From: Gregory Alan Bolcer (gbolcer@endtech.com)
Date: Wed Jan 05 2000 - 14:05:35 PST
So I am in Microcenter looking for a $5 CD of Linux for
an 8Meg 386 that I need to use as a test machine. I grab
the RedHat box, simple edition, not deluxe, version 6.1 and
voila! $149!!! Totally disgusted, I downgrade about 5 editions to
RedHat simple edition 6.0 which I know runs on a 386--the price
tag (even on the discount rack, returned from some poor schmuck
who couldn't get it running) was still $29!! I find a nice $10 version
of Slackware signed by Patrick Volkerding. $3 for the CD, $5 for the signature,
and $2 ensuring that whatever you build with it will be compatible with all the
other Linux versions floating around out there,
I'm happy as the box gurantees me that it'll run in 8 Meg RAM and under
25 MB disk space, and can be installed completely from a set of floppies
(yes this machine has no CD).
What's with all the Linux bloat?
-- Greg Bolcer email: gbolcer@endtech.com web: http://www.endtech.com work: 714.505.4970 cell: 714.928.5476 fax: 603.994.0516
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