[CS-FSLUG] A Grand Pipe-dream Proposal

[Christopher Rose]

Basic linux is pretty easy to learn and Pocket Linux is a one disk console floppy (so is Tin Hat, but it has quirks). There are couple of download sites left for Grey Cat 3 if you don't mind Linux on a Dos partition, but at least you will have an X-server and netscape 3. I do know they will run in a 486 enviroment and I have heard from the Basic Linux listserv that one guy is running BL3 on an old 286 that somebody gave him (you know he had to have upgraded the floppy drive at the very least). I have also heard of Pocket Linux running on a Mac, though it does not install (strictly a floppy distro, but it can write to hd with a little work). I know that there are a couple of other floppy distros, including Herbix (which was more of a floppy router than an actual distro), that seem pretty straight forward. Hope this helps.

Pax,
Christopher Rose


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Hurst" <ehurst at asisaid.com>
To: "CS-FSLUG" <christiansource at ofb.biz>
Subject: [CS-FSLUG] A Grand Pipe-dream Proposal
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:01:30 -0600 (CST)

> 
> Brothers and Sisters!
> 
> You may be aware that at least one of our list members is a
> console-only user. Despite the difficulty, he's been getting along just
> fine. However, he is working at a from a power-user position. Is it
> possible to create a Linux that fairly ordinary users could adopt that
> has no GUI? How about just an advanced framebuffer?
> 
> There are some important applications missing, primarily a console word
> processor. How often have I heard that lamented in my 8 years using
> Linux/BSD? How did we get short-changed on that? Some applications
> claiming to be for the console are actually for Xterm and friends, and
> won't work properly without X.
> 
> This is not about a hostility toward X, just a desire to provide a
> console version that works consistently. You can call it a new distro
> if you like, but the aim is take what's available, modify it and add
> some things missing until we get a genuine user distro for the console.
> 
> As a motive, consider all the Christian users around the world who
> can't afford the latest and greatest hardware, but use 486s and such.
> Are they doomed to a world of DOS/Windoze, or the current massive
> learning curve to catch up with our power users? How about a distro
> that will embrace the 3rd world! :-)
> 
> Enough hype and sales talk. If anyone is interested in working on this,
> our greatest shortfall right now is genunine coders to add the missing
> apps, and someone with enough skill to remaster something like Knoppix
> for the console. It would be really great if someone could help us
> construct a "TUI" -- text user interface. I'm certain there are lots of
> projects just a step or two away from what we need.
> 
> If nothing else, pray for me. I'm willing to raise money for hosting so
> this project has a chance. If this thing dies at the starting gate, I'm
> willing to wear the egg on my face. I'll play the front man plus write
> the documentation.
> 
> 
> Ed Hurst
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