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On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> I will be taking a different approach for next version
> of BasicLinux.  Instead of taking a minimalistic wm
> and grafting on bits to make it more useful and more
> attractive, I will be using a much nicer wm that is
> bigger than swm, but smaller than swm + libXpm + menu
> + pixmaps.

Which one?
> This will give us a significantly better wm in less
> space than the old swm hodgepodge.  The same applies
> to links:  BasicLinux 3.5 will have a better, smaller
> links.  And the new busybox will save us some space

How will you make it better and smaller?
Which programs are you omitting from busybox?

> too.  Overall, BasicLinux will shrink by more than
> 100kb.  That will give us room for some extras like
> an additional module or two.
>
> I am still hoping to add the 3Com PCMCIA network
> module to BL3, but I won't be able to do that until
> I find an old 3Com card to experiment on.  I keep
> looking for one, but so far no luck.  PCnet cards
> are pretty easy to find (I've got four of them now),
> but working 3Com PCMCIA network cards (with dongle)
> are not so common here.

I have a combo 3com card with dead modem, I think.
Can I test the module for you?
I have not run across any pcnet cards.
Sindi

> Cheers,
> Steven