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Tiny Hat

A Linux distro for 32-bit and 64-bit x86 computers.
Intended for retro gaming and retro game development (DOS, GBA, SNES and C64).
The image is signed and fully reproducible.
Uses less than 100M RAM after booting.
Uses just a bit more than 500M disk space, and is fully usable on a 1G memory stick.
Works better than MS-DOS and FreeDOS for playing games on the old x86 retro gaming computer I created the distro for (because of hardware support).
Comes with modern libraries, like SDL3, Pipewire and Raylib. Uses dwl and Wayland.
Comes with the Orbiton editor and an easy way to compile and run C programs, DOS Assembly programs, GBA programs and also LÖVE+Fennel programs.
Tested on i686, but not on 386 and 486 yet.