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David wrote:
> 
> will there be any Javascript or SSL support?

No.  I did try those options on some of the many
versions I compiled.  But I was disappointed with 
the sizes I was getting.  When I got such a small
executable with links-0.95, I was happy to use that.

> Will we still be able to e2fsck and view Xpms? 

Yes.  e2fsck is in busybox and xli does XPMs.  In 
fact, xli has a command to create wallpaper out of
XMPs (or other images).

> And you say that there will not be any major loss 
> of functionality?

Nothing of significance.  I removed sedleds (which
nobody appears to be using), removed lesspipe (which
didn't seem to be working anyway), removed most of
the wallpaper images (but it's now easier for create
your own wallpaper), and recompiled badblocks to 
eliminate the libext2 dependency.  

It's pretty much the same BasicLinux (except for the
window manager).

Cheers,
Steven