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[Samual Acorn <sam.acorn AT gmail.com>]

here we go.....

On 25/12/05, sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Dec 2005, Samual Acorn wrote:
>
> > On 25/12/05, 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org <3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org> wrote:
> >> Samual Acorn wrote:
> >>>
> >>> basiclinux is fun... but as its name implies.... its extreamly...
> >>> well... basic... you are missing out on quite a bit on things
> >>> like..... mozilla....
> >>
> >> Does Firebird count?  I run Firebird on BL2.  And Gnumeric.
> >> Anything else I'm missing?
> >
> I> standard set of gnu tools (rather than busybox),
> Install bin.tgz, sh_utils, txtutils, or just the parts you need.  Busybox
> expr and tail are buggy or inadequate, replace those.
>   xmms,
> If this is a movie player use David's Mplayer static.

its a music player... im not a big fan of 'media' players... xmms for
music, xine for movies... the occasional times i watch movies on linux
anyway... movies are normally played with the wintendo through the
nvidia cards svideo connector on TV.... much nicer than a monitor...

>
>   --gimp--,
> >From SW4 or 7.1

got mine from a redhat CD....

>
> > xchat, fvwm2, perl, cdparanoia, lame, licq, firefox (firebird is...
> > old...), shockwave flash, java,  xine, bochs, oggenc, oggdec, ogg123,
> mplayer plays ogg.  Can the above  be compiled for BL with
> regular or uclibc lib?
> Opera is available for Redhat 6 (BL2 library).  Add a later lib to

opera is adware/shareware... and it doesnt do CSS properly...

BL3.
> Add a later kernel for USB.  You stil have something much smaller than
> Slackware.

i only install what i want from big distros my point was is that i can
install -from cd- not over the web... nor do i have to replace
anything i just install it....

example; my 'main' linux box was once apon a time a redhat distro
system.... its been chopped up stripped down and manually
configured.... its old (same install for 5 years now) so ive had to do
a bit of updating.... usually compiling the apps myself....

see below for more...

>
> > curl, nmap, videocard specific x servers, telnet that works properly
> > (for using BL as an X terminal), --minicom-- (microcom is way too
> > finiky... try using the page up and page down keys)... (all i can
> > think of at the moment)
>
> I compiled  Kermit for BL1/3 which has a good dialer, telnet, and ftp.
>   Microcom would not dial my bbs.

kermit is shareware.... and you dont need to use any dialer to dial a
bbs... ATDT phone# works just as well....

>
> Is there anything you have not been able to add to BL3 or BL2?
> The most recent busybox works if not compiled with uclibc.
> >
> > i also tried (didnt work) once to run a demo called 'one day miracle'
> > (http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=7196) but this was some time
> > ago...
> >
> > never used gnumeric.... then again.. ive never understood the need for
> > spreadsheets....
>
>
> You don't run your own business and have to keep tax records.
> >
> > and yes... i know all of that wont fit on floppy... but if someone is
> > going to do a full install on somewhat new hardware IMO they should
> > use a full distro....
>
> You end up with something much larger that needs more hard drive and RAM
> and takes longer to boot.And don't learn as much.

i didnt say install everything either... see below... install what is
wanted... but when its installed it wont be broken or stripped
ala-BL...

>
> > as far as old comps go tho basiclinux does get the job done quicker...
> > perfect for ancient laptops... might even be usefull for embedded
> > systems like car mp3players or possibly even robotics.... but too
> > small for desktops... even a 486DX2-66 with 32mb of ram can handle
> > more...  and to get that 'more' when starting from BL most of BL would
> > have to be replaced... including the broken telnet client....
>
> Busybox telnet is easily replaced.

why replace when the real one can be installed in the first place.... see 
below

>
> > i dont mean any offence by any of this.... just my view....
>
> So what are you using BL for?

i dont anymore (ive been lurking on this list for a -very- long
time).... i used it to -start out- in the linux world... which is
probably why i like to do my own custom installs/configs... i just
like having a full distro disk for the convienience of its data
contents.... pick and choose...

i have chopped up installs made out of redhat components... i hated
the default install the first time i tried it (i dont like eye candy..
i hated gnome.. and i -really- hated the autoconfigurators...) so i
uninstalled and redid it manually.... but i didnt have to deal with
-replacing-... all the -full- components were installed the first time
around...

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