Howdy, On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 19:34 +0000, Andy Green wrote: > taharka wrote: > > > Don't let those specs fool ya though. My present hardware firewall, > > "m0n0wall" (FreeBSD based) runs on a 32MB CF card & rivals commercial > > 32MB! Luxury! Why when I were a lad you could get a very decent Linux > install in 8MB of JFFS2. kernel, Busybox, PHP, all mod cons. Just to clarify, the entire m0n0wall system is a little over 5 MB & will fit (with room to spare) on a 8 MB CF. However, 32 MB is the smallest CF that my local drug store caries & probably cheaper than going on a turd hunt for 8 MB CF ;-) Gee!!, "Why when I were a lad" we wouldn't be having this discussion ;-) > Despite having reservations about the Bubble-era track record of some of > the Big Ideas that were printed when Wired had that lovely paper, and > the fact the project ended up with Redhat only after trying to get in > bed with Demonic Forces that were the first choice, the debloat > discipline is sure to pay off for Fedora whatever happens with this OLPC > project. Fedora isn't the only one it will pay off for :-) > -Andy taharka Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
