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As ttylinux can be used on machines which are considered obsolete by now, such as 486SX class PCs, it is aimed at people who want to have a minimalistic Linux distribution to run when little space is available.
ttylinux is aimed at people who already have some Linux experience. There is no big user manual describing how to use the system, so a bit of Unix or Linux experience is very useful when trying to use the system. Most of the programs present are smaller versions of common Unix utilities, and documentation on those can be found in various places on the Internet.
ttylinux can fit into an Eltorito image useful for bootable CD-ROMs. It could be used for installation discs or rescue systems on CD. ttylinux provides a working Linux environment from the boot image, and then a script could mount the rest of the CD to provide a full system.
Note: ttylinux is really not aimed at Linux beginners. Knowledge about how to compile a kernel (the basic ttylinux filesystem comes without a precompiled kernel to allow maximum flexibility, though the CD-ROM version provides a precompiled kernel) and find your way around a Linux system in general is assumed.