Michael Polak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> [...]

> I think it will be possible to create Linux distribution
> oriented on DOS users.  What has to be done, is to remove all
> the /etc/rc.d server-oriented stuff, and to launch all system
> daemons (equivalent of DOS drivers, more or less) from /
> etc/autoexec script file. This would reveal power of Linux even
> to DOS veterans... lot of people who say Linux is bloated are
> not aware of the fact, that common distributions automaticaly
> launch lot of services useless for end users, like http server,
> ftp server, telnet server... you can get usable linux command
> line on system with let's say less then ten files (kernel,
> shell, and couple of libraries - minimum is libc). I think this
> would be really interesting for for minimalists like you,
> Clarence. You would immediately realize, that such bare Linux
> would boot and respond faster than average DOS.  My knowledge
> is so far insufficient to setup such system, but I am getting 
> closer....


Have you looked at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ ?




Regards,

Morten

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