Ok I get that now.
I was looking at the tinycore repository:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/tcz_2x.html
There seem to be a few options there but it seems the repo is not updated as some were not there when I tried to search.
How do I install other non repo installs? I've just been dependent on repost so far
. Is there any need or do the desktop options look lighweight enough in one of those repo releases? Like I said the first I tried didn't work but I would think at least one of them will still be there.
The only one I can find on that repo list is the hefty GNOME x11 desktop and that is 25megs. That is about twice as much as the tiny core install itself!
The other ones seemed much leaner however do not seem to exist in the repo
So guess I need to look at installing the no repo options above.
EDIT:
At first I was thinking I wanted to have a full rdp to access windows but as I thought about it more I don't even need it.
I started to get a gloomy feeling of how I might have to compromise my beautiful lean tinycore/microcore install by installing an obese and ugly gui and ruin all that cli only purist goodness.
But suddenly my heart lightened... as I just thought about it I only want to be able to access files on the windows computer. So that I could read pdf/text files and run python scripts and edit code in vim. All of which I imagine is a breeze to achieve without any gui.