-=> BOB BREED wrote to ROY J. TELLASON <=-

 RJT> Yep,  been there and done that one.  What other 32-bit OS can fit on a
 RJT> floppy? :-)

 BB> On a floppy?   I see a few distros that run from 45-60 megs, but not
 BB> one on a floppy.  :)  Must really be LEAN.   :)

The one I've got here, Basic Linux fits on two floppies
and can act as a server, telnet, browse using Links, POP3
and SMTP along with a bunch of other stuff.
To be totally honest however I was never able to get SMTP
to negotiate though I may well try again.

 RJT> That sure doesn't seem to be where m$ wants to take it,  there's
 RJT> neither tight focus,  doing one thing,  or doing it well.  :-)

 RJT> In fact,  they seem to want to do it all!

 BB> Oh, no arguement on that one at all!  He's a shark and will eat ya
 BB> alive given a chance.   However you don't have to fall for all of his
 BB> hype - I run W98SE (Lite).   "Lite" is W98 system that has had the
 BB> embedded IE and OE ripped out of it.  By removing these two weak spots
 BB> a lot of the W98 problems go away like magic.

Actually I've not had Win 98, not SE, lock up, fail, damage a file
or require reboot in months now and it's huge OEM installation.

Running Ad-Aware, Zone Alarm, AVP for protection and
Free Agent for newsgroups, Thunderbird for mail
and Firebird as primary browser.
Systems been so stable lately it's downright spooky.
 
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