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Re: [TCLUG:2065] Small Linux distribution fit for my friends?



No, but I have used Micro Images X server and it works (though not as
well as others).
The win32 version is reasonably stable running xterms, xemacs, and
netscape, but it has it's own window manager that it doesn't do too
welll without. The mac version has not behaved very well for me, but I
haven't kicked it around too much yet (haven't had the time). Maybe in
December?
I've never heard of ZipSlack, but tell me more because it sounds
pretty interesting.

Troy

>>> Michael Hicks <hick0088@tc.umn.edu> 11/02 3:03 PM >>>
I have several friends that need to use the U of M's UNIX labs for
their
homework.  I highly doubt that any of them like to use the labs
(since
they would often have to be their for hours at a time).  I've looked
at
setting up X-Windows on some systems, but the free Win32 offerings
are
just not very good...  Would it be possible for me to create a Linux
distro that can fit in <100MB and still include these features? :

	X-Windows
	C development (probably only rudimentary..)
	Scheme (The U uses scheme as a teaching language...)
	Printing services (we gotta print out that homework, ya
know..)
	Network utilities (hmm.. is the router to the lab down?)
	FTP client/daemon (transferring files back and forth to these
machines..)
	Netscape (okay, not necessary, but it'd be nice..)

I've made a quick glance at ZipSlack -- a ~35MB Slackware
distribution
without(?) X-Windows that can exist in a UMSDOS filesystem on a Zip
Disk
or hard drive.

This looks to me like it would be a fairly good starting point
(although, I have to admit I think I'd rather deal with a
RedHat-based
system...  These guys would probably have much more luck with RPMs
than
.tar.gz files...  OTOH, they probably won't install _anything_)

Has anyone out here tried ZipSlack, or any UMSDOS-based Linux, for
that
matter?  

Thanks...
-- 
                    --== Mike Hicks ==--
http://umn.edu/~hick0088	mailto:hick0088@tc.umn.edu 
                        ICQ:6883760
Linux User Since 1.2.13            Current Kernel: 2.1.125

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