[plug]no cost minimal linux?

Leon Brooks leon at brooks.smileys.net
Fri Apr 2 08:44:06 WST 1999


Mark Sxaon wrote:

Unusual surname...

> I am hoping to put together a no cost Linux system for my Sisters kids over the
> long weekend.
> I'm looking at a pile of parts now.  Doubt if they will make anything capable of
> running X so I guess it will just be a console and console games.  I was hoping
> to maybe jass it up a bit with by using a console ANSI driver to install a
> prompt icon etc.
> I've looked at the console and keyboard howto nothing there unless I missed
> something
> any pointers would be appreciated.

Lotsa RAM. AT least 8M for X. If you want 1M 30-pin SIMMs or 4M 72-pin
SIMMs I have some for free. 0411-655-020. How large a hard disk have
you?

-- 
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement.  But the
opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
                                        -- Niels Bohr


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