[GH-ISSUE #634] Suggestion: provide estimate download size of distros #190

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opened 2026-02-27 14:50:47 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

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Originally created by @axelsimon on GitHub (May 14, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netbootxyz/netboot.xyz/issues/634

I wanted to start a quick VM to browse and investigate a website used by scammers, so i started a VM with netboot.xyz.

I'm currently on a pretty slow uplink, so i was looking for the smallest distro that could just boot a Firefox. Unfortunately, there is currently no way of knowing which distros weigh gigabytes and which are mere megabytes.

I went with TinyCore, remembering it's really quite small, but for all i know, there is an even smaller option in the amazing list that netboot.xyz offers. And i would have discovered something new 😉

Maybe you could provie some idea of the size of the download, either directly when booting a device with netboot.xyz, or simply in the FAQ?

In any case, thanks for this really cool project :)

Originally created by @axelsimon on GitHub (May 14, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netbootxyz/netboot.xyz/issues/634 I wanted to start a quick VM to browse and investigate a website used by scammers, so i started a VM with netboot.xyz. I'm currently on a pretty slow uplink, so i was looking for the smallest distro that could just boot a Firefox. Unfortunately, there is currently no way of knowing which distros weigh gigabytes and which are mere megabytes. I went with TinyCore, remembering it's really quite small, but for all i know, there is an even smaller option in the amazing list that netboot.xyz offers. And i would have discovered something new :wink: Maybe you could provie some idea of the size of the download, either directly when booting a device with netboot.xyz, or simply in the [FAQ](https://netboot.xyz/faq/)? In any case, thanks for this really cool project :)

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