Nothing important

[Gregory J.Neumann]

I'll check that out.  My first Linux box was a 386/SX w/ 4 meg of ram on 
a 40 meg HD.  That was pretty minimal.  Had to download the IDE-CD-ROM 
drivers at 2400 baud!  I use Slackware because using the "expert" mode 
makes it easy to skip the stuff I don't want/need.  But, even so, once 
you add Xwindows, it just balloons!

What the kids want is enough of the "graphics goodies" and space for 
StarOffice.  Plus, "Daddy!  I >NEED< my Instant Messenger!"  **SIGH!**  
(What they really want is Win98, but  I don't want to be a "pirate" or 
encourage a repressive monopoly!

I've read that"Jabber" is supposed to do that, plus provide truly local 
IM set up for LAN's, too.  Anybody try that?  That'd make an interesting 
topic, too.

Thanks for the help!
Greg N.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 10/26/01, 4:49:32 AM, Bob Stockdale IV <javabob at localnet.com> wrote 
regarding Re: Nothing important:

> Have you considered LFS (Linux From Scratch)? You don't need a full
> distribution for an older box with small drives. Check out their HOWTO
> from www.linuxdocs.org . If enough people are interested it could be the
> topic of a NFUG meeting. If you do this though, you might want to look
> at the LSB (Linux Standard Base) as well, to keep things compatible with
> the rest of the Linux installations and for binary program installations.
> Bob