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Message from Steven
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sam wrote:
>
> honest question... why 2.2 instead of 2.4?

The 2.2 kernel has a significantly smaller footprint
than the 2.4 kernel.  Actually, the 2.2 kernel is 
not as old as it sounds.  2.2.26 came out a couple 
of years ago and has a number of features back-ported 
from 2.4 development

Remember BasicLinux is designed for old computers 
(486s and very early Pentiums).  Many laptops of 
that era had base memories of only 8mb and could 
only be upgraded with proprietary memory modules.  
RAM is often an issue for those computers.

To get the most out of old, low-RAM computers, you 
need slim kernels, slim libraries and slim executables.
That's what BasicLinux is:  2.2.26 kernel, libc5 
library and busybox binaries.  All are significantly 
smaller than what you find on a mainstream distribution.

Cheers,
Steven