can u pls put the url where i can find this article?
single-floppy linux distro reminds me of minix which we used to play around with years
back. i wonder how much they could fit into a single floppy and what systems and
peripherals it supports because nowadays, a 2.4.x kernel compiled with standard
settings and support for the most common hardware should eat up around 500-800Kb
dennison
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>> > "THE first Filipino Linux distribution is now in gamma stage at the labs of
>> > the Bluepoint Institute of Higher Technology Foundation..."
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>> > uh, i was under the impression that admulinux has been around for quite some
>> > time now... so how can they claim the article call their feature "the first
>> > filipino linux distro..."?
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>> from what i understand from the article, the "distro" is a single floppy
>> based one, or am i wrong? this is a far cry from being a real distribution
>> like admulinux is. heck, if a single floppy distribution were all there
>> were to it, then we've had that kind of thing for a long while now.
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>> aside from them claiming to be the first filipino linux distro... they
>> also claim to have run the first Linux-based BBS in the Philippines! i've
>> run Alien's Alcove on Linux since the mid-1990's but closed-doors to the
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>Well i can most certainly vouch for this. Alien's Alcove was probably the
>most unique BBS during those days. In fact i would think it was the first
>to be using Linux!
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>> public when i had to move homes. ;) so i figure that i'd have to say
>> alien's was the first. oh... for the patient and close-to-demented as i
>> am, you can try "ssh -l bbs gra.ph" or "telnet -l bbs gra.ph" for some old
>> time fun. if it breaks, email me. :) hey ian, remember our first ytalks
>> over the modem? is robbie still an IBMer?
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>Oh yes i do. Such were the days when one was _actually_ happy to get a
>connect speed of 2400 over the voice-grade-only analog PLDT lines. Robby
>if you don't know yet is (and has been) with Sky Internet ever since its
>start-up - practically created it from the ground up!
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>Sigh. My age shows. Better shut up now. \8|
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