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Lee Forrest wrote:
>
> Gmail: I will have to work at getting TLS up for 
> gmail (never used it before) 

Opera does TLS and works fine with gmail.
I think Thunderbird does too.

> I've read a lot of your helpful posts in the list 
> archives and get the impression that you created 
> BasicLinux.

Yes I did.

> I plan on building it up to a replacement for Debian,
> which I use now. (too complex and bloated). 

I use BL2 on my main system (which runs Firefox, OpenOfffice,
etc.).  I use BL3 on all my other computers.

> Will try to stick to libc5 and less than 20MB.  Just static 
> graphics and no sound. A dial-up distro, so-to-speak.  Run 
> from the keyboard.

Sindi is very experienced in that area.

> Will need simple firewall

BL1 had firewalling built into the kernel and ipfwadm was
included.  Nobody seemed to be using it (except me) so I
left it out.  For BL3 you will need to use the big kernel
(the easy option) or compile your own small kernel (the 
best option).

> ssl/tls

openssl will work on BL3.

> packet-reader, portmapper

nmap runs on BL3
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> newsreader

Slackware 4.0 has package.

> optional-image-downloading browser

Opera, links2, Netscape 3.04 (BL1)

> vi, compiler, screen

Slackware 4.0.  There have been previous posts
about what packages are needed for compiling.

> pdf viewer/creator

Slackware 4.0 has a pdf package, but it is not
up-to-date and is unable to display some pdfs.
I use xpdf 3.01 on BL2.

> imagemagick

There is a package in Slackware 4.0.
 
> Sure wish that I could integrate the xserver and screen. 
> I love screen

I think Sindi has done a lot with screen.  

> which is a better window manager and networker than
> anything X

Sindi has done some minimalistic stuff with X too.

> Presently, I run screen in a tiny x-terminal-emulator in 
> a tiny window manager. 

I don't think you'll get anything tinier than the
swm in BL3.  It's even smaller if you leave out
the optional menu.

Cheers,
Steven