Re: compact distributions for old equipment

[Malonowa <malonowa@wanadoo.fr>]

Harry McGregor wrote:

> I would sugest trying to get netscape 3.x navigator installed.  Maybe
> even 4.0 navigator.  A great use of small linux boxes would be "web
> terminals"
>

There are other web clients around but I don't know what they're like. Netscape eats
RAM.

> BTW Slackware is great.  I am using 4.0 for most of my stuff, including
> routers/firewalls/ipmasq boxes, Ethernet switches, print servers, servers,
> and student workstations.

Apparently you can setup an internet server from a floppy linux, print servers the
lot. Tiny little specialized distributions. Incredible!

Roman.