max wrote: >> But I don't really see the need for a small linux today. >> (I tried Damn Small Linux on a small USB stick some time ago, >> and wasn't too happy with it.) >> It seems to me any new machine allows enough RAM today for anything >> I'm likely to do, >> and 4GB or even 8GB USB sticks seem cheap enough. > I 'll say it again just cause.... > > www.freenas.org > > its unix not linux but so what. To repeat myself, too: The selling point of freenas seems to be that it only needs 32MB. But can one actually get a memory card or hard disk that small? What actually is the point of cutting down to that extent? Will it save energy? -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland