal Linux kernel based operating system focusing on providing a base system using BusyBox and FLTK. It was developed by Robert Shingledecker, who was previously the lead developer of Damn Small Linux.

        Ah, that explains a lot! Didn’t know about TCL.